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  • The long awaited debut LP from NYC’s FLOWER “Hardly A Dream” is finally set to arrive.

    FLOWER’s tedious approach to writing/creating/drawing their debut LP was carefully thought out and the result is a monumental anarcho punk /crust record. 

    “Hardly A Dream” Takes us on a bleak journey through the dark side of society. As soon as you drop the needle a dark atmosphere is immediately created with a slow intro featuring arpeggio guitar work that builds into pummeling d-beat crust. The albums vocals then leave you with a feeling of being crushed by the ever-present weight of living through our modern world of late stage capitalism that was built on the falsehoods of the so called American dream, religious hypocrisy’s, nationalism, and the greed of humankind. 

    FLOWER take many cues from predecessors and are most often (and rightfully so) compared to NAUSEA but they also take a heavy influence from ANTISECT, SACRILEGE & other greats. The artwork has a very RUDIMENTARY PENI feel and the record comes with an amazing 24.5 X 34.75 CRASS style poster jacket. All art work was meticulously hand drawn and overseen by the guitarist Willow in true DIY style and spirit. Willow was also cool enough to draw up a special shirt for the record release featuring an alternative PROFANE EXISTENCE backprint!

    CLICK HERE TO PRE ORDER LP

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    CLICK HERE TO PREVIEW THE ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY AT THE PROFANE EXISTENCE BANDCAMP

    FLOWER will be on tour from January 2nd to the 13th

    2nd New Brunswick

    3rd Asheville

    4th Greenville

    5th Birmingham

    6th New Orleans

    7th Hattiesburg

    9th Gainesville

    10th Atlanta

    11th Durham

    12th Richmond

    13th Philadelphia 

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  • Finally, the third LP from AGNOSY has arrived! 

    AGNOSY-cover

    Dark, heavy, galloping crust from the streets of London. AGNOSY is back to present us with a ferocious beast of an album that can only be forged by the anger and frustration of living in today’s world. “When Daylight Reveals The Torture” aggressively attacks evils such the current rise of fascism and animal abuse. It intelligently and passionately touches on the Afrin invasion and the revolution in Rojava and shows nothing but utter disgust toward the arrogance of humankind’s lust for greed and power that will inevitably lead us down paths of war and environmental devastation.

    AGNOSY – Live at SCUMFEST in London. 2011

    While lyrically AGNOSY are much more politicly straight forward this time around than on previous releases, musically they have expanded on their sound to create a dark and moody atmosphere while at the same time staying crust as fuck. To say they know what they are doing would be an understatement from this band of vets whose members have played in HIATUS, HEALTH HAZARD, and BEGINNING OF THE END.

    Long galloping intros are followed up by traditional d-beat, fierce solo’s are then meet with vicious vocals and pulverizing bass in a brilliant recording captured by Lewis Johns at The Ranch Production House and was mastered by Brad Boatright at Portland’s legendary Audiosiege. We then pressed on deluxe heavyweight 150-gram vinyl,  printed on reverse board jackets, and included an 11in x 22in gatefold insert to bring you a high quality and truly epic record.  

    Click this link to buy AGNOSY “When Daylight Reveals the Torture” Vinyl

    Click this link Stream or Download from our BANDCAMP page

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  • The legendary crust classic is now available once again!

    Authorized and released in cooperation with MISERY, S.D.S., & MCR Japan & Remastered by Jack Butcher at Enormous Door Studio we are beyond proud to make one one the most rare and sought after crust records available  once again.

    Fuck the scavengers charging punks exuberant amounts of cash on ebay and discogs. We worked meticulously with both bands and with Jack at Enormous door to bring you an updated version that kicks major audio ass while maintaining the original authenticity. 

    Released on deluxe 150 gram vinyl. With an 11×11 inner sleeve. Black Paper Jacket. Reverse Board Jacket.

    Feel free to Stream or Download at our Bandcamp page – HERE

    Buy a physical copy of the Vinyl from our webstore – HERE

    Check out Terminal Sound Nuisance for an outstanding review of the original LP. The review gives insight on not only the music but the records long lasting impact on crust music and why it remains so important to this day. – http://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2013/06/misery-sds-pain-in-suffering-future.html
    S.D.S.
    MISERY

    Earlier this year we re-issued this legendary LP and sold over 950 copies in just 4 short months. For this second pressing we pressed 490 copies on Krystal Clear & 485 on Grey Vinyl with Black Mist.

    Crystal Clear (Bullet belt no included)
    Grey With Black Mist (Bullet belt no included)
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  • Stench crust the way it was meant to be played!

    The UK crust scene of the 1980’s inspired band after band but no other band has ever reincarnated the sound of that time as well as SWORDWIELDER. Quite simply if you like crust, then this the album you have waited decades for.

    Package includes- 
    LP pressed on deluxe 150-gram vinyl. 
    Reverse board jacket 
    Printed inner sleeve 
    11×17 poster

    Stream album for free or download for a small fee here – https://profaneexistence.bandcamp.com/album/swordwielder-system-overlord-lp

    Buy Vinyl here – https://profaneexistence.bandcamp.com/album/swordwielder-system-overlord-lp

    Review by Craig Hayes from “Your Last Rites”… 
    Swordwielder – System Overlord 
    Heavyweight punk fanatics take note: System Overlord is a fucking triumph. The long-awaited sophomore album from Gothenburg stenchcore band Swordwielder is a brooding behemoth, constructed from the filthiest and heftiest strains of punk and metal. System Overlord shimmers with apocalyptic visions, and it’s overflowing with all the grim atmospherics and intimidating intensity that defines consummate crushing crust.

    Too much hype? No way… And no apologies, either. Swordwielder deal in definitive stenchcore on System Overlord, and much like their full-length debut, 2013’s Grim Visions of Battle, the band’s latest release is a knockout. Swordwielder’s harsh, gruff and dark sound owes a significant debt to old school icons like Amebix, Axegrinder, Deviated Instinct, and Antisect, and they mix and mangle their influences and leave ’em to rot on the battlefield.

    Plenty of hammering rage drives System Overlord tracks like “Violent Revolution,” “Savage Execution” and “Cyborgs,” and thundering epics like “Corrupt Future” and “Northern Lights” exhibit subtler strengths, mixing guttural growls and clean vocals with crashing percussion and dirge-laden riffs. Connoisseurs of corpse-dragging crust will love the brute-force belligerence of “Absolute Fear,” “Nuclear Winter,” and “Second Attack,” which rain down like merciless mortar barrages. As a rule, all of System Overlord‘s mammoth tracks chug and churn with grinding muscle, while reeking of squalor and decay.

    Swordwielder exudes tightly coiled aggression from start to finish here—songs rise from the ashes of desolation, and resounding calls for action and resistance ring loud. If you’re a fan of heavy-hitters like Fatum, War//Plague, Carnage, Zygome, Cancer Spreading or (insert your favorite hefty crust crew here), System Overlord‘s trampling tempo and strapping sound are bound to appeal.

    Crust profane existence swordwielder
  •  We are happy to announce our next new release

    WILT – “Self Titled” 

    WILT combine old school metal and crust in a perfect hybrid that very few others have ever achieved. Prepare for a LP thats equal parts galloping d-beat crust reminiscent of bands like HELLSHOCK, and INSTINCT OF SURVIVAL, meets old school death metal in the vein of BOLT THROWER, MEMORIAM (old) SEPULTURA.

     

    Here is a track from the upcoming LP

    https://profanexistence.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/02-sermon-for-the-bootlickers.wav

     

    “Sermon for the Bootlickers”

    Despite the inculcation of helplessness within each there remains great power. Ill at ease with such makes us ill. Learn to see the hand that feeds for what it is. You’ve been fooled if you think you’ve got no power. Refuse to be reduced to a consumer you’re a human being. Define yourself by more than wealth. Define yourself as a human. You don’t need what you’re being sold. Bend your knee to no authority but your own mind. You have the power to avoid the gilded trap. Avarice is what you’re conditioned for. Break the mold discover what’s really valuable to you. 

    WILT will be on in Europe this July / August will ELECTROZOMBIES From Chile

    Wed, July 12 Hanover / Germany / Confirmed
    Thu, July 13 Bremen  
    Fri, July 14 Mulhem / Germany / Confirmed  
    Sat, July 15 Gent, Belgium / CrustPicnic / Confirmed
    Sun, July 16 Paris / France or Amsterdam / Nederland  
    July 18 North-East France or West Germany 
    July 19 Freiburg / Germany TBC 
    July 20 Winterthur / Switzerland 
    Fri, July 21 Zurich / Switzerland
    Sat, July 22 Biel / Switzerland 
    July 23 Lausanne or Geneva / Switzerland 
    July 24 Geneva / Switzerland or Grenoble france
    July 25 Treviso (or Milano or Bologna or Verona) / Italy
    July 26 Ljubljana Slovenia Confirmed
    July 27 No Sanctuary chilling day
    Fri, July 28 NoSanctuary Confirmed
    Sat, July 29 NoSanctuary Confirmed
    July 30 Ilirska Bistrica/Slovenia or Vienna/Austria or Budapest/Hungary.
    July 31 Wiena / Austrai or Budapest or / Slovakia
    August 1 Brno / Czech Republic.
    August 2 Prague / Czech Republic
    August 3 Finsterwalde / Germany TBC
    Fri, August 4 Leipzig / Germany TBC
    Sat, August 5 Berlin / Germany / confirmed
    August 6 Dresden
    August 7 Wroclaw / Poland
    August 8 Warsaw / Poland
    August 9 Poznan / Poland
    August 10 Szczecin/Poland TBC
    Fri, August 11 Rostock / confirmed
    Sat, August 12 Hamburg TBC
     

    For this in the Seattle or surrounding area you can catch WILT this Saturday April first at Highline Bar with NOOTHGRUSH from Oakland.

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Toddrighteous Column (Originally Slated for PE #64)

  • February 23, 2012
  • by PE Admin
  • · Columns · PE Web Zine
Toddrighteous

ToddrighteousI feel it coming on already.  I’ve learned to recognize the subtle symptoms, after years of experience, where in the past I didn’t even notice I was in the throes of it until afterwards.  Like being in the middle of the woods, you don’t see the forest for the trees until after you’re out.  The lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, total lack of motivation to do anything except get drunk, becoming completely withdrawn from friends, family & loved ones, being emotionally unavailable to those who mean the most to me, turning into a solitary hermit, irascible moods with a short temper and even shorter patience, all signs that I’m beginning to experience seasonal affective disorder, or as it’s more commonly, and very appropriately, referred to, it’s acronym, SAD.  I feel not only changes to my emotional state, but my physical body as well.  I develop a near insatiable appetite, with relentless cravings for the worst possible foods, filled with fat, salt, and sugar, all preferably delivered with a hearty dose of carbohydrates, to a level that no amount of pizza or sweets could satiate, as my body tries to pack on winter weight, preparing for the hibernation that won’t come.  My normal negative and pessimistic outlook toward life is escalated to a near ludicrous degree.  The morose feelings of hopelessness and pointlessness are ever present, constantly weighing me down like a heavy wet blanket that cannot be cast off.  All this, and the seasons have just begun to change.  It’s barely the beginning of fall.  But to me, the first day of fall might as well be the middle of winter.  As soon as the temperature begins to drop, and the days begin to get shorter, something inside me is triggered, something uncontrollable, like the changing of the seasons themselves.  This is a depressing thought to a total control freak like me, just one more thing in life that I feel powerless to change.  It’s a strange thing to feel your self so greatly affected by the seasons, in the same way that the tides are dominated by the gravitational force of the moon’s orbit.  I am not cut out for the short, chilly, grey days of the winter months.  Things seemed much more tolerable in the summer, with the long, hot, brightly lit days, and the sun’s warmth to elevate my moods.  But those times are fleeting, and I’m already feeling overwhelmed by the change of the seasons, even though the worst is yet to come.

In a lot of species physical activity is diminished in the winter months as a response to lack of available food and general difficulty surviving through cold weather conditions.  One severe example of an adaptive behavior to survive harsh winter weather is hibernation.  Although many species that do not hibernate still exhibit behavioral changes during the cold months.  It has been suggested that SAD is a variant or a remnant of an evolved adaptation to a hibernation response in a distant human ancestor.  A low mood which would reduce the amount of physical activity, and therefore reduce the caloric intake required would be beneficial during periods of scarce food supply.  There are various theories as to what exactly causes SAD.  The most common is that it is triggered by lack of sunlight, which occurs during the shorter days of winter, with its increase of cloudy grey skies, and less time spent outdoors.  This may explain why there are higher rates of diagnosed cases in higher latitudes, and areas with primarily cloudy, rainy climates.  There is proof of a more substantial link between low levels of light exposure and diagnosed cases of SAD, than there is with colder temperatures and SAD.  Some theories conclude that SAD is related to a lack of serotonin, while others conclude that the cause may have something to do with melatonin, which is produced by the pineal glad during dim light or darkness.  There is a direct link between the pineal gland and the retina of the eye.  The pineal gland is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain. It produces the serotonin derivative melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns and seasonal functions.  One argument for this theory is the success of bright light therapy in treating SAD.  Light therapy uses a lightbox which emits far more lumens than an ordinary incandescent lamp.  However, many people find lightbox treatment cumbersome and inconvenient and stop using it, after all, who has the time to sit in front of a bright light everyday for 30-60 minutes?  The depressing feelings of SAD can usually be assuaged by increased outdoor activity, and exercise, especially on sunny days, but those can be hard to come by in the winter.  And even more so for a person like me who works all day in a windowless office, and doesn’t get off work in the evening until the sun is setting during winter months.  Links between mood, as well as energy levels, and solar exposure are well documented, even in people who don’t consider themselves depressed.  Another possible explanation to the cause of SAD is that Vitamin D levels get too low when people do not get enough Ultraviolet-B on their skin, from solar contact.  Vitamin D supplements are one possible alternative to light therapy; however some studies have shown no direct correlation between mood alleviation and Vitamin D.  There are a variety of other possible treatments for SAD, other than light therapy, none of which seem particularly accessible, like medication, ionized-air administration, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and carefully timed supplementation of melatonin.

According to the American Psychiatric Association DSM-IV criteria (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition), SAD is not regarded as a separate disorder. It s called a “course specifier” (specifiers are extensions to a diagnosis that further clarify the severity, or special features of a disorder or illness) and may be applied as an added description to the pattern of major depressive episodes in patients with major depressive disorder or patients with bipolar disorder.  So apparently most people who are affected by SAD are already severely depressed, or bipolar, which I suppose makes sense.  But knowing and recognizing the symptoms, and knowing the possible causes doesn t really make it any better.  At least now I can acknowledge when and why I m feeling so morose, where as in the past it was not so apparent to me.  One recent winter in particular was excessively bad, I slumped into a dark depression and became very withdrawn from everyone, and neglected a person and a relationship that meant a lot to me, but I didn t even notice what I was doing at the time.  She eventually grew tired of putting up with my melancholy and ennui, and we parted ways, through no choice of my own.  There were, of course, other factors involved, but I feel like it may have been possible to work those out if I hadn t become so emotionally unavailable, which exacerbated and accentuated all the negative aspects.  So it goes.  I can t go back and fix the past, but at least now I am more in tune with my body and my moods, and I can acknowledge the changes, anticipate the cycles, and try not to let them wreck things for me quite so badly.  At least in theory, anyway.

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  1. Fernando Benitez March 20, 2012 · Reply

    With all due respect, I think poetry or Lacanian psychoanalisis might serve you better: maybe you’re really feeling sad, maybe something in your past lies dormant during the sunny months, awaiting the onset of winter’s frigid cold and darkness, and maybe it is related to your life experiences and to the way language shapes your world… Please, i totally respect your pain and depression so don´t take me wrong, but all those DSM-whatevers constitute a terrible tool for coercion, and a horrid prologue to what in other circles is known as a chemical straightjacket, i.e., eternal medication. I mean, people take those prescription drugs and remain sedate, and when they stop using them, become frenzied. But do these so-called medicines do away with the issues troubling one’s mind? Not at all. Psychiatry is blind to human pain, to destructive relationships, to repression of emotions and memories and unconscious defensive mechanisms, etc, and most doctors will dismiss whatever ideas and images are disturbing you as delusional and useless. They’re always thinking that it’s all somewhere in your DNA, that you’ve inherited it, and it seems that well-meaning doctors get tied up in the medical/pharmaceutical conglomerate, which rakes in billions of dollars annually and is such an obvious part of the ‘all-knowing, all-powerful’ system. I’m trying not to sound all ‘conspiration-theorist’, but it sometimes seems inevitable, given that this classifications do not even grant you the right to feel sad because you just fucking despise gray skies and shitty weather. I hate that kind of weather, too. I’ve studied psychoanalysis since the mid-90’s, have lain on the analyst’s coach for years (that’s over), and worked as part of a project in madhouses and foster homes. It’s impressive, but sometimes those who are ‘sick’ and locked-up in these wards act normally and are willing to speak when you do not pose a danger to them. As soon as the doctor comes in, they start acting weird, or in violent manner. And the nurse gives them a few pills or a shot and everything goes back to ‘normal’. And the cycle goes on and on and on. But the doctor, like an exorcist, will tell you that these people are liars and are just fighting for your attention. Well, a madhouse isn’t the most beautiful place in the world, anyway, so asking for a little company isn’t sucha a bad thing, is it? Kinda like that great song by Amebix: ‘Largactyl’… Lots of psychiatrists DO NOT listen to people; they hate ‘abnormals’, and they think that anyone who doesn´t have a family or a 9-to-5 job, or who doesn’t go to church, or someone with tatoos or funny hair is abnormal and a potential case… Maybe I sound like a self-righteous know-it-all, but I’m only trying to help. May I suggest a few authors, in case you haven’t read them? Try Freud, Jacques Lacan, R.D. Laing or David Cooper. And please keep in mind that you still have the music, some friends and a few pepole over the world, that, like me, dig your columns. Cheer up: winter’s finally dying! Thanks for reading.

  2. Marc Kennedy March 22, 2012 · Reply

    Great article Todd, very interesting! If you ever need someone to talk to, just let me know buddy! -Marc (The Northern Kentucky one!)

  3. Russell May 21, 2012 · Reply

    todd,
    i don’t have your email!? i used to have the yahoo one but apparently it’s no more. lmk brother. PS it’s Russ. 🙂

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