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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!

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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! 

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    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

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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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A Chat with Can- Cannibals founder Vaudie Va-Boom Interview by Ami LawLess

  • April 9, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · Interviews · PE Web Zine

As a premiere entertainer in the “New Burlesque Revival” movement Vaudie Va-Boom has been creating a hybrid genre of “punk-cabaret/burlesque” over the past few years that has created quite a stir here on the West Coast. I had the chance to chat with Vaudie before her performance at The Skylark in my neighborhood, The Mish SF. Over a couple glasses of ice water we started our chat in The Skylark but when that proved a bit too noisy, quickly moved over to the café next door. I first got to know Vaudie through Pyrate Punx, she was a founding member of the Sin-Valley PP Crue; Eventually relocating to the Bay Area. Vaudie brought a different, unexplored element to the typical punk shows that had been occurring at the warehouse she was living in at the time in Oakland. The Can-Cannibals (the world’s only cannibalistic can-can troupe) rose from the wrong side of the tracks and began their flesh eating frenzy at the first ever Valentine Punk-Rock Cabaret in February of 2008. Vaudie however has been performing cabaret since high school. This lady has done it all; dance, performance, modeling, choreography, teaching, acting, promoting, set design, make-up and hell I’ll let her tell it…”ladies and gentleman, PE readership, here’s VAUDIE VA-BOOM!”

PE- What drew you into doing burlesque and forming the Can-Cannibals? Which do you prefer performing with a troupe or solo?

Vaudie- I’ve always been a bit of a ham, and I really got into performing during high school in Modesto where I took dance and drama classes all four years. My first burlesque performance was actually in a high school production of Guys and Dolls to a song called “Take Back Your Mink.” Of course, we didn’t strip down to pasties, but I did get to strip down to a bustier and bloomers in front of pretty much my whole high school and other pretty large audiences, and hey, it was FUN! After I graduated, I danced the can-can in a community theater production of Beauty and the Beast (I was a can-can dancing napkin) which started my love for that type of dance too. When I moved to the bay area from Modesto, I really wanted to continue performing so I got connected with the people at the Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace in San Francisco and auditioned for their resident can-can troupe called Le CanCan Bijou and made it in. It is a very “traditional” troupe, and I wanted to do something a little more “alternative” so I decided to start my own troupe. I didn’t start performing solo for a couple more years after the Can-Cannibals were formed. Performing solo vs. with a troupe is just so different, it’s hard to compare.

PE- I’ve seen you perform at The Dickens Fair, really cool and it being a time period (Victorian London) really gives it a raw bawdy feel. Not what most Americans see when catching a burlesque show.

Vaudie- Le CanCan Bijou are a very traditional troupe, they really take it back to the original days of Can-Can performance and are all very good at what they do. I encourage people to come to The Dickens Fair and see us.

PE- What does your mom think about you showing your stuff?

Vaudie- haaahaa, my mother is really supportive of what I do as long as it’s tastefully done, she is my biggest supporter and she has seen me perform quite a few times and I’m not really stripping… what I do is more of an art. The farthest I get down to is pasties.
PE-I think I saw ya get down to electrical tape?

Vaudie- Yeah I do have an act where I have black tape as crosses on each nipple…so I get down to pasties or tape, not full on naked.

PE- Where did you get the name Can-Cannibals? And why incorporate a cannibalistic shtick into your troupe?

Vaudie- The first dancer in the Can-Cannibals other than myself was my friend to the bitter end, Brooke Sommerfeldt (known on stage as Miss Treat), and she was the one who actually came up with the name. My original idea was to have a punk rock can-can troupe, so I knew I wanted the name to incorporate the word can-can and something brutal, blunt or “punk.” We never came up with anything that grabbed us until she thought of the Can-Cannibals, and instantly knew that was it. Our first dance (H.B. Hotel by THE VANDELS) was choreographed before we even had a name and didn’t even have a cannibalistic theme. The schtick kind of came later, and is still only a loose theme to most of our shows. We have a broad spectrum of classic can-can, punk songs, gypsy punk songs, burlesque, and some blood, guts and gore. Sometimes we cannibalize people and sometimes we cannibalize the traditional meaning of can-can and burlesque.

PE- You come from a punk rawk background, how did you come up with blending punk and burlesque?

Vaudie- My older brother Matt was the original drummer of CAPITALIST CASUALTIES and they were my first punk show as a kid and I’ve been involved with putting on d.i.y. punk gigs with Pyrate Punx, so that was where I had the ability to do performance. I’ve always enjoyed acting and being on stage, so combining both of my interests came kind of naturally for me. Oakland has a pretty good circus people community and I just wanted to create something else that nobody was really doing with some friends.

PE- Some of you danced in Mikee Ramen’s video Ill Gotten Gainz- which is pretty cool, how’d that come about and would you be down to do more video stuff?

Vaudie- That was Amyrose (known on stage as Rummy Rose) and my side project called the Dishrag Dollies. We did a couple of duet burlesque acts and the dance that we did in Mykee Ramen’s video was originally choreographed to She Said by THE CRAMPS. He asked us to do the music video and it made it pretty easy when he asked us to do the dance we already had choreographed. just tweaked a few things to go along with the song, went out to the landfill wearing gunny sack dresses and leopard print cave girl outfits and filmed us a music video. It was really fun, and I would totally do it again. I’ve always loved dancing to live music and collaborating with local and like minded bands and performers.

PE- What’s the toughest aspect of choreographing a group of people into your vision? Is creating the Can-Cannibals dance routines a group effort or is one person primarily responsible?

Vaudie- As director, ultimately what I say goes, but it is definitely a group effort. Everyone contributes ideas and choreography and unique movement that can only come from 6 completely different creative women with varying skills and experience. I think the toughest aspect is all agreeing on what looks good or not, and being able to admit you’re not always right and change your original idea for what always ultimately turns out for the better.

PE- Who inspires you in the burlesque genre? Who have you preformed with that just blew you away? Who are you a fan of and would like to perform with in the future?

Vaudie- One of my favorite burlesque performers is a man named Twinkeltoes McGee. The first time I saw him perform was at First Friday Follies for a DAVID BOWIE themed show. He came out wearing a one-armed metallic unitard with a lightning bolt on it and ballet point shoes! You could tell he was a trained dancer as he turned and leaped around the stage, and I loved how he combined his training into the classic bawdiness of bump and grind burlesque. I’ve done a couple shows with him since then, and he is a constant crowd pleaser and very fun performer.

PE- What’s your guilty pleasure as far as burlesque goes, come on you can tell us?

Vaudie- Honestly, I like to see the expressions on people’s faces. Expressiveness and tease is an important part of a good burlesque dancer, so I like to single people out and make faces at them, wink at them, drape a stocking around their neck, etc. and be able to work off their reaction. “Breaking the fourth wall” so to speak.

PE- What are your thoughts and experiences with Suicide Girl?

Vaudie- Thoughts about Suicide Girls, I enjoy most of the photos I’ve seen of the Suicide Girls and think it is a alternative and provocative way to show “out of the ordinary” as still sexy and empowering. I’ve heard they have strict contracts binding the models to strictly Suicide Girl jobs and then not having enough work to pay them as an exclusive model who can’t get modeling work elsewhere, which I am not for.

PE- Have you ever been treated disrespectfully or heckled while performing? How did you handle it?

Vaudie- Yes, it happens occasionally and in the burlesque world, it’s just something you have to get used to. Most of the time I try to ignore it unless I can play off of it (example being someone yelling “take it off” right before I was actually planning on taking it off, so I just say cheekily “okay!” and do). Most shows are very positive, diverse and open minded, and any out of hand behavior is dealt with before it escalates to an “incident.”

PE- How does performing in a punk d.i.y. environment compare to performing in for lack of a better term “real” club? Which do you prefer?

Vaudie- The punk crowd is always way more rowdy than a real club, and are equally if not more respectful to the performer. I love performing at punk shows because it’s something new happening in the punk scene and people are that much more interested and eager to see more, as opposed to a burlesque or cabaret crowd who’s seen it all before. Since I grew up in the punk/diy community, I relished the idea of combining my love of dance and performing with my roots in the “underground.” I do have a biased pull for punk shows, but shows in real clubs with a larger, wider audience gives a different and equally pleasing rush.

PE- What advice would you give somebody interested in dance performance/burlesque but not having the knowhow of where to start?

Vaudie- Go to lots of shows, watch lots of videos, and really STUDY the art that you want to perform. My only gripe in the burlesque scene is that people rush the practice, preparation, and execution of their act because they want to hit the stage, but don’t take the TIME to perfect their art. I urge you to take some sort of ballet, jazz, or other technique based dance class before pursuing any strictly burlesque school, and put your unique twist into anything you do. For those around the Bay Area, I offer private and group dance classes and performance workshops, and there are many other dance, theater, and burlesque schools and classes available to broaden your skills and develop a personal style.

PE- How can folks reading this get ahold of you?

Vaudie- You can “like” Vaudie Va-Boom on Facebook and I check and respond to Wall Posts often.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vaudie-Va-Boom/202888133074557
or you can e-mail me at cancannibalstroupe (AT) gmail (DOT) com
 
PE- What are your plans for the future?

Vaudie- I’m focusing more on producing cabaret shows, and plan to open a production company and venue in Oakland early next year! More info will be posted on my Facebook as things progress.
PE- Thanks Vaudie for taking the time to do this little interview.
Vaudie- Thank you!
“When you do the ordinary things in life in an unordinary way, you demand the attention of the world.”- Vaudie Va-Boom

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  1. Sean July 14, 2012 · Reply

    Vice Squad – Cheap
    Confused little minds giggle in bars / Over fantasy conquests in the back of cars / Naughty innuendoes and dirty sniggers / Makes the libido grow a little bigger // Talk is cheap / And so’s your touch / Something so dear / That doesn’t mean much // Using aggression take your prize / She poses demure doesn’t care about size / Big or small they’re all same / “Was it good?” whispered after you came // Sweetly thoughts mingle with a salty taste / Over too quickly seems such a waste / Feeling bored? try sodom and gomorrah / Naughty but nice, regrets for tomorrow // No caress, forget about kissing / Bland, you’re meaningless, there’s something missing / You’re afraid what it’s really about / On entering in you lock yourself out

  2. Sean July 14, 2012 · Reply

    I understand some people may have an appreciation of what they do in a way that values them as individuals with many different qualities. At the same time, having personally stopped looking at porn after many years of use (through a book on behavioral therapy and various music) and still having a lingering bitterness where the female sex is concerned, at times I feel a creeping apathy and desire to sexually consume women as objects (and I often looked at Suicide Girls in this way in the past). Given this, I, myself, avoid all burlesque or stripping acts at punk events, and prefer to be around more masculine women at other punk shows, putting me in more emotionally fulfilling roles.

    In addition, I think there is good chance that there are men out there who have similar problems, yet revel in it. How do we avoid creating an atmosphere where brutality, a desire for sexual possession, and apathy can creep in? Which kinds of sexual performance limit or promote the expression and connection of many different roles and energies within people?

    • Sean July 14, 2012 · Reply

      Err – When I said “I often looked at Suicide Girls in this way in the past” I meant I looked at them when I looked at porn in the past and viewed them in a pornographic light, and likely would view them the same way now.

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