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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

    CLICK HERE TO PRE ORDER LP WITH SHIRT

    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 

    PO BOX 7903 PITTSBURGH PA 15216

    Crust Hardcore profane existence Punk
  • 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

    PROFANE EXISTENCE – PO BOX 647 – HUNTINGTON WV – 25711 – UNITED STATES
  • 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)
    PROFANE EXISTENCE – PO BOX 647 – HUNTINGTON WV – 25711
    UNITED STATES
  • 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

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    “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.

    Anarchist anarchist metal blackened crust Crust D-Beat death Grind Metal Punk Rock thrash wilt
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1 CONSUMPTION – New Band Profile

  • July 22, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · New Band Profiles · PE Web Zine

Band Name and Location:
CONSUMPTION, out of Hartford, CT.

Members/instruments:
Kristin – Vocals

Shane – Guitar

Tim – Drums

Paul – Bass

And someone else down the road playing more guitar. Hopefully.

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0 PLAGUE DOGS – New Band Profile

  • July 22, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · New Band Profiles · PE Web Zine

Band Name and Location:
PLAGUE DOGS, Philadelphia

Members/instruments:
Travis-vocals
Greg-Guitar
Jeff-Guitar
Chris-Bass
Johnny-Drums

When did you get together?
Got officially together summer 2011

What are your songs about?
I write mostly about the way I see the world around me, people who piss me off, my inner demons, mental health, war,
drinking etc. etc… I don’t really limit myself to what I have to express.

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0 Kelly Plug-Back sentenced to 15 months for Black Bloc attacks in Toronto

  • July 21, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · News

by Comrade Black

Ontario based anarchist Kelly Rose Plug-Back appeared in court July 19 to finish sentencing. Pflug-Back, 24, had accepted a non-cooperation plea bargain, pleading guilty to six counts of mischief and one of wearing a disguise with criminal intent. Kelly was sentenced to 15 months in prison. Her sentence is reduced by 4 months to a total of 11 months in prison do to time served. Following her prison time she will be on probation for 3 years. This is after already being on house arrest and strict conditions for nearly a year preceding her trials completion.
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0 Dylcia Pagan speaking at the Law and Disorder Conference in Portland

  • July 20, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · News · PE Web Zine · Video

From Because We Must dot ORG

Another wonderful video that we filmed at the Law and Disorder conference in Portland, OR.
Dylcia Pagan is a former Puerto Rican political prisoner and prisoner of war. Pagan and 11 others were arrested on April 4, 1980, in Evanston, Illinois. They had been linked to more than 100 bombings or attempted bombings since 1974 in their attempt to achieve independence for Puerto Rico.
None of the bombings of which they were convicted resulted in deaths or injuries. Pagan was given a 55-year federal sentence for seditious conspiracy and other charges. She was released early after serving 20 years.

Source: http://www.becausewemust.org/dylcia-pagan-speech-qa/

0 APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT – Black Sands EP

  • July 20, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

For me, APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT is a band that truly defines what crust should be. Hard and heavy punk, with in your face politics. In an age where the punk scene seems to be defined more by the size of one’s record collection or how perfectly one can clone an obscure overseas hardcore band from 25 years ago, the ATU approach is more than welcome. It seems like forever since I’ve listened to a new record which focuses on environmental and animal concerns, which actually concerns me. In the internet age, has our culture stopped giving a shit about anything? Are the times we’re living in too far gone to even bother doing something as simple as make conscious dietary choices?
Thankfully on this raging new slab of vinyl, ATU has continued on their path of shoving these concerns down our collective throat – we need it. We start off with “Shocked, Shackled and Hanged”, a very potent animal rights song about the horrors of the slaughterhouse. Lyrically, this could be a long, lost CONFLICT tune from way back when they were still relevant. A truly stand out song, for sure. Other topics discussed on this EP include heroin addiction (“Lost in the Darkness”), how fucked up the world is – and how disgusting apathy is in response (“The End of Complacency”), and finally the oil industry – more specifically, the horrific British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (the title track “Black Sands”). ATU is one of the most important and relevant bands in the punk scene today, and this 7” is among the best material they have recorded to date. It’s my hope that this band will inspire more kids to start thinking about the horrific conditions we face today, and at the very least start putting politics back in punk. (Inbred) GRAB YOUR COPY HERE!
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0 UTTER FAILURE 7″ – review

  • July 20, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

UTTER FAILURE hale from San Jose, CA knowing nothing about this band I put this on my record player to listen to it and I’m hooked from the start.  Being that this got sent to Profane Existence for review I was thinking some heavy D-beat crust, but NO! This is some catchy poppy Pop Punk. A total of 6 songs Spanning 10 minutes the record starts off with “Someday” a very nice guitar intro to amazing semi-positive lyrics and some Wow-Oh Oh Oh’s lets me know that this is going to be some textbook Pop Punk. The only thing that I wasn’t into is track number 3 “The Night” it’s an Instrumental song that would have been completely bad ass with some lyrics over it, but thats just me don’t discourage from picking up this record. The label also put out some other releases to come to find out I own and didn’t even notice what label it was on. For fans of DUN BIN HAD, BANNER PILOT with a little DEAD TO ME thrown in there. Also comes with a free sticker and a download code for the lazy I-pod generation

Vine Hell/PO Box 36131/San Jose, CA/ 95158 //
http://www.vinehell.com/label.html
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Utter-Failure/243347655711278

1 WAKE/DEPHOSPHORUS split 7″ – review

  • July 20, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews
6 tracks 3 from each band WAKE are a grind band from Calgary Alberta Canada coming of there debut full length “Leeches” with 3 brand new tracks of pulsing grind ready to make you move. Wake start off with a heavy blast beat into some amazingly heavy guitar added to this is the deep yells of the vocals. Three very well played tracks the only problem is that I wish there was more WAKE to go around. DEPHOSPHORUS hail from Greece, me personally never heard a grind band from Greece.  But from this release you can’t really tell where there from all your ears will hear is fast and furious tracks. Each track has a nice little guitar and drum intro finishing up with “The Cosmologist” with a nice spoken intro about time and space. Very solid release, I suggest that everyone check these bands out and buy this release plus there other releases.  7 inch comes with a digital download. (berzerker)
http://www.dephosphorus.com/
http://www.facebook.com/wakegrind
http://www.myspace.com/7degreesrecords#!

0 TRAGEDY – Darker Days Ahead LP – review

  • July 20, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

Of course, TRAGEDY needs absolutely no introduction. Since their inception over a decade ago, they have reenergized and redefined the crust subgenre for a whole new millennium. With each new release, they have pushed the boundaries of the genre, yet still maintained their integrity. Twelve years is a long time to stay DIY and to maintain the mystique/sound of a band without sacrificing quality and/or ethics. Thankfully, TRAGEDY is a super-legit band who are able to grow as musicians and still deliver some of the highest quality dark hardcore punk around!
TRAGEDY is a band that can take their sound and build upon it for their next record. The same style is definitely there (the “TRAGEDY sound” or “T-beat” as I call it), but it has grown organically over the span of the previous three LPs. I have always maintained that “Vengeance” is the best record that this band has ever done, but as I listen to “Darker Days…” more and more, it’s getting harder and harder to choose between the two. I really appreciate how the songs have gotten heavier and darker on this record, to match the current state of the world. Instead of getting caught up in the so-called formula they crafted over the years, they found a way to grow and reinvigorate themselves without sacrificing a single thing.
One of the hardest things about this review is trying to pick a track that stands out, and I mean that in the very best way possible. In all honesty, this is one of the few records I’ve received where every track is as strong as the one before it. In other words, this is one of those rare “perfect albums”. “Darker Days Ahead” is a record that needs to be listened to from beginning to end all at once. As great as the songs are by themselves, listening to the album in its entirety definitely makes the whole listening experience.
As I lie here and listen to the title track, I close my eyes and daydream of a grim future. I can see the skies darken, the air thick with death. Darker days ahead, indeed. The more I listen, the more I come to see that this could very well be the soundtrack to the inevitable crash of civilization. (Inbred)
Tragedy Records: No contact information included

0 DEVIATED INSTINCT – Liberty Crawls….To The Sanctuary Of Slaves EP – review

  • July 20, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

There haven’t really been very many records that have come out in the past few years that have been as anticipated and waited for as this one from DEVIATED INSTINCT. Just a smidge of history here folks…..

Back in 1988 I was a seventeen and thought I knew everything like all kids that age, but I was especially sure that I was special cause I often knew about the raging newer bands before the rest of my friends (with a couple of outstanding exceptions). One of the older punks from Boulder, Mike Stone, I think, said that DEVIATED INSTINCT were some killer shit to be on the lookout for. I first actually heard the mighty DEVIATED INSTINCT on a most unlikely source which was the Airstrip One UK compilation from Doug Moody/Mystic Records. They must have done some kind of swap with Hammy from Peaceville (that story is coming later) and it was a great compilation. Familiar names were on it like INSTIGATORS, NAPALM DEATH, OI POLLOI, RIPCORD and some new bands to me…DAN, HDQ, and DEVIATED INSTINCT. That track was Mechanical Extinction off the Rock N Roll Conformity LP and it instantly hooked me with its unique sound and insane vocals and I tried hard to find more but those were the days when it could take years to even hear more from an obscure band from some other part of the globe, literally. Now you can jump on the internet and hear anything anytime without many exceptions. About a year later the Guttural Breath LP came out and I snatched up a copy and relished in its own (very different sounding) glory. Anyway, to tell the long story short, I have been a fan a long time and have waited patiently for this beast to reawaken and begin its lumbering slaughter once more and that brings us to Liberty Crawls…To The Sanctuary Of Slaves.

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0 Mike Arsenault / Mark Leonard The Get Lit Split CD – review

  • July 20, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

This is the first release from Wilted Rose and the match up is perfect. Each of them belt out 7 acoustic punk anthems including a couple of covers. For the most part, the songs are written about personal experiences letting the listener ride shotgun like an accomplice to wild hazy bouts of reckless debauchery instead of chasing the common themes of genocide, war and the apocalypse (except for Red Dawn by Mark Leonard). Each song does seem to come with it’s own rainy black cloud that maintains a certain amount of bleakness that isn’t usually this abundant in folk punk. While at times the music does have an energetic upbeat vibe, overall it’s like having a great night knowing that you’ll eventually have to crawl into a wet sleeping bag in a sketchy train yard. All the lyrics are included along with a couple of black and white photos in this very DIY package all for the low price of 5ppd. (Jake)

Wilted Rose Records  c/o Mike / 178 Cliff St. / Norwich, Ct. 06360

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