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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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0 Meet PE’s featured artist for May 2012 Daniel Wieken!

  • May 4, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · Interviews

Daniel Wieken first came to our attention through his work but it was a friend of his who ratted him out and said we had to feature him or die horribly. We agreed, but mostly because we like his work and his snappy outfits, no one here is afraid of death.

PE: How long have you been creating?

Dan Weiken: Since I could hold a pencil.

PE: What influences your artwork? Which artists have influenced you the most?

DW: Underground commix, bones, skulls,feathers fur.
Robert Crumb, Walton Ford, Manuel Ocampo, Arron Horkey, Wes Lang,William Stout

PE: Unlike many punk and doomy crust artists, you use a lot of color. Was this a way for you
to break out? Or is this mainly the influence of a client?

DW:Both. Almost everything I did for a really long time was strictly black and white ink drawings.

… Continue Reading

0 Profane Existence Review policy

  • May 4, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

Hello musicians and distributors!

PE has is now accepting digital copies of your record/tape/cd for review. Since we are a digital publication it only makes sense to allow for the review of digital media, no?

Sure we like to hold records, tapes and CD’s but realize that it’s not always the easiest way to get the goods to us, and as long as we’re given ALL the information regarding the release of the material, we can do the review that’s best for you.

Please contact zine(AT)profaneexistence(DOT)org for further details.

Keep on truckin’

PE staff

0 FBI Supplied the Anarchist “Terrorists” Arrested in May Day Plot

  • May 3, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · Features · News · PE Web Zine

From Green Is The New Red :

As the Occupy movement carries out massive May Day protests around the country, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task force is trumpeting the arrest of “self-proclaimed anarchists” and “terrorists” who allegedly conspired to destroy a bridge in Ohio. Integral to the development and advancement of this plot, however, were FBI agents themselves and an informant with a drug and robbery record.
Douglas L. Wright, 26; Brandon L. Baxter, 20; and Anthony Hayne, 35, Connor C. Stevens, 20, and Joshua S. Stafford, 23, were arrested by the FBI on April 30, just in time to make the announcement as the nation turns its attention to May Day protests.
The affidavit reveals a plot by the FBI that continues a pattern of behavior in “terrorism” investigations against political activists. Most importantly, undercover FBI agents helped shape the “plot,” offered advice on how and where to use explosives, and allegedly sold explosives to the activists.

… Continue Reading

1 Boycott My Ass

  • May 3, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · Columns · PE Web Zine

BY Comrade Black

It really pisses me off when I hear some punk kid or anarchist claim they are boycotting Nike (or whichever other giant corporation). Not because I think they should be supporting Nike, but simply because it shows a lack of any understanding of what a boycott is. And if we desire to be effective, we need to have a clear understanding of what different tactics and strategies actually are.

Boycotting is a non-violent consumer tactic which is based on withdrawing support (usually financial) as a way to force ones enemy/oppressor into a compromised position in which they must negotiate with you or meet your terms in order to regain your support.  So simply not participating is not the same as actively boycotting.  Thus going Vegan is not a boycott of the meat and dairy industry for example.

There are many problems with the idea of some patched up crusty claiming to be engaging in boycott tactics against major corporations. The first of which is that in order to take part in a boycott, you must first have support to withdraw, meaning you need to be a client or customer of the target company who financially contributes to them.  Even further, you need to be open to reinvesting that financial support one the target has complied with your demands.  This differs greatly from the DIY punk ethos of making our own shit rather than giving them our money, which is actually more about creating an alternative economy, or perhaps an alternative to economy.

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0 The Zoldier Wars Part 1 by Ben Axiom

  • May 2, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · Columns · PE Web Zine · Radness
Ben Axiom Holisticore
Ben Axiom HolisticoreJust as crack heads were engineered by the criminal power elite before the collapse, after, it was the zombified plague carriers who were easiest to exploit.

Most people die within a week of infection, but the zombies are the ones who when infected die slowly. Not knowing how long they’ll live, but knowing it won’t be long, they have no reason to help rebuild society. Their pathogenically induced sociopathy make them the perfect death squad mercenaries. They call the zombie recruits “zoldiers”. They work for cheap, they just want a few highs, lays, and gourmets before their inevitable gurgling end.

Because the zoldiers are so short lived though, the warlords’ business model needed innovation. Fearing the virus would eventually burn itself out they began culturing it in the same labs that were used to find the cure. The last scientists were captured and enslaved and now out one door goes the virus and out the other goes the serum.
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0 UNCURBED/WARVICTIMS – split 12” REVIEW

  • May 1, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

This is the new split by two titans of Swedish d-beat hardcore punk. Neither band really needs an introduction; UNCURBED have been doing their thing for almost 20 years and while WARVICTIMS are new in comparison, they still have a shit ton of releases under their belt. Each of the bands – though being d-beat – are set apart from each other. UNCURBED are bit more raw and dissonant while WARVICTIMS take the straightforward d-beat approach.
UNCURBED’S side of the split is fast-paced unrelenting d-beat punk with elements of modern crustcore, they have a huge sound and a more raw recording that I really like. It seems like a lot of bands records have been too polished lately. UNCURBED don’t fail in the lyric department either, the tracks are mostly about homelessness, desperation, insanity, hopelessness – fairly dark topics. I really liked their stuff as well as the ASOCIAL cover for their side of the split.
WARVICTIM’S side is a bit more “traditional” d-beat( a la DISCHARGE) with lyrics more about war, bombs, etc. with a few tracks sang in Swedish. I think they do the job pretty well. Track after track is a pummeling d-beat assault on your ears, with gang vocals and flying Burning Spirit’s-esque guitar riffs. Fairly kick-ass stuff.
I would snap up one of these babies pretty quick just in case this is UNCURBED’S last release(there are rumors that they may have called it a day). I’ve got the American version of the split on Sacred Plague that’s limited to 106 on clear blue vinyl and 447 on black. This record was released in Sweden on D-takt & Råpunk records on vinyl and by Black Seeds in Ireland on CD. By the way, I liked the cover art’s play on the GERMS (GI) LP cover. Solid release, check it.(JasonS)
Sacred Plague Records/ www.sacredplague.com

2 VIRUS Virulence CD REVIEW

  • May 1, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

THIS. IS. PUNK. ROCK! From all aspects, this is the real deal with killer music and some unique
vocal styles. When I say this, I mean it a more generalized way, but to some degree, it reminds of a
more aggressive SUBHUMANS. In regards to the unique and stand out sound. Excellent production
here with intense lyrics that are straight to the point. The first track, At What Cost? brings one of the
most important issues that’s driven the punk counter culture and it’s resistance….nuclear threat. This
song opens up this album and moves onto other important issues, such as being a drone soldier, to the
stagnant life of a “corporate whore”. Each song is unique in musical writing and the fluidity of the
vocals really makes this stand out. I’ve seen this band around, but this is my first listen (actually 3 rd
time of this CD). There’s a certain integrity about this band, and I respect their straight forward stance
and genuine ethos. It feels real, and not just something that was put out for some superficial reason.
This definitely is not back ground music and it’s not over the top distorted chaos with no substance.
This has good clarity and some really good hooks as well! Put on the anarchy seat belt…you’re goin’ for
a ride! (Leffer)

Active Distribution/BM ACTIVE/London/WC1N 3XX /Great Britain//

http://www.activedistribution.org

0 AGE OF WOE s/t 7”

  • May 1, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

This unrelenting 5-piece hailing from Göteburg plays a dark, progressive style of metallic hardcore. Drawing from their related projects (END OF ALL, MASSMORD, FUTURE RUINS, and FREIDAG DEN 13:E among others), this is less on the d-beat crust side of the aforementioned groups and more focused on driving mid-tempo rhythms and epic buildups on these two tracks. The production quality is huge, there is this dissonant guitar frequency that lurks in the choruses of the B-side “No Remorse” that really caught me off guard — one of those moments where you keep playing the track over and over to figure out what the hell is going on in that studio. These songs sound enormous, and a 7” seems too short to showcase their work, although the packaging is quite nice with a French door style jacket with some nice photography on the front. Another great release from Nakkeskudd Plater Records in Norway, who are well renowned for finding immensely heavy and interesting bands. I’m very interested to see what a completed thought will look like; according to cryptic hints on their website it appears as if a full-length will follow soon. (Rob Hanna)

Nakkeskudd Plater / Thorn Dønhaugsvei 74 / 1271 Oslo / Norway //

http://www.nakkeskudd.com

1 DESOLATEVOID Northern Aggression 7” REVIEW

  • May 1, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

Suffering from a pretty rough production, this single by Eau Claire, WI’s DESOLATEVOID is a bit of a tough egg to crack. The dual vocals are so weighed down with effects and filters it sounds like the singer is screaming into an aluminum hallway while gargling whiskey and shards of broken glass. Overall musically DESOLATEVOID plays thrashy crossover with a 90’s crust take, occasionally even showing some early Earache influences.Why the band chose to pose in front of a commemorative GG Allin plaque in their band photo, I’m not exactly sure, as the nicely illustrated cover art suggests the contents to be a little more morose. While the track “The Problemsolver” showcases a more fun, almost DISFEAR-esque side to the band, the three tracks are so disconnected it’s difficult to discern where they are heading.

(Rob Hanna)

Crimes Against Humanity / PO Box 1421 / Eau Claire, WI 54702 / www.cahrecords.com

1 LA LIGNE MAGINOT s/t 2xLP REVIEW

  • May 1, 2012
  • by stinkbot
  • · PE Web Zine · Reviews

The first thing you inescapably notice about this record is the beautiful artwork (by an unidentified Viennese painter). Gorgeous gatefold packaging with really nice vinyl and black inner sleeves, this is the debut full-length release by Vienna-based LA LIGNE MAGINOT. This is an immensely complex album, lyrically and musically. Peeling this back like an onion reveals a mixture of down-tuned hardcore punk with seriously dark metallic overtones and atmospheric textures piercing through waves of thick reverb. It’s reminiscent of some of the early 90’s metallic screamo stuff coming out of Germany, but has a very unique signature to it and stands certainly on its own. It invokes GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR-style crescendos and buildups then unleashes raspy experimental hardcore within seconds. Lyrical overtones paint a bleak existential foray into the decay of society, poetic without sounding contrived, and are well translated from the native Austrian-inflected German. I was blown away by this, and can’t wait to hear more from this mysterious band! (Rob Hanna)

Self-released / http://med-user.net/~la-ligne-maginot/

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