BASTARD NOISE-THE PROGRESSION OF SICKNESS 10"

Here on 36th there are a few things truly cherished to us.those being 1)feedback 2)The Big Lebowski and of course 3) Bastard Noise/MITB.so when i was finally able to obtain this 2012 masterpiece,i was thrilled.The two tracks,one on each side, showcase the brutality of Eric Wood's musical genius and virtuoso on bass as well as the dissonance of the unique noise the bastard noise blends into its sound.Aimee Artz vocals as the perfect addition to the bastard noise.the variation between the vocals of Artz and Wood create a new layer to the music that they did not before.producer micheal rozan mixed this album so perfectly that every element,distorted note,buzz of noise and shrill scream is of the highest quality of recording.the addition of drummer Jesse Appelhans(formerly of san diego noise group Upsilon Acrux) is well adjusted and perfect for the band after the departure of longtime drummer Joel Connell.Deep Six records stated it the best on their website-"The Progression of Sickness will prove to all skull servants that the evolution of THE SKULL is a fury to behold"

If i had gotten this release earlier ,it would've very easily battled sordo for my top pick of 2012

5 stars.

http://www.bastardnoise.com/

TOP 10 RELEASES OF 2012

not that anyone gives a shit what my opinion is,but here is my obligatory year end list..not a whole lot that is a surprise on this so lets get to it.

10) The Second Coming-ACxDC
the return of the socal powerviolence legends was highly anticipated and buzzed about around the community as soon as it was revealed they were writing.this shit is an absolute banger.6 tracks of PV done the way only these guys can.all tthe songs on here are sick,but my personal favorite was "fuck it dood...lets go bowling".good shit.
http://acxdc.bandcamp.com/album/second-coming-ep

9)No Reces-Beatriz Carnicero
Coming from Uruguay,this band reeks of everything that is 1st wave powerviolence.fast,cavemen,grooves.its all there.my homie tim from Opaqus Rex put out the tape for this and its even rawer than on here.good shit.
http://beatrizcarnicero.bandcamp.com/

8) Red Hands-Bridge
my homies from orange county,highly underated and maddogged by haters always.but the fact remains their one of the best fucking bands to come out of this shithole.the blasts are tight,the songs strong and heavy and the lyrics extremely personal.definently my favorite out of orange county this year.
red hands mediafire linkage.

7)New Recordings-Cancer Patient
another bunch of homies,this time coming from the grind haven that is south central LA.bass and drum PV to the maximum.no bullshit.no filler tracks.every song is an absolute banger.these guys are gonna blow up any day now.if youve already slept on this,you fucking suck.smoke hash and play powerviolence.
http://cancerpatient.bandcamp.com/

6)S/T-Fissure
again,a highly underated and hated on band by lamewads,this band is coming up fast,violently and effectively.
this album shows a taste of what fissure is like live.thrashy powerviolence at its best out of long beach and coachella.this band is looking at great things in their future.dont sleep on this.
http://fissurehcpv.bandcamp.com/

5)S/T-SixBrewBantha
Canada's where its at right now,grindcore wise.SixBrew are on the top of their game with their debut s/t album.17 tracks of brutality.start/stop transitions.blasting with bpms faster than a train.vocals that sound like snuff film recordings.shits dank,as they say in california.definently one of my favorite bands and homies.
http://sixbrewbantha.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-lp

4)Pizza HI Five/Archagathus split 7"
another opaqus masterpiece,this shit was actually supposed to come out way earlier than it did.none the less,this is some of my favorite tracks from both bands.the songs are raw as fuck and great to blast loud.
archagathus keeps it real with their mincecore perfection while pizza keeps up their 2 man debauchery in full effect.great record.
mediafire download linkage

3)God's America/Human Junk Split
truly the heaviest record of the year.human junk from england pillage and rape with high speed powervioelnce with screeched vocals.like extortion on meth.God's America's side is one of the heaviest ive ever heard.this is how powerviolence is supposed to sound.if not for the next two,this wouldve been the record of the year for me.http://grindcorekaraoke.com/album/gods-junk

2)-Tatical Precision Violence-Sordo
from my homies eduado(DIY NOISE) and gerry carrillo from oxnard,this bass/drum pv band is already a legendary band in california.their form of powerviolence is groovy,catchy and fucking pummelling when its fast.this shit gets spun twice a day in the chamber when we get done jamming.so fucking righteous,well done gentlemen.http://primeeggsamplerecords.bandcamp.com/album/tactical-precision-violence

1) Obacha/Chetwrecker-split tape
i got this tape from the homies in obacha when they came through socal.when i got home and poped it in,i was blown away by it.fast,catchy and fucking pissed,the obacha side is everything about the band i fucking lovein 10 songs.from fast jams to groovy breaks.the chetwreker side is just as dope,the oakland band showcases their powerful two piece destruction in 6 violent songs.both bands are gnarly live and deserve more recognition.best track?:toyota has nothing to do with hardcore.
obacha side download                                                                                  listen to the whole thing here.

thanks for reading.look forward to more bullshit and lagging next year on the site.hope to get some records out soon as well on 36th chamber of thrash.stay frosty,my friends.

OBACHA-Interview

Obacha are canada's finest in fastcore.fast,pissed and unrelenting.they are my good homies and i even got to play a few shows with them on their southern californian tour.if youre sleeping on this shit,youre fucking up hard.i sat down in the bunker with them to discuss star wars,mincecore,border patrol and wrecking chets.

36th:how did obacha come to form?
Tommy: Collin called me up one day and was like "hey wanna come start a fastcore band? i have 2 songs written". So of course I drive up to his house to jam them, Collin was playing guitar and I was playing drums and we learned the songs. Then we were jamming a week later and Graham showed up so we showed him the songs and he just grabbed a mic and said "I'm fucking in this band". Shortly after that we asked my cousin Evan to play drums so I moved to guitar and Collin moved to bass. Evan quit in January after playing with us for a year and a half so Graham moved to drums and that's the lineup we're at now. We played our first show as a 3 piece in March 2012 and started in May 2010.

                                        you can see lil ol' me in this video! such a gnarly show.


where did the name originate?
Collin was the first one to say it. It was like "you betcha" but spelled all fucked. We would get beers after jam and have endless discussions on how we should spell it, like hours long, every time, and never reached a conclusion so when our first show came I was making the flyer and just spelled it OBACHA. We figured it was a shitty enough name that it couldn't possibly be taken but sure enough it actually is by some techno hip hop guy from I don't fucking know where. Props to ORDSTRO for also having a name that's not even a proper word.

what are some of your most memroble moments in the band?

So many. Evan puking all over my dads van on a trip to Alberta, getting super duper drunk with TOTES BRUTE first night into tour (Richie KILLS at van jumps), meeting Jim Layhee on the ferry to GRINDLANDIA, Collin taking us to the wrong venue through a blizzard, hanging out with Bubb Rubb in Oakland, "I smoked it on accident fool", cramming us and SKUFF into my small ass truck for 4 days, our first Vancouver show where people were smashing each other really badly, playing with STILLBIRTH in Squamish and I got bashed in the face. Tons more. Touring fucking rules cause you get to see dumb shit you would never see otherwise. Plus you're almost always playing in the sketchiest part of any town so that's where all the real characters are.

what do you have planned next release wise?
We have a split ep with CHETWRECKER from Oakland at the plant, we had cassettes of it for tour but we sold out of them in like 5 shows. Pretty quick here we're recording for a split cassette with SLAVE from Alabama (who rule really hard) and then after that we're recording for a split ep with ORDSTRO from San Fransisco(who also rule hard) that we've had planned for a really long time. Then sometime we're doing a 4 way split 7' called "FAST FRIENDS" with ARCHAGATHUS, VIOLENT GORGE and SHOOTING SPREE. 9 dumbasses, 4 bands. Some of my friends keep bugging me to write an LP, but I don't really see that happening any time soon as a "long song" clocks in at about 35 seconds these days.

how did cali treat you on your tour?
Very well, those we're some of the best shows I've ever played and we met so many rad as fuck people. Also, we smoked weed with TWO guys that used to play in LACK OF INTEREST so I was really happy about that one. Everyone just smokes weed there nonstop it rules and we played with tons of great bands. The scene in Canada is good for fastcore and powerviolence but SO many more people go to shows there, especially in southern California where all the shows are at least 9 bands and cost $2. THANKS CALI!

when you coming back!? haha
As soon as we can. Graham has to get another passport cause he lost his on the first night of tour drunk as fuck in Seattle (we're real winners) and I should probably do some maintenance to the $400 van so, after that we're good to go. Hopefully the spring with CHETWRECKER, we're working on the where/when/how thing for that right now.  I wish the border didn't suck so bad getting into America looking like a greasy piece of shit grinder at 7a.m. on a monday sleep deprived and hungover with a very poorly planned stupid story that you're camping in California and aren't sure where yet. If it weren't for that we'd come down and play all the time.

finally,you're favorite chewbacca scene in star wars.
Any scene where he's freaking out and shouting off jibberish as loud as he can. That dude is CLEARLY down with powerviolence.

OBACHA'S BLOG
OBACHA'S BANDCAMP
OBACHA'S FB

new releases on tape are coming,

got some goodies coming around with the new year,hopefully going to get the store envy with the distro shit online!

TENSION/Faith In Failure split tape
 -ltd to 50 copies
  BxDxP-Stupid Fucks Playing Fast Vol.1
-ltd to 35 copies.
ArnoldXPalmer-Club Swingin' Power Violence
-ltd to 35 copies

TBA:
MEAT-s/t tape
TENSION/PxBxS SPLIT
 BDP-STILL STUPID,EVEN FASTER-Vol.2
MORE TBA!!!

xKATExMOSHx-3 songs

good powerviolence from rome,italy! check it out! badass bronson cover on this shit as well!

more tunes

Paradise-Arnold Palmer

the homie matt ants,the drummer for crutch and anthrot,put out this righteous underground rap alum earlier this year under the name PARADISE. true and clean flow with mellow beats to match.i dont usually post rap to this page,but fuck,this shit is good enough to be on the chamber.and he named it after arnold palmer,whats not to love?

free download here.

IRON LUNG INTERVIEW

 Iron lung are one of those bands few others can match nor get close to.they label themselves powerviolence while their sound has very little characteristics in common with first wave powerviolence other than speed and frantic start/stop nuances.this interview made me extremely nervous to send in based on i've never seen or read an interview with the men behind the chaos.when i sent these questions to iron lung records,i was surprised by how friendly and open their drummer,Jensen Ward,was to questions and such.what you are about to read was our conversations of life,iron lung and death.

-how long have you been playing drums for?when did you first start playing?
I bought a pair of drumsticks in 1996 and beat the fuck out of my steering wheel trying to learn every fill and nuance of Rudimentary Peni's "Death Church". I used to drive my mom to school in the mountains and I'd have to wait for hours. It snowed a lot up there so skateboarding was out. Gotta do something, man.


-how did you and Jon Kortland meet?
He worked as a paralegal at the lawyer's office I was using for my trial defence. I thought he looked like an interesting person and he was always listening to Steely Dan very quietly so I knew he liked to rock. We talked a lot while I was in the waiting room and got to be really good friends. Then he told me he played guitar in a punk band.

-how did Iron Lung come to form?
Jon's band Gob was looking for a fill in drummer so I joined up for a couple shows. We really clicked. The bass player in Gob was a real nut so we cut her loose and started up a Dune tribute band for fun. The singer of that band was a real nut so we cut him loose too. Then there was only two...

-where did the name originate from?
We both like antique medical practices and gear so what better poster child for that interest is there besides an IRON LUNG? That's a trick question, there isn't.

-what influences,as a lyricist,do you draw from?
I listen to a lot of Weird Al.

-you guys have been alot of different places,where are some of your favorite places to play throughout the world?
In alphabetical order by continent: Asia, Australia, Europe, North America.

-how did you contact Nick Blinko for the artwork on the cover of sexless/no sex?
I will not tell anyone that secret. He is a sensitive man and doesn't like to be bothered. I'm glad he is feeling better.

-i love your many different collaborations with bands like Hatred Surge,David Bailey,Pig Heart Transplant and your other band Walls.Is it hard to collaborate with other bands?what is your process of writing when with other bands?
All of the people we pick to play with are the best at what they do so writing and arranging is easy. We all show up to the sessions with ideas. We try a few different combinations of ideas and see what we can do. It usually works out nicely.

-how did Iron Lung Records come about?
Lords Of Light were one of the best live bands we have ever had the pleasure to play with. They did their 2nd recording session and ended up with the song "Dividing Up" left over. It was way too good to just let go so we had them go into the studio again and record a b-side and made a great (and completely misunderstood) single out of it. To this day that is one of my favorite releases.

-what are some of your favorite groups on the label?
All of them. We only put out stuff we like.

-what are your  plans for the future as a band?
Eventually, probably on the "White Glove Test" world tour, we will hit some black ice in Sweden and decapitate ourselves. Then the understudies will continue on in our place for at least another 25 years. It never ends...

-finally,what are some unsigned groups in the powerviolence circuit that have caught your attention?
Porch Trash, Pillcrusher, The Death, Sarin Gas X and Human Meat are just a couple of the bands we are looking at right now. We don't want to give away too much more than that right now for fear that they will get scooped up before we can afford their demands. Damn you Relapse Records!!!

-thank you for the interview and all the sweet recordings,mr.ward.
You're welcome. Stop by any time.

http://lifeironlungdeath.blogspot.com/
Iron Lung Records Bandcamp
Iron Lung Records Big cartel

God's America/Human Junk-Split 7"

This split is some of the strongest music released this year.Human Junk is a ravaging UK speedviolence group and their 7 tracks are fucking quick and furious.Not one song on their side of the split is longer than a minute.definently one of my favorite bands to emerge from the UK. God's America is a Las Vegas native powerviolence band of the heaviest variety.the sheer intensity of the songs is where the intensity comes.definently one of my favorite splits of the year.

download linkage here:

http://grindcorekaraoke.com/album/gods-junk

Corrupt Bastards-Split w/Calafia Puta

Drum and Bass Violence at maximum speed and groove.havent yet heard the calafia puta side yet,but if i do i will put it up! give it up for Texas powerviolence and check it out.

http://corruptbastards.bandcamp.com/album/corrupt-bastards-calafia-puta-split-tape

GRIPE INTERVIEW

 I first found gripe through a blog,whose name i can't remember now.It linked too their demo The Future Dosen't Need You and i was immediately pleased with what i heard.blasting,buzzsaw guitars,snarling vocals talking of killing cops and such.i immediately began following the group as they've become bigger and bigger in the grindcore circuit.they released pig servant in oct 2011 and it became very popular at the blog grindcore karaoke and was put out by DIY noise and sold out in a  matter of days of being released.their newest split with Diseksa,Indefinite Detention,is tight as fuck and sold out quickly.Pig servant is being repressed now as well as the excellent split with Chulo from DIY NOISE rex. I interviewed brandon and dj about the band,their infulences and the politics behind their noise.

38th Chamber Of Thrash: How did gripe come to form?






Brandon: Gripe formed out of boredom and necessity in Athens GA some time in very late 2010. Dj and me were playing in our d beat band wolf charge. But we really wanted to play faster at the time. Tom had just moved to Athens from MI and did not have many friends and wanted to be in a punk band. Wolfcharge was on its last leg Dj and myself had no plans other than to start the fastest band in Athens. Tom and me started jamming at the local charity music space called Nucis. It sort of went from there. Bu6t thats just Athens we dont play ATl as much as we should really.
    

DJ:like brandon said it was after wolfcharge, we always knew we where destined to be in the worlds fastest band but needed to kill time until we met tom, i remember we would argue with our old drummer (in wolfcharge) so much brandon said"we should just call our next band gripe"

36th: what reaction did you garner from the Atlanta music circuit as you started?
 Brandon: Positive actually for the most part. We pretty much let it be known that we would play with anyone, anywhere, and anytime under  any circumstance. We just showed no fear and no pretension I think that went a long way with people.We started with every intention of full on alienating eveyone so it was cool to see kids just be like fuck yes! We formed  an odd couple  alliance with a local pop punk band called The Fuzzlers and started wrecking houses.  American Cheese Burger was still around for a lil bit when we just started as well. I think were just happy to see another fast pissed band in Athens so we got to play some cool shows with those guys before they broke up as well. We have had allot of fun.
Dj:we played one of our first shows in atl and as soon as we got done playing people wanted merch, we where like what? this is our second show. we still have no idea whats going on!


36th: what is some good grindcore from Georgia?
 Brandon: In a word Grinchfinger! Also God's Balls are pretty insane as well.
 Dj: Grinchfinger

36th: under what conditions was 'The Future Dosen't Need You' recorded?

Brandon: The Future Doesnt Need You was kinda neat because we really kind of did not know what we were doing at the time and I think it kind of shows. haha The dudes who recorded it Joel and Mike(who fucking rule) kind of walked us through it because it was the first time Dj and me had ever done anything that could be considered a "real" recording but Joel and Mike had never done a grind recording before so we were all figuring it out as we went along.. I was using a Busted ass Laney head 50 watt pro tube at the time it had been  dropped literally like 3 times at house shows going into the recording that same week and already sounded like shit in the best way possible of course. It was just feeding back uncontrollable in the "studio"  so they had to throw a ton of compression on it to try to make it sound close to  a "real" guitar sound. haha Dj did everything in one take.Refused to do any do overs. Partially because  He was extremely hung over and dehydrated but I also think its because he felt good about it. Tom was a pro and was an old hand at recording really. But I think we were all shocked at how well it came out overall. Dare I say even proud haha. When I first hear it I remember thinking this is going to be un listenable to most people and I kind of got a kick out of that. Ya know I like a kind of either you get it or you fucking don't kind of thing.  Of course the on line reaction  also came as a complete shock it seemed very unlikely and kind of surreal. haha We were not even able to tour because of finances but people were still finding our music and responding to it. Now I go back and listen to it and the recording  just sounds so weird and out of phase or something, but still incredible pissed haha I came up with the title because I was reading an article on Ray Kurzwell and futurism. It just struck me weird, the whole thing was about immortality and nano bot technology. So I was just like here human's are  arrogant as ever  using robots to cure fucking cancer and shit but on the other hand as a species we are still just as ugly, dumb and barbaric as ever in how we treat each other. So I came up with the title just sort of playing off the age old fear of technology evolving faster than man and eventually replacing him.

Dj: well on my part i was still pretty drunk from the night before and pissed i had to wake up early, thats why my vocals sound like shit. but the guys are fucking amazing (joel and mike) and just let us do our thing. i wanted to do all my parts in one take just like a live show. in repeating yourself  you lose intensity

what are some of your main infulences when writing lyrics?
Dj: robots, booze and pure fucking hatred for humanity

Brandon: I would say Dystopia for starters. I help out with the lyric writing process. I dont know I will just be doing my shitty job or in class doing a shitty assignment and I just sort of daydream up grind song titles. I have been doing this since I was  a kid so it is sort of second nature really. I like our lyrics allot I feel like Jordan (our current singer) does a great job.I think right now in the world of grind and pv it's all about riffs and compositions  and lyrics are an after thought really. I don't like that, We as a band don't like that. We still think what a band says is important once again, another outdated notion our band subscribes to. Jordan bust's his ass and works real hard and I think he says what he means and I think he draws from a wide variety of punk and even some black metal because religion is a pet peeve topic of his. DJ is pure nihilism.

how did you come into contact with diseksa?
Dj:that's all brandon
Brandon: Diseksa rule and they are just a rugged ass band who's always down for a split. They actually found us because I think a part of their thing is just seeking out the grossest sounding grind they can find  and cranking out quality splits relentlessly. So they actually contacted us. I met the drummer of the band Seluar Jeans Koyak online and he was a really nice super down to earth dude and we started talking about the idea of doing a split and it sort of went from there. I think they first heard us through the Operation Grindcore vol 1 comp(one of the best underground comp releases of last year) I love the SE Asia grind scene right now for my money one of the best active grind scenes in the world! Kids over there are all about anything fast, dirty, and blasty. Also I just feel like they are coming from a more sincere place musically than some of the bands in the good ol US of A. Where it is always scene this and scene that where everybody is competing with each other in the worse ways possible be it to get on the "right" label or just trying to make a name for their selves. They just dont come across like that in certain other parts of the world. So in a way there is just a more fuck you attitude to it and allot of bands we like come out of Asia.

where did the inspiration to call the split "indefinite detention" come from?
 Brandon: There was recently an extremely fascist law passed by our government and it kind of went under the radar in mainstream media but for the most part it allows people to be arrested or detained if you will  under "terrorist" charges without a fair trial and for an indefinite amount of time the law is written and constructed vaguely. This is intentionally so that the powers that be can dictate what qualifies as terrorism at any given point to suit their own interest.. I thought it would make a good album title apart from just not only being relevant but also because it catches your ear. I mean the law itself when spoken sounds creep, vague and threatening and I feel like it is designed that way. Also there is a tradition of grindcore and punk rock/hardcore songs addressing and calling out fascism for what it really is when they see it occur. But I feel like people have gradually gotten away from that maybe its to old fashioned or maybe its just apathy.I don't know.  But anyway to me that has always been a  big part of the roots of grindcore music it has direct ties to crust punk and the early anarcho punk movement and it has of course evolved into many different things and its own genre, but it  was originally a sort of  kill all extremity used as a vehicle for rebellion and  to capture the sounds of oppression and human suffering and  there is not a more capable genre of music than grindcore, crust and allot of the early fastcore that inspired it, for doing this in my opinion. I dunno I mean I like records like Misery Index and FETO just the way the lyrics add to the atmosphere, where lyrically they are coming from this sort of dark reality sort of place if not a reality than something that could easily become your reality. They always sounded like prophets of doom to me and it always had a sort of crushing desperation to it.  I guess Just trying to channel that  in our own way really.

I love the Man vs. Cop split w/ Chulo you just recently released,how did you guys come into contact with
those guys?

Dj: Thats also all Brandon.

Brandon: I heard Chulo on GK a while back. I was really into them it was a sort of blown out lo fi kind of sound that was real bass and groove heavy. I dig that kind of sound its always so painful when bands can do that right. Water Torture is another band right now who comes to mind. But yeah Sebastian the guitar player of Chulo was aware of us I guess and he contacted me on line and we started nerding out on grind and crust and pv and all this shit we were into.He runs a blog that covers South American punk rock and hard core so I was finding out about all these awesome bands and one day he pitched the idea of doing a split on floppy disk since you could fit literally only 1 minute of music on a floppy disk as a grind band we were capable of doing a two song single kind of thing and I thought it was genius! I told every one else and the fellas were just like naw he must mean flexi and I was like floppy no shit! haha I think its funny cause physical formats are such a dying animal. Its just like okay people just download music and put it on their ipods anyway if they get a tape or vinyl they regard as a sort of a "collector" item now anyway. But I just like the idea which was all Chulo! Oscar their  vocalist hooked up the art work and it came out sick. The Man Vs Cop floppy disk split release is one of the coolest things I think we have done as a band so far.

What are your plans for the future as a band?
Brandon: Just keep writing music. Still trying to capture that sense of urgency like the first time you hear Minor Threat or Scum when u are a kid. I want to write something that floors me like that. I liked The future and I liked Pig Servant even more I feel like our next record is gonna be even better hopefully, if not  go back to the drawing board. Dont want to repeat myself or regress. So yeah I think this is going to be our first official full length and expect dual vocals or maybe even three vocalist this time out who knows?


Finally,What are your top 5 anti police songs?
Dj:   acab, fuck the police,officer down, 911 is a joke, anything by r kelley
Brandon: ACAB, Fuck the police, cop killer, Police story, and revenge. Gotta have at least two black flag songs in there. 

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