Brutal Truth

“We went mainly to see Repulsion, a seminal grindcore band from Flint, Michigan, who opened the show. Before setting on their current moniker they called themselves “Ultraviolence” and then “Genocide”, which lends some insight into the group’s aesthetic…

DOWNLOAD: Repulsion “The Stench Of Burning Death” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brutal Truth “Evolution Through Revolution” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pig Destroyer “Loathsome” (MP3) Repulsion Only four days left (July 31st) until the upcoming NYC debut of grind gods Repulsion along with the unfathomable support crew of Brutal Truth and Pig Destroyer at Brooklyn Masonic Temple…

DOWNLOAD: Crucifist – “Honor” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Flood – “Aphelion” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Culted – “Social Control” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fall Of Efrafa – INLÉ (Zipped MP3 Album) Fall of Efrafa Though the rain is mostly gone, it’s still a doomy gloomy day here at Week In Metal, where we kick things off with Fall of Efrafa, who have dropped their FINAL album of thundering post-hardcore sludge on Denovali…

DOWNLOAD: Minsk – “Three Moons” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Magrudergrind – “Excommunicated” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Magrudergrind – “Lyrical Ammunition For Scene Warfare” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Afgrund – “Klinisk Digital Kyla” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Afgrund – “Borja Fran Noll” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thou – “Into The Void” (Black Sabbath cover, MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thou – “Sweet Leaf” (Black Sabbath cover, MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thou – “Lord Of This World” (Black Sabbath cover, MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thou – “Black Sabbath” (Black Sabbath cover, MP3) DOWNLOAD: Black Pyramid – “Visions of Gehenna” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gnaw Their Tongues – “Rife with Deep Teeth Marks” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Complete Failure – Heal No Evil (ZIPPED MP3 Album) Lots of ground to cover, since we missed ya last week, so lets get right to it with the mighty Minsk…

The oh-so-Brutal Truth Pummeling, fist-pumping, extreme grindcore was the order of the day at Europa in Brooklyn on Sunday (5/17). It was day two of the Auditory Assault Festival, and the godfathers of modern grind, Brutal Truth, met up with the mighty Misery Index, Rotten Sound (who released one of my fave records of 2008), Crowpath (them too), Total Fucking Destruction (with Richard Hoak of BT), Pigsty, Jig-ai, Sulaco, and others…

Repulsion circa 1992 They played Europa last night (5/17), and now we can confirm that Brutal Truth are playing another NYC show on July 31st at Brooklyn Masonic Temple…

Brutal Truth @ Maryland Deathfest 2007 Maryland Deathfest‘s belligerent younger sibling, Auditory Assault Fest, takes place THIS WEEKEND in Brooklyn on May 16th and 17th At Europa…

DOWNLOAD: Coalesce – “Questions To Root Out Fools” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brutal Truth – “Sugardaddy” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Agoraphobic Nosebleed – “Agorapocalypse Now” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: General Surgery – “Restrained Remains” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Lord Mantis – “Lord Mantis” DOWNLOAD: Mournful Congregation – The June Frost Medley (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Atomic Bitchwax – “Revival” DOWNLOAD: Weekend Nachos – “Pain Over Acceptance” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Weekend Nachos – “Shot In The Head” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ruins – “Suicidal Pulse” (MP3) Coalesce LIVE at Scion Rock Fest (photo by Mike White) Relapse is KILLIN’ IT in the 09 so far…

My favorite of the two Oceans, the one missing a definite article in front of their name (Ocean of Maine), will be the next heavy band to headline Show No Mercy at Public Assembly (Feb 15th)…

Swede badasses GADGET in 2007. I definitely have been going on and on and on about the awesome Maryland Deathfest, and while my stoke-ability level is still tres tres high, we now have have something closer to home to look forward to from the very same team behind MDF…