Auditory Assault Festival

Torche at Beerland during SXSW (more here) After their recent van robbery in Chicago, Hydra Head Records said that, "Torche is already sorting out potential DIY gigs in the states...

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...

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...

DOWNLOAD: Maruta - "The Collapse" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Kill The Client - "Divide & Conquer" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Copremesis - "Zombie" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Defeatist - "Isolation Tactics" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Misery Index - "Conquistadores" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Crowpath - "Plague Bearer" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rotten Sound - "Targets" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gadget - "HSN1" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jig-Ai - "Shu-Lin" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sulaco - "Model Of Inefficiency" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sayyadina - "My Say Shall Be The Last" (MP3) The ante has been upped...

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...