Forest Crew Records
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Abrade is a Chicago three-piece powerviolence/grind band established in 2005. This is the first "official" release - a self titled 7" put out with the help of Chicago's SouthKore Records - that displays the band's wide base of influence.
Abrade's last release to date, this album (unfortunately unmastered as of yet) is their no bullshit, straight-forward onslaught of primitive style powerviolence.
This CD is from a live set recorded at The Tomb in Madison, WI. Relentlessly intense this set lasts about 20 minutes and successfully captures all of the band's energy.
ADDXM is a two-piece psychedelic thrash band from Chicago. Their main influences are Discordance Axis, Dystopia and Tool, but they take from an even broader spectrum of genres and styles.
This discography is a collection of songs ADDXM recorded with Mike Golen in 2009 that were on Contaminate Yer Sleep, PCP, Punching Fucking Skulls and some unreleased tracks.
Fucked Ideas is a one track collaboration between Fucked Upstairs (Chicago, IL) and Idea Defined. Totaling about an hour in length, this split forces anyone who listens to it to the fear, the awe and the surrealism of and eight to twelve hour voyage through the mind. Ripe with samples, sounds, noise and rage this album spews forth a unique balance of chaotic noise and structure.
idXed (idea defined) is a solo project based out of Chicago. Taking influence from trips to dreams, grind to trip hop, poetry to paintings, noise to ambiance idXed is as free of form as it is strange in style.
I Hate This Dystopia is a series of short and fast ripper tracks spliced just enough for an awkward edge of dissonance. In the vein of 80's hardcore, this album fronts an attitude of live-like aggression and relentless assault.
Storm The Plateau was originally released in 2009, but in poor quality. This revamped version boasts better quality, mixing and drum tracks (from TabIt MIDI to Fruity Loops samples).
An overly cartoonish blend of genres and soundscapes, this album is a trip in itself. The tracks emulate the come-up, battling the fry, peaking out, coming down and manifesting the experience. Probably more abstract than profound, this is a fun album full of experimentation.
Chicago based Morvern Restraint is the product of a ten year reunion between two friends hopelessly devoted to punk. From extremely catchy lyrics to a slightly harder edge, Morvern Restraint is likely to have something for anyone who likes punk in its poppier or harder forms.
In Your Room EP was the work of one month's constant drilling and a few years of acoustic tracks melted into one. There are 6 original tracks on this release plus two covers - Alkaline Trio (Goodbye Forever) and Jawbreaker (Condition Oakland).
Punching Fucking Skulls is a collab between Forest Crew Records (IL) and Homeless Factory Records (TX) about a year or two in the making. It consists of 12 awesome bands all tearing tracks up in different ways.
Terranaut (ex Dark Sodomy lolz...) is a Chicago based black metal band that dabbles beautifully in the streams of folk and raw black metal. This demo is the foundation of their unique style, possibly paving new paths in the genre.
