CAN

 

"tago mago"

Year:  1971

Country:  Germany

City:  Cologne

Label:  United Artists

Format:  CD, 2 x LP

Tracks:  7

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Krautrock

German experimental rock band formed in Cologne circa 1968, initially as Inner Space and becoming "The Can" when fronted by American vocalist Malcolm Mooney. Can are well-known as one of the key pioneers of Krautrock, particularly during the era when fronted by Japanese singer Kenji "Damo" Suzuki who "turned their sound towards a crazy mixture of improvisation, noise, mantra and funk rhythms". They were constantly at the forefront of the Krautrock scene during their 10+ year history, composed music for films by directors including Roland Klick and Wim Wenders, and had an international hit with their pop satire single "I Want More" (1976).

The first Can member to go solo was Holger Czukay, and after Can split keyboard player Irmin Schmidt established a successful solo career. Other Can members also went solo and/or participated in other projects. In 1986 Czukay, Karoli, Mooney, Schmidt, and Liebezeit reformed, resulting in the album "Rite Time" (1989). In March 2003 Can received the German music industry's Echo Award for lifetime achievement.

Posthumously for some members, Can continue to inspire today and are blessed with a huge collection of tape recordings that have not seen the light of day. The Lost Tapes is part of this legacy, released in 2012, also known as Holger Czukay's pension fund. A new series is taking shape in the form of live recordings by long standing Can fans that shows the depth and wealth of the bands musical resolve.

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"ege bamyasi"

Year:  1972

Label:  United Artists

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  7

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Krautrock

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GRINDCRUSHER

 

"Grindcrusher - the earache sampler"

Year:  1989

Country:  UK

City:  Nottingham

Label:  Earache

Format:  2 x LP, CD

Tracks:  11

Time:  30 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Death Metal , Hardcore , Industrial , Punk

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FAILURE

 

"obstinate"

Year:  2024

Label:  No Time Records

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  12 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Power Violence

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"failure"

Year:  2017

Label:  Here And Now!

Format:  CD, LP, cassette

Tracks:  10

Time:  20 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Power Violence

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CARNIVORE

 

"retaliation"

Year:  1987

Country:  US

City:  New York

Label:  Warner

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Speed Metal

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"idem"

Year:  1985

Label:  Warner

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  8

Time:  36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Speed Metal

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HARDCORE HOLOCAUST

 

"Hardcore Holocaust (peel sessions)"

Year:  1988

Country:  UK

City:  London

Label:  Strange Fruit

Format:  CD, LP

Bands:  9

Tracks: 25

Time:  41 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

Featuring a mind-boggling 118 tracks across three discs, this compilation brings together some of the most extreme music ever recorded for John Peel’s legendary BBC Radio 1 show. With a mass of ground-breaking material from 1987-90, this is the single most comprehensive history of grindcore ever released.

Peel’s relentless quest for the cutting edge took him to places where lesser DJs feared to tread. In the mid- to late-80s, his quixotic journey led him to discover an emerging wave of new UK bands taking punk, hardcore and metal influences to a new extreme. Dubbed grindcore, their distorted, hypersonic outbursts laid the groundwork for some of the most uncompromising music of our age.

Napalm Death weren’t the first OTT hardcore outfit to be championed by Peel, but they were by far the fastest and easily the most influential. All manner of extreme hardcore and metal was later inspired by their pioneering noise. The band’s first Peel session, recorded in September 1987, was a whirlwind of speed and sonic chaos. With tracks such as The Kill and Dead clocking in at around three seconds and ten seconds respectively, nothing quite like it had been heard before. Two further Napalm Death sessions are included here and are mandatory listening for those interested in the genesis of today’s extreme metal scene.

Disc one also features sessions by Extreme Noise Terror, the high-velocity hardcore band who famously performed 3 a.m. Eternal with The KLF at 1992’s Brit Awards. Like Napalm Death, their vitriol was directed at the military-industrial complex and the evils of corporate control.

The second disc opens with two sessions of crude grindcore/death metal from Carcass, who subsequently cleaned up their sound and became one of death metal’s most important innovators. With song titles like Crepitating Bowel Erosion and Reek of Putrefaction, they steered clear of politics, preferring instead to explore a mire of nightmarish gore.

Bolt Thrower’s rumbling, bottom-heavy death metal rounds out disc two, making way for a diverse final disc featuring Godflesh’s industrial noise metal, Unseen Terror’s metallic grindcore and a return to straightforward hardcore with Heresy and Intense Degree. With comprehensive liner notes from Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris, an explosive chapter in UK music history finally has a tribute worth the name (*Review by Greg Moffitt ).

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BGK

 

"jonestownaloha!"

Year:  1983

Country:  Holland

City:  Amsterdam

Label:  Vögelspin

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  20

Time:  30 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

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"nothing can go wrong"

Year:  1986

Label:  Alternative Tentacles

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  16

Time:  36 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

The masters of Dutch political punk  hardcore strike the match and burn wildly with this new line-up. Tony’s gone over to guitar and he rips the pace to bleedin’ shreds as the drums smash over and over again with Rene’s forceful thrusted vocals. If you liked the first, the second will drive you mad with quickness, tight harmonies, and action-packed thrills.

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PINK FLOYD

 

"the piper at the gates of dawn"

Year:  1967

Label:  Universal

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  11

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Psychedelic Rock

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"a saucerful of secrets"

Year:  1968

Label:  Sony

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  7

Time:  45 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Psychedelic Rock

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"atom heart mother"

Year:  1970

Label:  Universal

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  13

Time:  45 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Psychedelic Rock

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"the film"

Year:  1982

Country:  UK

City:  London

Label:  none

Format:  CD, 2 x LP

Tracks:  25

Time:  100 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Soundtrack

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"the dark side of the moon"

Year:  1973

Label:  Universal

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  42 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Prog Rock

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"wish you were here"

Year:  1975

Label:  Universal

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  44 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Prog Rock

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"animals"

Year:  1977

Label:  Universal

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  5

Time:  42 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Prog Rock

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"the wall"

Year:  1979

Label:  Universal

Forrmat:  CD, 2 x LP

Tracks:  26

Time.  80 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Prog Rock

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"a momentary lapse of reason"

Year:  1987

Label:  Universal

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  52 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:     AOR     Prog Rock

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KORN

 

"the serenity of suffering"

Year:  2016

Label:  Warner

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  11

Timee:  51 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Nu Metal

The return of guitarist Brian "Head" Welch in 2013 clearly made a huge difference to Korn’s collective state of mind. What the Bakersfield veterans have needed more than anything in recent years, however, is an album that reignites the untamed energy of their early records. The Paradigm Shift came close in 2013, but The Serenity of Suffering fits the bill in every respect. Monstrously heavy from the opening riff onwards, this is classic Korn: the grooves are lumbering hulks of viscous sludge, frontman Jonathan Davies’s red-eyed angst fizzes with worldly rage and nearly every song boasts a chorus that will wreak havoc when played to diehard crowds. There is room for bursts of wonky electronics, the occasional whiff of synth-driven new-wave worship and a guest appearance from Slipknot’s Corey Taylor on the glowering A Different World, but the best moments come when Korn sound exactly like Korn – albeit darker, nastier and more commanding than they have in a long time. (Review by Dom Lawson ).

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"take a look in the mirror"

Year:  2003

Label:  Sony

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  13

Time:  45 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Nu Metal

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"untouchables"

Year:  2002

Label:  Sony

Format:  CD, 2 x LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  54 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Nu Metal

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"issues"

Year:  1999

Label:  Sony

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  16

Time:  52 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Nu Metal

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"follow the leader"

Year:  1998

Label:  Sony

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  80 min.

Genre:  electronic, rock

Style:        Nu Metal

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