CHAOS IN TEJAS VINYL HAUL
Aside from amazing bands from all over the world, the largest punk fest in the United States is also home to a dozen distros and a few records swaps. If you look hard enough and get up early enough you can find just about anything you are looking for. Here is what I picked up this year:
BURNT CROSS – Break the Law Not the Poor 7” (Anarcho-punk from the UK. Haven’t heard them yet but have heard good things about them. I recall reading an interview with them in PE or MRR a while back.)
DEATH EVOCATION 7” (This was one of the surprise bands from the fest. I had never heard of them before seeing them live. With female lead vocals echoing with strong reverb they were very much in the Sacrilege / After the Bombs vein.)
AXIOM – Establishing a Culture of Resistance 7” (Hard hitting crust from the North West)
REALITY CRISIS – Sound of Destruction 7” (R.C. also played the fest. With dual vocals they deliver a hardcore, crusty, punk attack. The Japanese bands know how to get it done and these guys were no exception.)
ACROSTIX – “Truth Turned Gray With Justice” (I have their LP and they are one of my favorite current Japanese bands and play thrashy crust inf the vein of SDS)
POWER TRIP s/t 7” (Before heading to the fest I had been told to keep an eye out for these dudes and I caught them with MIDNIGHT and TOXIC HOLOCAUST at Beerland. They kicked ass! Total crossover thrash in the vein of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, LEEWAY and EXCEL. Awesome!)
DEVIATED INSTINCT – Liberty Crawls 12” (The return of the orginal “stenchcore” merchants! Actually I didn’t buy this there, I ordered it before I left and it was waiting for me when I got home. )
GAUZE – Fuckheads / Equalizing Distort LP (Legendary Japanese hardcore. This a boot but is really nicely done and sounds great. It’s on white vinyl and comes with two inserts, one for each title. )
DR. KNOW – Wreckage in the Flesh (Finally! Been trying to get my hands on this bad boy. The final, and most metal, LP from this old school California crossover band)
ZYANOSE – Noise Phillia 2005 – 2011 LP (Awesome blown out crust from Japan. They killed it at Chaos in Tejas!)
FORWARD – Burn Down the Corrupted Justice LP (Another great band from Japan that just ruled at Chaos in Tejas. Caught them twice even!)
DEADLY REIGN – No End In Sight LP (Holy shit! These guys delivered a head bashing performance at Beerland during Chaos in Tejas. Extremely hard hitting crusty hardcore with former members of WB2D and GLYCINE MAX.)
REALITY CRISIS – Scissors for Lunatics, Howling Noise for Us LP (As mentioned above they played in Texas. Haven’t spun the record yet but they were great live!)
7-SECONDS – Walk Together Rock Together LP (Classic USHC. Original pressing I believe.)
CONFLICT – the Ungovernable Force LP (My favorite album by this classic anarcho punk band from the UK. With that being said, I have strangely never owned a real copy of this record. For ever I have just had a dubbed cassette. Bout time I remedied that.)
ANTISECT tour 7″ (Holy shit! Only two songs but this kicks ass! Recorded and mixed the way ANTISECT was meant to sound! A review on this coming up for sure!)
Whew! That’s it! Watch for reviews on the newer titles over the next couple of weeks! (JoshMosh)
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