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What you might have missed last night (Last Fest III - Night 1 of 2)

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Divtech cover of Dystopia's "Hands That Mold" at Last Fest III at the Rake's End (Cincinnati, Ohio).  According to Robert Inhuman, a version of the cover will appear on the B-side of a 7" released through Hirntrust, a label from Austria.  That 7" will be released sometime maybe at the end of this year as a follow-up to the full-length LP that literally just came out on Realicide Youth Recordings, which you can order here and listen to here .

Something that will always make me laugh

Some of the old band names from Amphetamine Reptile Records.

Culling the herd...

Signs a noise rock band might not "rock out" very hard: They have six members, one of who's a saxophone player and one who's a keyboard player. And they're on every song. Things I would like to see less of: The words "garage psych surf" together. Garage rock. Noise rock bands who try to sound like the Jesus Lizard.  Have you ever heard of  Amphetamine Reptile Records?  They had some good bands. Getting stoked on a doom metal band and then realizing they stole all their riffs from Electric Wizard.  Either go back to the source or come up with new material.  You're killing me, people... Funeral doom bands with "satanic" or black magic-themed lyrics.  Look, I'm listening to you because I'm sad, not out of some fascination with "evil poetry".  Maybe if you weren't into being "evil", you wouldn't be misanthropes?  Just a thought. Death metal bands throw...