Emergency Room Comp

Emergency Room Vol. 1 [Nominal Records]

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i'm generally not a huge fan of comps, they tend to be uneven or unfocused. i usually have to sit through filler to get to the handful of songs i really like. this is definitely not the case with Emergency Room. this is the second release by Nominal Records out of Vancouver Canada. i can say that after only a handful of releases (a couple i'm also posting) that i'll be eagerly awaiting anything else that they put out. the basis for this comp is DIY punk with a creamy noise rock center. the majority of these bands are fronted by female singers which i love. i'm not going to go through this band by band or song by song, but i will say that the first time i heard Instinct by the Mutators my jaw dropped. the one misstep on this album is the closer by Sick Buildings and not even because it's a bad song. it strays more to the straight noise side of things and just doesn't seem to fit the overall sound of the album.

SIDE A:
1. DEFEKTORS-Burning Light
2. DEFEKTORS-Kick First One
3. PETROLEUM BY-PRODUCTS-Rat Face
4. PETROLEUM BY-PRODUCTS-Grossest Thing
5. VAPID-Sex Stain
6. VAPID-Die
7. WHITE LUNG-Therapy

SIDE B:
1. MUTATORS-Instinct
2. MUTATORS-VvV
3. TWIN CRYSTALS-Trinity
4. TWIN CRYSTALS-Safety
5. NU SENSAE-Graceland
6. NU SENSAE-Don't Panic
7. NU SENSAE-Peter Tripp
8. SICK BUILDINGS-The Commuter

i'm throwing in some other short samplers of some of the bands that participated (gull skull also posted Nu Sensae earlier).


Mutators/Shearing Pinx Split 12" [Ugly Pop]

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White Lung - Magazines 7" [Deranged]

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Defektors - Secret Trials/Doomsday Girl 7" [Nominal]

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Vapid - Do The Earthquake 7" [Nominal]

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The Believers

Brontoursaurus [2005, Apostasy]






Lost Tracks (aka: Forgotten Tracks) [2006, Blueberry Honey]





was reminded of this by a request from someone elsewhere. these guys are reminiscent of the noisier output of Magik Markers (if you're looking for something like Boss, this isn't it) and can totally hold their own with them in my opinion. features members of SON OF EARTH, SHACKAMAXON, DUCK, IDEA FIRE COMPANY, & SAPAT. raw as hell. unfortunately, as far as i know they haven't put anything out since 2006.

"...The Believers like their rock raw, simple and stoopid- and so do I! Camping out around overloaded guitar riffs, distorted vocals, and pounding drums, these Sleestaks-in-satin provide the perfect soundtrack to a summer headcold..." - Chris Miller, review in Thaumaturgy blog

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Brontoursaurus: download

Lost Tracks: download

crust & noise

våld - boycott your life (treason troops)

melodic crust with some elements of grind and death from finland. too bad they only released this full lenght. cold, fast & hostile. the lead singer is now in loinen, an excellent blackened sludge band.

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agrimonia - agrimonia (self released)

demo from a newish swedish band, contains members of Martyrdöd, Acursed, Dödsdömd and Atomvinter. blackened doom with hints of amebix style crust. five anthems for the armageddon.

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monno - error (conspiracy)

swiss band based in berlin. sludgey noise rock created by laptop and bass, loud pounding drums and shrieked out vocals. uncompromising, stubborn and ruthless.

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