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Avarice, the scathing third LP from Chicago grind/hardcore crew NEQUIENT, is OUT TODAY on splatter vinyl, cassette, CD, and digital formats. @nequientchicago /nef119 Vocalist Jason Kolkey writes, “Everywhere I turn, I see all that I care about and value being trampled by the insatiable greed of oligarchs and the bankrupt culture they’ve forced upon us. This is an album for people who feel similarly frustrated and alienated, who want music that prioritizes originality and self-expression over slotting neatly into an algorithmic recommendation engine. It’s also for anyone who just wants to hear some sick riffs and killer drumming.” Avarice is the culmination of NEQUIENT having spent more than a decade evolving their unique synthesis of extreme metal and hardcore in the depths of the aggressive music underground. Honing the adventurous songwriting and lyrical venom exhibited on previous releases like 2018’s Wolves At The Door and 2022’s Darker Than Death Or Night, the unrelenting assault of Avarice blasts listeners out of complacency with withering screeds against the malignant forces ravaging our world. Produced by Sanford Parker (Eyehategod, Yob, Lair Of The Minotaur) and mastered by Collin Jordan (Harm’s Way, Windhand, Voivod), Avarice is the recorded debut of NEQUIENT bassist/backing vocalist Aaron Roemig (Arbogast, Mine Collapse) who joins the band’s mainstays Chris Avgerin (drums), Patrick Conahan (guitar), and Jason Kolkey (vocals). The grotesquely intricate artwork by Arifullah Ali, design by Scott Shellhamer (American Heritage, Buried At Sea, Coffinworm), and guest synth contributions from Kevin Kalay and Circa Tapes all contribute to an atmosphere of existential horror.

The Seeing House, the corrosive second LP from English noise rock trio IRK, is OUT NOW across streaming platforms worldwide and available on limited edition Transparent Red LP and 6-panel digipak CD. Grab a copy while you can, this shit won't last! /nef117 @irk_noise @earsplitcompound @glidestudio @audiosiege @technoirvideo_ @kazland The Seeing House takes the band's already rambunctious sound to even more explosive sonic territory. Ten abrasive tracks balance the technical intensity of mathcore with the raw energy of noise rock to create a distinctive brand of angular, unpredictable music. Fans of Chat Pile, Prostitute, The Jesus Lizard, Cherubs, These Arms Are Snakes, KEN Mode, and even Meshuggah must hear IRK. The Seeing House was recorded, mixed, and produced by Andrew Edwards and Matthew Deamer at Glide Studio in Leeds, UK, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon (The Armed, Locrian, Deadguy), and completed with cover art by Kazland, and design and layout by Greg Meisenberg. Additionally, the string arrangement on “Lifetime Achievement Award” was handled by Jamie Chambers with cello on the song performed by Jenn Chubb, guitar on “My Life In Bins” was provided by Jack Evans, and gang vocals on “The Great Wasp Of Reluctance” and “Wedding, Berlin” were delivered by Stewart Ramsay, Kerry Ramsay, and Jenn Chubb.

Endbryo, the debut album from experimental death/grind abomination DEFIGUREMENT, is OUT NOW across streaming platforms worldwide and available in limited edition Glow in the Dark Green vinyl, Blue Tint cassette tape, and 4-panel digipak CD, all featuring original artwork by Kevin Fetus. @defigurementgrind Watch, listen & order at /nef116 Unloading a nerve-damaging amalgam of debaucherous blasts, lecherous riffs, and overall nauseating brutality, DEFIGUREMENT encompasses a cast of life-long henchmen from across the metal/extreme music underground, aligning drummer Mike Heller (Malignancy, Raven, ex-Fear Factory), guitarist Kevin Fetus (Lack Of Interest, Fetus Eaters, ex-Murder Construct), bassist/noise architect DMT (Mormon Mincers, ex-Bad Acid Trip), and vocalist Matthias Joyce aka “Matti Güey” (Rottenness, To Violently Vomit, Formless Master). On top of that, this album is absolutely drenched in guest contributions, including Takafumi Matsubara (Gridlink, Mortalized), Makiko Suda (Flagitious Idiosyncrasy In The Dilapidation, Monnier), Brian Hopp (Cephalic Carnage), Kevin Alter (Deathwish, Invidiosus), Crawlin Lewis (King Goro, Formless Master, Invidiosus), Karl Schmidt (Gorgatron, Visceral Disgorge), Leon Del Muerte (Impaled, Terrorizer LA, ex-Exhumed, ex-Nails, ex-Intronaut), Alec Cordero (Black Hole Deity, Calcemia), Ryan Wright (Necropathy), Leonard “Lenzig” Leal (Cephalic Carnage, Neuromorphic), and Matt Olson. Endbryo was recorded DIY by the band at multiple facilities, mixed by Rob Caldwell (Cannibal Corpse, Municipal Waste, Devourment), mastered by Lasse Lammert (Sigh, Kublai Khan, The Atlas Moth), with artwork by Kevin Fetus. If Total Fucking Destruction, Birdflesh, Cryptopsy, Gridlink, Cephalic Carnage, Atrae Bilis, Brutal Truth, Gigan, Anata, Artificial Brain, Antigama, Necrophagist, and the like frequently contribute to your hearing damage, DEFIGUREMENT should be next in line to usher in your tinnitus.

Had a nice chat with Kurt of The Bad Penny blog about politics and the responsibilities of artists. Find the full conversation on YouTube or at thebadpennyblog.com.

@miraclebloodmusic kicked off their “Blazing Entrails Tour” @rushingduck last night and it ruled. They played a brand new song that absolutely ripped as well as set regulars. If you don’t know about @miraclebloodmusic that’s on you. So much fun to photo. Catch ‘em in #cleveland tonight at the 5 O’Clock Lounge.

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Reality bites, sometimes so hard that you have to escape. But be weary of quick-fixes and procrastination because reality is a patient foe. It waits outside and grows more menacing with time. If a genie offered to take you to a new world, would you go? Or would you only make it halfway before time ran out? Half Raked is our latest single. You can find it anywhere your ears hear tunes (buy it on bandcamp to support us directly tho)! #garagerock #spacerock #postpunk #fuckyourbirthday

GRIDFAILURE‘s Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery limited 3x album cassette box still available at Nefarious Industries: /collections/gridfailure-sixth-mass-extinction-skulduggery With over 80 minutes of GRIDFAILURE’s confrontational battery, the record expands the project’s genre-bending experimentalism, with jazz, classical, techno, folk, black metal, Americana, and more infused into its post-industrial foundation. Joining creator David Brenner, the album features Steve Austin (Today Is The Day), Leila Abdul-Rauf (Vastum), Mac Gollehon (David Bowie, Duran Duran, Onyx, Blondie), Benjamin Levitt (Megalophobe), Richard Muller (Giant Spider), Greg Meisenberg (A Fucking Elephant, Dead Register), Lane Oliver (Diminishing), Jeff Wilson (Chrome Waves), Christopher Henry (Fuck Your Birthday), Graham Scala (US Christmas, Interstitia), Dan Emery (Thetan), BJ Allen (Zero Trust), Clayton Bartholomew (Mountaineer), No One (T.O.M.B.), Morgan Evans (Walking Bombs), Hazard (Les Chants Du Hasard), Pranjal Tiwari (S.C.R.A.M.), Jared Stimpfl (Secret Cutter), Natan Vee (Fyrhtu), Mike Giuliano (Big Happy), Josh Thorne (Cadaver Industry), Alex Haber, Rosa Henriquez, Pete Tsakiris, Isaac Campbell, Rob Levitt. Mastered by Dan Emery at Black Matter Mastering. Art/videos by Brenner. @nefarious_industries @black_matter_mastering @earsplitcompound #gridfailure #sixthmassextinctionskulduggery #nefariousindustries #endtime #apocalypse #cannibalism #ecologicaldisaster #anthropocene #experimentalmusic #darkambient #extrememetal #experimentalmusic

Defigurement - "Endbryo" c32 defigurement.bandcamp.com A grotesque body-horror conjoining of technical death metal and grindcore mayhem. The result is a battering ram snare hits, riffs, sci-fi psychedelia, and all in short deathgrind bursts. #cassette #cassetteculture #duplicationcom #cassetteduplication #tape #cassettetape #retro #analog #vintage #metal #deathmetal #grindcore #deathgrind #techdeath #defigurement #nefariousindustries

NEQUIENT - "Christofascist Zombie Brigade" Check out the stop-motion shocker for NEQUIENT's new single ahead of it's worldwide streaming release this Friday. The Chicago hardcore quartet's incoming third album, Avarice, will be available April 24th on splatter vinyl, cassette, CD, and digital formats. @nequientchicago /nef119 Vocalist Jason Kolkey reveals, “‘Christofascist Zombie Brigade’ is a rapid-fire, blackened grind assault featuring a title that I stole from Marc Maron. The lyrics focus on the dangerous alignment of evangelical Christianity with blood-and-soil nationalism that’s enabled a lurch toward illiberalism in the U.S. and elsewhere. We were excited to collaborate on the video with David Jessup, who complemented the musical chaos with stop-motion animation reminiscent of the classic Tool clips we grew up watching over and over again.” With the video’s public debut, Heavy Blog Is Heavy writes in part, “I don’t really know what’s cooler: the amount of work and dedication that was put into sourcing the sets for this video, the amount of attention needed to actually make it, or the absolutely killer music that it’s set to… It’s a veritable cornucopia of grind and camp aesthetics, all blending into one excellent whole.” NEQUIENT's Midwest tour with Black Cross Hotel @black_cross_hotel is just days away, running from March 26th through 30th, and a hometown show is booked on the day of the album’s release. A Summer East Coast tour and more is also in the works. NEQUIENT Tour Dates: Mar 26 @ Loose Cobra – Tolono, IL w/ Black Cross Hotel Mar 27 @ Heavy Anchor – St. Louis, MO w/ Black Cross Hotel Mar 28 @ Frat House – Iowa City, IA w/ Black Cross Hotel Mar 29 @ Reverb Lounge – Omaha, NE w/ Black Cross Hotel Mar 30 @ Memory Lanes – Minneapolis, MN w/ Black Cross Hotel Apr 24 @ Liar’s Club – Chicago, IL w/ Something Is Waiting, Neverender

GRIDFAILURE‘s Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery III is out now on Nefarious Industries alongside the 3-tape SMES box set: /collections/gridfailure-sixth-mass-extinction-skulduggery With over 80 minutes of GRIDFAILURE’s confrontational battery, the record expands the project’s genre-bending experimentalism, with jazz, classical, techno, folk, black metal, Americana, and more infused into its post-industrial foundation. Joining creator David Brenner, the album features Steve Austin (Today Is The Day), Leila Abdul-Rauf (Vastum), Mac Gollehon (David Bowie, Duran Duran, Onyx, Blondie), Benjamin Levitt (Megalophobe), Richard Muller (Giant Spider), Greg Meisenberg (A Fucking Elephant, Dead Register), Lane Oliver (Diminishing), Jeff Wilson (Chrome Waves), Christopher Henry (Fuck Your Birthday), Graham Scala (US Christmas, Interstitia), Dan Emery (Thetan), BJ Allen (Zero Trust, Xtinguish The Code), Clayton Bartholomew (Mountaineer), No One (T.O.M.B.), Morgan Evans (Walking Bombs), Hazard (Les Chants Du Hasard), Pranjal Tiwari (S.C.R.A.M.), Jared Stimpfl (Secret Cutter), Natan Vee (Fyrhtu), Mike Giuliano (Big Happy), Josh Thorne (Cadaver Industry), Alex Haber, Rosa Henriquez, Pete Tsakiris, Isaac Campbell, Rob Levitt. Mastered by Dan Emery at Black Matter Mastering. Art/videos by Brenner. @nefarious_industries @black_matter_mastering @earsplitcompound #gridfailure #sixthmassextinctionskulduggery #nefariousindustries #endtime #apocalypse #cannibalism #ecologicaldisaster #anthropocene #experimentalmusic #darkambient #extrememetal #experimentalmusic

Miracle Blood- Lobotomizer, Live at THCC. Dissonant noise punk from Boston? Yes please. Had to pick up a Miracle Blood shirt after this set. Check out their release ‘Hello Hell’ wherever you get your music. Shoutout to @jmacbass for being camera 2! #nefariousindustries #miracleblood #thcc #promotorhead