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Hi and thanks for reading. I wanted to take the time and space to announce a release I am working on with some friends, but first I will mention a few other things. Over the weekend, SCARECROW went up north to Norfolk to play AXON’s record release gig. No surprise, they were killer. This band is mostly comprised of the NFTW crew, with the addition of Alex from MEAT HOUSE on drums. If anyone has seen Alex play, they know he’s an incredible drummer. The songwriter behind AXON is the vocalist, Joey. In the recent past, you would typically see him behind the drum kit, namely with RECKONING FORCE. Oh yes, he also was behind the mic and songwriting in LETHAL MEANS. AXON sounds significantly different than any other band NFTW has released, reminding me a lot of mid-90’s Japanese hardcore with some modern hardcore tendencies that keep it exciting. If you haven’t listened to that record yet, check it out. The track “Separate” stood out to me a lot. It also sounds the most burning spirit-y as well, haha. I wouldn’t really say the band sounds like a burning spirits band, though. When they played live, I heard some more tracks that gave me some more insight into the band’s influences; including a mid-paced banger that was reminiscent of GISM’s “Death Exclamations.”
For most of the show, I stood kinda far from the stage. Norfolk kids go hard as hell, and I am getting older, haha. I watched INVERTEBRATES from pretty close though, and they were phenomenal, per usual. INVERTED CROSS opened the show up. I think I have seen them before, but I can’t remember off hand. I could be crazy, but I think someone from INVERTED CROSS was in AXON as well. They covered a SVART FRAMTID song, and I thought that was fucking sick. This band features members of HOMEMADE SPEED, whose 7” stood out to me a lot. The bands don’t sound similar at all, though. I was talking to Jordan (CEO of NFTW) about the HOMEMADE SPEED recording session a bit during the gig. He told me everything was recorded live, including the vocals. He also said every song but one was recorded in one take. That is some incredible old school shit. They didn’t mention this on the insert at all, and I wanted to be sure to make note of it for all the nerds out there.
Alright, I’m gunna wrap this up with the DESTRUCT / SVAVELDIOXID split 7” that will be coming soon on PRESCRIPTION. I launched that label recently with the ABSOLUT tape, and I think I will continue to release some more raw punk on the label. This release is a co-operation with Flox from Fight For Your Mind Records over in France. He’s got a new label as well though, Children of the Grave Records, and this will be his second planned release as well. I’m hoping to have these out in mid-June. Of course, Sorry State will have copies, so you can secure your copy here if you need one! I won’t promote it online at all, but there will be a special mail order version with a bonus sleeve as a surprise. So if you are reading this and care about that kinda shit, be sure to order directly from me. And when I say me, I mean the BPDT website cos I am not going to take the time to make a new website haha. So, DESTRUCT are huge fans of SVAVELDIOXID. They used to play a SVAVELDIOXID cover live. Covering a contemporary band (as a contemporary band yourself) is not something I see commonly. As I am big fan of SVAVELDIOXID as well, I loved that DESTRUCT covered them. In the making of this split, both SVAVELDIOXID and DESTRUCT recorded cover songs of the opposing band, but in their own native language. Some people may not really care about that, but I think it’s super cool and a special way to commemorate the split release. Alright that’s about it for today. Cheers and thanks for reading.