KRÜEL

More KRÜEL? Why the fukk not? Like the title suggests, this banger was thrown together for their 2010 jaunt with UNLEARN, and features tracks from the Terror Tape and DIS demos, along with assorted live and comp tracks (including the killer No Tomorrow four band DBeat comp from a while back). The earlier tracks lean more on Spanish raw punk, but by the time this tape was released, KRÜEL had (d)evolved into pure, raw and nasty disnoise, a sound they have built on in the years since. Enjoy your week.

WEST COAST TOUR TAPE!!

KRÜEL

This might look a little familiar, and you might think you've seen this KRÜEL tape on Terminal Escape before, and you might be right...kinda. This is a pretty strange second demo - KRÜEL re-recorded almost all of their Terror Tape demo with Jon HELPLESS and then released it with the same cover art (but printed on a red paper instead of white). This recording captures their fury way better, and songs like "Anti-Systema" are total classics in the world of blown out raw DBeat. But don't take my word for it, those of you in the SF area should just come see them tonight at The Knockout.

TERROR TAPE (v.2)

KRÜEL

KRÜEL are getting noisier in their old age...and faster. Blinding white noise distortion is brutally penetrated by galloping DBeat madness delivered at a frenetic pace and distant, howling vocals. Formula? Perhaps. But KRÜEL have been perfecting this craft for a few years now, and this is their most searing offering to date.

NOISE NOT MUSIC

KRÜEL

I'm not even sure how many different KRÜEL cassettes are hidden in these digital pages, but I know it's been far too long since I popped one of their shells in the player and killed and afternoon. Urgent, furious, mandatory raw DBeat. I don't mean "mandatory" like I think you must listed to it, or even like I think it's the greatest thing ever...but I mean that you can hear these ponx doing this because they have to. They don't know what else to do, and it shows. Eleven tracks here from 2012...I fucking miss these sounds. 

 ESPERANDO EL FIN

FINAL SLUM WAR

This used to be Mondays at TEHQ. We were nearing the end of the aughts, ramshackle raw DBeat was king, and every Monday there was a different tasty shell to be found at this virtual address. Times change, people move on, scenes evolve....but it's always a good idea to keep an eye (and ear) to the past. The past teaches lessons, and the past serves as a reminder - sometimes to emulate and sometimes to avoid. In the case of Brasil's FINAL SLUM WAR, however, the past is the present. And the past fucking rips hard. Six minutes of blistering raw DISCLOSE worship (to be fair, BESTHÖVEN worship is probably more accurate) spread out over five tracks. Recorded in 2013 and released last year, this one makes me want to dust off my KRÜEL demos. 

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER STRUGGLE

KRÜEL

Yet another post from the stable of LA bands on the Silenzio Statico tape label. KRUEL are a killer raw DBeat assault, and while this rehearsal recording is great, San Francisco folks who saw them last Sunday at the outdoor show know that the live show is crucial. No frills and no filler, just kick ass DISCLOSE worshipping hardcore punk (the last track is a DISCLOSE cover, as if there were any doubts). I'm looking forward to seeing them again with CROW in a couple of months, now you should look forward to getting those fists flying into the air.

PONX NO DISCO!