DIE CHOKING: Eastern US Tour With Mister Lizard And Bathe Begins This Thursday

Posted on 08/08/2017 by the compound

Philadelphia’s grindcore powerhouse trio DIE CHOKING will embark on a tour of the East Coast and Great Lakes regions this week. The tour commences this Thursday, August 10th at Philly’s Barbary where they will meet up with London, UK’s spastic fastcore punks, Mister Lizard, and the angular sonic marauders in Columbia, South Carolina’s Bathe for an eleven-date stretch.

DIE CHOKING’s tour with Mister Lizard and Bathe will highlight various bands throughout the bustling DIY punk community including shows with Grin and Bear It, Falter, Deterioration, Eaten Alive, and more. The August 19th show at Cleveland’s Now That’s Class venue is an absolutely stacked billing that will also include legendary fastcore band Siege’s final area performance, plus special guests, and Cleveland hardcore punk mainstays, Fuck You Pay Me. The following night, August 20th at Pittsburgh’s ninth annual gathering of the punks, Skull Fest, will conclude the trek in raucous fashion.

Drummer Joshua Cohen commented on the tour, stating, “I love that we’re doing a true DIY run and bringing out two young, explosive bands from separate ends of the globe with two totally different spins on aggressive music. All of these shows have been booked by people actively supporting and involved in their respective DIY scenes. Which is important to recognize. We couldn’t do what we do without them. Mister Lizard and Bathe both put on absolutely insane live shows, so we’re totally stoked to bring a unique, high-energy, and high-quality package to such a rad set of intimate performances at proper punk-show prices.”

DIE CHOKING continues to prepare material for the follow-up to their III LP with the forthcoming trek seeing the band debuting two fresh cuts. Cohen states, “We recently relocated our rehearsal space and have been putting some serious time drilling ourselves with the metronome. While we don’t use a metronome for our live shows because that organic immediacy is important to us, the new rehearsal formula has definitely forced us to ramp up the intensity of new the songs and the live set. We’re hitting a stride where the music is at its most unrelenting and dense to date.”

Stay current with a full list of tour dates, ticket links, and event pages HERE and see all individual show flyers HERE.

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
8/10/2017 The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Eaten Alive, Ratkicker
8/11/2017 Castle Blackburn – Burtonsville, MD w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Ampallang Infection, No Mas
8/12/2017 The Bug Jar – Rochester, NY w/ Sulaco, Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/13/2017 Cork Town – Detroit, MI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Mutilatred, Squalid
8/14/2017 The Workshop – Grand Rapids, MI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Fuktopsy, Attrition Cult
8/15/2017 Ground Zero – Milwaukee, WI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Falter, Pains
8/16/2017 Hexagon – Minneapolis, MN w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Deterioration, Invidiosus, Violence Condoned
8/17/2017 The Rad Pad – Appleton, WI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Forcefield
8/18/2017 ChiTown Fubol – Chicago, IL w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Ruptured
8/19/2017 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH w/ Siege, Grind And Bear It, FYPM, Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/20/2017 Gooski’s – Pittsburgh, PA @ Skull Fest w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Slaves BC, Brown Angel [info]
9/7/2017 Siren Records – Doylestown, PA

DIE CHOKING has been on steady path of annihilation following the release of heralded 2015 debut full-length, III, recorded with renowned studio engineer Will Yip (Code Orange, Lauryn Hill, Turnstile) at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. III was released via The Compound Recs on limited edition vinyl, and subsequently co-released on CD between The Compound and Selfmadegod Records.

Order III digitally via DIE CHOKING’s Bandcamp HERE, iTunes HERE, and Spotify HERE. Find the LP and CD as well as the final copies of the band’s self-titled debut and II 7” EPs at The Compound Recs HERE, and all versions of the album and merch at the band’s webstore HERE.

Sickdrummer Magazine recently featured an isolated video of drummer Josh Cohen during March’s sold-out Decibel Metal & Beer Fest, view HERE. A multi-cam collaboration of the same performance has surfaced, crafted by some of the metal scene’s top videographers including Jeff Grindstopher of Sickdrummer, Frank Huang of Maximum Volume Silence/Metal Injection, and Metal Nick. You can view the collab HERE. Just weeks prior, the prolific Sunny Singh of Hatefivesix.com posted a full set of DIE CHOKING live at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn where the band joined hardcore legends All Out War for an area benefit for Decibel writer Sean Bosler, view it HERE.

III has received accolades from top purveyors including Decibel Magazine, Noisey, Stereogum, CvltNation, and many more, including Metal Injection, who issued in part, ““What makes DIE CHOKING such an interesting band to listen to is two things: their insane riffage/drumming and their ability to never be boring… DIE CHOKING have a talent for writing song after song that’s actually interesting. Hell, the first track ‘Millirem’ goes through a pelthora of riffs and killer drum blasts, all while Herzog’s voice shouts and screams over the madness. By the time it’s over nothing feels safe.”

DIE CHOKING took its insanely fast chops to the road having seen successful tours through Europe, and numerous stretches through Canada and the US over the past two years. Standout performances at top festivals including Maryland Deathfest, Montreal’s Earslaughter Fest, Full Terror Assault Open Air, Berserker Fest, multiple 1Fest dates, and more, have earned the band a well-deserved buzz as one of the underground’s premiere up-and-coming talents. The band has built a reputation for road treks as insane as the music, seeing back to back shows and drives from places like Minneapolis to Denver, not uncommon.

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DIE CHOKING Plays Trio Of 1Fest Shows With Crom + Psychedelic Breakfast With An Albatross This Weekend; SickDrummer Video Posted

Posted on 06/22/2017 by the compound

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Following their crushing set at Maryland Deathfest, Philly maniacs DIE CHOKING embark on a new live binge dubbed No Sleep Till Philly this weekend, June 23rd, 24th, and 25th, packing four shows into three days.

DIE CHOKING will hit three 1Fest events – Brooklyn on Friday, Washington DC on Saturday, and Philadelphia on Sunday – touring with infamous Los Angeles powerviolence crew Crom, as well as Wildspeaker and Antwon. Sunday sees DIE CHOKING tackling a double-header, as the trio will kick off the day at the Psychedelic Breakfast, with An Albatross and Residuels, which begins at an unprecedented 6am! The band will be filming and posting sporadically throughout the four-day stint, posting with the tag #nosleeptillphilly.

DIE CHOKING’s next live assault is the band’s Eastern US August tour with Mister Lizard, Bathe, and others. Watch for additional live updates and more as the band prepares to record their second LP in the coming months.

SickDrummer Magazine has just posted a live video of DIE CHOKING slaying the audience at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest with the track “Telos” – view the carnage at THIS LOCATION.

Purchase DIE CHOKING’s III LP and CD through The Compound Recs HERE, with merch and all music available from the band HERE and HERE.

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
6/23/2017 Brooklyn Bazaar – Brooklyn, NY @1Fest w/ Crom, Escuela, Wildspeaker
6/24/2017 The Pinch – Washington, DC @1Fest w/ Crom, Escuela, Wildspeaker, Suppression
6/25/2017 The Barbary – Philadephia, PA @ Psychedelic Breakfast w/ An Albatross, Residuels (6am!) [info]
6/25/2017 Millcreek Tavern – Philadelphia, PA @1Fest w/ Crom, Escuela, Wildspeaker, Soul Glo
8/10/2017 The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/11/2017 Castle Blackburn – Burtonsville, MD w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Ampallang Infection, Universal Remonster
8/12/2017 The Bug Jar – Rochester, NY w/ Sulaco, Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/13/2017 Cork Town – Detroit, MI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/14/2017 The Workshop – Grand Rapids, MI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/15/2017 Triple Zero – Milwaukee, WI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Falter, Pains
8/16/2017 Hexagon – Minneapolis, MN w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe Deterioration
8/17/2017 The Rad Pad – Appleton, WI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/18/2017 The Mousetrap – Chicago, IL w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Ruptured
8/19/2017 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH w/ Siege, Grind And Bear It, FYPM, Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/20/2017 Gooski’s – Pittsburgh, PA @ Skull Fest w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Slaves BC [info]
9/07/2017 Siren Records – Doylestown, PA

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DIE CHOKING To Play 1Fest And Maryland Deathfest This Week; New Tour Dates Announced + Video Of Full Live Set Posted

Posted on 05/25/2017 by the compound

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Philly grind trio DIE CHOKING heads back out for another live assault this week, as the band travels north to Ithaca, New York to take part in 1Fest alongside Artificial Brain, Kayo Dot, Disparo, before heading south to make their debut performance at Maryland Deathfest, joining Terrorizer, War Master, P.L.F., Iron Lung, Suppression, Genocide Pact, and more.

DIE CHOKING has also issued a new multi-angle live video of the band’s set filmed at the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest pre-show at The Barbary in Philadelphia in April. The video was put together by Sick Drummer Magazine and Jeff Grindstopher of Grindstopher Productions including additional footage and audio by Frank Huang of Max Volume Silence Live/Metal Injection and Nick Martin of Metal Nick Live Videos and Photography.

See DIE CHOKING’s new multi-angle live video RIGHT HERE.

Additional upcoming DIE CHOKING live actions include a trio of June 1Fest shows in Brooklyn, Washington DC, and Philadelphia with the likes of Crom, Escuela, Wildspeaker, Suppression, Soul Glo, and others. August sees the band on their Summer tour with London, UK-based parody violence band Mister Lizard, and Columbia, South Carolina-based angular grind/metal squad Bathe, with the likes of Siege, Fuck You Pay Me, Deterioration, and many others joining on sporadic shows. The band is testing new material from their impending second LP, IV, which they’ll record this fall for release in early 2018.

See all tour current DIE CHOKING tour dates below and find an event page for the Summer tour HERE.

Purchase DIE CHOKING’s III LP and CD through The Compound Recs HERE, with merch and all music available from the band HERE and HERE.

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
5/26/2017 The Haunt – Ithaca, NY @ 1Fest w/ Artificial Brain, Kayo Dot, Disparo, more [info]
5/28/2017 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest w/ Terrorizer, War Master, P.L.F., Iron Lung, Suppression, Genocide Pact [info]
6/23/2017 Brooklyn Bazaar – Brooklyn, NY @1Fest w/ Crom, Escuela, Wildspeaker
6/24/2017 The Pinch – Washington, DC @1Fest w/ Crom, Escuela, Wildspeaker, Suppression
6/25/2017 Millcreek Tavern – Philadelphia, PA @1Fest w/ Crom, Escuela, Wildspeaker, Soul Glo
8/10/2017 The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/11/2017 Castle Blackburn – Burtonsville, MD w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Ampallang Infection, Universal Remonster
8/12/2017 The Bug Jar – Rochester, NY w/ Sulaco, Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/13/2017 Cork Town – Detroit, MI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/14/2017 The Workshop – Grand Rapids, MI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/15/2017 Triple Zero – Milwaukee, WI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Falter, Pains
8/16/2017 Hexagon – Minneapolis, MN w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe Deterioration
8/17/2017 The Rad Pad – Appleton, WI w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/18/2017 The Mousetrap – Chicago, IL w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Ruptured
8/19/2017 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH w/ Siege, Grind And Bear It, FYPM, Mister Lizard, Bathe
8/20/2017 Gooski’s – Pittsburgh, PA @ Skull Fest w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe, Slaves BC [info]
9/7/2017 Siren Records – Doylestown, PA

DIE CHOKING Announces August US Tour With Mister Lizard And Bathe; Live Set From NYC Posted

Posted on 04/13/2017 by the compound

[photo by Paul Buczkowski]

Pummeling Philadelphia grindcore trio DIE CHOKING has confirmed an August US tour with Mister Lizard and Bathe, releasing the dates alongside new visual evidence of the band’s live shock-and-awe tactics.

Preceding the newly-confirmed tour, DIE CHOKING will be storming several fest shows, beginning with the Official Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest Pre-Party Matinee presented by BlowTheScene.com in Philadelphia, next Saturday, April 22nd, the show also featuring Pyrrhon and doubling as a record release show for Artificial Brain. May 26th sees the band heading north to Ithaca to take part in the next installment of 1Fest alongside Artificial Brain, Disparo, and others. Two days later, DIE CHOKING travels to Baltimore for their debut Maryland Deathfest performance with Terrorizer, Iron Lung, War Master, PLF, Genocide Pact, Suppression, and others.

DIE CHOKING’s newly-booked Sumer tour runs through the East Coast and Midwest states from August 10th through 20th, also presented by BlowTheScene.com. As with their unstoppable III debut LP, the band will utilize their upcoming Spring and Summer tour dates as testing ground for new material, as the band prepares to record its follow-up, IV, early in the Fall season. Joining DIE CHOKING will be unhinged London, UK-based parody violence band Mister Lizard, who combines elements of hardcore punk, powerviolence, and quirky experimental parts into furiously insane live shows, and Columbia, South Carolina-based angular grind/metal squad Bathe, which features members of Abacus, with wild movements and crescendos that absolutely destroy. Both acts are bound to make waves.

See all tour current DIE CHOKING tour dates below and find an event page for the Summer tour HERE.

DIE CHOKING recently played a one-off show in Brooklyn, New York as part of Bozzfest alongside All Out War and others, the show acting as a benefit for Decibel Magazine writer David Shawn Bosler, who was badly hurt in a car accident over the holidays. DIE CHOKING’s entire set — which included guest vocals by Deb Cohen on the track “Civilian” – is now playing RIGHT HERE.

The remaining copies of DIE CHOKING’s III LP as well as the CD version is available through The Compound Recs HERE, with merch and all music available from the band HERE and HERE, and the CD is available in Europe through Selfmadegod HERE.

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
5/22/2017 The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA @ Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest Pre-Party w/ Artificial Brain, Pyrrhon [info]
5/26/2017 The Haunt – Ithaca, NY @ 1Fest w/Artificial Brain, Disparo, more [info]
5/28/2017 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest w/ Terrorizer, Insect Warfare, Iron Lung, Suppression [info]
DIE CHOKING w/ Mister Lizard, Bathe:
8/10/2017 Kung-Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
8/11/2017 Castle Blackburn – Burtonsville, MD w/ Ampallang Infection, Universal Remonster
8/12/2017 The Bug Jar – Rochester, NY w/ Sulaco
8/13/2017 TBA – Detroit, MI
8/14/2017 TBA – Grand Rapids, MI
8/15/2017 Triple Zero – Milwaukee, WI w/ Falter, Pains
8/16/2017 Hexagon – Minneapolis, MN w/ Deterioration
8/17/2017 The Rad Pad – Appleton, WI
8/18/2017 The Mousetrap – Chicago, IL
8/19/2017 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH w/ Grind And Bear It, MDLF, + special headliner
8/20/2017 The Shop – Pittsburgh, PA

CLASSHOLE: Louisiana Hardcore Punk Unit Announces West Coast Tour

Posted on 03/15/2017 by the compound

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New Orleans’ hardcore punk misfits CLASSHOLE are pleased to announce their long-awaited West Coast tour. Slated to commence on March 27th and run through April 12th, the sixteen-date journey includes performances alongside Swedish hardcore punk miscreants, DS-13, and Cleveland, Ohio-based hardcore merchants, Fuck You Pay Me. Additionally, CLASSHOLE will be joined by drummer Jorge Herrera (Despise You, ACxDC) this run filling in for Paul Webb. See all confirmed dates below.

CLASSHOLE, featuring within its ranks a colorful cast of volume abusers from the likes of Eyehategod, Hawg Jaw, Outlaw Order, The Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight, Mountain Of Wizard, Mangina, Tirefire, haarp, and more, released their self-titled debut via The Compound Recs in conjunction with band’s own Terror Cult imprint last year. Already issued in a limited vinyl run via Terror Cult, the CD edition comes as a four-panel digipak featuring an alternate layout and lyric liner, plus bonus video footage of the band performing live in NOLA.

Classhole is out NOW via The Compound Recs. For physical orders point your browser to THIS LOCATION. For digital orders, go HERE.

CLASSHOLE:
3/27/2017 Parlor Tattoo – Little Rock, AR
3/28/2017 The Middle East – Kansas City, MO
3/30/2017 Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
3/21/2017 Double Down Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
4/01/2017 Sheas Tavern – Reno, NV
4/02/2017 Café Colonial – Sacramento, CA w/ DS-13
4/03/2017 The Metro – Oakland, CA w/ DS-13
4/04/2017 The Appleton Grill – Watsonville, CA w/ DS-13
4/05/2017 Dynamite Vinyl – Fresno, CA w/ DS-13
4/06/2017 The Horn Bar – Lancaster, CA w/ DS-13
4/07/2017 The Garage – Ventura, CA w/ DS-13, Fuck You Pay Me
4/08/2017 Los Globos – Los Angeles, CA w/ DS-13, Fuck You Pay Me
4/09/2017 Programme Skate & Sound – Fullerton, CA w/ DS-13, Fuck You Pay Me
4/10/2017 The Green Room – Flagstaff, AZ
4/11/2017 Moonlight Lounge – Albuquerque, NM
4/12/2017 Barracuda – Austin, TX

“…the tunes they churn out here are full-fledged, fast, dark, and nasty… with a murderous groove and a vocalist more used to spitting black metal brimstone than dopesick bile.” – Noisey

“CLASSHOLE is here to punch you in the fucking face and leave you in an alley somewhere. At least that’s the vibe I get from the band’s self-titled debut…” – Metal Injection

“The music is suicidal, destructive nonchalance writhing in pain and apathy, all trapped in the same moment. CLASSHOLE have made a soundtrack to a descent into despair.” – New Noise

“The entire album sounds like the derailment of a freight train coming through a republican party parade.” – The Sludgelord

“…sick, dirty, anarchic, caustic….” – The Examiner

“…pure, unadulterated anger….” – Rock Shock Pop

“…fifteen tracks of angry, fast-paced punk laced with old-school hardcore breakdowns… There is no poetry, no pomp and certainly no circumstance. Merely an album of raw anthems replete with sing-along aspects and curb stomping brutality. The revolution is now and the soundtrack to the black bandana faced throwing of molotov cocktails will be CLASSHOLE.” – Nine Circles

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DIE CHOKING To Play Three 1Fest Events With ACxDC, Cloud Rat, And More Next Week; Artwork Feature Running At Heavy Blog Is Heavy

Posted on 01/18/2017 by the compound

Die Choking Meatlocker 2 May 2016 [photo by Paul Buczkowski] [photo by Paul Buczkowski]

Philadelphia hypergrind trio DIE CHOKING does not remain stationary for long, proving it once again as the band prepares to play a trio of 1Fest shows taking place across the Northeast next weekend.

Additionally, Heavy Blog Is Heavy has issued an in-depth feature on DIE CHOKING’s intense graphics. The piece includes an interview with the entire band highlighting their dense, socio-political lyrical landscapes and deep-rooted beliefs that fuel their content and concepts, and how it’s all delivered visually through the talents of guitarist and graphic artist Jeffrey V. Daniels.

Read the new Heavy Blog Is Heavy feature HERE, see DIE CHOKING’s video for “Dead Figurehead” HERE, **and stream III in its entirety HERE**.

Three upcoming 1Fest events taking place next week — in Brooklyn on January 27th, Syracuse January 28th, and Boston January 29th – which will see DIE CHOKING playing alongside the likes of Siege, ACxDC, Cloud Rat, Backslider, Escuela, The Grindmother, Goolagoon, and others. DIE CHOKING is also on the verge of announcing another batch of shows for the months ahead, preceding and surrounding their performance at Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore with Terrorizer, Insect Warfare, P.L.F., Iron Lung, Warmaster, and more.

DIE CHOKING Live:
1/27/2017 Silent Barn – Brooklyn, NY @ 1Fest w/ ACxDC, Cloud Rat, Backslider, The Grindmother, Goolagoon [info]
1/28/2017 The Warehouse – Syracuse, NY @ 1Fest w/ ACxDC, Cloud Rat, Escuela, The Grindmother, Goolagoon [info]
1/29/2017 Hardcore Stadium – Boston, MA @ 1Fest w/ Siege, ACxDC, Cloud Rat, Escuela, The Grindmother, Goolagoon [info]
5/25-28/2017 Maryland Deathfest XV – Baltimore, MD w/ Terrorizer, Insect Warfare, Iron Lung, more [info]

DIE CHOKING’s debut LP III was initially released on limited vinyl through The Compound Recs. after which it was licensed for release on CD through Selfmadegod Records. Writing for the band’s second full-length IV is underway with additional info to be released in the weeks ahead. Merch and music can be ordered through DIE CHOKING right HERE and HERE, vinyl and CDs can be ordered through The Compound HERE, and the CD is available in Europe through Selfmadegod HERE.

[DIE CHOKING – “Dwell” artwork from III LP]

[DIE CHOKING – “Millirem” artwork from III LP]

GRIDFAILURE: Video For “Paranoia Will Not Coagulate” Released

Posted on 12/12/2016 by the compound

GRIDFAILURE has completed and released the project’s first video, created for the track “Paranoia Will Not Coagulate.” The soloist also confirms several new recordings to see release over the coming months.

“Paranoia Will Not Coagulate.” comes from the debut GRIDFAILURE album Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here, which was released in May 2016 through The Compound Recs. The outfit has since recorded and completed several other new titles, yet returns to the debut album for a series of videos beginning here. Captured in various sectors of New York and Pennsylvania over the Summer, the visual stimulant for the song was solely filmed and edited by the outfit’s lone creator, as with the others in the series, which are currently under construction.

See GRIDFAILURE’s video for “Paranoia Will Not Coagulate” at THIS LOCATION.

The Halloween-released Further Layers Of Societal Collapse EP is available for free download HERE, and the limited split cassette with NEVER PRESENCE FOREVER — due out on December 23rd — is available for streaming and preorder via NEVER PRESENCE FOREVER HERE and GRIDFAILURE HERE.

The works of GRIDFAILURE are the haunted experimentations of David Brenner (ex-Theologian, ex-Heidnik). The soloist has been collaborating with a wide cast of henchpersons across the country and beyond over the past several months, and is currently finishing up the final recordings for the cannibalistic post-Sixth Mass Extinction dementia of impending second album, Teeth Collection, for release in early 2017. Also, heavily underway is the construction of Drought Stick, which has somehow transformed from an investigational EP into an epic collection which explores more spacious, echoing movements fit for somnambulant wasteland deviations. Drought Stick will see 2017 release as a double conceptual album.

GRIDFAILURE has also rapidly completed most of a new EP, Hostile Alchemy, which will see release ahead of both Teeth Collection and Drought Stick in January 2017. Stand by for audio from the new EP in the coming days.

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GRIDFAILURE: Further Layers Of Societal Collapse Available For Free Download; Drought Stick Confirmed

Posted on 10/31/2016 by the compound

GRIDFAILURE‘s Further Layers Of Societal Collapse EP has infected the masses through free digital download.

With seven tracks harnessing twenty-six minutes of harrowing dementia, Further Layers Of Societal Collapse meshes the ghostly elements of dark ambient, power electronics, and industrial metal with more percussive elements and guitars than the Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here debut, thundering with confrontational and exploratory vocal wrath, all meeting on a rudderless course where anything goes. Contributions from cohorts BJ Allen (Full Scale Riot) and Pete Tsakiris reflect the first recorded GRIDFAILURE collaborations to see release, all traits that repeat heavily in the act’s other upcoming titles.

**Download Further Layers Of Societal Collapse for free at Bandcamp HERE and HERE and Soundcloud HERE**.

GRIDFAILURE’s recent collaboration with Walking Bombs – the Tad Doyle-mastered “Demagogue” – is playing HERE.

A limited cassette version of Further Layers Of Societal Collapse will be produced and released through The Compound Recs. shortly.

The haunted works of GRIDFAILURE are the experimental runoff of David Brenner (Earsplit, ex-Theologian, ex-Heidnik), created through the unhinged abuse of countless instruments field recording tactics. Having been incessantly recording and collaborating with an array of henchpersons over recent months, the outfit is currently completing a newly identified release, classified Drought Stick, which explores more spacious, echoing movements fit for intoxicated wasteland somnambulance, and The visionary realms of the cannibalistic Teeth Collection album continue to take shape, as well as a split cassette release with Richmond-based ambient soloist Never Presence Forever, several videos, and even more.

DIE CHOKING Begins Tour With Department Of Correction Begins This Week

Posted on 10/18/2016 by the compound

[photo by Sickend Designs]

Philadelphia’s DIE CHOKING begins their US tour with Paris-based Department Of Correction this week.

Following DIE CHOKING’s first European tour early this year with DOC, the tour will now repeat itself on US shores. DOC will head into the country mid-October to join up with DIE CHOKING for a week-and-a-half of tour dates down the East Coast, beginning the eleven-city run across the East Coast in Allentown on Thursday, October 20th. From there, the bands will blaze through Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Columbia, Atlanta, and Jacksonville, before coming to a finale at the massive The Fest 15 in Gainesville, with the likes of Fucking Invincible, Coke Bust, Braid, Night Birds, and dozens more.

One of 2015’s most unstoppable albums, DIE CHOKING’s III was initially released on limited vinyl through New York City-area-based The Compound Recs. after which it was licensed for release on CD through Poland’s Selfmadegod Records.

See DIE CHOKING’s recent video for “Dead Figurehead” HERE **and stream III in its entirety HERE**.

Brand new merch designs and more are available through DIE CHOKING right HERE, vinyl and CDs can be ordered through The Compound HERE, and the CD is available in Europe through Selfmadegod HERE.

Writing for DIE CHOKING’s second full-length IV is underway with album pre-production currently happening. Additional info will be released in the weeks ahead.

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
10/20/2016 Good Weekend – Allentown, PA w/ Department Of Correction, Buzzherd [info]
10/21/2016 Shred Shed – Philadelphia, PA w/ Department Of Correction [info]
10/22/2016 Silent Barn (ABC No Rio exile show) – Brooklyn, NY w/ Department Of Correction, Pyrrhon, Chepang, Inertia [info]
10/23/2016 Gallery 5 – Richmond, VA w/ Department Of Correction, Burn/Ward [info]
10/24/2016 Riffhouse Pub – Virginia Beach, VA w/ Department Of Correction, Amara [info]
10/25/2016 Slims – Raleigh, NC w/ Department Of Correction, Old Codger [info]
10/26/2016 The Station – Charlotte, NC w/ Department Of Correction, Lesser Life [info]
10/27/2016 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC w/ Department Of Correction, Abacus, Cazador [info]
10/28/2016 529 – Atlanta, GA w/ Department Of Correction, Grinchfinger [info]
10/29/2016 Rain Dogs – Jacksonville, FL w/ Department Of Correction, Shadow Hunter [info]
10/30/2016 The Fest 15 – Gainesville, FL w/ Department Of Correction, Fucking Invincible, Coke Bust, Braid, Night Birds, more [info]
11/10/2016 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA w/ Trap Them, Yautja [info]
1/26/2017 Silent Barn – Brooklyn, NY @ 1Fest NYC w/ Cloud Rat [info]
1/27/2017 The Vault – Syracuse, NY @ 1Fest Syracuse w/ Cloud Rat [info]
1/28/2017 TBA – Boston, MA @ 1Fest Boston w/ Cloud Rat
5/25-28/2017 Maryland Deathfest 2017 – Baltimore, MD w/ Autopsy, Insect Warefare, Siege, Warmaster, PLF, Iron Lung

GRIDFAILURE Issues “Digital Crush” At Metal Riot; Further Layers Of Societal Collapse EP Nears Free Samhain Release

Posted on 10/17/2016 by the compound

Hostile alchemist GRIDFAILURE has completed the Further Layers Of Societal Collapse EP impending its free digital distribution on Samhain 2016, leaking new track “Digital Crush” through Metal Riot.

GRIDFAILURE is the auditory harvest of David Brenner (Earsplit, ex-Theologian, ex-Heidnik), who abuses dozens of instruments, brewing a haunted apocalypse aura. The outfit’s Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here debut was released in May via The Compound Recs. With a second album, Teeth Collection, nearing completion, Further Layers Of Societal Collapse provides some insight of the bizarre directions the unit’s output is taking. The use of field recordings infusing elements of nature and civilization into the mix carries into the new material, which infuses more percussive elements and guitars than the debut. Contributions from cohorts BJ Allen (Full Scale Riot) and Pete Tsakiris reflect the first GRIDFAILURE collaborations to see release, a trait that lies heavily in the upcoming releases.

GRIDFAILURE’s Further Layers Of Societal Collapse delivers nearly a half-hour of unharnessed dementia, infiltrating additional realms of biomechanical madness, meshing ghostly and fractured elements of dark ambient, power electronics, and industrial metal with the confrontational wrath of tectonic hardcore on a rudderless course where anything goes.

This confrontational dementia is depicted in “Digital Crush,” playing at Metal Riot RIGHT HERE.

Hear the EP’s “Woodlands Of Self-Impalement” via Loudwire HERE, and the GRIDFAILURE-infused anti-Trump “Demagogue” by Walking Bombs, mastered by Tad Doyle, at Blow The Scene HERE.

GRIDFAILURE will offer Further Layers Of Societal Collapse as a free download on October 31st through Bandcamp, Soundcloud, and more, with a limited cassette version to follow in November; find your Walkman ASAP.

Orders for GRIDFAILURE‘s Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here eco-wallet CD receive free paraphernalia HERE; digitally the album can be found at Bandcamp, Amazon, iTunes, and most others.

Also join the macabre lounge/fight act for the end of everything on GRIDFAILURE’s upcoming Teeth Collection album, split with Never Presence Forever, and multiple other upcoming splits, EPs, and collaborations, all likely to see release by the end of the year.