Stuff And Things - A Brief Update Of Upcoming Releases

NY CLENCHED FIST recording is complete and sounds awesome. Don Fury worked his magic (as always) and this is being sent off to the pressing plant very soon. More details as they become available.

HORDES recording is nearly complete and we are shooting to have the 7" out by late October / early November. Cvlt Nation did a great write up on them recently and you can check it out HERE.

ENEWETAK discography has been put together and mastered by Dave Shirk at Sonorous Mastering and everything sounds incredible. Waiting to finalize the artwork and then it gets sent off to the presses. Our original plans of an October / November release might have been underestimated as it is looking like it might be delayed a bit. Sorry about that but trust me, you wont be disappointed with the final product.

Finally, we would like to announce two new projects we are working on...

SERVILE SECT "Realms Of The Queen" LP
Originally released on Ecstatic Peace earlier this year, we are pleased to release this astonishing album on vinyl. This is at the pressing plant now and we hope to have it out by late October.

GOG "In Our Architecture This Resounds" double 12"
Double album (45rpm) with HUGE poster insert. Recording in November with Ryan Butler at Arcane Digital. More details to come.

Thank you and good night.

HORDES

I'm very excited to announce that HORDES from Southern California have agreed to put out a seven inch on KOTM! They are currently working on new material for it but in the meantime you can check out their demo HERE. More info on the release as it comes available.

The Slain God - ALTARS "Live On Pure Hate" LP OUT NOW

Received the final components to the ALTARS "Live On Pure Hate" LP this week and everything looks and sounds incredible. If you preordered a copy expect yours to be shipped out by the end of the week. Everyone who preordered will get the limited clear vinyl version which we still have a handful left in the webstore (act fast). Distros will be receiving their copies in the next couple weeks. Here is some live footage taken at the record release show for you to digest until you get your copy of the record. Get fucked up.

ALTARS "Live On Pure Hate" LP preorder (4/19/11)

PREORDERS BEGIN TUESDAY APRIL 19TH at 11:00AM MST.

First 100 orders will receive limited clear vinyl. One record per person.

Five tracks recorded between August & December 2010 at Levelhead Studios by Jayson Hartings. Artwork by Alex York. 1st press of 300 copies with the first 100 mailorder copies on CLEAR vinyl. Split release with How Much Art Can You Take.

At The Beach - CLENCHED FIST upcoming releases

I am proud and happy to announce not one but TWO upcoming releases on KOTM from NY/NJ HC supergroup NY CLENCHED FIST!!!


NY CLENCHED FIST "tba" 12".
New material and rewokings of songs from the classic demo tape. To be recorded in August 2011 by the legendary Don Fury. Artwork by the iconic NYHC artist Sean Taggart. 1st pressing of 700 with 200 on an undetermined color for mailorder. Split release with How Much Art Can You Take?. More info as it's available... Fall 2011

From Blogged & Quartered:
Clenched Fist were a great, but short-lived hardcore band with members in NYC and North Jersey. Kind of a NY hardcore supergroup with members that were in (and would go on to be in) Mental Abuse, Breakdown, Born Against, Life's Blood, Citizens Arrest, Jersey Fresh and Outgroup.

The band formed in '86, and before Perry joined, the infamous Sid Sludge of Mental Abuse was on vocals. Apparently there are rehearsal recordings that exist with Sid on the mic. Maybe one day they'll surface. After Dave Jones left the band, Daryl Kahan and Todd Waladkewics both filled in on drums for a while.

I discovered Clenched Fist back in '87 on Pat Duncan's radio show on WFMU. The songs "Eagle Eyes" and "At the Beach" were on Pat's playlist most Thursdays (which i taped every week religiously). It was only a couple years ago that i was able to get a copy of the entire demo, and the live set. This stuff sounds just as good as it did over 20 years ago.

The demo was recorded in New Jersey in '87. The song "Inner Strength" would later be the template for the song "Eulogy" by Born Against, which was released on a 2-song 7" (the other song being a cover of X's "Riding With Mary") on Vermiform Records in 1990. It came with issue #37 of Sam McPheeter's zine "Dear Jesus". The last track on the Clenched Fist demo, "Get Away" was originally an Outgroup (pre-Mental Abuse) song. Mental Abuse would also play this song live on occasion, and it's probably been covered by bands countless times. It's a NJHC classic.

CF also played shows with Youth of Today, Sheer Terror, Dag Nasty, Token Entry, and many other great NYHC bands.

Perry Pelonero was in Krieg Kopf (for about 2 weeks). Dave Jones was in Mental Abuse, Outgroup, and most notably played drums on Agnostic Front's classic "Victim in Pain" album. Chris Fist was in Breakdown, Mental Abuse and Life's Blood. Neil Burke was in Life's Blood and Born Against. Daryl Kahan was in Citizens Arrest, Born Against, True Colors and many death metal, black metal and powerviolence bands. Todd played in Jersey Fresh. Sid Sludge played in Mental Abuse and Outgroup (and i'm still not sure if he actually passed away).

Members of Clenched Fist have recently reformed, and Chris Fist is in the process of writing material for a new ep. It's going to kick ass so keep your eyes peeled.

ALTARS Test Press Approved!

ALTARS "Live On Pure Hate" test presses are approved and being pressed as you read this. Four tracks of depraved blown out filth. One sided vinyl limited to 333 copies. If you live in Ohio you can pick up a copy of the uber limited release at their show on Thursday.

We are also almost sold of the ALTARS / HALLA split 7". Only 3 left in the webstore so if you were holding off on buying one, don't wait too much longer.

PRE-ORDERS - Elders / Royal Monsters / OSS

After several art delays we are finally ready to start taking preorders for the latest batch of releases. Pre-orders will be begin January 26th at 10am for the ELDERS "Blind Rage" LP, ROYAL MONSTERS "Blackwater" 7" and the OSS demo 7".

ELDERS "Blind Rage" LP
Blazing AZ HC that takes cues from early DC and west coast punk/hc. First 100 copies on white vinyl with alternate sleeve.

ROYAL MONSTERS "Blackwater" 7"
Follow up to last years single on New Age Records. Limited to 300 copies.

OSS demo 7"
Featuring Frank from MK-Ultra on vocals this short lived AZ band only played a handful of shows and released one demo before throwing in the towel. The demo vanished in the blink of an eye and we pleased to release it on vinyl now. First 100 copies on white vinyl.