SLAG HIVE IS A BELLINGHAM-BASED HARDCORE-DEATH-METAL QUARTET. HERE IS SOME VHS OF THEIR IN-COSTUME PERFORMANCE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT, WHERE THEY OPENED THE COMBINED ALBUM-RELEASE SHOW FOR OTHER LOCAL HEAVY ACTS MELANCHOLIA AND DRYLAND. GUITARIST KYLE WAS DRESSED AS FROZEN JACK TORRANCE IN KUBRICK'S THE SHINING. VOCALIST MATT ALSO DOES VOCALS IN RITUAL KILLING, AND KYLE DOES GUITAR AND VOCALS IN DEEP RECESS.
UP NOW ON MY YT MUSIC VARIETY CHANNEL DORMAIS VU: THE KRAXXA DEMO FROM 2014! KRAXXA WAS A BAND FROM VICTORIA, BC (I ALWAYS FORGET HOW CLOSE IT IS TO BELLINGHAM - 44 MILES AS THE CROW FLIES) ACTIVE FROM 2014-2019(?), THAT HONED THEIR OWN STYLE OF MID-TEMPO NASTINESS. THE CHARMING STRAIGHT-FORWARDNESS AND THOUGHTFUL SONG STRUCTURES PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR GIVE-NO-FUCKS RIFFAGE AND NIHILISTIC VOCALS SPAT IN CLASSIC ANARCHO FASHION. FAVORITE TRACKS ON HERE ARE 'FORFEIT' AND 'CAGED LIVING'.
THE RAW UNDERBELLY OF MUSIC, ESPECIALLY PUNK/HC, SEEMS TO APPROACH THE INTRICATE INTERMESHEDNESS OF THE RHIZOME AND MYCELIUM, OF THE ARACHNEAN DESIGN, OF THE STAR-BED WITH CONSTELLATIONS IN AN UNENDING PROCESS OF RECONFIGURATION. ON OCCASION IT IS AMUSING AND PERHAPS ENRICHING TO TRACE THREADS THAT REVEAL THEMSELVES FROM THE CREVICES AND SPACES OF NEGLECT WITHIN THIS FINE LATTICEWORK. "THREADS" IS A SERIES FOR THESE TRACINGS.
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THREAD #1
THE PLACE: BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
THE YEARS: ~2008-2012
THE BANDS: MÖRPHEME, YADOKAI, VACCUUM, METH SORES, EFFLUXUS, ITANSHA, MUTANT CROSS
THE BAND MÖRPHEME HIT THE BAY IN 2008. THEIR DEMO WAS FOLLOWED BY A SPLIT WITH D-CLONE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND NUMEROUS BANDS IN THE MÖRPHEME PERIPHERY PURSUED NOISY RAWPUNK THAT ALSO EMBRACED THE VOID-ESQUE CHAOS OF CRUCIFIX. FOR ME THIS IS EPITOMISED IN THE DISCOGRAPHY OF YADOKAI, ESPECIALLY THEIR FILTHY FIRST OFFERING THE STERILE ENVIRONMENT DEMO. OTHER NOTABLE RELEASES IN THIS TERRITORY INCLUDE MUTANT CROSS'S BASED DEATH CRAWLS EP, VACCUUM'S SECOND S/T EP (ALSO CHECK OUT THEIR BIZARRE SPACE-FI DEMO), METH SORES'S DEATH VIGIL CS, AND THE EFFLUXUS LIFE DESTRUKTION EP. MANY OF THE PROJECTS IN THIS VEIN WERE SPAWNED WITH DIRECT OR INDIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF MÖRPHEME GUITARIST DAIKI KUSUHARA, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPECTACULAR RAW ITANSHA-PARANOIA TAPE FROM 2011 (ALSO CHECK OUT HIS MRR REVIEWS), BUT MOVED FROM THE BAY AREA TO SAN DIEGO IN 2012.
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WITH ALL THE DUE FERVOR AROUND PHILLY METAL-PUNK BEHEMOTHS DEVIL MASTER AND ZORN AT THIS MOMENT, NEGLECT NOT THE WICKED OFF-KILTER SONIC STABBINGS OF THEIR NOW-DEFUNCT HARDCORE/DEATHROCK COUNTERPART BLANK SPELL
FYI A NOT-INSUBSTANTIAL CHUNK OF THE BLANK SPELL DISCOGRAPHY IS ON SPOTIFY NOW. ALSO FFO OF DEVIL MASTER/ZORN: CHECK OUT CASSIDY'S PREVIOUS BAND CAPE OF BATS. THE NEW HAUNTER EP IS KILLER AS WELL. HAUNTER IS TOURING WITH ZORN IN CALIFORNIA IN MID-NOVEMBER. CASSIDY ALSO DOES DRUMS/VOX IN THE TWO-PIECE DESTRUCTOS.
NOW MY FISTS WILL SET YOU STRAIGHT
AND REARRANGE YOUR SMILING FACE
THE FIRST OFFERING FROM BELLINGHAM'S RITUAL KILLING IS SEVEN MINUTES OF MERCILESS METALLIC HC PUNISHMENT
MATT - VOX
PEDRO - GUITAR
ADAM - GUITAR
HAYDEN - BASS
DANTE - DRUMS
LISTEN & DOWNLOAD THE DEMO HERE.
WATCH SOME PAST R.K. LIVE SETS:
GRANDMA'S HOUSE 05-05-23
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10-29-23 MEM//BRANE AS ANTI-CIMEX @ LUCKY LIQUOR (TUKWILA, WA)
10-30-23 MEM//BRANE AS ANTI-CIMEX & UNSHEATHER AS DEVO @ GRANDMA'S HOUSE
11-04-23 DEEP RECESS & MEM//BRANE @ MAKESHIFT ART SPACE
11-10-23 DEEP RECESS & UNSHEATHER @ WATERFRONT SKATE PARK
11-11-23 MEM//BRANE @ PIZZA TWIST (ROOSEVELT WAY NE, SEATTLE, WA)
11-18-23 MEM//BRANE @ THE CAVERN
NEW INSTALLMENT OF MS-TV FEATURING A LIVE SET BY MEM//BRANE AND A DOUBLE MUSIC VIDEO BY SEATTLE THRASH-LORDS VACUUM
LIVE SESH RECORDED AUGUST 13, 2023
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