Gone South, Kreuzfeuer, Sharon Tate, Octobre, Murder In Society, Stay True

Chris of Midtown Bootboys and Downright Hateful has announced a new band titled Gone South. The music is quoted as being "alcohol powered rock 'n roll," whith several samples available HERE.

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OPOS records is reportedly beginning works on a tribute compilation to Kreuzfeuer, the popular German death metal band that featured members of Brainwash. So far the CD titled "Kreuzfeuer Tribute" features many several bands yet to be announced.

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The debut CD by metal outfit Sharon Tate is scheduled to be released in approximately one month

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Out now is the limited CDR by Canadian metal Rac crossover band Octobre.

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Charles M, the singer for Murder In Society, has informed Uprise Direct that the band will finally be recording their debut full length album around the end of September. Keep and eye out for them as they play a hardcore style with heavy punk influences. Check out the band's samples HERE.

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A new young group Trattendrang have released an in house demo. The CD features seven titles, and has a playing time of about 18 minutes. The release is limited to 1111 hand numbered pieces together and features a sticker.

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From the Saint Petersburg area of Russia comes a new straight edge hardcore outfit Stay True

NEWS: New Clothing Line. IN REVIEW: Pure Hate, Blood Order Co and Pitbull Farm

Vocalist Major Williams, of Brainwash, has announced the production of a brand new clothing line, Dryve By Suizhyde. When we got the chance to speak with the Major about the new apparel line this week, he stated he was very excited about several new designs coming out in the near future. To check out other designs visit HERE.

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Pure Hate: My Enemy
(2006)

Good solid release from this Polish hardcore/ metalcore band. My only gripe is that there's only 5 songs and it's a mini-CD, other than that it'd definitely worthy of picking up. Songs sung in Polish and English. ~Steve Skam
Track list-
01- My Enemy
02- Czas Nienawisci
03- Wiecznosc
04- Blood 4 Blood
05- Nowa Generacja

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Blood Order Company: s/t
(2008 Final Stand records)

Awesome debut album from this NS hatecore/ viking metalcore outfit hailing from Pennsylvania. I've been listening to this album in anticipation of their new one that's coming out soon. Flawless would be a word that best describes this band's arsenal. Pick this up if you haven't already, satisfaction guaranteed. ~Steve Skam
Track list-
01- Enter The Halls Of Valhalla
02- Knight's Cross
03- March To War
04- Old Glory
05- Heritage
06- Farewell (prelude)
07- Open Sea
08- A New Land
09- Mjollnir
10- In The Halls Of Valhalla

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Pitbull Farm: s/t
(2002 Pitbull Farm records)

Rad psychobilly project and very catchy album by Jocke Karlson of Pluton Svea fame. If you're musically open minded and are looking for something different i highly recommend this one, you'll find yourself taping your feet and singing along in no time. Not to mention there's a few covers, most notably Skullhead's "Wish The Lads Were Here" making this one a classic for sure. ~Steve Skam
Track list-
01- Army Of Assholes
02- Die Tired
03- Love Song
04- Jesse James
05- Human Erection
06- I Wanna See You Dead
07- Wish The Lads Were Here
08- Deranged Desperado
09- Thursday Is Friday
10- Don't Think Twice
11- Hillbilly Hepcat

Sharon Tate, Brigada Totenkopf, Hijos del Odio

Sharon Tate, a death metal / metalcore project from members of Brainwash, is reportedly working on material for an upcoming release with OPOS records. The MCD will feature 6 tracks and will feature a female vocalist as well as screamo vocals along side typical growling death vocals. Check out a sample HERE.

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Rumored to have an upcoming reunion, Brigada Totenkopf of Spain have released a brand new CD titled "Ajuste De Cuentas," proving that they are back. This is the newest installment since their 2006 release of "Avanzando."

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Also from Spain Hijos del Odio have released their debut CD titled "El Principio De Vuestro Final."

Nordawn, Mother Thule, Battlecry, Fest der Völker III

Toronto based label Oldenblood productions is set to put out two new releases this month; a re-release the Nordawn 2008 release "Tales of Kin - Vol. 1," and a debut full length cassette from Mother Thule titled "Dark Side of the Sun."

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80's influeneced metal rockers Battlecry have released their newest CD, "Today Belongs To Us." Anyone interested in purchasing this CD or any other merchandise from the band can do some at their official website HERE.

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Now available fom PC records, the 2 disc DVD version on the Fest der Völker III. Fest der Völker is a large annual gather of music and speakers.

The DVD features all of last years speakers as well as footage from the featured artists: White Law, Strappo, Brainwash, Moshpit and Sleipnir.So far for this year's event they have annouced that P.W.A will be performing. featured below is some footage of the popular band Sleipnir performing the song "Das Ende" live at the previous festival.

Anyone interested in information on additional bands to this year's event or possibly travel arrangements, you can visit the official organizers website HERE.

Frozen Abyss and Knochenfell

Frozen Abyss, a doom/goth metal band featuring members from several great German bands: Kraftschlag & Brainwash, among several others. I got a chance to check out the CD recently and will definitely be picking up a copy in the near future. This project actually probably explains a large influence in the recent Brainwash release memorializing a lost friend, titled "No More Tomorrow." Which is a great new (unreleased) track by the way; only available HERE.

Frozen Abyss performs a style heavily influenced by later Type O Negative, but still offers their own creativity, and direction. At times I even feel some of the songs remind me of the melodic parts of early Atreyu. The songs are mostly sung in English, and the vocalist has a great voice which to deliver them.
Check the out Frozen Abyss HERE.

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Another German metal band worth checking out is Knochenfell. Knochenfell perform a more grove laden death metal with heavy thrash influences and some great technical work to top it off; all without over production. The band is also featured on a new Various artist release by SFH records titled "Dawn of the Antichrist."

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"Dawn of the Antichrist" is the newest sampler compilation from SFH records. The CD hosts 13 bands including new material from Permafrost, Annihilation666 and many others...

Rick's Pick: Brainwash - Moments of Truth; Blood Order Co.

The past few weeks I have been posting CD`s that are on the top of my playlist. Along side the previously Rick's Ricks, this week`s pick has been in constant play this entire time. I find myself listening to it more than any other CD I currently own. The Brainwash "Moment Of Truth" CD has got to be, in my opinion, the best metal CD to come out of our scene.
This CD is straight out metal with political and revolutionary lyrics. My favorite of which being the song "Thank You," which expresses disgust with all the corruption and degradation to our society. The song ends brilliantly with repetition of the line, "...Destroy what is destroying you!" ~Rick 56

Honestly, I have to agree in this being one of the best releases to date! Out of my large collection, the CD never wonders too far from the player. ~Doug Sacred

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Unfortunately our previously scheduled sit down with the members of popular metalcore at Blood Order Company has been postponed indefinitely. We will still be providing an interview with the band in the very near future, just not as originally planned.

Uprise Video

Here is a music video from Uprise 2009 of Brainwash performing live. We would like to thank everyone again for making this event a continuous success, and the spawning of this zine as a result! Through your contributions and support we continue to try and bring you the best news from around the scene. We only hope to be able to give back to the scene what it has given to us individually and collectively. Without everyone this scene is nothing. So again, thank you. ~Doug Sacred

Uprise Blog...

Due to the repetitive deletions of our Myspace account we have decided to venture into other formats in which to provide you information.

This blog is here to provide information for the upcoming Uprise concert February 7, 2009. More information and details are coming soon.