To all the readers:
I've been busy preparing for the upcoming tour with Cryptic Void with my band Apocalyptic Noise Syndicate. So I will not be posting up a new issue this month,but will be posting one up next month instead. Here are my thoughts before we hit the road in two weeks.
It took many years and a lot of trial and error,so to finally get this off the ground feels like an accomplishment to me. All the previous bands and all the bullshit that led up to this was worth it.I'm also thankful that I get to work with three of the most amazing and dedicated musicians I've ever met.So much appreciation to Frank Faerman, Carlos Villareal, and Ed Martinez. You guys rule and I'm glad that we're getting to do this together!
Our first show will be kicking off in Houston with all of our friends in DDA, God Fearing Fuck and Ullatec. Then will be hitting up a few more cities in Texas, Arizona,New Mexico,California, and ending everything off at the 719 Grind festival in Colorado Springs.We will have a ton of merch CDs, 7 inches, Shirts, and stickers at these shows too.So buy something and help us get to the next city your support will definitely help and be appreciated!
See you grinders and punks soon!
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Sunday, April 29, 2018
March and April Issue Pt 2
Here is the April issue enjoy...
Henry Rollins "The First Five" book review
The first five is a collection of poems and essays by Black Flag front man, Henry Rollins. They are written more like a diary combining various experiences that happened over the course of time. The cynicism and anger is definitely felt after every turn of the page. Some of the feelings I can relate to,such as not being understood, or feeling alone and angry at the world. Other times, I almost wish I could of pulled young Henry aside and told him everything is going to be ok. It's astonishing that someone who has inspired others, whether in music, or through some of his quotes and writing, could be so hard on himself and think that he was just a grain of sand on the beach that will never be noticed. I'm sure age has changed Rollins in a way that he has gone above and beyond success, for someone who started as a young punk rock musician.I will say age hasn't slowed him down, even when I saw him live a few years ago. You could still see the intensity in his eyes. The car is going 100 miles per hr and its not stopping for anything or anyone. If you want to get a glimpse of the life of Rollins, I definitely recommend checking this book out.
Henry Rollins "The First Five" book review
The first five is a collection of poems and essays by Black Flag front man, Henry Rollins. They are written more like a diary combining various experiences that happened over the course of time. The cynicism and anger is definitely felt after every turn of the page. Some of the feelings I can relate to,such as not being understood, or feeling alone and angry at the world. Other times, I almost wish I could of pulled young Henry aside and told him everything is going to be ok. It's astonishing that someone who has inspired others, whether in music, or through some of his quotes and writing, could be so hard on himself and think that he was just a grain of sand on the beach that will never be noticed. I'm sure age has changed Rollins in a way that he has gone above and beyond success, for someone who started as a young punk rock musician.I will say age hasn't slowed him down, even when I saw him live a few years ago. You could still see the intensity in his eyes. The car is going 100 miles per hr and its not stopping for anything or anyone. If you want to get a glimpse of the life of Rollins, I definitely recommend checking this book out.
March and April Issues Pt 1
To all the readers, I want to apologize for these last two issues being late. I have had a lot of personal stuff going on and have been busy with my band Apocalyptic Noise Syndicate as well. First off here is the March issue, a long awaited review that I didn't get the chance to get to but finally put it together!
Enjoy....
This split release features two of the Midwest's finest in the current scene of heavy music. First up, is long time running band Captain Three Leg, who delivers nineteen tracks of catchy hardcore punk/noise-core. The lyrics are tainted with sarcasm and humor, which is definitely apparent in the song titles such as: "Suburban Satanists", "Lyric Sheet Included", and "White Girls with Ukuleles". I enjoyed the catchy riffs that groove and complement the bursts of noise-core that follow. The instruments and vocals are blended well in the recording, but the bass tone hands down is my favorite as far as the recording quality goes.I like that C3L incorporates instrumental tracks along with their vocal laden tracks. It adds a different dynamic that I think a lot of other bands should take note of.
DSM serves up ten tracks of angry sludge/grind-violence that crushes you like a bulldozer with the angry driver going on a rant. I like the grittiness of the recording, and the mixed back and forth vocal assault between the duo. The slow parts crush and add a dark heavy aspect that's followed by bursts of fast paced mayhem. There's even a bit of a black metal feel that is definitely apparent on tracks like "Ape Hive". It gives off a feeling of isolation and anger that can erupt at any second without warning. The noise track "Cud" is dark and adds a haunting apocalyptic feel to close off the release.
You can listen to or get the digital download @ bandcamp-https://captainthreeleg.bandcamp.com/album/split-w-dsm
Enjoy....
Captain Three Leg vs DSM split review
DSM serves up ten tracks of angry sludge/grind-violence that crushes you like a bulldozer with the angry driver going on a rant. I like the grittiness of the recording, and the mixed back and forth vocal assault between the duo. The slow parts crush and add a dark heavy aspect that's followed by bursts of fast paced mayhem. There's even a bit of a black metal feel that is definitely apparent on tracks like "Ape Hive". It gives off a feeling of isolation and anger that can erupt at any second without warning. The noise track "Cud" is dark and adds a haunting apocalyptic feel to close off the release.
You can listen to or get the digital download @ bandcamp-https://captainthreeleg.bandcamp.com/album/split-w-dsm
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Feb Issue and S.B.Fuller
To all the readers I apologize for the lack of a February issue.I've had some personal stuff that I was going through this month that I need to get through,but I will definitely be on track for March. In honor and to close on Black History Month here's a story on a famous American you probably haven't heard of named S.B. Fuller.
http://www.freedomworks.org/content/profiles-liberty-sb-fuller-0
Read this book if you haven't already:https://www.amazon.com/Questions-About-American-History-Supposed/dp/0307346692
http://www.freedomworks.org/content/profiles-liberty-sb-fuller-0
Read this book if you haven't already:https://www.amazon.com/Questions-About-American-History-Supposed/dp/0307346692
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
First Issue of 2018
To all the readers,
I hope everyone has had a great start to the new year. Here is the first and newest issue of Cryptic Inscriptions for 2018.
Mortiferum "Altar of Decay" demo 2017
I recently went to a local death metal show here in Houston and got the chance to check out two old school inspired death metal bands Fetid and Mortiferum. I enjoyed Mortiferum a little bit more so I went and checked out their demo "Altar of Decay" that's up on their band camp page. Hailing from Olympia,Washington Mortiferum has been described as having influences that range from American to Finnish old school death metal. I can definitely agree with the comparison, but the first thing I thought of was Dismemberment, who are one of my favorite death/doom metal bands. I like the old school feel of the recording and the songwriting. I couldn't help but bang my head while listening to this the heavy grooves, soul crushing riffs, and blast beats all make perfect bedfellows. The synth intros and outros definitely added a darker atmosphere to the tracks as well; this demo kills and I can't wait for the full length.
band camp link-https://mortiferum.bandcamp.com/releases
I hope everyone has had a great start to the new year. Here is the first and newest issue of Cryptic Inscriptions for 2018.
Mortiferum "Altar of Decay" demo 2017
I recently went to a local death metal show here in Houston and got the chance to check out two old school inspired death metal bands Fetid and Mortiferum. I enjoyed Mortiferum a little bit more so I went and checked out their demo "Altar of Decay" that's up on their band camp page. Hailing from Olympia,Washington Mortiferum has been described as having influences that range from American to Finnish old school death metal. I can definitely agree with the comparison, but the first thing I thought of was Dismemberment, who are one of my favorite death/doom metal bands. I like the old school feel of the recording and the songwriting. I couldn't help but bang my head while listening to this the heavy grooves, soul crushing riffs, and blast beats all make perfect bedfellows. The synth intros and outros definitely added a darker atmosphere to the tracks as well; this demo kills and I can't wait for the full length.
band camp link-https://mortiferum.bandcamp.com/releases
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Final issue of 2017
Hello readers here is the final issue of 2017. This has been a crazy year,but I'm definitely looking forward to the new year! I will have updates concerning the web zine and other endeavors that I'll be involved with. So without further a do here is the December issue.
Beyond Sensory Experience "The End of it All"
I have reviewed Beyond Sensory Experience in the past and when I found out they were still active and created another album back in 2016 I decided to jump on the opportunity to review it! Beyond Sensory Experience continues to carry the torch as dark ambient masterminds with their latest album "The end of it all". This sonic landscape of dark atmospheres, sampled voices, and creepy undertones (courtesy of composers K.Meizter and M.Drakh) taking the listener on a dark journey through the rabbit hole and into the dark realm of existence. I love how these guys take the time to make sure every beat, sound, and nuance is just right. These guys would be perfect as far as composing for anything science fiction, horror, or anything generally in the abstract genres. Every album is a progression and I can tell these guys have grown not only as musicians, but as composers as well. If dark ambient is considered the new age of classical these guys are definitely in the high ranks.
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas,Happy Holiday, and a Happy New Year. See you guys next year.
I have reviewed Beyond Sensory Experience in the past and when I found out they were still active and created another album back in 2016 I decided to jump on the opportunity to review it! Beyond Sensory Experience continues to carry the torch as dark ambient masterminds with their latest album "The end of it all". This sonic landscape of dark atmospheres, sampled voices, and creepy undertones (courtesy of composers K.Meizter and M.Drakh) taking the listener on a dark journey through the rabbit hole and into the dark realm of existence. I love how these guys take the time to make sure every beat, sound, and nuance is just right. These guys would be perfect as far as composing for anything science fiction, horror, or anything generally in the abstract genres. Every album is a progression and I can tell these guys have grown not only as musicians, but as composers as well. If dark ambient is considered the new age of classical these guys are definitely in the high ranks.
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas,Happy Holiday, and a Happy New Year. See you guys next year.
Friday, November 24, 2017
November 2017 Issue
Hello again readers here is the newest issue of the zine. I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy...
Nov 2017- "Evil is Evil: A brief look into Fascism and Communism"
I wanted to dive into an issue that needs to be address. Which of the two is the greater evil, is it the Communist Regime or the Fascist Regime? If I was going to give a proper assessment on the issue I would say both are responsible for horrible deeds and are evil. Fascism provided one of the biggest known atrocities in the world "The Holocaust" that was advocated by Adolf Hitler. Most believe this event caused the death of 6 million Jews along with many other deaths that included: gypsies, homosexuals, anyone who opposed the Nazi regime, Russians, Slavs, the physically and mentally handicapped, as well as all the war time casualties that cause the soils to be soaked with blood. While this event was tragic and one of the worst events in history why does the atrocities of Communism seem to get a pass? Even though there is an ample amount of evidence of the atrocities that were done under this regime. It's thought that between all the Communist regimes that 100 million people have been killed due to the rhetoric of one Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels and their "Communist Manifesto". How can one look the other way with all the deaths caused by the mass genocides of firing squads, gulags, and famine? It seems that throughout time the idea of Cultural Marxism has been soaked into the pores of mainstream media and throughout the education system.Thus basically covering over the evils that were done by these Totalitarian regimes and giving them a popular face in the mainstream.One might look at the "Frankfurt School" for being the first to bring this into college classrooms (see Andrew Breitbart's book "Righteous Indignation" on this issue). The propaganda machine just keeps going by painting these villains as heroes. For example Che Guevara is said to be a revolutionary hero on the shirts worn by trendy hipsters and punks. Yet most don't seem to realize that he was responsible for the deaths of many innocent men, women, children, and the elderly. The same man who had plans to bomb buildings in New York was welcomed with open arms except by Gladys Perez ,who had a knife intended to end the murderous assassin."The knife was meant for the assassin" she said as she was taken away by police. Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello considers Che to be a fifth member of the band without realizing that Che considered rock music to be bourgeoisie and that he would have locked him and the rest of his band up in re education camps. The press also love to jump on the Communist bandwagon making men like Joseph Staling out to be saints even calling him "Uncle Joe". One of those reporters was Walter Duranty who pretty much covered up the mass famine that was going on in the Ukraine and Soviet Union along with all the deaths in the gulags and the seven million killed by the Soviet Death Squads. Others like Pol Pot and Mao Zedong led genocides that would also wipe out millions of their own people for the greater good? The scary thing is the term politically correct, that a lot of Social Justice Warriors parade around saying, was coined by the murderous Mao. The quote being "Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul." I guess that's why Mao had an easy time killing millions of his own people if they didn't share his view. To sum everything up I think people need to go out and research all of these things. I'm not against people having opposing view points,but parading around spewing the rhetoric of evil dictators whether its Fascist or Marxist in nature can be dangerous. Stalin referred to these people as useful idiots, tip of advice don't be a useful idiot question everything.Don't trust everything that is said at face value look into it! Otherwise you might be pissing away your liberties without even knowing it. As Mao Zedong would say "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Lets not let evil leaders point their guns at us.
For more info on some of the things I mentioned and for further information read the following books:
"Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the useful idiots who idolize him" by Humberto Fontova
"Righteous Indignation" Andrew Breitbart
"Gulag" by Ann Applebaum
"Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" William L. Shirer
"Surviving the Killing Fields" Haing S. Ngor and Roger Warner
"Mao: The Unknown Story" by Jung Chang
Links to 10 books about the Holocaust that you've never read:
http://airshipdaily.com/blog/01272014-holocaust-books
Nov 2017- "Evil is Evil: A brief look into Fascism and Communism"
I wanted to dive into an issue that needs to be address. Which of the two is the greater evil, is it the Communist Regime or the Fascist Regime? If I was going to give a proper assessment on the issue I would say both are responsible for horrible deeds and are evil. Fascism provided one of the biggest known atrocities in the world "The Holocaust" that was advocated by Adolf Hitler. Most believe this event caused the death of 6 million Jews along with many other deaths that included: gypsies, homosexuals, anyone who opposed the Nazi regime, Russians, Slavs, the physically and mentally handicapped, as well as all the war time casualties that cause the soils to be soaked with blood. While this event was tragic and one of the worst events in history why does the atrocities of Communism seem to get a pass? Even though there is an ample amount of evidence of the atrocities that were done under this regime. It's thought that between all the Communist regimes that 100 million people have been killed due to the rhetoric of one Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels and their "Communist Manifesto". How can one look the other way with all the deaths caused by the mass genocides of firing squads, gulags, and famine? It seems that throughout time the idea of Cultural Marxism has been soaked into the pores of mainstream media and throughout the education system.Thus basically covering over the evils that were done by these Totalitarian regimes and giving them a popular face in the mainstream.One might look at the "Frankfurt School" for being the first to bring this into college classrooms (see Andrew Breitbart's book "Righteous Indignation" on this issue). The propaganda machine just keeps going by painting these villains as heroes. For example Che Guevara is said to be a revolutionary hero on the shirts worn by trendy hipsters and punks. Yet most don't seem to realize that he was responsible for the deaths of many innocent men, women, children, and the elderly. The same man who had plans to bomb buildings in New York was welcomed with open arms except by Gladys Perez ,who had a knife intended to end the murderous assassin."The knife was meant for the assassin" she said as she was taken away by police. Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello considers Che to be a fifth member of the band without realizing that Che considered rock music to be bourgeoisie and that he would have locked him and the rest of his band up in re education camps. The press also love to jump on the Communist bandwagon making men like Joseph Staling out to be saints even calling him "Uncle Joe". One of those reporters was Walter Duranty who pretty much covered up the mass famine that was going on in the Ukraine and Soviet Union along with all the deaths in the gulags and the seven million killed by the Soviet Death Squads. Others like Pol Pot and Mao Zedong led genocides that would also wipe out millions of their own people for the greater good? The scary thing is the term politically correct, that a lot of Social Justice Warriors parade around saying, was coined by the murderous Mao. The quote being "Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul." I guess that's why Mao had an easy time killing millions of his own people if they didn't share his view. To sum everything up I think people need to go out and research all of these things. I'm not against people having opposing view points,but parading around spewing the rhetoric of evil dictators whether its Fascist or Marxist in nature can be dangerous. Stalin referred to these people as useful idiots, tip of advice don't be a useful idiot question everything.Don't trust everything that is said at face value look into it! Otherwise you might be pissing away your liberties without even knowing it. As Mao Zedong would say "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Lets not let evil leaders point their guns at us.
For more info on some of the things I mentioned and for further information read the following books:
"Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the useful idiots who idolize him" by Humberto Fontova
"Righteous Indignation" Andrew Breitbart
"Gulag" by Ann Applebaum
"Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" William L. Shirer
"Surviving the Killing Fields" Haing S. Ngor and Roger Warner
"Mao: The Unknown Story" by Jung Chang
Links to 10 books about the Holocaust that you've never read:
http://airshipdaily.com/blog/01272014-holocaust-books
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