http://theplowbehindyou.com/2014/05/10/observe-vancouver-noise-festival-iv/
"Last Saturday on the rainy Vancouver coast there were several good shows being organized. Two in particular were my focus and unfortunately would be happening simultaneously. You can see plainly which of these I attended, Vancouver Noise Festival IV, while the other was an occult death metal gathering headed by Mitochondrion and Ævangelist during the Wacken Metal Battle in the same city.
http://theplowbehindyou.com/2014/04/22/shit-luck-self-inflictive-self-destructive-2014-review/
"It was early 2013 when Floridian SHIT LUCK first impressed me with their demo SLOW DEATH. Ultimately their blackened crust was on point in most regards: a rusted maelstrom whose success when blending abused styles was engaging, memorable and quite loud.
It was like a decrepit engine roaring as it tears itself apart, unhinging from the struts and shearing metallic grime from it’s
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http://theplowbehindyou.com/2014/04/04/men-in-search-of-the-perfect-weapon-men-in-search-of-the-perfect-weapon-2005-12-lp-cd-review/
"The transient giant Men in Search of the Perfect Weapon was a group from Leipzig, Germany that in its short existence constructed a remarkable edifice, illustrating well how to accomplish colossal, raw, and exciting heavy sounds.
Their only permanent mark in the genre is a self-titled piece of atmospheric sludge metal. An album that struck me deeply. Its march is generous, often callous; a
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http://www.cvltnation.com/interview-dialogue-dephosphorus/
"Not long ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Panos Agoros, the fierce voice of the stellar astro-grind entity Dephosphorus and curator of Blastbeat Mailmurder/Productions, as well as Thanos Mantas, who rends dimensions with his riffs passionately alongside Panos.
Because I’m a particularly big fan of their work, it was a genuinely good time getting to know more about the process behind the construction
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http://theplowbehindyou.com/2014/03/31/observe-head-hits-concrete-cetascean-ahna-cooked-and-eaten-soot/
"This is the second post in the hopefully on-going series of live show write-ups. This time the focus is a gathering of Vancouver and Winnipeg bands on the mainland, getting my ass of the island for the first time in a few months.
After spending a little time at the New Amsterdam Cafe in the afternoon I walked to the show. The lineup included
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I've decided to finally step into Twitter after never considering it much in the past. Things change of course.
So I've set up two twitter accounts. The first one (@ivoates) is just me so don't expect much outside of politics, music, and personal stuff if you feel inclined to follow that one. I'm generally a pretty quiet person. The second (@theplwbhndyou) is for my page
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http://theplowbehindyou.com/2014/03/19/osk-we-will-never-change-2014-10-ep-review/
"So there’s a lot of good grindcore out already this year and much promised as well. I’ve already got some favorites, and I’m sure most people have already decided to check out of this specific arena for 2014 having begun digesting GridLink’s uncanny grind. I would implore you to hold on that impulse because there’s shit like this popping up all the time.
Osk’s
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http://theplowbehindyou.com/2014/03/12/mother-brain-rise-and-grind-2014-7-review/
"The New York two piece Mother Brain return with a macerating cut of mince as just one of Mannequin Rein Recordings’ latest set releases for this year. Despite some familiarity with the label I haven’t even been aware of these guys prior to being offered this hefty EP.
Well I’m aware of them now. Rise And Grind is their fourth release, the other three
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http://www.cvltnation.com/exclusive-pornography-hex-bw-golden-sunshine-stream-review/
https://soundcloud.com/cvltnation/sets/pornography-hex-b-w-golden
"Anderson Cook has been busy. Having been introduced to the various projects he’s involved in, I consistently find myself enjoying the fruit of all of it, no matter how bitter it may seem to others.
Last we heard from his outlet for antipathy Pornography was through an assembly of his efforts thus far in This Is A Collection, which I reviewed
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