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TRIGGER EFFECT Versitis Maximus (Lp only)

GRAY GHOST Succubus (digital only)

The Atlanta/Pittsurgh/Providence cult has returned with three new songs!

THE OMINOUS ORDER OF FILTHY MONGRELS Bastards Demo (digtial only)

This will be the soundtrack to your ass-kicking!

The Obelisk wrote: I can say with confidence The Ominous Order of Filthy Mongrels have the capacity to destroy whatever’s laid before them. Indeed, that could be you. Most definitely on the radar.

Check out the video review on Annie Christ

Deafsparrow wrote: ... The aural equivalent of the initiation into the MS 13......It hits you. It beats. Relentlessly. If you are lucky, it’s a knockout, unconscious bodies do not register the pain until after consciousness  has been regained, you see.  Bastard hits you hard and takes you down

RAW RADAR WAR White Death 7"

The latest release from these New England thrashers! 5 new songs that solidfy their unique bran of d-beat meets....well, d-beat.

CHARLES WAYNE TARRANT !!!!

By far the coolest thing the label has ever done!

GRAY GHOST Deep in the Shallow End

Slow, heavy, dissenting chaos toard oblvion.This is GRAY GHOST's second Ep, thier first for CHainsaw Safety. These new songs add more depth and layering than their first record.

Scenepointblank wrote: Atlanta-based outfit Gray Ghost return with their debut full-length. Following up their self-titled EP from last year, the band continues to evolve their sound. Still loosely based in the realm of hardcore, the band's sound is a progressive mixture of drone, hardcore, and metal. “Siberian” sets the pace with its driving rhythms and excellent guitar riffage - think Isis and Giant but with a bit more aggression. “Saints” is more of the same; a thick low-end and gritty riffs are matched with throaty bellows. Gray Ghost has definitely improved their songwriting capabilities - the flow of the songs is much better and they just feel more complete as they pass by. Deep in the Shallow End is going to be an underappreciated release in 2009; so if you're reading this and you like what you're hearing, tell everyone you know about Gray Ghost

allmetalresource wrote Atlanta’s own Gray Ghost are out to harvest despair and nihilism, at least that is the sound that is evolked from their new EP, Deep In the Shallow End.........know exactly what music they are setting out to create, and are probably very in tune with the scene they participate in.

siczine wrote The music sets the mood without delving too deep into the metal realm while breaking all of hardcore's historically limited boundaries. Gray Ghost are extremely tight in their presentation and have no unnecessary gimmicks or over-excessive breakdowns and drop-D tuning ..... love atmospheric albums, even if the air they are creating is dark, thick and dense and the fact that this record isn't too long in running time makes it even stronger..... Check these guys out, I think most will be pleasantly surprised.

punkews.org "... it's still a pretty compelling listen of burly, slowly suffocating, doomy hardcore. Think the speed of later Baroness with the aggression of their early period and the discolored brick wall of sound newer acts like Tides and Rosetta employ. .... murkier and more throbbing than its predecessor, a mean, prowling beast that gives little space to breathe, let alone move. Grainy, growled vocals are buried in a mess of bulky, skulking guitars and bass, merely acting as another layer in a thick attack. .... solid -- and I do mean solid -- release. Deep in the Shallow End is a massive, grayscale monster whose features happen to just be a little less defined this time around. ..."

PULLING TEETH Witches Sabbath IV

This is the fourth installment of the limited edition PULLING TEETH 7" series. Join the cult!

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FRIGHTENER Guillotine
Hot off of a split with Chainsaw Safety favorites Pulling Teeth, Britain's Frightener blast through 13 tracks of blistering metallic hardcore, blending the Cleveland metalcore sound of Integrity and Ringworm with more straightforward metal, like Entombed and Terrorizer All the while keeping things heavy and dirty.

SPLITTING HEADACHE The World is My Aim

The New Jersey quintet returns with a new 7” as their Chainsaw Safety debut. SPLITTING HEADACHE combines the classic elements of West Coast punk /hardcore with the despondent sound of the Midwest early 80s sound. Six new songs about everything that’s not right in this world: and that’s just about everything!

Al Quint/Sonic Overload wrote "Splitting Headache’s latest missive shows the band in typically ass-kickin’ mode. Fired-up hardcore punk with some sputteringly inspired lead riffs. If offering a comparison with Tear It Up (some of these folks’ previous band) is allowed, this is a more refined approach, not going for the double-speed thing that TIU sometimes relied on. It’s a more reasonably-paced speed attack infused with strong, but not leaden breakdowns. The life of pain and disillusionment continues for Mr. Dave Ackerman, at least from a lyrical standpoint. He says “ten years later and nothing’s changed.” The intent, though, is a critique of someone else pissing their life away. Hell, switch that to 25 years and you’re on to something—OK, that’s not completely true from these quarters. Whatever demons are being fought off, I suppose this kind of outlet keeps ‘ya at least PARTIALLY sane."

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DISNIHIL S/T

This is the debut full length cd. This quartet plays gnarled and discordant hardcore, sounding as dark and brooding as ever. It's pummeling down tuned hardcore that nods to the black clad crust with a more modern take on the d-beat phenomena. Expect lots of vocal tradeoffs between straight yells and lower shouts, while the music hits on everything from pounding chord progressions and surging fast paced crust to borderline caustic speeds with intense picking patterns and lots of dissonant metal textures.

punknews.org wrote "This could start a heated debate, but Disnihil might be the most promising band currently playing D-beat hardcore. Those missile-fired drums, barked vocals (with a pinch of melody and range to them, though), crust punk filling and carefully metallic shades are here on Disnihil's first full-length in spades, and it's rarely been done better in the last few years...."

Al Quint / MRR wrote " A strong debut album from this Swedish inspired band from NY....Hellthey even offer a Sabbathy tip of metal...A chip off the FROM ASHES RISE block andthose are winning qualitites"

MRR (#294) wrote " Fast and competent modern American(ized) dis-beating thier own way with octave chords...not unlike the sounds of FIGHTING DOGS and BALLAST.... This is a decent, if not classic Dis-disc".

Rise and Revolt wrote: " Thrashy hardcore is some of the best music out there, and it’s sad that more people don’t recognize this. Very rarely will you find anything else so pissed off, so ripe with aggression and fury. Disnihil is this brand of angst ridden hardcore, coming out of NY that just sort of lays waste to everything in their path. I knew absolutely nothing about this band going into the review but in the little bit of time that I’ve had the cd in my possession, I’ve grown to love it.....I needed something fresh and new, something with enough venom to kill a herd of cattle. I’ve found it alright, Disnihil is everything you could want out of a crusty hardcore band. End of discussion. "

DEFEATIST In Praise of False Hope

This is intense grindcore from ex members of ANODYNE and KALIBAS. Short fast and powerful is the method of their songwriting and it comes across. 8 blistering tracks compiled on one 7”.

Maximum Rock'n'Roll wrote: FUCKIN' HELL!!! Nothing gives me a bigger boner than coming across a record that totally flat-out destroys. I was not that familiar with this band, though with a name like Defeatist, I was hoping it was going to rock out a little bit from the get-go, but I didn't have a clue. I think I can honestly say this is the best 7" I've heard in six months. Non-stop jugular attack set to strangle the life out of you. Buzzsaw guitars, plummeting drumming and flesh-searing vokills. Nice and simplistic silk-screened cover and beautiful black vinyl make this package complete. With all of the trouble and delays In Praise of False Hope endured, it was well worth the wait. Defeatist is the band most bands wish they could be.

Razorcake Online: This is intense stuff. Eight songs on a 7" of brutally heavy, angry hardcore. The cookie monster vocals are there, the dark brooding guitars and smashing drums and bass. They compare themselves to Disrupt and Napalm Death and that's good enough for me. I don't know if I could take more than a 7" worth of this, but it made me wash dishes like there was no tomorrow! (Buttertooth)

PULLING TEETH Vicious Skin

Pulling Teeth from Baltimore, MD play fast and furious metal influenced hardcore. Imagine a cross between Systems Overload-era Integrity and Left For Dead / Haymaker (mixed with a little Napalm Death/Slayer for good measure). Features ex/current members of Slumlords, The Spark, Taken By Force and Never Enough. (vinyl version released on A389 Records).The re-issue cd features videos Dom's Brithday party (Full Integrity set with Dwid on vocals); a live PT set; and the festure vdieo for "Heretic".

Aversionline.com wrote :"It’s basically straight up metallic hardcore, but it’s sort of a unique blend in that despite its blatant heaviness and frequent forays into all out thrash metal riffs, the hardcore aesthetic is never overshadowed. It’s clearly more metal than most hardcore bands, but at the same time it’s far more hardcore than most metallic hardcore bands, if that makes any sense at all. On occasion they’ll even toss in a sludgy sort of undercurrent to some of the more metallic textures, not to mention a few borderline grinding blasts of speed, and of course there’s also the fact that they bust out shitloads of chaotic, Integrity-esque leads, so… combine all of that with a slew of tempo changes and an unyielding sense of energy and you’ve got yourself a fuckin’ winner, man. Only a couple of tracks break the two-minute mark, and several are less than a minute, so you’re left wanting more… which is always a good thing. Keep an eye on these fuckers, ’cause this is good shit.

Geekburger.com wrote "Pulling Teeth writes some seriously sizzling and concise metallic hardcore, and it's bound to satiate the appetites of all sorts of listeners. The band's newest offering, the 14-minute Vicious Skin, is fast and pissed-off enough to appeal to the traditional hardcore crowd, heavy and crunchy enough to incite violence, and flashy enough to draw in thrash connoiseurs. Best of all, it all sounds natural.

Scenepointblank.com wrote "...all expectations of what a proper release would be are exceeded on this recording....... the songs that comprise it are excellent examples of hardcore done right. It's something fresh and a little different, and that's what hardcore needs - a little variety every now and again."

Bystanderfanzine.com wrote "...I am excited that a label I love is putting out a band I like, and this record is awesome. Pulling Teeth does a great job of blending metal and harder edge hardcore..“Vicious Skin” has a little something for both he older and younger crowd. It also never loses steam; each track is as good and energetic as the last.

Punknews.org wrote "Go out and buy Vicious Skin right now. Order it online, steal it from a friend, I don’t care, just get this record somehow....."

Peacedogman.com wrote "...It's been a while since I've heard a band that recalls this time period as precisely as Baltimore's PULLING TEETH. "Vicious Skin" sounds like it was written and recorded in 1986 and locked in a box underneath a bunch of dog-eared Thrasher mags until last year. Vocalist Mike Riley seethes, shrieks, and shouts lyrics like "Plague! Famine! War! Death! We brought this on ourselves!" through track after track of rage and rancor. The guitar team of Tony Hare and Dom Romeo deliver eleven short tracks of brain-crushing speed, stop-on-a-dime chugging, and even some wailing solo flashes from time to time. "Vicious Skin" starts with slow-tempo crush, and takes off in a whirlwind of speeding thrash like an eary ACCÜSED track. The intro to "Prepare for the Worst" is textbook SLAYER, and "Sand and Cells" has an old-school VENOM flavor, despite the tough-guy punk chorus "Eat / sleep / work / die!" repeated just enough to encourage mild furniture smashing. Even the disc artwork is top-notch, with strange monsters, upside-down crosses, decaying cities, skulls, guns, and severed limbs."

Lambgoat.com wrote "....the apocalyptic Holy Terror vibe is dependably brought to life once again .....As metal as Pulling Teeth may be coming across, the songs are short, dirty, and punk enough to merit comparison to bands like The Swarm, Haymaker, and Left For Dead. The creation of Vicious Skin may have been assisted by the old-school revival sweeping the hardcore scene, but it has strong ties to the nineties sound, which should ensure it isn't forgotten by next week."

Pivotalliance.com wrote "One second Pulling Teeth emits a crossover, pseudo-metal bombardment, the next the group spews crusty filth, making Vicious Skin a tough-as-nails, if all too brief foray into neck-snapping territory. ....In spite of the brevity herein, this one will get you smashing pictures and flipping over couches with the same quickness."

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CD and vinyl available

COBRA NOIR Barricades

This is the second full length cd (and first for Chainsaw Safety). This hardcore quintet plays gnarled and discordant hardcore, sounding as dark and brooding as ever.
Lyrically, it’s a dredging bleak landscape for remnants of hope. Musically it’s metallic hardcore that is not unlike earlier projects such as THE BLACK HAND. These eight new tracks continue their sinisterly dark sounding assault of heavy drudging hardcore. (Vinyl version to be released on Yellow Dog Records)
Take a listen to a track here

Pivotal Alliance wrote "Gnashing of teeth is the end result of this harsh, crusted-over mindfuck of reckless sonority. And that’s a compliment. Cobra Noir explores the bitterest angle of hardcore music, torturous and vile."

Geekburger.com "...there's nothing pretty about it. It might even be uglier.....Cobra Noir knows how to write sturdy, weathered hardcore that takes influence from Tragedy, Cursed and His Hero Is Gone....... Cobra Noir, on Barricades, reminds me of an aged, rust-covered car that still produces a spark and fires up like it's new. There's a mighty engine beneath the rugged exterior and, even though some would call it ugly, others would say it's got personality. "

Al Quint / Sonic Overload wrote "The second missive from Cobra Noir. Dark, howling and heavy, but there’s
also an affecting warmth here, an enveloping quality on the slower songs. The lyrics are fragmentary, expressing feelings of helplessness in a decaying world. OK, that sounds kind of pretentious—I suppose it’s a different way of saying, holy shit, the world is fucked up and the doominess of the music captures that mood. A reliance on speed on several tracks, although the mid-tempo pound of “Monuments” stands out here. I’m not always into this heavier sound but these guys make it memorable.

Exclaim Magazine wrote: " Proving that their debut was no fluke, Cobra Noir’s sophomore effort,
Barricades, is yet another hammer to the face, this time delivered with even more venom and malice. Just over 24 minutes of brooding hardcore that rages with ferocity, it would give a Norwegian black metal goon a case of fudge-laden Fruit Of The Looms. Barricades channels the ravenous aggression of almost-forgotten Canadian hardcore kings Union Of Uranus and the Black Hand, both bands who clearly had metal in their hardcore before the term “metalcore” held about as much weight as “I promise.” Channelling these
influences through the confrontational grit and fortitude of Discharge, the result is an endless barrage of bowel-rumbling chords pushed through overdriven amplification, a vocal style reminiscent of a sinner’s
froth-laden wailing as Satan plucks out his pubic hairs one by one and drums that border on incomprehensible while still providing the thrust necessary to make this behemoth blow the stainless steel out of your lobes.

Aversionline.com wrote :" The warm, dirty recording adds quite a bit to the overall attack here, with a dense mix dominated by the aptly gritty guitar tone, followed by percussion and some absolutely wicked vocals. .....it’s a much more stripped down framework. A few tracks hit on a cool sort of sludgy rock vibe as well, which ....I definitely enjoy this album more than the last, there’s just something about it that feels more cohesive and forceful right off the bat. I do think the vocals are a little more pissed and powerful than the bulk of the music, but tracks like “Come Crashing” branch out just enough to really point to bigger and better things from these dudes...."

Punknews.org wrote "This gritty, focused record is one that really has a lot going for it. The instrumentation is tight, the vocals are full of anger, and there’s just the right amount of discordant riffing to pull the two together. "

DEATHCYCLE

This is the full length debut of NYC's most discussed ( and praised) band of the last year. The cd features 13 songs of heavy hardcore, mixing d-beat punk with classic NYHC. The political and personal lyrics match the music, making this album incredibly intense. It was produced by Mike Hill (Black Box Rec.)and the artwork was done by Ryan Patterson (Auxiliary Design) and it captures the dark presence of the music inside.

Maximum Rock& Roll (#278) "13 seriously great devastating tracks from this LI band that have the directness and similar metallic crunk of Behing Enemy Lines or a less overtly crusty Nausea. A tough , in-your-face attack of metal flourishes, rampant tough riffing, pummeling downbeat lurch, and slashing all out thrash, all mounted on a rock solid chassis of sturdy, even-keel, stright up hardcore punk. Varied and powerful vocals that push the lyrics with their clarity and harshness, complemented by a confident band that deftly changes styles and angles of attack. Expertly recorded with totally burly, defiant, on-point lryics that question relegion, punk and the current political situation. Killer!"

Razorcake(#33) "Lyrically it feels like my dad is yeling at me for getting a bad report card"

Read more reviews : bystanderfanzine , pastepunk.com , aversionline.com, scenepointblank.com , punknews.org

THE HORROR The Fear, The Terror, The HORROR

The UK hardcore boozehound veterans have compiled their first classic full length album: 18 songs in 22 minutes. On this album they tuned down and are playing faster than ever before. The lyrical content on this album targets everyone and does not make room for survivors. Prepare to get you asses kicked by the fear, the terror THE HORROR!

Suburban Voice (blog) wrote: "There's always talk about this band or that being the next hot thing from the UK and it's usually some watered down foppish shite, as they say over there. Fuck ALL of that shite, er, shitThe Horror are my favorite English band in recent years. Following a pair of mini-albums (compiled on one CD awhile back), here's their new album and it's just as wailing. Thrashy hardcore that's succinct and to-the-point both musically and lyrically. Songs that go from double-speed thrash to a more traditional pace to mid-tempo ass-kick. The post-mortems on Reagan continue with "Reagan's Out," and Maggie Thatcher doesn't escape their wrath either ("Still Hate Thatcher"), nor does the current (and unelected) White House resident. I don't need to prattle on or come up with other adjectives to express that this album hits hard."

Maximum Rock N Roll (#277) wrote: "Burly RIPCHORD style UK hardcore with the straightforward stripped down crunch of Boston '82 SS style hardcore. The throaty vocals gnarl and growl over fast hardcore with pounding breaks, updated through modern recording and the occassional shift in delivery to extreme high-speed thrashing and modern power-violence like flourishes. ....Blunt socio-political lyrics of resistance and anger. Killer!"

read more reviews: punknews.org, aversionline.com

SICK OF TALK Debut 7"

From the suburbian wasteland of Long Island comes the debut 7" of SICK OF TALK. Six songs of intense hardcore, mixing classic NYHC with Infest. Putting your dancing shoes on and sing along!

Suburban Voice (blog) wrote: "Big mosh buildups and blinding speed. Tough and pissed-off, yet without coming across as tough-guy core. Kind of in the same vein as Think I Care. The sputtering lead on "Destroying" is pretty cool. My only complaint is the snare is a bit prominent in the mix but, otherwise, not bad at all."

Maximum Rock N Roll (#277) wrote : " ...a band to keep your eyes open for, and quite good for the style"

read more reviews : bystanderfanzine

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CELEBRITY MURDERS Time to Kill Space CD
Filthy and overcrowded to the point of insanity, NYC's bleak political and social realities have always shaped the music, lyrics, and lives of the punk bands that inhabit it. CELEBRITY MURDERS are simply the latest to scream back. This 17-song debut is a product of their relentless live shows and frenzied rehearsals in a city that won't let you sleep. The music is heavy, fast and ugly: like the city they still call home. Their cover is a custom piece from Rev. Kevin Slaughter of the Church of Satan that reinforces the disturbing nature of the music that's recorded. NYC is falling apart, here's the soundtrack.

VICE magazine (Vol.12 #9) gave it a 10 out of 10 and called it "....the hardcore album of the decade" (and they hate everything!)

SLUG &LETTUCE(#85) wrote "....Something about this band will piss you off and they'll be pleased at that result and leave you in the path of destruction that they sound like..."

MRR (#271) "...Crushing heaviness at times, without turning into metalcore,screamy without the techno-core moments".

Scenepointblank.com wrote "...Celebrity Murders is a great band and Time to Kill Space is without a doubt, one of the best hardcore albums to come around in a long, long time. This could quite possibly be the only band strong enough to mount a resurrection of the NYC hardcore scene that's lain dormant ‘lo these many years."

Read more reviews: hanging like a hex , bystander fanzine , aversionline , punknews

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THE END OF THE UNIVERSE You’re the Disease CD
This is the debut release from these VA Beach hardcore veterans that everyone has 'heard of'. Members of this band have played in Channel, Converge and Jesuit. Their music is heavy and brutal but not predictable by any means. Fans of Deadguy and Coalesce will quickly add this CD to their collection. The artwork is an original piece from Paul Romano (you know, the Mastodon artist).

IMPACT PRESS (#58) proclaimed it "...the metal album of the year" (check it out here)

Read the reviews:

lambgoat.com , punknews.org

aversionline.com , geekburger.com

metal-sludge.com

hanging like a hex

CELEBRITY MURDERS One-Sided 7"

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THE HORROR First Blood Parts I & II CD
The Horror make their recorded debut with their "First Blood" 10" on Chainsaw Safety Records. 14 songs of raw hardcore featuring members of the long-standing UK hardcore band Voorhees. The Horror employs a similar old Boston HC feel of Voorhees only tighening things up, producing a faster and heavier sound with vocals more along the lines of Void than Negative Approach. This cd combines both the ir debut 10" and the Coalition 10". 28 furious hardcore anthems of pure pissed-off energy.

Read the reviews: qchc.com

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