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Open your mind, as the music
opens your ears. Greetings Pus-
zoners, the escapade starts, this
month with the new revamped edi
tion, mixing the 'cores with reviews
information. A speed
daredevil's journey into lunging
mayhem with rhythmic exhilara
tion, pulsating your existence into
the newest and the unknown. Vinyl,
tapes, zines, info...send it to the
Puszone for notice, also 3 22 cent
stamps gets you the Puszone
sticker and mail order catalog.
Thanx for the sincere dedication
my friends! Pushead, P.O. Box 701,
SF CA 94101, USA
And blasting into this month's
lead position is the new bombastic
release from that Canadian power
house outfit...S.N.F.U., whose
debut Lp And No One Else Wanted
To Play crams fourteen explosive
tracks across the atmosphere with
glorious charges of aggression and
rapid ability. Tight, evenly paced
melodies hold a fluid rhythm as two
meaty guitars wail in furious crying
exertion with vocalist Chi spitting
out the screams as he flies
S.N.F.U
S.NF.U
amongst the stage. A display of
energy is how one could best de
scribe S.N.F.U. with tracks like
"Broken Toy, Tm Real Scared,
"Misfortune, and the morbid writ-
ings of "Bodies In The Wall." Since
this band takes each number to the
hilt and still whips up more. A very
solid arrangement of drums, bass
and overall composition, S.N.FU.
have provided an exceptional Lp
release of terrorizing tunes availa-
ble on BYO Records.
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Tapemania erupts with some
scorching demos from Cryptic
Slaughter, whose speedcore as-
sault wails with fast metallic guitar
work and machine gun biting drum
beats. If quick is what you crave,
then Cryptic Slaughter shred it up
in the meat grinder with this mind
blowing five song cassette! Write
Les Evans, 1130 Chelsea Ave.,
Santa Monica, CA 90403.
Then the debut demo from
Shades Of Grey, a young Idahoan
bunch of guys determined to make
melodic chords with a raw edged
flavor. Crisp and distinct, the
sounds of Shades Of Grey are a
welcomed change with harmoni
ous choruses and powerful thrusts.
One to be take notice, hopefully
vinyl soon?! Write Matt M. Burnett,
2195 Alta Vista Dr., Twin Falls,
Idaho 83301.
A creeping synthesizer introduc-
tion opens for what becomes a
steel sharp bomb blast of speed
core rage as the tape fies off the
spools with this ferocious demo by
Excel. Quick metallic chords on
this well produced effort that kicks
into gear a manic attack which
burns a fiery path. Ultra fast drum-
ming, guitar work and intense vocal
whisps make this Personal
Onslaught demo one to notice as
this band will rise rapidly. P.O. Box
5372, Venice, CA 90296.
Tour news this summer include
visits by Finland's Terveet Kapet
and Germany's Upright Citizens.
Plus a confused word as to
whether Conflict (U.K.) will come
here or not for that major interna-
tional show at the Olympic in LA.
Watch for appearances in a town
nearest you by Gang Green,
Christ On Parade, S.N.FU., 7
Seconds, Offenders, Social Un-
rest, Adrenalin O.D., Hirax,
C.O.C., Dark Angel, and much
more! Live and alive!
Seven inch ventures from the
world, with a hot new seven band
world compilation Ep entitled
Single Ticket To Paradise. A French
release featuring songs by Power-
age (South Africa), Permanent
Damage (Australia), Human Be-
Ings (France), T.A.S.K. (Sweden),
Cancerous Growth (USA),
Cheeth Chrome MF's (Italy) and
Rattus (Finland). Bunker Records
have provided seven choice num-
bers that are hard hitting and keep
the continual powerful pace with
raw abrasive energy working in fast
to medium paced melodies. Each
track is exceptional in its own right,
making this a superior compilation
to take a gander at! Distributed
through Pushead Mail Order for
$3.00 ppd.
Eyeful readings in the fanzine
realm includes new issues of the
excellent TV.O.R., that Italian zine
packed full of photos and excellent
layouts, perhaps one of the best av-
ailable. T.V.O.R. co Stiv, Via Zezio
28, 22100 Como Italy. Hard Times,
a nice slick zine with good photo re-
productions and on-the-spot inter-
views and articles. PO. Box 924,
Maywood, NJ 07607. Always a thril-
ling zine full of captivating delight is
Mike Gitter's XXX. pretty frequent
in having issues out with lots of
good info. 11
Sheldon Rd.,
Marblehead, MA 01945, Urs Vol-
Iman in Switzerland has put out yet
another fine issue of his
Apocalypse Now zine. This new
issue (No.7) is really thick with tons
of bands. Parkweg 3, 4450 Sis-
sach, Switzerland. And for you
speedcore freaks check into Guil-
lotine, a nice zine covering C.O.C.,
Slayer, Hirax, reviews, nice
halftoned photos, info and more.
P.O. Box 20581, Orlando, FL 32814.
One of the finest packaging units
that I've ever seen fronts this
Japanese compilation tape called
The Punx, comes with a nice outer
container that holds a beautiful
book with color and black and white
photos of the bands with informa-
tion and lyrics. The cassette, which
features the hilarious Laughing
Nose, the gut crunching barrage of
Gism and Gas, Willard, Lipcream
and Cobra, all doing two songs
apiece. A sticker is also enclosed.
By far a true collector's item and a
hard item to find, yet this is just
such a wonderful product search
for it if you desire, it's awsome.
Fellow metal mutants of speed-
core rambunctiousness, enter the
awaiting gates of Hell with those
thrash mayhem merchants Slayer.
Still pushing the limits of unnatural
havoc with their second Lp release,
Hell Awaits, as it spits out fire with
forceful command. Kerry King and
Jeff Hanneman rage even faster
their demanding barrage of hapid
metal leads and zooming hooks in
a manner once considered unor
thodox in the league of headbang-
ing. Tom Araya throats out the de-
monic vocals as Slayer bursts out
with tight drilling pieces like "Praise
Of Death," "Kill Again," and "Nec-
rophiliac. all overwhelmingly
thrusting a spontaneous thrash
combustion with jackhammering
drum quakes. Speed grows with
these screaming freaks, it's becom-
ing the new tradition and Slayer
still holds a strong ground, Infen-
sify and raise that volume through
Metalblade Records.
Kerry King-Slayer
Out in Portland and the Oregon
coast line, those bands have been
pounding it out for quite some time,
so those Elvis lovers at fatal erec-
tion have dosed up a mighty four
song Ep featuring some of Ore-
gon's finest. Titled Drinking Is
Great with art by that 'Buns' man
himself, Henry Small. The stylus
starts groovin' on that outrageous
torch outfit, the colossal Polson
Idea. Tom's guitar feeds into an ab-
rasive slide and the furious picking
begins with Jerry growling out
those corrosive vocal noises.
Poison Idea's "Laughing Boy" is P
L at their best, why you love the
band so much. Final Warning's "1
Quit" is one power packed number
with biting guitars and melting hys-
teria, really great stuff. Also tracks
by E-13 and Lockjaw pound up
this first class sampler Ep.
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Roaring havoc screams
agonizing vigor as Sweden's
Crude SS scorch the decibels with
their 6 song Ep Who'll Survive.
Rapid charges of raucous guitar
furor, raw and unrelenting, pack the
explosive punches that bite down
with churning beats. Crude SS
match similarities to Poison Idea
with graunched out vocals and vul-
gar guitar strumming, yet hit a
rougher edge of intensity that cap-
tures an overwhelming chaotic
feel. Well written lyrics in english
give a closer look to the ideas and
beliefs of Crude SS, as they punch
it out with songs like "Destroy
Capitalism, Forced Values," "Re-
spect The Earth" and the thumping
"Who'll Survive." Definitely a vinyl
release of turbulent might on Up-
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