{"id":15492,"date":"2021-06-21T18:04:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=15492"},"modified":"2021-06-21T18:04:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:04:07","slug":"tankcrimes-will-release-west-side-horizons-from-power-violence-veterans-despise-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2021\/06\/21\/tankcrimes-will-release-west-side-horizons-from-power-violence-veterans-despise-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Tankcrimes will release West Side Horizons from power violence veterans DESPISE YOU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Originally issued in 1999 on\u00a0DESPISE YOU<\/strong>\u00a0founder Chris Elder\u2019s Pessimiser label, the mammoth sixty-two-song compilation includes tracks taken from the band\u2019s split seven-inches with Stapled Shut,\u00a0Suppression, and Crom, the\u00a0PCP Scapegoat<\/em>\u00a0seven-inch, and the\u00a0Left Back\/Let Down\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Reality #1<\/em>\u00a0compilations as well as sixteen previously unreleased tracks, and more.The special Tankcrimes edition of\u00a0West Side Horizons<\/em>\u00a0is available in two color variants \u2014 blue\/purple smash w\/ splatter and crystal-clear w\/ splatter \u2013 and housed in a gatefold jacket with additional insert and download card.
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Find LP preorders at THIS LOCATION<\/a> and CD preorders at THIS LOCATION<\/a>.  
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Noted for their influence on the power violence movement, DESPISE YOU<\/strong> was forged in 1994 by guitarist Phil Vera (current Trappist) and vocalist\/guitarist Chris Elder when the duo hosted an underground death metal\/black metal-themed radio show called Hour Of The Goat on KXLU. The pair later recruited bassist and vocalist Lulu Hernandez as well as drummer Rob Alaniz. Together, the band fused the blasting of death metal with the ethics and urgency of hardcore punk. During their initial run, the group had a revolving door of members that included guitarist Jerry Flores from Excruciating Terror, drummer Martin Alvarado, and bassist Frank Espinoza from Stapled Shut and Nausea (Los Angeles).
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Often labeled \u201cthe angriest band in the world\u201d due in part to their bleak lyrics about topics like gang violence, misanthropy, and self-hate, DESPISE YOU<\/strong> would go on to release a host of split seven-inches and compilation tracks through labels such as Elder\u2019s Pessimiser and Slap-A-Ham before quietly breaking up in 1996.
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In 2007, the band reunited to perform their first ever<\/em> live show. Hernandez did not join for the reunion, so to fill in her place the band enlisted vocalist Cynthia Nishi and bassist Chris Dodge, operator of Slap-A-Ham and a former member of Spazz. In 2011, the group released the split album And On And On\u2026<\/em> with Agoraphobic Nosebleed, issued through Relapse Records. The split included the first material written by the band since their reformation. In 2014, Dodge left the group to focus more on his family.
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\u201c<\/em>DESPISE YOU<\/em><\/strong>\u2026 counter frantic speeds and ripping vocal arrangements with slow, dingy dissonance, and a songwriting approach that actually feels energetic and memorable \u2014 as it should, it\u2019s just not something that many bands of this ilk have ever been able to achieve\u2026Fucking classic.\u201d \u2013 Aversion Online
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\u201cSixty-two songs of pain, hate, and violence\u2026\u00a0<\/em>DESPISE YOU<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0have carved their niche with a bent, rusty knife. They even do a disgusting cover of Possessed\u2019s \u2018Burning in Hell\u2019 from Seven Churches, and if that doesn\u2019t mean anything to you, that\u2019s your fault, not mine.\u201d \u2013 Lollipop Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information: http:\/\/www.tankcrimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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