Savage Republic

Briefly mentioned this album in (I think) the roundup before the most recent one, but just to recap: Savage Republic's "Tragic Figures" is of my absolute favorite records of all time. Equal parts punk, post punk, industrial, and apocalyptic tribal drumming. Sorta like Joy Division meets Einsturzende Neubauten maybe? Something like that anyway.

I had been looking to replace my totally chewed up copy for years now, and having pretty much zero luck finding one for a price I was willing to pay until, lo and behold, it just finally got reissued with a whole second disc of mostly unreleased material.... I'm stoked.

"I stand beside myself. And still I'm next to nothing."

Conjureth

Man, Wayne Sarantopoulos has gotta be gunning for some kind of death metal lifetime achievement award. Seriously, take a look how many bands the dude has been in, both under his own name and his Elektrokutioner alias... There's gotta be close to thirty or forty at this point. It's absolutely fucking insane.

Craziest part? They all rule. This newest Conjureth album being no exception.