products of a cold war

Punk as fuck. Found this live recording somewhere but I can't relocate the link. So I decided to repost this, as the recordings are very good and come straight off the soundboard. I also found an old one from Into Another. So if anyone has more tips and links to rare and good live recordings, please hook me up. Now enjoy.

playlist :

you are an experiment
the waiting
the ending fight
products of a cold war
possibility of life's destruction (discharge)
policia no! (R.I.P.)
point of no return
not fucking fodder
none of your business
no end in sight
never surrender (blitz)
never knowing solace
life?
intolerable weight
holocaust (crisis)
can't tell noone (negative approach)
(end noise)

Tragedy live in ilirska bistrica, slovenia (12/9/01) 1

trustkill is so much fun

March 20, 2005 @ 12:53 PM EST -
fucking weirdest day ever...

POST / READ COMMENTS (8)ok so we start walking around in glasgow, scotland to go shopping and stuff. we find an internet cafe, which is a recognizable chain of internet cafes all over europe. we walk in and i say hi can we use the internet, we need 5 computers. the guy says no.i look around and see several computers available and point to them to show the guy that theyre not being used.he says no you cannot use them and you have to go.i ask why and he says there is no reason for it, you must go.i'm thinking this guy has got to be kidding with me or something so start to proceed to sit at a computer. and he tries to stop me and says please you must leave you cannot use the computer, sorry.i say why because the way we look??he says, there is no reason i want you to leave now.i reply back getting pissed i want YOU to leave and i go to the coffee shop portion of the place and ask the people behind the counter what the hells going on and explain the story. a girl leads me back to where the security guy is and he's talking to james and random customer stands up and says "he's just doing his job" and then sits back down.james politely asks the guy to come outside with him and the guy says whyjames says to fight and then makes a fist motion like popeye and gets pissed and spit in the guys face. weird part is the guy doesnt even flinch or wipe it off or anything he just takes and it says you must go.

we walk out of the shop feeling robbed and discriminated baffled by the whole event and thinking that if this was at home it would never happen and if it did the guy would get straight rolled. also there is no way anyone would have ever stuck up for him knowing that we were getting thrown out of the builiding purely based on how we look.this is the first time we have ever been discriminated against....it was a weird feeling. i really felt like rosa parks getting told to move to the back of the bus. i felt stripped of my rights as a human being and was so shocked that it even happened. i'm thinking i'm an upper middle class person with no criminal history and a univeristy degree....didnt i earn the right to exist freely wherever and to do whatever? dave chapelle talked about events that occur that are so racist that it doesnt even make you made...it just makes you step back and say....man, that is racist. seriously exact same situation.

so if that wasnt bad enough we walk down the street and some guy says why are you guys wearing mascara. and then we walk further down the street and another guy says rock n roll weirdos. WHATS WITH THIS PLACE?i mean we look kinda weird i guess, but people are making it out to be like we're fucking hobos or street rats or something.the days not even over yet...i'm sure weird shit will happen at the show as well. wish us luck we don't get deported or cained or something.

-love kenp.s. this tour is amazing despite todays events.

the iceburn collective

Fuck avant garde. I urgently feel the need to write something down on one of my favorite bands ever, totally underrated and neglected throughout their struggles in the middle of a hardcore crowd, breaking down musical barriers and fucking up the Victory Records roster formerly known as Iceburn or The Iceburn Collective realming popularity with their first full length "firon" on Victory Records in which they still handled an own hardcore/punk sound from post hardcore to plain hardcore and metal with a weird twist inbetween. Definitely the best record to start out with, if you're down for a total progressive Iceburn experience. Things start to get more intense with their first record Hephaestus on Revelation Records in 1994. Taking inspiration from Greek mytology and dividing up the record into four different parts. People you nee dto score down the vinyl version of this record to experience the real deal. This is the first record where things are about to get more weirder, progressive and experimental. Blending down the best elements of noise hardcore with atonal jazz and sludge elements. Progressive as fuck, 70 minutes of evocative creativity. I mean shit...this record got released inbetween records such as Into Another and Mike Judge's country record. A time where Revelation Records took a huge step forward.



1994 being a productive year with their split side with Engine Kid and moving things further on the free jazz side with Poetry Of Fire . Starting out with some ambientesque landscapes bursting out that certain distinct Iceburn sound. Inbetween the jazz influence is taking its heights here and as the year is 1995 when this one came out I still get my thrills on poem of fire, even the live recording cause in the end they still handled that awesome mid nineties post hardcore sound mixed with dizzling saxophones, throughout their creative and progressive attitude. Poem Of Fire is an awesome powerful song.

1996 brings us The Iceburn Collective, however I only heard from them the first time around 1997 through an ordinary In-Flight Revelation Records sampler with the song Spinx which takes up a merely 22 minutes from your life. They were the only band that actually stood out inbetween all the hardcore, taking things differently. Punk. Meditavolutions is probably next to their extensive discography, their most essential record. Really, this record is amazing and opens hardcore/punk gates into bright psychedelic landscapes with a meditative feel. Get this!

The reason I needed to write about Iceburn is because they were one of the bands that got me out there opening horizons and getting down with experimental music, they always handled a punk attitude throughout their music and mind and definitely made a difference. Surprisingly I discovered that some Italian label released a split 10" last year with some of their last recordings ever made live recorded in 2001 after they deformed into The Iceburn Collective Double Trio. So surprise surprise, cause 2006 actually brought something new, a split 10" with Zu.

The true story behind these never released before, last recordings, they were intended to come out as part of a special 7" series on Souther Lord Records. In need to get this.

There is alot more stuff to get, and to score down by Iceburn. A band that broke barriers and still can be considered as amongst the best bands ever. So if you think you have a decent taste in music and have missed out on Iceburn. The time is now, this band needs some re-appreciation. Definitely. One love.

some sort of discography:
1. Burn/Fall 7"
2. Firon
3. Hepheastus
4. Danses split with Engine Kid
5. Moon/Brew 7"
6. Poetry of Fire
7. Meditavolutions - the palindromic center
8. Polar Bear Suite
9. Leos 12"
10. Power of the Lion
11. Speed of Light Voice of Thunder
12. Land of Wind and Ghosts
13. Odin's Beard split 10" w/Zu

a light in the dark

Somebody got lost a while ago. Pretty funny.

playlist
- Earth Crisis : Gomorrah's Season Ends
- Ol' Dirty Bastard : Nigga Please
- Union 13 : Youth Betrayal And The Awakening
- Converge : No heroes
- Negative Approach : Ready To Fight

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