VII's Recent Purchases (Diseased Audio Records)

I made my first order from Diseased Audio a few days ago, and I couldn't be more happy with the package I received! It came to me in about 4-5 days, and in a manilla envelope, which almost always screams disaster when we're dealing with vinyl shipping. But when I opened it up I found that my purchases were wrapped in 2 more layers of mangled cardboard boxes. Looked sketchy as hell, but everything came out amazing! No bent corners, no warped records, no cracks. Excellent shipping! First up is the Worn Out demo tape(who were one of our Bandcamp Artists of the Week), I got the last one (sorry Andrew) and it looks fantastic. Pro-cassette, self released by the band.

Shitty webcam photos are shitty, but the quality of the pictures I tried to take with an actual camera were crappier, so for now this is how these posts are gonna look. But I digress, the art is printed on heavyweight paper and folds out into the whole picture, with lyrics on the back. This band rips, definitely check them out!

Next up is Vile Intent - "In the Shadow of the Skull", their first 7" release. Diseased Audio actually put out their follow up 7", "Regression to the Mean", which has stirred up a bit of a buzz in certain underground grind circles. I opted to get this one first because it's harder to find.

Very excellent packaging from Choking Hazard Records, die-cut sleeve printed on heavyweight black card-stock with silver ink with a double sided insert. Black vinyl. Very raw grindcore, I'll be buying their other 7" soon.

Lastly is another band and 7" that has created quite a buzz, Sea of Shit's demo. Originally released on cassette I believe, but then pressed on to wax by Suburban Mayhem Records from Ireland. Very simple packaging, folded sleeve with an insert. Black vinyl, black labels, no bullshit.

I can't say I'm in love with this band yet, like everyone else seems to be. Raw PV, and that's about it. I actually prefer the stuff I heard from with s/t EP and their split with Socially Retarded, but those were unfortunately sold out. I'll hopefully be getting those soon.

~VII

You Must Listen to OSK. Right Now!!

     Every once and a while, I come across a grind band that truly excites me. A band that writes such great songs, and has such a great sound to them, that I take it upon myself to try and obtain everything that said band has released. OSK, is one of those bands. Hailing from the Great White North(specifically Vancouver), and with members of Massgrave in their ranks to boot. OSK, in a nutshell, create great, wonderful grindcore influenced powerviolence songs. Fast songs that blast out and end in the blink of an eye, but they also know how to right a catchy song with a great riff. For example, "Endless Repent", which has one of the best outro riffs I've heard in a while.

     I've been a fan of these guys for a few months now, and I think I have everything they've released, save for a demo tape that I'm sure is floating around somewhere. Split 7"s seem to be there thing, all of which are pictured above(in very shitty quality I might add, but do you know how hard it is to take a good birds-eye-view picture with a laptop? It's pretty fucking hard! I'll be getting a real camera soon). On  every split, except for the split with The Afternoon Gentlemen, they pretty much dominate the other band to the point that I wish they had both sides.  I hope a discography CD comes out soon so I can jam these on my ipod! Definitely hunt any of these splits down, and support OSK in anyway you can, cause they fucking rule. And if anyone knows how I can get a shirt, please let me know! 

Select Discography:

• Demo(?)
• split 7" with Warhero
• split 7" with Scumbelly
• split 7" with Roskopp
• split 7" with The Afternoon Gentlemen

~VII