Candlelight Records will continue its previously launched classics series confirming releases from DISCHARGE, EXTREME NOISE TERROR, and THE VARUKERS. New to the series, the label will release Disensitise and War Is Hell from DISCHARGE on August 23, followed by Holocaust In My Head by EXTREME NOISE TERROR on September 27 and the 2CD The Damnation Of Our Species by THE VARUKERS.
England’s DISCHARGE are considered one of the first hardcore punk bands that significantly merged metal with their punk stylings.Characterized by a heavy, distorted, grinding guitar sound, the band’s raw, shouted vocals and insightful lyrics made them a favorite on “anarcho” lists from the start.Formed in 1977, the band enjoyed a number of charting albums in the UK in the early ’80s.Reunited in 2000, the band currently features founder Anthony “Rat” Martin, Tony “Bones” Roberts, Roy “Rainy” Wainright, and Dave “Proper” Caution. Disensitise and War Is Hell feature all new packaging and include previously unavailable songs.
EXTREME NOISE TERROR‘s trademark noise has done very well for the UK bevy over their fifteen-plus year career. The band’s abrasive, dual-voiced, grinding brutality maims, pulverizes, and simply destroys all in earshot. Formed in 1985, grindcore’s founding unit fiercely rallied an international fanbase with sharp lyrics and a piercing sound. Regular guests on John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 Program, the band has featured vocalist Mark “Barney” Greenway (Napalm Death), guitarist Gian Pyres (Cradle of Filth), and drummer Mick Harris (Napalm Death/Scorn) among their various line-ups throughout the years. Original vocalist Phil Vane passed away in his sleep earlier this year due to a cerebrovascular accident. He was 46 years old. Holocaust In My Head compiles 21 tracks of government overthrowing crust/punk all served up in pummeling doses.
Dating to 1979, THE VARUKERS are considered part of the “UK82” or second wave of English hardcore punk. Alongside their peers (Amebix, Chaos UK, GBH), the band’s sound was heavily fueled by the energies and ideologies of 1977-era punk. The band would tour heavily before splintering for several years. Reformed since 1991, the five-piece have continued to impress and keep a loyal and passionate fanbase. The Damnation Of Our Species features 44 songs on a special 2cd set, including selections from their One Struggle One Fight, Murder, How Do You Sleep and Killing Myself To Live albums.
Track listings for each release are noted below.
DISCHARGE – Desensitise
1. Blood Of The Innocent
2. CCTV
3. What Method What Madness
4. They Lie You Die
5. Becomes Again And Again
6. Spoils Of War
7. Persuasion = Power
8. Web Of Disadvantage
9. Ignorance Is Your Surrender
10) Kept In The Dark
11. You Have The Gun
12. Will Deceive You
13. Beginning Of The End
14. No Return
15. Legacy You Left Behind (Bonus)
16. Propaganda Feeds
DISCHARGE – War Is Hell
1. War is Hell
2. State Violence Stage Control
3. You Deserve Me
4. Never Again
5. The More I See
6. Hype Overload
7. Corpse of Decadence
8. M.A.D.
9. You Take Part Creating the System
10) Nightmare Continues (live)
11. Hell on Earth (live)
12. Realities of War (live)
13. Doomsday (live)
14. Beginning of the End (bonus)
15. Blood of the Innocent (bonus)
16. They Lie You Die (bonus)
EXTREME NOISE TERROR – Holocaust In My Head
1. Deceived
2. The Helpless
3. Bullshit Propaganda
4. Fucked Up System
5. No Threat
6. Show Us You Care
7. Use Your Mind
8. Innocence to Ignorance
9. Conned Through Life
10) Murder
11. Take the Strain
12. Another Nail in the Coffin
13. Raping the Earth
14. If You’re Only in it for the Music (Sod off)
15. Intro
16. In It For Life
17. Subliminal Music Mind Control
18. Work For never
19. Punk: Faction or Fiction
20. Cruelty to Carnivores
21. Damaging Noise
THE VARUKERS – The Damnation Of Our Species
Disc One:
1. Persistent Resistance
2. We Hint at Things Nuclear
3. In South Africa
4. The Far of Mankind
5. Will They Never Learn
6. Killing By man’s Own Hand
7. Animals An Animal
8. Protect Not Dissect
9. How Can Your Conscience
10. Stop the Killing
11. Lesson Must Never Forget
12. One Struggle One Fight
13. Murder
14. Hatred
15. Endless Destruction Line
16. Fake
17. Genocide
18. Eradicate the Problem
19. Fuck You Up
20. Humanity
21. What Are You Gonna Do
22. Target of Shame
23. Invest in Your People
24. Who the Fuck
25. Tighten Their Grip
26. Nightmare Vision
Disc Two:
1. How Do You Sleep?
2. Gun Crazed Kids
3. Bleed Us Dry
4. Modem For Destruction
5. Memo To Me
6. Where is Your God
7. As Good As It Gets
8. No Restrictions
9. Under Attack
10. Absolution
11. Piss Off I’ve Paid
12. Die
13. Killing Myself to Live
14. Fucked It Up Again
15. Forever Crucified
16. Hellbound
17. Get Out O’ The Gutter
18. Politics In Store
Additional classic CD titles now available from Candlelight include DOOM‘s Rush Hour Of The Gods and HOLY TERROR‘s Terror And Submission/Mind War. Classic vinyl titles available from affiliate label Plastic Head Music USA are: AMEBIX‘ Monolithe, BOLT THROWER‘s In Battle There Is No Law, and WITCHFINDER GENERAL‘s Death Penalty/Friends Of Hell.