Zhengaya Records #03
CROM - The Cocaine Wars 1974-1989 first press released 10/2007 2 testpressings, black vinyl, stamped labels 300 LPs, white vinyl, large poster with artwork second press released 02/2008 10 LPs in gatefoldcovers, glued in large poster with artwork (picture) 200 LPs, black vinyl, large poster with artwork (picture) --------------------------------- 17 EURO PPD USA/OVERSEAS --------------------------------- 16 EURO PPD EUROPE --------------------------------- 15 EURO PPD GERMANY --------------------------------- CROM´s homepage: Click here Reviews: This is not music. It's an historical essay on the cultural evolution of metal from the 70's to the end of the 80's. One 30+ minute collage of music and words that basically recaps the history of the heavy during the cocaine years on earth. I think that you would have to be a rather refined fan of the genre in order to fully appreciate this work of incomparable genius. If you have a functioning brain, have not irreparably damaged your mnemonic faculties, possess a sense of humor, and like everything from Slayer to Steely Dan, then you may well be amused and even amazed by what you hear here. I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT COCAINE WARS IS THE PAUL´S BOUTIQUE OF METAL!!! (Stacey - Green Eggs and Jam) Black-death-speed metal in arctic barbarian packaging. On the cover is a half-naked warrior chick riding a polar bear and inside are renderings of our Vikingesque heroes and there's another nice sketch of one of them snorting lines of white powder off of an ancient dagger. All this and more helps to make for some of the funnest schtick-metal you ever heard before you even get it in the player. Holy Robert E. Howard! . . . the songs (30 of them in 36 minutes) aren't bad either! A lot of "where have I heard that riff before?" silliness and then total Slayer meets Spinal Tap at an SCA convention, punctuated by humorous bits of sampling and programming (even including a bit of Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express!). Haw, haw, haw! This is the most brilliant piece of tounge-in-cheek metal I've heard since Godheadsilo's "Share the Fantasy" and Crom goes a hell of a lot further with the whole thing than they did (emphasis on the "hell"). Shee-at. I'll keep this one. Cut the sleeves off your shirt and go rent River's Edge. Crom Rulz! "Is this a joke?" - Glenn Danzig (when he was shown the Crom album)
Zhengaya Records #02
the brats this side: you don´t know me / getting drunk / ganja boy / watch a movie that side: antipopper / outta my head / my friend was killed / girl, you hurt released 08/2004 7", black vinyl 525 made 5 testpressings with special acetate cover, different inlay, numbered 25 "first show pressing", different inlay, handcolored label, stamped innersleeve, numbered 135 mailorder cover (pink), handcolored label, stamped innersleeve 365 regular cover (yellow) Download: The Brats - Antipopper.mp3 Reviews: THE BRATS - "s/t" 7": THE BRATS are the new band of the singer of the deceased SURF-NAZIS MUST DIE and because I really love SURF-NAZIS MUST DIE, I'm happy that at least their former shouter continues to amaze me with a healthy dose of well deserved hardcore. THE BRATS aren't as thrashy as SURF-NAZIS MUST DIE, but their fast, powerful and entirely raging, pissed off old school hardcore totally rocks the little ghetto I'm living in with forceful sounds akin to early BLACK FLAG. The lyrics are more on the personal side of things, but the words are offered in a really snotty Henry Garfield (S.O.A, BLACK FLAG; later, this guy became famous under this real name "Henry Rollins".) meets Keith Morris (CIRCLE JERKS) style and that's more than just nice, too. I shit you not, these 8 bombardments would've fit perfectly on one of the first BLACK FLAG records, so if you like the FLAG as much as me, you'll have to purchase this masterpiece without delay!! (Warprayer #145, August 2004) Die SURF NAZIS MUST DIE sind ja leider nicht mehr. Aber Saenger Florian hat gluecklicherweise eine neue Baustelle gefunden. Musikalisch gehen THE BRATS ebenfalls in die fruehe 80er U.S. Hardcore Richtung, haben aber, im Vergleich zu den SNMD, mehr Rotz und Punk im Programm. Neben flotten Knuepplern wie ''You don't know me'', ''Gettin drunk'' oder ''Antipopper'', gibt es mit ''Ganja boy'' ein weirdes Instrumental und mit ''Girl, you hurt'' eine spitzen Midtempo Nummer mit Casio-Orgel. Dazu Florians nasaler Gesang und fertig ist eine super 7inch mit 8 Songs und schoenem, festem Faltcover. Limitiert auf 500 stueck. Tipp! (Greed Records, August 2004)
Zhengaya Records #01
The Ultimate Warriors this side: unreleased songs 1999-2001 that side: live at easton fest 2000 (entire concert) released 03/2003 7", multicolored vinyl 520 made 9 "Power Warrior Press" with altered regular cover, numbered 50 "True Warrior Press" with different color cover, numbered 461 regular cover Download: The Ultimate Warriors - Hockbaba.mp3 Bandinfo (Thanks Matt Whitedenim): Click here Reviews: This is an amazing 7" on clear vinyl with multicolored spots and streaks that will go down as one of the LV's greatest records. The A side features covers of Crippled Youth, Cockney Rejects, Intensified Chaos and Tongue Avulsion. Tight, great hardcore/spazzcore/grind whatevercore. Another reason to be proud of the Lehigh Valley! Songs were recorded between 1998 and 2000. Side B was recorded live at the Easton Fest in 2000 and as stated in the liner notes has a "ridiculously awful recording". Pretty much unlistenable, but nonetheless has some entertainment value. The Ultimate Warriors have also just released an LP, "Our Gimmick Is Wrestling" on the new LV label Doppelganger Records. There are 10+ different colors of vinyl available for this record that was 2 years in the making. (F.O.E. #416, June 2003) THE ULTIMATE WARRIORS - "Easton Fest revealed" 7": Utterly crazy power violence which is played at the speed of light! While the first side contains 9 unreleased tracks (including cover songs by CRIPPLED YOUTH, COCKNEY REJECTS, INTENSIFIED CHAOS and TONGUE AVULSION), the flipside brings THE ULTIMATE WARRIORS' - http://ultimatewarriors.trackstarrecords.com - entire (!!) noise (yes, noise!!) of the "Easton Fest" gig which was recorded through the vocal mics!! Get this "true warrior power" at any cost, but act right now as this EP is limited to just 520 copies!!! (Warprayer #74, April 2003) Strange one here. One side is grindy, goofy thrash attack. A very silly CHARLES BRONSON, perhaps? Four originals plus CRIPPLED YOUTH, INTENSIFIED CHAOS, TONGUE AVULSION, and a hilarious COCKNEY REJECTS cover. Lyrical topics range from pro wrestling to Lybian hit squads. Side two, recorded live at the Easton Fest of 2000, is almost unlistenable - all you can decipher is garbled noise coming through the vocal mics and in-between-song rants: it was probably a beautiful mess to witness but will probably not get repeated spins on your turntable. Comes on clear colour spotted vinyl that looks good enough to eat. (MaximumRockNRoll #247, December 2003) Pennsylvania´s bad boys of wrasslin´-core let loose a strange one here on a German label... various studio recordings get splattered all over side one here, unleashing a slam-fest of moshing fastcore... west bay powerviolence styles anyone? Included also are some cool covers of CRIPPLED YOUTH, COCKNEY REJECTS, INTENSIFIED CHAOS and TONGUE AVULSION. Side two is a incredibly bad live recording, picked up only the vocal mics, so all you get is growling, screaming and "singing"... rarely can you hear the band blazing away in the background. Crazy! (Short, Fast + Loud #11, Spring 2004)
Zhengaya Records #00
"Are You Ready For Some Darkness?" this side: Turbonegro that side: Bela B. & Denim Girl released 12/2001 6", clear vinyl 21 made, handnumbered spraypainted solid plastic cover In June 2008 several copies were offered on ebay and messageboards. These were not pressed by ZHENGAYA RECORDS. Someone else made up these counterfeits. They are easy to recognize: they are regular 7"es, not 6"es. They seem to have paper covers, the eye-logo is missing on the front cover and a different font was used. They also come with a sticker on the PVC protection sleeve. A photo can be seen HERE.
