All These Years and Nothing! - S/T Album Review

If you ever step foot into the Midwest music scene at all, you are bound to run into a familiar face or two. This is because the real Midwest scene only exists because of these few familiar faces. The times may have changed, but the faces have only aged. Band in and band out, the NWI has seen many changes but a few solid chords still get struck right when it matters. These are not just your average punk-ass chords, these are the go-fuck-yourself riffs of All These Years and Nothing. If you took all of the lyrics that Right Arm Death Threat never wrote, and all of the energy that Nowhere Bound had, and all the bands that these guys were a part of since that time, and then ashed your cigarette out on that, you would wind up with this bad ass, eleven-track punk album that finally decided to show its worthy face. Do not think of this as a re-hashing of any of those old bands or a redundant example of what has already been done. But if you do like OFF, Pennywise, Dillenger Four, and old Offspring, this one is for you. This is the time to turn a new page and to keep the hearts pumping. With tracks like "PC Load Letter", you are ensured by the lyrics that there is more to come: "Forget today. Forget this day. Tomorrow needs to get here so I can breathe. Fuck today!" Track number 10, Fly-Over States, could have been released as a single and it would have earned just as much attention as the whole album. Acting almost as an Ode to the Midwest and how, to a nation, the region can appear to be of little significance. I mean seriously, what good ever came out of Indiana? The final lines of the song sum it up:

"We don't care what is said. We follow no leaders cause we set our own trends. We're still here. We are always here."

Under City Records Expands Free Digital Distribution Catalog

The mission of Under City Records is to make all good music as easily available as possible for all means of personal music consumption. That is, whether you prefer a gatefold double LP, good ol' fashioned CD's, YouTube videos, internet radio, or downloading digital music, you should be able to get what you need. Continuously recognizing and addressing new channels of music distribution and listening platforms, the goal is to deliver good music into the ears of as many good people as possible.

It is simply to embrace the idea of digital music piracy. Aware that millions of songs have been downloaded "illegally", we want to establish a legitimate way to keep the massive free market inertia rolling. Picture this; there is this guy (or gal) who downloads entire discographies of bands that they had never heard of just to see if they like the music. Say this person likes the music they downloaded, and they then go on to buy one of the artist's albums on vinyl, or on CD, or on iTunes, and maybe they even go to see the band live at a show or at a concert. Maybe this person now listens to these newly heard of artists on a regular basis on their iPod or on an internet radio account such as Pandora or Spotify. As for the bands that this person did not like, the music was simply deleted; no harm no foul. If the "illegegally" downloaded songs intrigued the person enough to cause them to see the band perform live, and that band just so happened to put on the most amazing live performance that this person had ever experienced, then that band just earned themselves a supportive life-long fan all because of "illegal" file sharing. Recognizing that different people listen to music in different ways and that the degree to which each person is involved with the music can differ drastically, we believe that free music will undoubtedly still remain as one of the best marketing tools to gain bands exposure and to potentially create supportive fans. Even if some people only download the music and never support the band, chances are they would not have been the kind of people who buy a vinyl, CD, or digital download as their first listen for a band anyway. Regardless of listeners supporting the acts or not, the bands are still reaching more ears and given more chances of creating fans through the free music model than if we all of the music was kept reserved only for those willing to pay.

Under City Records has and will continue to allow all music to be downloaded for free in an effort to get the bands heard by as many people as possible. The label's entire discography can be found on our website. With that in mind, we are constantly presenting new additions to the UCR free online digital distribution catalog.

Beresith Reveals Two Tracks from New Album

Beresith's first album "Lurker" is set to be released late 2012, until then, two new songs have been released on BandCamp and YouTube.

"Ghetto Machete" is the first track on the album, and a hell of a song to start with at that. The track jumps right into a no bullshit death metal riff that stabs right through the dual wielding vocals. The solid mix of death metal and black metal elements do no tire as the song leads to a dramatic and dissonant almost-doom-metal ending. For a running time of 2:35, "Ghetto Machete" manages to sever every limb first time through.

"Manifest Blasphemy" is the last and eighth track on the album, and certainly does not disappoint. Recuperating from where the title track, "Lurker", leaves off, "Manifest Blasphemy" builds tension as haunting black metal blasts lead into multiple purely devastating death metal riffs. To top it off, the song, and damn near the entire album, reaches terminal velocity as both guitars split up to form a melodic chain of chords that explode into the heaviest of all riffs on the album. Check em' both out for yourself and stay posted for the release date, to which the album will be for sale on CD and available for free download in its entirety via Under City Records.

Upcomming Shows - Local/Regional

This Friday, November 21st 2014, There will be a sick ass and massively rowdy hardcore show in LaPorte Indiana: Harm's Way, Weekend Nachos, Life After Death, Shut The Fuck Up!!!, & Hateforce. 603 Detroit St at a killer venue dubbed "The Soap Factory". $8 cover, show at 7pm.

If you are not familiar with Harm's way or bad ass outro riffs, be sure to check out "Breeding Grounds":




EXPIRED SHOWS

An all ages show in Chesterton, IN on June 8th, 2013 with Beresith, All These Years and Nothing, Dirt Eater, Knee Deep In The Dead, and Dogma:


The almighty Thrash/Stoner goliath LORD CENTIPEDE is coming from Michigan to fuck shit up in La Porte, IN with Beresith, Shut The Fuck Up, and Dogma on June 15th, 2013:


Chicago hardcore kings THE KILLER are teaming up with Wisconsin's best and seriously most energetic hardcore band ALL TO HELL to bring out the oldies in FROM THE CHEST, SHUT THE FUCK UP, ALCOHOL POISONING, and SQUIDHAMMER to Watertown, WI on Friday June 7, 2013:


A huge Fest in Alsip, IL on Sunday July , 2013 featuring tons of bands for only $7, including: Stab.Twist.Pill, Silverhammer, and Shut The Fuck Up:

BERESITH to enter studio for new full-length album "LURKER" in February 2012.

Northwest Indiana black/death metal mutilators, BERESITH, are recording the band's first, full-length album with Andrew Ragin of THE ATLAS MOTH at the Wall to Wall Recording Studio in Chicago, IL in February of 2012. The debut album entitled "LURKER" will have eight tracks and will be released via UNDER CITY RECORDS Summer 2012.

UPDATE:

Beresith's debut album entitled "Lurker" has finished being mastered by Alan Douches (Cannibal Corpse, BTBAM, Death, Suffocation) at West West Side Music. With a total of 8 tracks, a running-time of 27 minutes; "Lurker" is Beresith's first album, as well as the first album to be released on Under City Records. Both Beresith and UCR could not be more excited about how well this death metal/black metal marauding beast-of-an-album came out. The record is to be released on CD/digital in late 2012. A limited pressing of 500 vinyl will eventually follow at a later date.

Under City Records signs BERESITH - Indiana black/death metal

Black/Death metal menaces BERESITH signs to Under City Records as the label's premier artist. Beresith is from Michigan City, Indiana and they can be contacted/ listened to on Facebook, Youtube, and UnderCityRecords.com .

Under City Records

Under City Records is an independent record label based in NW Indiana; free black metal, death metal, doom metal, and hardcore that you can choose to support.