Jilted arise since the late 90's. They are from Italy playing angry and solid straight up hardcore crust tunes. Venti Di Guerra will be a new full length album from Jilted and cactus are proud and honor to release this great masterpiece to date from them. 10 songs ranging many influence from old italian hardcore band like Impact or Wretched and mixed up with insanity madness of Japanese crust band. The CD comes with 8 pages booklet includes lyrics, and explaination from the bands. CO RELEASE with Angry Records from Italy. RM 12 [LOCAL] || USD 7 [WORLDWIDE] + POSTAGE
CACTUS 049 - P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S."Making Through The Night" Tape
This bands feature a member of old good PDX bands likePOISON IDEA, RESIST, DEFIANCE, DETESTATION, and SEVERED HEAD OF STATE. That's impressive right? They play a raw version of Rock N Roll driven punk rock music with some element of late Poison Idea, Ass-Cobra-era turbonegra, and combine with lotsa Motor-punk riff inside. But the feelings is more to the hardcore/punk kind of things.
The tape includes 9 songs from Making through the night LP, and all the songs that feature on their previous EP release, 2 songs from “Buzz off / It Don’t Have to Be Like This” 7" , songs from “Gotta Get Away From You” 7" , “Cold Cold Rain / the Things I Know 7", and “Sweet Little Thing” 7" . Plus 1 unreleased songs. Making a total 19 songs in one cassette. USD 3 || RM 7 + postage STATUS: STILL AVAILABLE
3 piece Drum, Bass and Vocals sharing member of Sarjan Hassan, Crimescene, and Tools Of The Trade. Selfish Achiever is their debut demo in tape format. Playing 90's inspired, ugly, raw and mean hardcore with powerviolence element inside. Imagine bands like Crossed Out or No Comment in mid pace speed. This was recorded live at the Punk House located in Kuala Lumpur called Rumah Api with very minimal equipment. Without a proper mastering, you need to turn the volume very loud. Co-release with Knot Records and Rat Will Feast Records. STATUS: STILL AVAILABLE RM 7 || USD 2.5
CACTUS 047 - Last Chaos "Punk or Annihilation" tape
Feature all their to date recorded stuff + 2 unreleased songs. Last Chaos is a fine Australian raw punk hardcore band that are good both on recording and live show. Featuring as well a member of Teargas, and taking clue of a cross between the new Destino Final or older stuff like Kaos or terveet kadet.
Last chaos will be touring south east asian starting from 21st November. The tape come with a free badges. Co-release with Nuclear Blood records (Australia)
CACTUS 046 - Pakatan Haram Jadah "Dandragula" tape
This will be an out of a norm releases from cactus records. This band deliver and produce a good ambient music mix it well with traditional and Nusantara mystic cultural atmosphere.
Well, Dandragula is just one song length less than 7 minutes but here is a good debut if you like AMBIENT, DRONE, and NOISE music.
Daighila formed out in the early 2000 with tons of solid release. A successful effort of creating their own signature of sound, combining emoviolence, powerhouse and hardcore punk tunes can be heard from one release to another release. Having a brilliant recording material and a good live set was a reason why Daighila is one of the essential Malaysian Punk Band recently. This CD contains 15 songs in 40 minutes taken from their selected releases from Henceforth EP cassette (2009), split 7" with Fanzui Xiangfa (2011), split tape with Circuits (2011), split 7" with This Is Atlantis (2012), split tape with Pazahora (2012) and their recent 7" split with Grinding Halt. All songs had been re-mastered by Brad Broadright of Audiosiege (also doing mastering for High On Fire, Sleep, OFF! etc) and this come with brilliant gatefold packaging cover with artwork from Anna Vo (Vocalist of now defunct Crux)
PRICE : RM 15 (local) or 8 USD // 7 euro (worldwide) + postage (do contact us!!) STATUS: STILL AVAILABLE
CACTUS 043 - Tools Of The Trade/Compulsion To Kill split 7"
Two great local grindcore act meet up in this fine and wonderful black wax. 4 killer track from Tools Of The Trade. Crushing grind/crust maniac, dare said not unlike Nasum or Disrupt. Seriously promising!! CTK throw some classic old school grindcore tune. Minmal, yet intense. Straight to your face fucking grindcore. Ace! This split had been mastered by Mammoth Sound Mastering.
This is a co-release between 5 local labels which is Cactus Records, Revulsion Records, Dogma Artistic Guerilla Records, Bullwhip Records and Puremind records.
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CACTUS 042 - Pechah 4 way split 7" (crimescene, sarjan hassan, pusher and the garrison) + Shock and awe zine #5
The documentation of Klang Valley Punk Scene. This package, will have a 64 pages of Shock And Awe zine #5 that covering all topics of Klang Valley (Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia) DIY punk scene. It includes interview with bands, labels, and local DIY show space. While the zine come with 4 way split 7" that feature Pusher (A post punk, funkadelic gang of four type of maniac), Sarjan Hassan (local crossover band that have strong early 80's trash metal influence), Garrison (Brit inspired punk rock band with really outstanding brilliant lyrics) and Crimescene (fast hardcore band with strong element of heavy downtune East bay powerviolence tunes). It come with a Hardboard gatefold silkscreen cover that will include the 7" and zine altogether inside All the bands song had been mastered at Enormous Door Mastering (Jack control home mastering). 1st press of 300 copies (BLACK VINYL) Collaboration with KNOT RECORDS from Malaysia too.
*Zine and 7" will not be sell separately.
RM 35 || USD 12 + Postage STATUS: STILL AVAILABLE (2nd press edition)
CACTUS 041 - BURNING LOVE "SONGS FOR BURNING LOVERS" TAPE
From Ontorio, Canada, this is burning love first debut material. Good shit? Yes! Heavy-low-end nice riffing, as well as raging and punchy music, take example of the bands like Poison Idea, Turbonegero and Black Flag to give you some idea. Taking rock n roll and punk rock at its best. This tape contains 13 songs. Sweet!!!
After the great ep released under Crucificados Records, Warthreat came up with a new ep, self title. And contains 5 songs in more than 10 minutes of noise, destruction and what not "dbeat". Warthreat pulled out the tunes of the late ancestor of noise destructor bands like confused, gai and yeah it blown. This tape also been released as a support for their South East Asian tour that happened on March 2012. Co release with the label Green Peace Distro.
CACTUS 038 - HARDA TIDER "CRIME CITY HARDCORE" DISCOGRAPHY TAPE
Crime city Hardcore! This is powerful hardcore from Sweden. 88 youthcrew element; hard hitting and punchy hardcore tune that fill no weakness. Hoodie wearing, graffiti writing dudes? What else do you need? This tape contains 2007 demo tape, Gattan Kaller LP, split 7" with Balnace and their ep 7" Var Sak + 3 cover songs. SPecial art cover version for the tape. Harda Tider is touring the South East Asian mid december 2011. This is done as the tour was going on.
From Singapore and this band share the members of Pazhaora, Exkoriator, Minus, 6 Jahanam and other good bands that happening around the Lion City DIY punk scene. Worship the 80's Scandinavian hardcore punk bands, the put the same amount of energy that is absolutely pounding. This demo contains 10 tracks. If you like bands like Totalitar, Kaaos or Destrucktions, then for sure you gonna dig this.
RM 6 (local) or USD 4 (worldwide) + Postage Stream to some of theirs SONG
A very fine split between two Awesome Indonesian bands, Ghaust and Kelelawar Malam. Both bands throw their ordinary duty to serve the best post metal tunes and horror punk tunes outta South East Asian scene. GHAUST getting solid, tighter, atmospheric, unpredictable tempo and throw one song title ASCENDING. On another side, KELELAWAR MALAM pull a fine brutal horror punk tune that, yeah, put a lots of metaphoric Eastern horror feeling.The song title CAHAYA ALTAR PERSEMBAHAN. This split 7" comes in a nice jacket and great artwork. This come in 18 different color vinyl. Grab it before it gone. 300 copies done. CO-relasese with SLAP BET records (Singapore) and Grieve Records (Indonesia - the label of ghaust and kelelawar malam guys) STATUS: SOLD OUT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CACTUS 035 - 97 Shiki / Milvains / Inquiry Last Scenery / Bare Arms split CD
4 way Intercontinental split between 97 Shiki / Milvains/ Inquiry Last Scenery / Bare Arms split CD out now.A wonderful split. All unrelased songs from each band. 97 shiki (USA) throw some good Avant rock-Post HC stuff. Milvains (Italy), still hold the European Skramz melody. Inquiry Last Scenery (Malaysia) behold the Rawish-emo violence things and Bare Arms (Australia) throw a craze post hardcore stuff in a good vibe. Gatefold CD (refer to the picture) with 3 fold booklet pack with their lyrics etc. Artwork done by Agus. for more picture go to http://www.cactusrecords.blogspot.com for more pics Check bands website: 97 shiki || Milvains || Bare Arms || Inquiry Last Scenery USD 7 + Postage http://cactusdistro.bandcamp.com for free streaming! STATUS: STILL AVAILABLE
CACTUS 034 - NITAD "Ibland Kan Man Inte Hindra Sig Själv" CD
Yeah another release from SWEDISH band. This is supposed to be a 12 tracks LP release by Deranged Records somewhere around 2008, and Kranium Records do a 31 songs CD as well. As an extended version, this contains more song (35 songs overall), that include everything the bands recorded until 2009. Track 1 - 12 is from the LP.Track 13 is an outtake from the ”Ibland Kan Man Inte Hindra Sig Själv” session. / Track 14–19 originally released as the Världen Måste Dö 7” (Deranged Records, 2007). / Track 20–22 originally released on theNitad/Kvoteringen split EP (CMR, 2007). / Track 23–27 originally released as theGe Oss Mer 7” (Kranium Records, 2007). / Track 28 originally released on the European New Breed Compilation Tape (Pressure Release Records, 2007). / Track 29–31 originally released as a demo in 2006. Track 14–31 recorded by Hans Karlsson in Årstaberg, 2006-2007. / Track 32–35 originally released as the Nu Börjar Minnena Komma Tillbaka 7'' under No Way Records, 2009. Nice artwork with 3 panel booklet with nice artwork from Thank you satan. Check out more about this band HERE
CACTUS 033 - REASON TO RESIST "EXISTENCE OF A BASTARDS" TAPE
Since few years back, the East Coast Peninsular hardcore/punk scene carry on in a slow ride retribution. Apart from the semi-defunct Enslaved Chaos, now defunct Aghast, Kasih Sayang, Aftermath, DEP, Secret Army, and few other names, there was nothing much happen. It became more secretive tho still alive. And few years back, REASON TO RESIST arise. Listen to one of their song on myspace and went to one of their show, it blow my nerdy ass. This is good shit from MALAYSIA local scene. Hailing from Kuantan, this 5 piece crust band deliver 3 songs clocking in around 13 minutes ++, and this both same sided tapes will give some manic, powerful local crust band. Taking inspiration from the bands like Guided Cradle, Skitsystem,Victims, From Ashes Rises. And throw and adding some early trash metal rhythm manic-solo-crusher. This tape come with nice artwork from abe resist, complete with lyrics and translation of the songs.
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CACTUS 032 - IRON LUNG "SEXLESS // NO SEX" TAPE
The brand new release from this powerviolence/ hardcore duo from Reno, United States. This is maniac and destructive powerviolence tune that the sound hold really tight and drive really heavy. The line up previously played in very good band like vae victis, artimus pyle as well as gehenna. 20 songs all in all that should i say brutally insane.
FRANCE band at its best. The CD included everything the bands had recorded so far from the “ruins and then, Rehearsal demo" in 2004, their Self Title Ep and LP in 2006 and 2007, Architects of Death 7" ep in 2008 and their latest LP, Black Sun/Fake Gold in 2010. 41 complete tracks and this band throw some erce d-beat punk in the vein of Totalitar and Discharge. Co release with Sukma Records (Malaysia) and also Flower Of Carnage Records (Japan)
Its amazing to first heard this bands playing live. They are a trio from Temerloh, Malaysia. They are intense, raw, fast, and pack. The music resemblance of the fastness of hellnation, quattro stagioni, and lack of interest. Its powerviolence. The demo tape will contain 10 songs including one cover song by quattro stagioni. USD 4 + Postage STATUS: STILL AVAILABLE
4 tracks ep tape from this Umea Punk City band. Yeah a good Swedish band. Sharing almost all the member of now defunct, Disconvenience, they throw some more delightful and sweeter 77 punk rock n roll style. Also release in 7" format by various international label. http://www.myspace.com/epidemicspunk USD 3 + Postage http://cactusdistro.bandcamp.com for free streaming! STATUS: STILL AVAILABLE
CACTUS 026 -SISTA SEKUNDEN "AGING WITH STYLE" TAPE
A colloboration with atonal microtonal records and revulsion records. This come out in 5/5/2010 along with their LP and CD.release in the europe.This is the third full length from Swedish punkers Sista Sekunden. A mix of fast thrashy punk along with some melodic catchy riffs. A step up in progress for these internationally revered good dudes. Song explanations in English, 13 tracks in total. Come with double sided A3 size poster. STATUS: SOLD OUT
Split album featuring two new tracks from Ghaust (INDONESIA), "Return Fire" and "Akasia RMX" (Remix by Morge Vanguard, who use to play with political rap group, Homicide). For this time, Ghaust deliver a tighter, and heavier element inside with less post rock influence. Recorded at Sinjitos Studio, Jakarta, that use to have name like Denial and Santamonica recorded there. Aseethe (UNITED STATES) give a one full awesome track, called "The Armada", with a structure that shadow a cross between Earth, Neurosis and the bands alike. The Armada had been Mastered by legendary James Plotkin(Khanate, Isis, Nadja). Two bands, Three tracks, clocking in 43 minutes of epic heaviness. For fans of Neurosis, Ocean, Khanate and Pelican. Come with a digipack full color packaging. USD 8 + Postage STATUS: STILL AVAILABLE
4 way split tape with skitsofernia, disgrace, distrust, and incrust – Very good malaysian/singapore (asian) crust, dbeat bands combine together for this one release. Skitsofernia (MALAYSIA) play raw old finnish style punk. Disgrace (MALAYSIA) worship discharge and of course they throw some discharge tune. Distrust (SINGAPORE) is an alco cider punk and lastly Incrust (MALAYSIA) play blitzkrieg trashing punk. Distrust : www.myspace.com/distrustpunk Skitsofernia : www.myspace.com/skitsov SOLD OUT
Klang (MALAYSIA) have few good trashcore band and this is among the new bright star. Thrash ohoii know how to pull things out, and know how to thrash the music. Taking inspiration from many good bands around the world like vitamin X, DS13 and what happen next, they produce 13 songs for their first recording. Straight fucking forward yet catchy music and powerful vocal styles would best describe this band. If you want something good from a new band, this is the answer. Its available for www.myspace.com/txohooii SOLD OUT
8 songs demo tape. A mixing up of powerviolence and stoner rock tunes. The band ended up 6 hours in the studio and manage to recorded more than 10 songs. But we decide to put only 8 songs inside this demo. During the recording process, they are 30 % unconscious/spontaneous and 70% ready with the sound arrangement that been planned. The lyrics deal with the moral control rules by the system. And of course we sing about everyday tired fucking life. With the fact that they are a stoner and not a loner, Crimescene cant play the music without getting drunk. And they coming from fucking MALAYSIA. http://www.myspace.com/crimehcscene
Conquest for death feature almost all the line up of infamous What happen next and some other line up from Assfort. So this makes them half japan and half states. But yeah, they based in United States. Straight up fucking trash hardcore mixed with some grizzy metal but fall to be very fast and tight. This CD includes both of their full length release taken from Front row ticket to armageddon LP and Beyond the hidden valley LP . This is came out due to their blazing south east asian/ asia pacific tour in 2008. Co release with many asia pacific label, Including Cactus.
CACTUS 020 - Fall to their death "Chains in transmission" CD
Malaysian atmospheric post - modern sludge band. Think Old Man Gloom mixed with His Hero is Gone in their own way. Beside drone in the stoner psych musical driven, they know how to switch from dark to lighter mood in side by side combination. This is their first full length release. 4 songs in around 44 minutes + a multimedia video feature their live set Substation, Singapore in 2007. Co-release between Basement Records & Cactus Records
Another yet to be among the best crust band from Pacific region. And dare to say that they throw some unique crust tune from both bands. Pazahora (Singapore) play melodic driven crust, rock out and have this similar sound with band like tragedy, or from ashes rises. It getting better and better, with more anthemic slogan and the structure became better from day to day. 5 songs overall and its sweet. While Crux (Australia) deliver another 5 songs that have this strong stench feeling inside. Imagine bands like Amebix, Sacrilege or newer one sanctum, you will get the answer. Sometimes they are fast and throw some mid pace crust but all the time, they are heavy. The vocalist anna do work hard on pulling out a full expression with a lot intensity and energy while singing and all in all this is very good stuff.
A collection of their 2 years workds including tracks from demo tape, a split 3.5" floopy disk with call me betty a split 7" with only for the sake of aching, a 4 way split 10" with peterthepiratesquid, narwhal and teeth of mammals and a compilation tracks taken from the emo apocalpyse and love.life.comp. Imagine tristan zara and neil perry. Beutifully done digipack. From Malaysia. www.myspace.com/hamzahfansuri
Very new breed UK crust hardcore band that feature line up from old doom and other bands such as voetsek, etc. Brutally classic but remain the pace that the prove old fart still blast some shit out. War All the time prove that they still alive and give a shit within the diy community like the old days. This CD feature more than 10 songs and released due to their south east asian tour. Brilliant. SOLD OUT
CACTUS 016 - Straight answer 96-2007 discography CD
Pulling the melodic hardcore ala bold and judge, this band make it way long ago like near to 15 years of good hardcore music. And they are from Indonesia. And this is among the first breed of hardcore band, not to be mistaken by the now hip metal hardcore music style. And the lyrics is wonderful, socio-political critics and have a lots of old 77 early punk band sing a long anthemic style. If marjinal tend to be punk style of good catchy music style, straight answer fall to be the hardcore version of that kind of style. This is essential and feature all of their release from 1996 - 2007. Plus they have a new full length release out in 2009. www.myspace.com/belummenyerah1996 SOLD OUT
Canadian grindcore meets Malaysian grindcore. Archagatus (Canada) getting mincer (is it the correct word?) than before after their awesome split with Unholy Grave. They getting tighter and powerful, which i can say better and better from every relasese. While Karena Neko (Malaysia) pull out some blasting grindcore/mince in old school way. After their previous split with SMG and Parkinson, this is much better. If you like old school grindcore band like Rot, Looking for answer (OLD) or Dahmer, you must dig this. Archagatus : www.myspace.com/archagathus Karena Neko :www.myspace.com/kerenaneko STATUS : SOLD OUT
Swedish punk rock band, from Umea city, the city that used to be and still, very active for it punk and hardcore movement.This CD contains all their songs from the Umea punk city LP and war on wankers 7" both release by wasted sound records. To have some clue of what disconvenience play like, they are 77 alike driven punk bands with lots of melodic driven and clever lyrics. The CD comes with 8 pages full color booklet packed with complete lyrics. This CD include an extra bonus tracks taken from their War on Wankers 7". Co-release with Life on the edge records (Malaysia), Dellusion of terror records (Phillipines) and Porhibited Projects (Singapore) USD 5 + Postage STATUS : STILL AVAILABLE
CACTUS 011 - Cluster Bomb Unit "Stumpf Ist Trumpf" CD
A new release by CBU (GERMANY). This feature 12 total unreleased tracks that consists four tracks recorded in early (Feb) 2006, three tracks recorded in 2001 for their use to be a project bands with Kelly from defiance and four cover songs that recorded in october 2006 and one in 2001. Cover songs from bands: subhuman, chaos UK, mob 47, rudimentary peni and discharge. Classic sound approach and totally blast.
This is a compilation that feature a bands that played in dip leg and curve (both from Japan), during their Singapore & Malaysia tour. There are 11 bands and 13 songs inside. The bands played various style of music style from grindcore, hardcore, emo etc. The bands inside are from SINGAPORE - Pazahora (dark crust ala tragedy), Ila Mitra (90's emo hc alike), Bombarde (Brutal crust grind), and elergy for euliza (Metal hardcore), MALAYSIA - Kias fansuri (screamo ex-utarid), Man under zero effort (Jazzy indie style), Daighilia (Screamo hc), Teenage glory for a wasteland (mogwai alike band), and pintu rintangan api (Good tech hardcore), JAPAN - Curve (Indie rock), and Dip Leg (screamo).
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CACTUS 010 - VICTIMS OF GRIND 3 way split CD
This cd contains three Malaysian grindcore act. Parkinson is an old running grindcore band from johor, guttural vocal and blasting music.Kirenaneko is a 3 piece grindcore bands come from Mallaca town of Malaysia and doing some great grind tune, comparable to bands like agathocles or denak. Last band here is selfmadegod doing old school grindcore sound mix it up with thrashy speed sound. This CD come with nice 8 pages booklet cover compact with all lyrics, picture and related information about the bands. Nice production and contains 31 songs overall. SOLD OUT
CYNIC 19 (Japan) is a thrashcore band that played in vein of lip cream/das oath/vivisick etc. They are fucking crazy on stage. THE ACT WE ACT (JAPAN) fall to be in the class of post hardcore genre with lotsa jazzy touch inside their music. They pull an energetic music, with good structure regarding their music driven. AT LEAST I SPEAK (MALAYSIA) is a local screamo band from Malaysia throw some European alike screamo, filling the music with additional keyboard. Good lyrics as well. And to be honest, dare I said that the music is powerful. This CD also come with a big full color A3 size poster. SOLD OUT
CACTUS 009 - VITAMIN X "pissed off" the collection CD
A Vitamin X latest release that compile selected song that been choose by the bandmates, from the early era of commitment records releases, until the recent new 7", rip it out under havoc records. And it contains 36 songs that will rip ur ass. This is the good documentation of vitamin X along the success way they have! And this CD also was done to support their South East Asian tour in 2005. This is an official release. Btw, they are from NETHERLANDS SOLD OUT
CACTUS 008 - Makiladoras "2001-2004" discography CD
The cd is a complete collection of all their releases including their debut self title 10"(released by Ups, Dp or Not Dp, Malinke Records, Squawk Records etc), Maximaal Onthall Compilation cd and their latest split 7" with the Dutch crusties, Radio Bikini plus one cover song from State of Fear. They have been compared to a faster Tragedy and even hints of FromAshes Rise. Experience this heavy fast hc crust from Groningen, Holland. Heard the news that they already split up in early 2006. SOLD OUT
CACTUS 007 - BARACKCA "South East Asian tour" tape
This band had just finished their Asian tour. Coming from HUNGARY and play political punk rock tune with strong anarchism view. This tape contains 19 songs and it include a lyrics sheet and other info of the band. Barackca is also a long standing punk rock band of Hungary. Imagine catchy and fast paced punk rock like jugguling juggular or flux of pink indian. Co release with other label; prohibited project (singapore), Epidemic records (Singapore) and Bullwhip records (Malaysia). SOLD OUT
This is a hardcore compilation featuring 10 bands from around the world. Bands feature were Pointing finger [Portugal], razlog za [crotia], no violence [brazil], feud [phillipines], only way out [poland], crickbat [Spain], The mutiny [USA], sincerity [germany], cita atteiksma [Latvia] and second combat [Malaysia]. 71 minutes of music, 100% rare and unreleased. Variety kind of hardcore. Comes with cute 12 pages booklet include lyrics, contact address and other info. This is the best hardcore compilation you should own. And for your info this compilation had originally been release by various European label like Boisleve records, refuse records, WGF records etc. And this tape also is a co-release between 5 Malaysian label including cactus records. SOLD OUT
CACTUS 005-Cohol/Tiala/Gauge Means nothing split tape
All these three bands had just finished the Malaysia/ Singapore last December. This tape compiles 7 tracks from all the 3 bands and all of em from JAPAN. Cohol is a Tokyo crazy metal + sludge hardcore with lotsa emotional part. Two songs from them. Tiala play chaotic/ screamo HC ala swing kids or orchid and they are also from Tokyo. 3 songs from them. Gauge means nothing is from Kawaguchi city play emotional hardcore with dual fe/male vocals, plus a keyboard. Mix envy, and French sounding hardcore and you will get GMN. SOLD OUT
Polish (POLAND) vegan metal band discography release. They played a cross between old Carcass and later turn to be more into swedish metal at the gates, in flames music style. This tape contains 20 songs from three of their previous release, the "Generation of Sleepwalkers" CD,"Child of eternity" CD, "Still walking with the fire" MCD, and some compilation songs. They also got a split CD release with the infamous LIAR. The lyrics are poetically written but politically alert!
Both bands is from Malaysia. Melarat consists 4 young kids and they are come from Mallaca. They played angry crust punk tunes with lot of melodic part. 9 songs with political lyrics. this is their first material and soon will come with lot of other projects. While Opprobrium Adornment start out in 1996 with several release but this is their last material before they split up and they now known as selfmadegod. Contain 11 pissed and raw powerviolence with rad vocals. This is a superb split, trust me! SOLD OUT
I've been contacted with Peter about one years ago and he is a really nice bloke. I considered this tape as a first release of CACTUS records. Kobayashi is a great HC/punk band from GERMANY and their lyrics and theirs music are really good. All the idea they brought got something special. This tape come out with 14 songs with a complete translation and also a nice glossy cover. The tape had been released by me with a coorperation by Poor Rat Records.The LP version of this records had been released by various label Alerta Antifascista (www.no-pasaran.org) Malinke (malinke19@web.de) Moskito Records (www.moskito-records.de) Falling Down (falling-down@gmx.de) La Idea (www.sindios.net) and also Gaia gaiakuolem@euskalnet.net. SOLD OUT
This tape is put out by a person who run Kontrabrawl distribution and this is a co-release between around 6-7 distribution, personal people, and also different collective. I got around 100 copies of this compilation tapes there is no cactus details inside the sleeve. All the songs feature had been released and all the bands feature were really active within the Malaysian HC/punk scene around 1995- 2000. And this is kinda documentation of good old Malaysian bands. Bands feature are 1. Plea For Peace (brilliant Anarcho punk band with good lyrics), 2. non priority (old school Hardcore), 3. FSF (Live track from this melodic punk rock band), 4. Second Combat (sxe old school Hardcore), 5. 76 seconds (Swedish hardcore with a metallic riffing), 6. Minor society (fast and good), 7.Silent Majority (a live track from this raw punk bands), 8. Innerfall ( emotional outfit. Song taken from their last tape "remain the same"), 9. Kind (hardcore), and 10. Distrust Is Abuse (hc/punk). The tape come out with a DIY as hell small and cute booklet. SOLD OUT