I haven't pulled one of these together in a while.  Mostly reissues... Tankcrimes Spazz Sweatin To The Oldies & Sweatin' 3: Skatin' Satan & Katon Tankcrimes Reissued: 3.2016 As compilations go, few overwhelm as easily as Sweatin’ to the Oldies and Sweatin’ 3: Skatin’ Satan & Katon , two of the three volumes of rare, obscure or out-of-print material from the powerviolence band, Spazz . Originally released in 1997 and 2001 respectively via Slap A Ham Records , these Sweatin ’ collections are packed with aggression, their contents numbering well past the 60 mark in terms of track length. These CDs were my driving soundtrack for a solid month, Spazz’s growling, thrashing chaos appropriately scoring my day-to-day on road interactions with fellow commuters. This isn’t a collection meant for easy listening in an environment designed with relaxation and meditation in mind. Spazz is music, a term many may cite as loosely applied, for upsetting crowds ...

Pentagram reissues.  Not much to say about this except, "Just take my money, Relapse Records." Check out the remastered "Forever My Queen" below.  Info and links come courtesy of Relapse Records.  PENTAGRAM: Relapse Announces Deluxe Reissues of First Daze Here And First Daze Here Too  Hear The Remastered Version of "Forever My Queen" now at YouTube   You can't talk about heavy metal without talking about PENTAGRAM. The legendary D.C. band has been committed to the dark arts for going on half a decade, and has only recently seen the kind of recognition its legacy deserves. Though the band has released nine influential full-lengths over the course of its career, PENTAGRAM's most popular and influential material since its Relapse resurrection fifteen years ago can be found in First Daze Here , a collection of the band's earliest works that has been out-of-print for years and will now finally see a new reissue via Relapse this coming J...