***REISSUED ON CD!!! From the globe-shattering behemoth of Slayer to the esoteric and arcane criterion set forth by the Black Twilight Circle collective, Southern California has cultivated its own distinctly refined extreme metal repository over the past many decades. Scorching its way out of this distinguished lineage came Harassor, a streamlined monstrosity evoking the consummate hallmarks of black, death, and doom metal without ever completely surrendering to any inveterate order. Their shrewdly raw yet deceptively deft attitude was enough for the predominantly industrial/minimal synth-minded Dais Records to unleash their apogeic 2014 LP Into Unknown Depths, one of the label’s few ventures into full-on metal. The instantaneous acclaim illuminated this rarest of anomalies: a band rising out of one of the more uncordial corners of the underground receiving universal accolades through their own studious and diverse ingenuity rather than by sacrificing their sonic extremity. Given the breadth of their concurrent activities (vocalist Pete Majors fronts progressive doom sextet Qaalm, guitarist James Brown III has been focusing on his one-man black metal outlet Moonknight, while drummer Sandor GF explores everything from noise to industrial to IDM in both solo and group settings), it’s no shock that Into Unknown Depths not only barrels forth with relentless fury, but also exposes more unorthodox influences, from the death-rock arpeggios that lead “Winter’s Triumph” to the street punk chug of “The Harassor” not to mention the scorched-earth sludge of closer “Purest Hate.” For the first time, Into Unknown Depths is seeing release on CD, newly remastered...
CD $9.21
04/16/2021
***Black metal/thrash band HARASSOR from Los Angeles, California was formed in 2003 by PETE MAJORS (vocals), SANDOR GF (drums), and JAMES BROWN III (guitars), and has become one of the L.A. metal scene’s most notorious live acts. The three members met while working at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, as they all shared similar musical interests and naturally gravitated towards each other. With malicious intent and a fever for raw, old-school black metal, thrash, and hardcore, they started playing shows in the L.A. area, opening for a wide range of local and touring bands before releasing a self-titled CDR demo in 2005. Continuing to refine their savage and barbaric playing style, the band slowly began receiving local recognition through distribution of their demo and relentless and bloody live performances. In 2008, they released a split 7” EP with mysterious Bay Area coven Moon Dark, through drummer Sandor’s label Universal Consciousness. In 2009, the band contributed songs for the soundtrack to indie-film director Adam Rehemier’s brutally disturbing horror film The Bunny Game, which was screened at the Heavy Metal Film Festival in Los Angeles. After a period of writing new material, a recording session was conducted in fall 2010 with producer and multi-instrumentalist BOBB BRUNO of BEST COAST, and two of the tracks were released as the Astral Psychosis cassette on Complicated Dance Steps, which has since gone out of print. The band is about to release a new vinyl LP version of their 2005 demo, recently remastered in part by ROSKVA...
LP $17.50
10/09/2012