***When most people think of Florida, they might picture retirement villages with seniors playing pickleball, luxurious Lamborghinis cruising to the beach, or leather-skinned swamp folks with a passion for NASCAR. However, Florida is also home to some of the fiercest punk bands imaginable. HEAVEN'S GATE is one such band. Instead of exuding the raw grime of Assück, Heaven's Gate channels their rage into a powerful, concise, blast-beating behemoth. Tales From A Blistering Paradise builds upon the animosity this fearsome foursome shared with us via their debut self-titled EP a couple years back, revealing a grotesque embodiment that has only become more exacting and deadly since that initial release; which is no surprise considering the extensive catalog of these folks, past and present. This record is eight tracks of seething, white knuckle extreme music—nothing more, nothing less.Recorded by Ryan Boesch at Candor Studios, mixed by Will Killingsworth and mastered by Joel Grind, each record comes in a jacket laid out by Steak Mtn and featuring a cover photo taken by drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz nearly 30 years ago of Our Lady of Clearwater.
LP $21.95
05/09/2025
***Emerging from the swamps of “the other Bay Area”, Tampa, Florida’s HEAVEN'S GATE debut with their first release, a self titled 12" released via Beach Impediment Records. Heaven’s Gate consists of TONY FORESTA (MUNICIPAL WASTE) on vocals, MIKE GOO (WARTHOG) on guitar, JEFF HOWE (REVERSAL OF MAN) on bass, and PAUL MAZURKIEWICZ (CANNIBAL CORPSE) on drums. Consisting of five tracks that merge an amalgam of hardcore, punk and extreme metal's most aggressive elements, this initial offering from Heaven's Gate showcases a range of colliding styles that are to be expected from these veterans of varied approaches to heavy music. Recorded across 2022 by JERAMIE KLING and TAYLOR NORDBERG, mixed by WILL KILLINGSWORTH and mastered by JOEL GRIND, this one sided 12" with a marvelously etched b-side adorned with the band's logo comes in a full color jacket featuring the intricate artwork of ALEXANDER HEIR (DEATH/TRAITORS, L.O.T.I.O.N.).
LP $18.50
03/03/2023