Tag Archives: Kowloon Walled City

Metal By Numbers 10/20: The Kings of Streaming

Posted by on October 20, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Topping the charts was the great effort by Trivium, the Kings of Streaming! Not only did they sell 8,800 physicals this week but they also sold 4,000 digital albums and had roughly 194,000 video […]

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20 Buck Spin and Gilead Media unite for Migration Festival

Posted by on January 27, 2016

The past few years have been exciting for the US with all the festivals happening around the country, bringing high quality bands worth traveling for. Many festivals likes Maryland Deathfest, Hells Headbash or Martyrdoom happen in the East Coast but now is time to get some of that thrill in the West Coast with the launch […]

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Pitchfork’s top 25 metal albums of 2015 unveiled

Posted by on December 21, 2015

By now, you could probably make a top ten list of the Top 10 lists out there. Hopefully, you’er not too fatigued by it, because Pitchfork has come out with their list of the top 25 albums of 2015. If you’re thinking what Pitchfork’s readership and sensibility is, you’ve probably already figured out that their […]

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Kowloon-Walled City are streaming all of their Grievances

Posted by on October 7, 2015

This Friday Kowloon-Walled City release Grievances, their third studio album, on Neurot Recordings (pre-order it here). The album is now streaming in full over at Noisey, along with a lengthy interview between producer Kurt Ballou Scott Evans of Kowloon-Walled City who recorded and mixed Grievances. Said Evans on recording the album with no help in the control room: “I put a […]

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Kowloon Walled City and Fight Amp to tour West Coast

Posted by on September 23, 2015

The new Kowloon Walled City album Grievances will be coming out October 9th on Neurot Recordings, and Fight Amp’s latest, Constantly Off, came out this past June. So with fresh music from both bands, it seems like a 7-date November tour of the West Coast sounds like a great idea. These shows will be the first for new […]

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Kowloon Walled City have some Grievances for you this October

Posted by on July 28, 2015

Neurot Recordings signed Kowloon Walled City back in April, and just recently announced the release of Grievances, due out October 9th, with the vinyl release handled by Gilead Media. Vocalist and guitarist Scott Evans recorded and mixed the new record, having completed the album at his Antisleep Audio in Oakland, CA. Said bassist Ian Miller of Grievances: “We’re not interested in doing something […]

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Neurot Recordings signs Kowloon Walled City

Posted by on April 22, 2015

Neurot Recordings has signed Kowloon Walled City and will be putting out their third full length later this year. Gilead Media will be releasing the vinyl version of the as-of-yet un-named album. Said the band in a statement: “It goes without saying but we’re all honored and excited about this. Literally every interaction we’ve had with the […]

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Puig Destroyer full-album stream is a home run

Posted by on September 30, 2014

The debut self-titled full-length from Puig Destroyer is streaming in full, out today on No Sleep Records. The release is digital-only, and comes on the first day of the MLB playoffs, which seems fitting for a band named after LA Dodger outfielder Yasiel Puig (with a little influence from Pig Destroyer). Drum programmer Riley Breckenridge spoke about the album in […]

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Puig Destroyer don’t care about your fantasy team

Posted by on September 10, 2014

There are tons of songs about sports, but probably not that many bands named after athletes. Last year, Los Angeles Dodger Yasiel Puig inspired members of Kowloon Walled City, Curl Up & Die and Thrice to form Puig Destroyer, a grindcore band devoted to the outfielder. What started as somewhat of a joke has become less […]

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Get Ready For Baseball-Inspired Grindcore Supergroup Puig Destroyer

Posted by on June 18, 2013

Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig is an emerging star for the team, so much so that he’s inspired a grindcore band, Puig Destroyer. The group’s first song, the 48-second “One Man, Five Tools,” is a 48-second blast of intensity from the group, which features members of Kowloon Walled City, Curl Up & Die […]

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