REVIEW: "The Virus Has Been Spread" @ AquariusRecords.org

Oh man, how this takes us back. Canadian label D-Trash is definitely the new DHR, spawning a whole new scene of breakcore bruisers and digital hardcore crushers. Admittedly they owe a huge debt to Alec Empire, Atari Teenage Riot and that breakcore/metal hybrid sound those folks practically created. So here it is, years after the demise of ATR, Empire has moved on, DHR seems to have disappeared, so what better time to remind folks how amazing that shit sounded then, and brutal and heavy and badass it still sounds today.

So here's the whole D-Trash roster, each tackling a classic Atari Teenage Riot track, all our favorites for sure, "Start The Riot", "Into The Death", "Delete Yourself", "The Future Of War"É Most of the bands here do it pretty straight, if anything just making the guitars crunchier and heavier, the beats more distorted and blown out, but still the tracks are classic, and sound enough like the originals that from note one, we're already banging our heads wildly.

A few folks mix it up, Untitus (whose reissued full length is listed elsewhere on this list) slows things down, unfurling a thick buzzing backdrop, letting the drums lurch in a grinding anti-funk, the vocals all sultry and slurred. Schizoid (who also has a full length reissue on this list) turns his ATR track into some howling ultradistorted blast of blackened breakcore, the drums a chaotic blur, the vocals a hateful howl, so intense and furious, so much so that it almost makes the original sound tame. Other highlights include the robotic electro of Evestus, the old school (digital) hardcore punk rock of DHC Meinhof, the skittery metallized jungle of CTRLer, the playful video game gabber of 64RevoltÉ It's all pretty amazing, we of course lean toward the heavier more brutal blasts of digital hardcore, but goddamn, this all still sounds so great. We've been going pretty nuts, immersing ourselves in all this amazing D-Trash stuff, it's like a nonstop breakcore dance party around here and we STILL can't get enough.

Start the riot! Delete Yourself!

[DTRASH129.5] PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES - Nur Ein Bisschen

[DTRASH129.5] PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES - Nur Ein Bisschen
Here is the final 5th, of the 5 FINGERS MAKE A FIST release from our friends PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES. This EP showcases new track "Nur ein Bisschen" and includes remixes from EE:33, ROBERT INHUMAN, REMY BRECHT, and MASSAKISS.

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2010/3
Length: (20:12)
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[DTRASH129.4] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Fuck The Radio

[DTRASH129.4] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Fuck The Radio
PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES finger you with this, the 4th chapter of "Five Fingers Make A Fist". Up for remix on this is a buffet-sized pack of remixes of their hit "Fuck The Radio", from DTRASH99, remixed by over 20 of the undergrounds electronic artists. Includes great new renditions from D-TRASHers such as SCHIZOID, HIMIKO, MIND DISRUPTION, BABYLON DISCO, HYPERDRIVER, NOT HALF, DISTONN as well as new faces like STEREOFECT, SYNTHETIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS, MYSTERYMACHINE.

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2009/10
Length: (63:07)
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[DTRASH129.3] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Cockpit

[DTRASH129.3] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Cockpit
PHALLUS UBER ALLES poke out your eardrums with another of the "5 Fingers Make A Fist" series, showcasing their sassy brand of feminist digital hardcore. Remixes from DECOY ROBOT, AMBASSADOR 21, INNOMINATE, PHALLUS UBER ALLES, MEGATRON, CIVIC TV CHANNEL 83, THE APPENDAGE make up this CD single of the infamous track from their "Iron Woman" release.

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2009/9
Length: (31:30)
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[DTRASH129.2] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Brawl At The Boys & Girls Club

[DTRASH129.2] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Brawl At The Boys & Girls Club
PHALLUS UBER ALLES poke out your eardrums with another of the "5 Fingers Make A Fist" series, showcasing their sassy brand of feminist digital hardcore. Remixes from AMBASSADOR 21, REMISSER, TRUDGE, REMY BRECHT, GLTCH BITCH, OPERATION FALLRELOAD make up this CD single of the infamous track from their "Iron Woman" release. This IS what the girls (and boys!) want!

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2009/8
Length: (23:40)
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[DTRASH129.1] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - HEATWAVE EP

[DTRASH129.1] PHALLUS UBER ALLES - Heatwave
-PHALLUS ÜBER ALLES give us this new remixes EP of their scorching ATARI TEENAGE RIOT cover from our D-TRASH/ATR compilation we did last year. Includes live, alternate, remixed versions; this release is the first of a 5 part series "5 Fingers Make A Fist

Genres: Digital Hardcore, Noise, Breakcore, Punk, Rhythmic Noise, Industrial, Jungle
Release Date: 2009/6
Length: (21:48)
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