MASSGRAV / WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED - PICK YOUR QUEEN SPLIT 7 INCH EP, 2008 HAUNTED HOTEL RECORDS

 MASSGRAV / WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED 

PICK YOUR QUEEN 
SPLIT 7 INCH EP 
2008 HAUNTED HOTEL RECORDS HHR21 

MASSGRAV (A.K.A. MASSGRATT, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE METAL BAND OF THE SAME NAME FROM MALMÖ) FORMED IN 1996 IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, AND PLAY THE STYLE OF CRUSTY THRASH PUNK THAT HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH THAT PART OF THE WORLD.  SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, THEY HAVE RELEASED FOUR FULL LENGTHS, TWO SPLIT LPS, THREE 7 INCH EPS, ONE 5 INCH EP, A CD-R SINGLE, FIVE SPLIT 7 INCH EPS (INCLUDING THIS ONE), A SPLIT 5 INCH, A CASSETTE, AND HAVE APPEARED ON AT LEAST ONE COMPILATION.  THE LINE UP ON THIS SPLIT WAS JOHAN NORSEBÄCK ON VOCALS AND GUITAR, OLA ON BASS, AND MATTIAS "INDY" PETTERSSON ON DRUMS.  MATTIAS HAS SINCE BEEN REPLACED ON DRUMS BY FREDRIK "FENOK" ANDERSSON.  FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.MASSGRAV.COM.  THE TRACKS ON THIS SPLIT EP WERE RECORDED BY MICKE MIKROFON IN A GARAGE IN SEPTEMBER, 2006.  

WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED WAS / IS PRIMARILY A STUDIO PROJECT THAT BEGAN WHEN RODRIGO AND ESSE OF THE BAND SEWN SHUT BEGAN PLAYING MUSIC WITH RODRIGO'S FRIEND JOHAN, WITH RODRIGO ON DRUMS AND VOCALS, ESSE ON BASS, AND JOHAN ON GUITAR.  IN 2003 THE BAND RELEASED A SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP ON THE LABEL WE ARE THE ENEMY, AND A SPLIT 12 INCH LP/CD WITH THE KENTUCKY-BASED PUNK BAND BRODY'S MILITIA, ON SOUND POLLUTION RECORDS.  WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED AND BRODY'S MILITIA TOURED THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES WITH SAN FRANCISCO THRASHERS VÖETSEK IN SUPPORT OF THE SPLIT RELEASE.  THE DATES ON THIS TOUR WERE THE ONLY LIVE SHOWS WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED HAS EVER PLAYED.  THE LINE UP ON THE TOUR WAS RODRIGO ON VOCALS, ESSE ON GUITAR, PEGE (RAJOITUS) ON BASS, AND MAGNUS (ULCERHOEA, NETJAJEV SS) ON DRUMS.  ASIDE FROM THE FIRST TWO RELEASES AND THIS SPLIT RELEASE EP WITH MASSGRAV FROM 2008 ON HAUNTED HOTEL RECORDS, WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED APPEARED ON A THREE-WAY SPLIT SIX INCH EP TITLED "WEAPONS OF THRASH DESTRUCTION TOUR WITH THE TRUE ASSES OF EVIL" WITH BRODY'S MILITIA AND VÖETSEK, RELEASED ON THE LABEL TORTURE GARDEN PICTURE COMPANY IN 2005, AND A FOUR-WAY SPLIT 7 INCH EP WITH BRODY'S MILITIA, NO VALUE AND COCKROACH (ALTHOUGH ANOTHER BAND CALLED SCUMFUCK IS ALTERNATELY LISTED ON DISCOGS.COM IN PLACE OF BRODY'S MILITIA).  THE FOUR-WAY SPLIT WAS CO-RELEASED IN 2008 ON TEXAS-BASED RESCUED FROM LIFE RECORDS AND CZECH LABEL PSYCHOCONTROL RECORDS.  "PICK YOUR QUEEN"  WAS ADDED TO THE PLASTIC FACT ARCHIVES IN A TRADE WITH HAUNTED HOTEL.  BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE AND SUPPORT THE LABEL BY PURCHASING SOME VINYL, THERE IS PLENTY OF GOOD STUFF TO CHOOSE FROM.  ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A SEMI-CONCLUSIVE DIGITAL DISCOGRAPHY OF WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED'S MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON RODRIGO'S BANDCAMP PAGE.  THIS EP WAS ISSUED ON STANDARD BLACK VINYL, WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIMITED RUN ON PURPLE VINYL.  AS ALWAYS, MP3S RIPPED FROM THE VINYL.  PLAY LOUD.  

TRACKLIST: 

MASSGRAV:

1. ARBETARKLASS, JO TJENAREL 

2. PÁ ERA PLASTER, FÄRDIGA DO 

3. HUMAN RESOURCES 2006 

4. VI SKITER I PERSSON 

5. SKALDJURSBUFFÉ HOS POLLUTION 

WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED: 

6. JOIN THE LEGION 

7. SATURDAY NIGHT HOLOCAUST 

8. WHITE DEATH 

9. DEATH FROM ABOVE 

10. GETTIN' FFFFFUCKED UP 

11. RABID DOGS 

12. MORE PUNK THAN YOU 

13. KING OF RUIN 

14. WIDESPREAD KEG PARTY 

15. BLOOD AND VENGENCE 

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MASSGRAV/WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED - PICK YOUR QUEEN SPLIT 7 INCH EP 2008