New Releases!

Hey everyone!

I just had a bunch of new tapes come out! In order they are:

reality 004
Mary and Child - Freedom, Joy, Love CS
Great demo for these teen crust punks!

reality 005
Partiac Arrest - Beat Wagon CS/CDr
Party thrash from Lafayette, IN.  Partying, puns, and wicked riffs.

reality 006
Falter - Demo
Crushing bleak powerviolence demo from Milwaukee punks.  Great shit - sounds DAMN good for being a demo.

They are for sale in the Store, downloadable in the Music section, and streaming in the bandcamp.

new look, new stuff

Check out the new look!  I have tried to make this page a little easier to navigate, so enjoy :)

I also have a bit of news, the Rat Storm/Chaotic Neutral test presses should be here in a few days, which is super-exciting.  I can't wait to get that record out!  Additionally, I have confirmed with Peeple Watchin' that I will be releasing the CS version of their LP.  Peeple Watchin' are an AWESOME poppy punk band from Boston and they are awesome people, so this is gonna be great.

Additionally, I am working on another project that will be REALLY exciting, but it's not for sure yet... check back soon.

Distro Update

Wow, I have been really lazy about updating the distro, but here is a list of what I currently have.  Order some stuff!  Shipping will be media mail, so it'll stay cheap.  Also, any labels that want to trade for Reality is a Cult releases, get in touch.

Orders:
realityisacult@gmail.com

Paypal:
nathalie.haurberg@gmail.com

Reality is a Cult Releases:

Casque - Devour the Lion CS - $4 - Misanthropic black metal punk. ($5.50 ppd)
Closet Burner -" S/T 12" (Screen printed B-side, Clear or Transparent Fluourescent Pink Vinyl)- $8 - Pissed-off queer-positive fascrore! ($11 ppd)




Distro
12":
Alpinist/Masakari Split - $10 - Two amazing brutal hardcore bands.
Apeface - S/T - $8
Autarkeia - S/T - $8 - Dark, moody, emo.
Ballast - Fuse - $9 - Excellent female fronted melodic crust.
Cloud Rat/Oilly Menace/Wolbachia Split - $8 - Grind, grind, grind... fucking killer.
Cloud Rat/Xtra Vomit Split - $10 - Two amazing bands together. RECCOMMENDED!
Common Enemy - Living the Dream (Green) - $9 - SKATE THRASH SKATE THRASH
Crucifix - Dehumanization (Clear) - $12 - Limited press on clear vinyl, w/original full poster foldout jacket
D. Vassalotti - Book of Ghosts - $12
Dead Stop - Live For Nothing - $10
Discarga - Happy Night Electric Experience - $8 - Insane Brazilian fastcore
Electro Hippies - The Only Good Punk - $15 - Pre-Naplam Death.  More pissed and more punk.
Extortion - Sick - $10 - Blindingly awesome techinical powerviolence.
Food - S/T - $7 - Sludgy grungy hardcore mixed up with blasts of intense speed
Glasses - The Ills of Life - $11
Her Breath on Glass - We Aimed Straight Down - $8
Heresy - Face Up To It (White) - $15
High Score - New Fuel - $6 - High energy youth crew hardcore
Human Mess - Follow You Home - $8 - Seething blistering raw hardcore
Hummingbird of Death/I Accuse Split - $8
Hummingbird of Death/Titanarum Split - $8 HoD play fastcore for nerds that love fastcore, Titanarum play dark crusty heavy punk.
Illdad - Rakaptilism - $10
Inservibles - S/T 12"- $10 - Killer fast hardcore punk from Mexico City
Intensity - The Ruins of Our Future - $6
Kam Kama - The Tiles House (White) - $12 - Goth-tinged post punk.  Dark, melodic, and catchy.  Great shit!
Lentic Waters - S/T - $10
Lich/Ressurectionists Split - $11
Lotus Fucker - S/T - $10
Mainstrike - No Passing Phase - $10
Mainstrike - Quest for the Answers - $12 - X the fuck up and listen to this record. Fanstistic SxE 90s hardcore from the Netherlands
Masakari - The Prophet Feeds - $10 - Intense furocious political hardcore.  One of the best bands around right now.
Merkit/Hombinus Dudes Split - $6
Momentum - Whetting Occam's Razor - $10 - Dark dark heavy hardcore with an intelligent message
Negative Standards - VI-XI - $11
Northless/Light Bearer Split - $11
Poison Planet - Boycott Everything (Screened B-Side)- $9
Potty Mouth - Sun Damage - $10 - Infectious garagey punk/Riot Grrl Revival
Ripcord - Discography Pt. 3 - $10
Scrotum Grinder - The Greatest Sonic Abomination Ever - $8 - Fast, pissed, awesome.
See You in Hell - Umet Se Prodat - $8
Sin Ordern - Arte, Cultura, y Resistencia - $8 - Some of the best and smartest hardcore coming out of Chicago. 
Spazz - Crush Kill Destroy - $10
Tenement - Blink Wink - $10
Terrible Feelings - Shadows - $12
The Gentle Art of Choking - 2nd LP - $8
The Makai - S/T- $11
Touche Amore - To the Beat of a Dead Horse - $12
V/A - Give me Back - $5

10":
Crow's Foot - S/T - $8 - Melodic emotional crust from FL.  Similar to greats like Bread and Water.
Panzram - Reform - $8 - Weird noisy hardcore with elements of 90s screamo like Yaphett Kotto.  It's so good.
Protestant - Stalemate - $8 - Amazing record for this staple of Midwestern hardcore.

7":

Auryn/Bosque Split - $3
Auryn/Filth Mattress Split - $3
Bastard - For the Underdogs - $6
Big Hands - S/T - $4 - Swedish black metal influenced d-beat.
Brain Killer - 3rd EP - $5 - Fantastic like always.
Capitalist Casualties/Lack of Interest Split - $5 - 7" that originally came with the Short Fast Loud zine, now on it's own.
Circuit Scarecrow - Snares + Escapism - $3
Cloud Rat/Autarkeia Split - $4
Coaccion - Revolver - $4
Control De Estado - Ladron - $4 - Cross between Crudos and Dropdead. Comes in awesome foldout screenprinted poster sleeve. Get it.
Curmudgeon - Human Orobouros - $5 - Break neck speed powerviolence with crushing female vocals. Smart lyrics too - total winner!
Death Trap - No Hicks - $4
Detonators - Sonic Manifesto - $3
Detonators - Live in Hope - $3
Filthpact/Debacle Split - $4
Go - What We Build Together - $4
Gride/Thema Eleven Split - $4 - Gride play unfuckwithable Czech grind like always.  The Thema Eleven songs on this split are fantastic, punk and fuck but dark and heavy - Tragedy-esque vibe.  Amazing split!
Guide - Bastard - $4 - Great record of killer powerviolence from great dudes.
Harsh/Shitfit Split - $4 - Hard to find split of D-beat hardcore.
Hexis - X - $4 - Danish oppressive black metal/hardcore punk hybrid that is different than anything you've ever heard. RECCOMMENDED.
Host - There's Nothing Up There But Heavy Clouds (White) - $5
Humans - Milk Pond (Mixed) - $5 - Lightning fast punk weirdness. Sounds a little like the Locust with more punk.
Karoshi - S/T - $3
Knife in the Leg - Bloodlust - $3
Marc Antony - Single Series - $3 - Super technical screamo. Angular and angry, just enough weirdness to always keep you on your toes.
Marc Antony/Dogs of Ire Split (Coke Bottle Clear) - $3 - Two very DIY technical hardcore bands together on a great split.
Napalm Raid - Trail of the World - $5
Peeple Watchin' - S/T - $5 - Poppy punk played perfectly.
Poison Planet - Oblivious - $5
Pukeoid - Rabid (Pink) - $5 - Snotty hardcore with the right amout of pissed.
Rat Storm - Fractured - $5 - Powerviolence incfluenced D-beat wtih pissed off female vocals. 
Rotting Palms - S/T - $4
Rubrics - Sow Your Seeds - $4 - Fifteen-esque pop-punk from SC.
Rubrics/Criminal Culture Split - $4
Shank/Endless Blockade Split - $6
Sick/Tired - Collapsed Lungs - $5
Sidetracked - Forfeit - $4
Sorry Excuse - Listen with Prejudice (Teal) - $4 - Angry straight-edge mosh heavy hardcore.
Surrender - There is No War - $5
Tenement - Ice Pick - $4
The Killers - Picture Disc - $4
The Terrordactyls (Transparent Green) - S/T - $4 - Thrash metal played by punks, thus better than all other thrash.
V/A - Buffalo Brutality - $4
We Must Dismantle All This - Eomaia Scansoria - $5 - Melodic crust mixed with grindy blasts.
We Need to Talk - It's Not Us It's You (Blue) - $4
Whole in the Head - Them and Us - $4
Xtra Vomit/Positive Noise Split - $3 - Crazy good split between two of the most positive bands in the country. DIY, punk, fanstastic.

Used 7":

Any Last Words - S/T - $3
Brutal Knights/Western Dark Split - $5
Domestik Doktrin - S/T - $3 - Indonesia fastcore.
H.F.L. - Oldschool - $5
H.F.L. - Hardcore - $5
Let's Grow - Year's Between Gatherings - $3
Living Under Lies - Out of Fuel - $3 - Fantastic crusty hardcore from the early 2000s
Mass Genocide Process/See You In Hell Split - $3 - Crusty hardcore with a Japanese thrash influence.
Meth Mountain - Monotony - $3 - Sounds like early post-hardcore wtih a really cool surfy edge thrown in.
Protess/Signal Lost Split - $2
Straight Faced - Self Will Run Riot - $5
Straight To Hell/Balance of Terror Split - $3
Street Brats - You'll Never Walk Alone - $2
The Imaginary Friend - Letters Home - $2
The J.V. Allstars - 8,6,7,3,0,9 - $2
The Scarred/Void Control Split (Coke Bottle Clear) - $3

Cassettes:

Bellow/Svoboda Split - $4 - Split demo from two great heavy melancholic and metallic DIY bands
Boddicker - Mitch in the Bastard - $4 - D-beat soaked in feedback with hints of crust.
Chemical Peel - Bad Cream - $3 Surfy, garagey, noisy punk.
Enabler - War Begins with You - $3 - Grindy metallic hardcore.
Enabler/Ambassador Gun Split - $4
Impatience - S/T - $4 - Crazed hardcore with members of Protestant, Half Gorilla, etc.
In Defence - Party Lines and Politics - $4
Kata Sarka/Boddicker Split - $4 - Two sides of raw filthy madness. Not to be missed!
Potty Mouth - Big in Brazil - $3
Psychotic Sufferance/Forced Isolation Split - $4 - THIS IS GREAT! Split between two chaocit noisy powerviolence ragers.
Side FX - Demo - $4 - "Reagan Youth playing Japanese Hardcore"... that's the best description I've heard of this!
Vernal Pike - Good Morning, Cruel World - $3 - Pretty indescribable - surf thrash punk?  It's good hardcore punk complete with French Horn parts... and it works!

Casque CS

reality #002 - Rat Storm/Chaotic Neutral 7" is still at the plant, but should be done soon!

In the meantime... some tapes!

First up:
reality #003
Casque - Devour the Lion

Absolutely brutal black metal/misanthropic hardcore punk.  Manages to remain dark and brooding - true to being termed "black metal" - but is still punk as fuck.  Not to be missed.  Download it here or go the bandcamp to stream it.

The band is on a hiatus at the moment, so this is a short run of only 29 tapes.  Come with a really cool looking J-card that is French Paper screen-printed with silver and white ink.  Tapes are $5.50 ppd If you want to a physical copy shoot me an email - realityisacult@gmail.com - they are gonna go fast!

Coming soon:
Mary and Child - Freedom, Joy, Love CS
Falter - Demo CS
Partiac Arrest - Beat Wagon CS

Closet Burner

Closet Burner - 12"
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All my music will be available for free download - if you prefer to download and pay for it you can do that via bandcamp.

Closet Burner 12"s finally done!

Closet Burner 12"s are finally finished and ready to go out!  All the preorders have been shipped out (except a few of the Bloomington ones that we will bring you in person).  They are available from the online store as well as No I in Punk and IFB records.  They are going out to distros and should be available all over the place soon, but until then you can order them and get them shipped wherever!!

I couldn't be more excited, they look great:

Additionally, now that these are finally done I have time to finish up all the other things I have coming out soon!
- Mary & Child - Demo CS
- Partiac Arrest - Beat Wagon CS + CD-R
- Falter - Demo CS
- Casque - Devour the Lion CS

These ALL nearly ready and should be out by the beginning to middle of September, so look out!

Closet Burner 12" and Big Distro Update

First things first... the Closet Burner 12" is nearly ready.  Sorry it has taken a bit longer than anticipated, but the records are here and they look and sound great - right now we just have to finish all the screenprinting!!  The official release will be on August 10th, there are still a small number of the special edition covers up for grabs, so if you want one, make sure to preorder before the 10th.  Check the Tumblr soon for process pics and such.

Additionally, I have jumped in to help release the Rat Storm/Chaotic Neutral split and those have been ordered and should be here in mid-September.  The Mary and Child tape should be out in a couple weeks and songs will be posted online within a day or to. 

Also a big distro update:

email me realityisacult@gmail.com to place an order.  Shipping will be reasonable ($3-4 for a single record and a only a little more per additional record). 

7":

Rotting Palms - S/T - $4

-- Young punks from Tampa playing bludgeoning angry crusty hardcore in the vein of His Hero is Gone. 

Cloud Rat/Autarkeia Split - $4

-- Split between Cloud Rat from MI, who are one of my favorite bands and play pissed fast as hell hardcore with seething female vocals.  Autarkeia is from FL and play a whole different type of pissed hardcore, more reminiscent of 90s emo, also female-fronted, also awesome.  This split has some of my favorite tracks from both bands!

Hexis - X - $4

-- Hexis is from Denmark and they play a totally unique blend of black metal and hardcore.  It's dark and heavy and perfect.  Not super fast, but still steadily pounding with the urgency of music played at twice the speed.

We Need To Talk - It's Not Us, It's You (Royal Blue Vinyl) - $4

 -- Totally raging, grinding hardcore that sounds a bit like Left for Dead. Came out a few years ago and flew under the radar in much of the midwest, which is a total shame, because this shit rips.

Control De Estado - Ladron - $4

-- This is like Crudos and Dropdead in a blender.  The cover is a really awesome screenprinted foldup with a beautiful screen printed poster on the inside, officially out of print probably will be hard to find soon.

12":

Light Bearer/Northless Split - $11

-- Brand new release on Halo of Flies.  This is a heavy heavy record between two bands that are both doing something truly original and relevant.  Comes in a gorgeous gatefold. If you like heavy music, you should own this.

Lich/Resurrectionists Split - $11

-- Another amazing split.  This features Resurrectionists from Germany who play totally chaotic hardcore that is amazingly technical and precise yet also always sounds on the verge of collapse.  Lich is from the UK and they have a more powerviolence sound - slow and noisy and bursts of blasts and insanity. Comes in awesome dark screenprinted gatefolds.

Kam Kama - The Tiled House (White 180 gram vinyl) - $12

-- Another gorgeous looking release, but this is one is from Bloomington locals Kam Kama.  Kam Kama play damn good post punk.  It has a unique gothic overtone and is full of energetic riffs and hooks that will stick in your head for weeks.  Highly recommended for anyone that likes classic 70s and 80s goth and post punk, but is looking for something more relevant.

Potty Mouth - Sun Damage - $10

-- Just released. Potty Mouth is a band of ass-kicking girls for Western Mass that play a fantastic blend of indie and alternative but with the spirit and edge of punk.

Inservibles - S/T - $14

-- Ugly, weird, noisy punk.  This has everything that modern punk is usually missing.  Just buy it, you should hear it.

Negative Standards - VI - XI - $11

A fantastic follow up to the 10".  More killer otherworldly dark crusty hardcore.  Artwork is appropriately creepy.

Crucifix - Dehumanization (on limited edition Clear out of only 113) - $12

-- It's a classic, and it should be.  It's snotty and raw and crusty and everything great about hardcore in 1983

Her Breath on Glass - We Aimed Straight Down - $8

-- Classic noisy 90s style emo.  Members of The Last Forty Seconds and The Saddest Landscape.  Gorgeous screen printed covers.

Heresy - Face Up to It!  (1 on White 1 on Bright Yellow) - $15

-- Another classic that is tough to find.  It's Heresy... if you like hardcore, you probably like it.  If you don't own it, buy it now.  It's not too easy to find and it's certainly not getting easier.

Man Lifting Banner - The Revolution Continues (2xLP) - $16

-- I have been waiting to get this for months!  Man Lifting Banner is members of Larm and Seein' Red and they are honestly my favorite band out of that lot (which is saying a lot).  This features 8 brand new tracks (and they still make killer hardcore, don't worry) as well as their entire previous discography that is damn hard to get on vinyl (trust me, I've been trying) - so it is certainly worth it.
Electro Hippies - The Only Good Punk is a Dead One

Masakari - The Prophet Feeds (Gatefold Cover) - $10

-- From Halo of Flies: “Finally a new record from this awesome band from Cleveland! Close your eyes and imagine that His Hero is Gone and Amebix got together and had a child… got it? Ok, now imagine that that child grows up in a dank room full of teenage angst, listening to nothing but Death Side and Disfear records until he is 21 years-old. Now open your eyes and what you have is Masakari, a crust punk band from Cleveland, Ohio.”  I think that sums it up.

Assitot Mort - Discographie (2xLP Gatefold) - $15

-- Complete discography of this fantastic French screamo. Members of Amanda Woodward.

Lentic Waters - LP - $11

-- I originally got interested in this record because I thought the artwork was awesome... turns out the record is even more awesome.  This is dark building heaviness that periodically breaks way into blasts of chaotic hardcore.  Packaging combine letterpress, screenprinting, and pasted paper - and it looks awesome.

Gentle Art of Choking - LP - $10

-- Killer powerviolence/fastcore blasts!

Electro Hippies - The Only Good Punk is a Dead One - $15
-- Pre-Napalm Death.  It's totally raging peaceville crust.  I absolutely love this band. Yummy.

Cassettes:

Potty Mouth - Big in Brazil - $3

-- Two killer tracks on a bright orange tape in a see-thru green case.  Looks as good as it sounds!

Chemical Peel - Bad Cream - $3

-- Wicked surfy/noisy/garage/punk from SC.  It's good good good!

Plus LOTS of stuff from previous post is still in the distro!