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Legalize or die!
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Genre: Hardcore / Metal / Punk
Location Huntington, West Virginia, US
Profile Views: 246193
Last Login: 9/1/2011
Member Since 5/1/2006
Record Label Profane Existence
Type of Label Indie
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We are a crust punk band from Huntington West Virginia. We love to get out and play shows and can do so most any where in the north east with enough notice. We are nice folks that love to smoke drink and carry on. Our debut 7in "Armageddon wont be brought by gods...but men whom think they are, was released in february 2007 on profane existence records. It sold out pretty fast and is now out of print. The track's from the 7in were then released as a split cd with WARTORN for our northeast tour in the winter of 2007. It is now sold out as well. You can hear 3 of the 4 songs on this site. We might do a repress someday but have no plans at this time. Feel free to download it somewhere! .. In the summer of 2008 our first LP "Greenwashing" was released on Profane Existence and VEX records. We then toured from august to october in 2008 playing most of the United States and Mexico in support of the "Greenwashing" lp. We do have plans for a CD release of "Greenwashing" with Profane Existence. We are also planing on recording 3 new songs this spring for a split 7in with OI-POLLIOI to be released on Profane Existence records. .. In the meantime we are at home relaxing and getting back to our personal lives. Feel free to ask us about playing your town because if we have the time we will!?..Cheers! .... ....NEWS/SHOWS :.... .... .. .. ....IT'S FAR FROM FUCKING OVER... -CD.... .. This Cd contains both the 7in and the Greenwashing lp. It was our way of getting both releases out to everyone that doesn't have a record player. It also has a cover FINAL WARNING- FAITH as a bonus track... Cheers !!! .. .... From profaneexistence.com.. The first installment of APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT's discography is now availablle. The CD includes all the songs from their 2007 Armageddon Won't be Brought By the Gods EP, their 2008 Greenwashing LP and one unreleased cover song by FINAL WARNING. The package includes 24 page booklet, with all lyrics, writing, and original artwork from Marald, Hush and others, plus a bonus ATU vinyl sticker. APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT hail from Huntington, WV and play a powerful blend of classic anarcho-punk, crust and a hint of metal, with aggressive female vocals, and urgent political lyrics. This discography compiles all the songs that launched ATU's meteoric rise in popularity. They are currently writing new material, for which they have recently recorded for a split EP with OI POLLOI, and have more recording plans for the near future. .. ....Don't miss out on getting a ATU/PE Koozie!...... .. ......................... .... ....APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT-FULL LEGTH LP - GREENWASHING.... Is available through Us, Profane Existenece, and Vex records. .. .... .. From profaneexistence.com.. The long-anticipated full length LP from West Virginia mountain punks APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT is upon us. Nine raging tracks of angry crust punk with crushing riffs and (mainly) female vocals. They have shed one guitar player since their EP, making for a much more raw and organic sounds (more rock and less thrash). Both musically and lyrically the best comparison I can conjure up is Sabbath Bloody Sabbath meets NAUSEA's Extinction LP (original mix). One of the most raw and intense musical experiences Profane Existence has released in a long time and a fitting finalé for Profane Existence Records. Includes all new cover art by Marald and a 16 page booklet inside. Catalog: Exist 113... the number of the beast! "Greenwashing: The unjustified appropriation of environmental virtue by a company, an industry, a government, a politician or even a non-government organization. Using more money, time and energy on slick PR campaigns aimed at promoting their eco-friendly images, than they do to actually protecting the environment." .. .. (A)CHEERS!!!(E).. ATU.. ........ ..
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..Chris - ..Guitar / vocals.. ..Sarah - ..Vocals.. ..Phil - ..Drums.. ..Matt - ..Bass ....
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Review from Dan Profane Existence. APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT Armageddon Won't Be Brought By Gods... 7" .. Every once in a great while, a new band comes along with such intense fury that they capitvate all who hear and see them — APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT is one such band. Hailing from the mountians of West Virginia, ATU belt out a thunderous chorus of eco-awareness and chastisement for mankind's destructive ways (or at least those who are in control). Musically they combine classic punk, crust, and a hint of metal into a sound that's likened to later years NAUSEA, totally reinforced by the strong female vocals throughout. Adding to the over-all amazing quality of this EP are additionals touches of brilliance, like the brutally powerful recording by Jay at the Jamroom in South Carolina (Antischism, Damad, etc.) and cover / poster art by Marald. Normally this sort of praise for a job well done is reserved for bands who have been around the block once or twice—not for the debut EP from a band barely formed a year ago. This energetic band has already completed one mini-tour of the US, is planning their second, as well as writing songs for their first full-length LP, due for release in 2008... Review from- sputnik music (lol) .. Thrash Metal and Punk entwined, this band’s energetic pulse livens the body of a rebel. Appalachian Terror Unit is a group of punk-rockers who have a bone to pick with capitalist establishment. Surprise, surprise? The originality of this band is their attachment to mountainous regions of sprawling natural life. Hailing from West Virginia and somewhat close to the Appalachian Trail, their passion for wildlife goes unquestioned, not only due to their location but the fiery expression that is their music. This EP’s full title, “Armageddon Won’t Be Brought By Gods, But By Men Who Think They Are” is more than a prediction but a description of society’s pretension. These men with egos and bank accounts bigger than Jupiter are naturally an opponent to any tree-hugging individual, for what is capitalism without relentless exploitation of limited resources? The record, while brief is punk mastery. They can chug harder than a train and simultaneously offer us relevant commentary. Angrily the Terror Unit storm through the eardrums with a zealous wrath, urgently expressing their fixations. And they are intriguing to say the least; humans are bleeding the Earth dry, greedy coal lords are destroying vast forests, the war machine is sinfully growing, dead end day jobs are creating drones out of a once judicious people… “If they call on me, let it be known that I will take my own life before I die for the throne.” - Endless Bloodshed “Endless Bloodshed” is a song about the war machine. What is the war machine? It’s a transparent but entirely real entity that escorts armies to their meeting with the Reaper. The machine is just that, mechanic, and will not halt its ventures for something like value of life, or any emotions as it has none. The machine is commandeered by those who advocate warfare for personal, monetary or familial gain. “A conquest of butchers, the bodies piled high so the victor can raise his sword to the sky”. The Terror Unit’s view of war is quite rebellious. Their passion for the woodland atmosphere conflicts with the endless thirst for Earth that the machine craves. This song is a chaotic revolt, roughly expressing through abrasive instrumental work the anger that greed and corruption put in a musicians mind. The song is sonically powerful as the hellfire the lyrics insist the machine’s warplanes conjure on innocent grounds. It assumes a non-forgiving style, totally distorted, nearly incoherent vocals but without these aspects perhaps they wouldn’t describe themselves as a crust-punk group. Cut down the forest, turn soil to sand, nothing but desert where trees no longer stand. - Armageddon Won’t Be Brought By Gods “In the name of production we create destruction” exclaims the Terror Unit. Are we a plague? The human race resembles a parasitic species depending on the scourge of machinery for our necessities and simple desires. The forestland is a victim of our lack of efficiency. With a grungy deliverance this song epitomizes the Terror Unit’s primary passion; thunderous energy basking in the unison of like-minded, intelligent individuals. This passion exists for the land we all stand on, the same land we take for granted. We are a spoiled, fitful child beating up on his parents for there seems to be less Pepsi in the refrigerator than last night, and not enough gas in the car to take him to the cinema, and hardly enough death and destruction to keep him entertained. Sadly, he can’t very well hear the restless enthusiasm of Appalachian Terror Unit, so they are forced to scream and turn their distorted amplifiers up to the loudest decibel – but I find a turbulent tranquility in this grasp for attention. When the world is either won back or killed off, this song will be around to provide a decent History lesson. We all call ourselves free but we were born in chains, born as workers, born as slaves. - Another Day Another Day is the finest piece on this EP. If sound could kill, we’d all be dead after the recording of this track. It is the loud yet unheard cry of the nigh enslaved worker bee. “As the sun starts to rise the dawn fades, and to the tune of alarm clocks zombies rise from their graves.” The discontent of a burdened laborer is some of the strongest, most heated fuel for an uprising you may ever encounter. But this song pictures a day when strikes and unions cease to exist, and a cycle of undead drones fill the workplace with their brain-deadness. Fascism has struck hard and “vultures surround us parasites pulling the strings”. Another Day is the tormented screaming for freedom. The infuriated anthem of those with boiling blood; and it fades out to end a mockery of greed and a plaudit of rebellion. The insurgent is an individual who will spend a good deal of their life being tried, beaten, combated and ridiculed. The insurgent is also an individual who embodies the free spirit of human beings. Appalachian Terror Unit vehemently succeed in their musical rendition of the political activist. Their comprehension of Punk music could leave you exhausted with an appetite for more after only four short songs. I’ve only heard this, I greatly anticipate the rest of Terror Unit's discography.

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