The Profane Existence Collective was formed in 1989 by a small group of people with the common goal of building a stronger and more politically active punk rock movement. As a collective, we are a small group of individuals that have joined together our ideas and abilities to work on numerous projects as part of a single entity, in an overall struggle against tyranny and oppression. To this end, we publish a bi-monthly magazine, release numerous records and CDs, run a huge mailorder and wholesale distro, among other things. Feel free to visit our web site at WWW.PROFANEEXISTENCE.COM Or feel free to use one of these handy links:
RESIST Resistography double CD Exist 110 - Double CD is $12.00 plus postage. | MP3: Myth RESIST were first among the wave of new anarcho-punk bands that swept over Portland, Oregon in the late 80's. Durign their brief existence they became a fixture of the local DIY / anarchopunk movement and released several records before personal problems tore the band apart in 1994. During their brief time together RESIST released their self-titled debut EP, The Only Solution... LP, a pair of split EPs with DISRUPT and DEPRIVED, and finally the Ignorance is Bliss LP on Profane Existence Records. Druing their time they were considered one of the foremost activist bands of North America, even though they rarely played outside their home town. After the band split up, members of RESIST went on to form other bands such as GODLESS, DEFIANCE, SEVERED HEAD OF STATE, etc. In late 2007 three of the four original members (Kelly Halliburton, Tom Nims, and Ward Young) reunited for a 20th anniversay show in Portland, Oregon. Considered a success by a more mature and sober line-up, Tom and Ward have decided to keep the band going and will be playing more shows up and down the West Coast this spring and summer. This discography CD includes studio versions of all previously released RESIST tracks plus outtakes and one live track (90 minutes TRT). The recordings contained herein are completely remastered from the original recordings are sound the way they were originally intended to be. Included on each disc are enhanced CD tracks with a total of 24 minutes of video footage (recorded 1989 to present) you can watch on your computer. The packaging includes a booklet with lyrics, covers, flyers and more. A classic piece of North American anarcho-punk history finally given the attention it deserved.
RESISTANT CULTURE Welcome to Reality LP Exist 109 - LP is $10.00 plus postage. | MP3: Ecocide Finally available on vinyl - the 2006 debut album from Los Angeles tribal grind / crust band RESISTANT CULTURE. Vinyl includes a bonus song not available on either CD version!
"Resistant Culture has claims to fame in guitarist Jesse Pintado (RIP), who, post-Napalm Death, was working with the band before his untimely passing, and vocalist Anthony Rezhawk (aka "Tony Militia"), who did the last Terrorizer album alongside Pintado. However, this band more than stands on its own, and I'm astounded that I didn't hear of it earlier. This CD kills. It's crusty grindcore with tribal influences - but the latter are truly tribal, working in Native American drums, chants, and flutes. The riffs are crushing, the recording is crisp, and blastbeats strafe the mix powerfully and precisely. 16 songs, 31 minutes, none less than fierce. Rezhawk's vocals are strong and amazingly understandable: "Clear cut the heart / Strip mine the soul / Nature for profit / It's all out of control." These are sentiments I can definitely get with. The lyrics come in a simple, legible font, and the liner notes fold out to a bad-ass poster. I don't say this often - this CD truly touches my soul. " -invisibleoranges.com
MASSMORD / SHADES OF GREY splitLP / CD Exist 108 - CD is $9 plus postage, LP is $10.00 plus postage
MP3: MASSMORD I Civilisationens Skugga | MP3: SHADES OF GREY Capitalism Must Come to an End
Two intense hardcore crust bands from Stockholm, Sweden team up for a powerhouse new split album. MASSMORD have current/former members of such bands as DEUNGA, ARTICLE NINE, BEYOND PINK and VÅNIG 5 and have previously released two albums and have eseblished a reputation for delivering high quality, down-tuned hardcore punk (they have been compared to "WOLFBRIGADE and TO WHAT END? mixed with some FROM ASHES RISE and KYLESA."). SHADES OF GREY share the other side of this split and are the perfect match, both musically and ideologically speaking. Having only previously released a demo, this will be the band's first large-scale release. Both bands have excellent recording production with an absolutely huge sound. Prepare to be blown away!
IMPERIAL LEATHER Do You Know Where Your Children Are? LP Exist 107 - CD is $9 plus postage, LP is $10 plus postage | MP3: Power of Blame
Coming April 2008 is the second full length album from Stockholm’s IMPERIAL LEATHER. This new album sees a shift to a much more raw and primal sound, losing much of the poppy innocence of their previous releases. Whether you are a long-time fan or new to IMPERIAL LEATHER, this album is sure to be a new favorite: defiant female vocals over raw punk rock n’ roll with a hint of classic American hardcore circa early 1980s AGENT ORANGE and WIPERS. High energy hardcore punk from start to finish that will leave you begging for more. Perhaps you have been living under a rock and do not yet know the joys of IMPERIAL LEATHER. This Swedish punk rock "super group" has been going for a half dozen years now and is made up of members whose numerous other projects count among legends, including MEANWHILE, NO SECURITY, DS-13, BRUCE BANNER, ABDUCTEE S.D., SPIDER CUNTS, etc. They have toured Europe and the States on several occasions and this album will be their third appearance on Profane Existence Records.
HUMAN ERROR Life Sentence LP Exist 92 LP is $9.00 plus postage | MP3: Living Common Grave Seventeen tracks of brutal, grinding crustpunk from Budapest, Hungary! They have been an active part of the local DIY punk community since the late 90's and have numerous releases available in Eastern Europe, and have played with many well-known American and Western European hardcore, punk, and grind bands who've ventured to Hungary, and have made a lasting impression on those they've met (and thus influencing our decision to release this LP/CD). The cover artwork for this LP is by famed NYC activist artist Eric Drooker of WW3 Illustrated (etc.) fame. This LP will be limited to only 500 copies. CD version available from EBM Records.
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BLACKOUT Stop the Clock CD (Exist 106)IMPERIAL LEATHER Do You Know Where Your Children Are? CD (Exist 107)
MASSMORD / SHADES OF GREY split CD (Exist 108)
RESIST Resistography 2CD (Exist 110)
NEWEST PROFANE EXISTENCE RELEASES AVAILABLE NOW:
BLACKOUT Stop the Clock CD
Following directly on their heels of their 2007 debut LP, Minneapolis’ BLACKOUT deliver another dose of angst-ridden punk rock'n'roll madness. The music is powerful hardcore punk (read POISON IDEA) with a healthy dose of MOTÖRHEAD style metal. Lyrics are cut-to-the-bone observations about life on the ugly underside of society and are heavily influenced by classic American Blues music. BLACKOUT members have been part of the Profane Existence family for nearly two decades and include members of ASSRASH, PROVOKED, STILLBORN, PHALANX, etc. As with the previous album, this was recorded at the House of Misery studio and a vinyl version will soon be out on Aborted Society Records. Musically this album is much more matured than their previous album and the production is not as roughshod nor rushed as their first release.
PROFANE EXISTENCE 56 Magazine + CD April-June 2008 issue is another stuffed-to-the-gills, 80-page monster issue with tons of great reading. Feature-length interviews include MURDER DISCO EXPERIENCE, PROTESTANT, HEVN, BLACKOUT and ATOMGEVITTER plus updates from WOLFBRIGADE, MEANWHILE, AVSKUM and Slug & Lettuce editor Chris Boarts-Larson. There is also an interview and gallery from this month's cover artist AMY TOXIC, who combines classic styles with punk rock politics. Other features include the beginning of a PE's new political prisoners' section "Dehumanized Nation," Naked Maygun's vegan recipe section covering four-pages of mouth-watering Italian classics, and feature length article debunking the fat myth. There is also a photo spread from the recent Steve Ignorant's "Feeding of the 5000" event by Mateus Mondini plus a personal account by PE columnist Rob Hanna. This issue also features the first ever publication of a fictional in our pages with a short story by Leigh Pierce called Open Polls, Closed Minds, appropriately themed on future presidential election politics. Of course there is also a healthy dose from our regular columnists, reviews, letters and even a new "Back Page Punk" gaff (based on the legendary "Page 3 Punks" of old). Included with the magazine is the customary compilation CD, this time totalyl packed to within seconds of our 80-minute limit. The complete track list is as follows:
1. AFTER THE BOMBS Warmonger
2. ATOMGEVITTER Banned in G.C.
3. BALLAST Fuse
4. BLACKOUT Secrets
5. BOMBED OUT Human Disease
6. BROKEN At the Border
7. THE COOTERS Society Sets the Stereotype
8. DISGUSTING LIES Sumienie Tego Swiata
9. DIS(10)PUTES La Brigade du Poulet
10. HEVN All the Same
11. HIP COPS Responsibility
12. HOLOCAUST IN YOUR HEAD Ciegos
13. IMPERIAL LEATHER The Power of Blame
14. IN DEFENSE Making Mock Duck a Threat Again!
15. KILL THE EGO I Scooter Libby
16. MAN THE CONVEYORS Discarded
17. MIDDLE CLASS TRASH Stand for Something
18. MURDER DISCO EXPERIENCE Torture Incorporated
19. PARASYTIC Animal Sacrifice
20. PERSONKRETS 3.1 Krigssång
21. POPULATION REDUCTION Black Metal Beach Party
22. PROTESTANT Obituary
23. RAGING FUGITIVES We Don’t Need You
24. SKARPRETTER Ammunition
25. THE SKUDS Why
26. SOUND YOUR ALARM Reis Deg
27. STATE OF THE UNION Turned Off
28. SUSPECTED TERRORISTS Suspected Terrorists
29. VICTIMS We’re Fucked
30. VICTIMS OF CORRUPTION Headless Human Herd
31. XBRAINIAX Yamazaki
STATE OF THE UNION To the Bitter End... A Discography CD
This discography disc includes five pulverizing new tracks (for an unreleased 12” recorded in 2000) plus their self-titled LP and both EPs in their entirety. STATE OF THE UNION played dark, introspective, and despair-driven gloom core in a style that groups them with likes of DYSTOPIA, CHRISTDRIVER, ASBESTODEATH and even some NEUROSIS and GODLESH. Originally formed in Rapid City, South Dakota, STATE OF THE UNION toured the country extensively and were a staple feature of Minneapolis’ underground punk / crust shows during the mid-late 90’s. On the strength of their live performances and their self-released debut EP, they were picked up by Profane Existence Records, who released their Rez-Erection EP in 1995. Shortly after the release of their second EP, the band sought to escape the dead-end scene of Rapid City relocated as a unit to Seattle, Washington. Once settled they went to work recording their first full length release, also released by Profane Existence in 1998. Although the first pressing of 1000 albums sold out in a matter of weeks, it was never repressed due to a three-year hiatus of Profane Existence Records from 1999-2002. The band recorded a second LP, slated for release in 2000, but the project faltered without a label and STATE OF THE UNION disbanded shortly thereafter. While STATE OF THE UNION remain one of the lesser known bands on Profane Existence Records, they have one of the most fiercely loyal following even to this date. Former SOTU members have no dropped out of the scene by any means and play on today in several other Seattle area bands such as SOD HAULER, WORMWOOD, ARID SEA and THE PRIDS. This CD is a long-overdue final testament and contains practically everything they ever recorded and has a total run time is 79:45!
PROFANE EXISTENCE 55 Magazine + CD The January-March 2008 issue features interviews with the bands ATOMVINTER, WARTORN, COÄCCION, RESISTANT CULTURE, FACE UP TO IT!, THE FALLOUT, MASSMORD, and AUKTION. This issue's featured artist and cover illustrator is Matt Garabedian (you may also know him as the drummer of AUS-ROTTEN and BEHIND ENEMY LINES). There is also an introductory article on struggle for water, Cold Weather Foods in the Vegan Recipes pages, and ACURSED, SKITKIDS and Alan from Despotic Records are grilled in the return of the "Lies, Gossip + Rumors" section. There are also columns, letters, live photos and tons and tons of reviews. This also comes with an hour plus length compilation CD
PECD55:
1. ANTHRAX Exploitation
2. ATROMVINTER Frackast av Alla (Coolest of ’em All)*
3. AUKTION Krig För Övertygelse
4. BARREN 20 Minutes (demo track)
5. BRING DOWN THE HAMMER Democracy in the Workplace*
6. CLUSTERFUX Read Between The Lines
7. COÄCCION Revolver*
8. THE COOTERS Bustin' Loose
9. EXPENDABLE YOUTH Phobia
10. FACE UP TO IT! Chirac Youth
11. THE FALLOUT Campassion Over Killing
12. FILTHPACT Necessary Evil*
13. GARMONBOZIA Last Will and Testament*
14. MASSGRAVE Reap What They've Sewn
15. KULTURKAMPF Existence*
16. MASSMORD I en Värld Utan Framtid
17. MOUTH SEWN SHUT Watch Out
18. MURDER DISCO X Y.A.S.S.A.W.
19. RESISTANT CULTURE Sentient Predator
20. SECURICOR Nuclear Ignorance (demo)
21. TEARS OF GAIA Movement In the Dead of Night
22. UNDER PRESSURE Whip and Rein
23. VIOLENT HEADACHE M.A.T. No!!
24. WARTORN Prey for Salvation
25. WOLFBRIGADE Digging Graves
* = unreleased song at press time
MURDER DISCO EXPERIENCE Complete Discography 1997-2004 CD [Exist 103] CD discography with all Studio recordings completely remastered from 1997-2004. This includes all material released on the Demon 98 MC, the Supercrust and Feeding 7"es, the split LP with JILTED, all sampler tracks and a couple of unreleased songs and alternate versions. What the critics have said about the records on this CD:
"It is a refreshing change of pace to get a solid record with a good sound and amusing personality for review. Murder Disco Experience plays hardcore punk with a crust influence. Their songs are heavy and catchy, and the whole record goes by a little too quickly. Fittingly for a band hoping to not take themselves too seriously, in their lyrics they deal with serious issues as well as annoying things they like to make fun of." - Heart Attack
"This is great!!! OK, on hearing this you may think that this is nothing exceptionally new in terms of sound and even lyrics, but what MURDER DISCO X do is some extremely welldone hardcore punk that is pissed off, with strongly opinionated lyrics and five great tunes that rock your world! Musically, MURDER DISCO X have a Swedish influenced sound that is fast and furious with some good riffs to acocompany lyrics that deal with subjects such as 'mobile phones', 'war', not being synthetic and believing that we can try to change "their" world rather than destroying ourselves. Positively fucking punk!!! - Reason to Believe
"These guys are bound to start a circle pit frenzy in a town near you." - MRR
APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT / WARTORN split CD [Exist 105] This tour-edition split CD that contains the tracks from APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT's "Armageddon Won't Be Brought By the Gods..." EP and WARTORN's sold-out "Prey for Salvation" EP. A.T.U.'s sound has been compared to a modern day version of NAUSEA with crunching crust-core music and angry female vocals. WARTORN are made up from members of WORDS THAT BURN and CHOOSE YOUR POISON and play a brutally powerful take on Scandinavian crust: something like STATE OF FEAR meets WOLFBRIGADE. These are two of the hardest working / hardest touring bands on Profane Existence Records and such a match up was inevitable. This CD version of their latest EP's was in coincidence with their joint East Coast tour in November 2007 and features all new artwork by Marald. Both bands have plans for full-length releases in 2008 and this is an excellent preview of things to come. Since this CD contains only two EP's worth of material it is lower priced than our normal full-length CDs.
WARCOLLAPSE Defy! CD / LP [Exist 104] MP3: Defy! The Swedish gods of crust break their half-decade of silence to unleash a new masterpiece of epic proportions. Twelve brutal new songs that layer new realms of gutteral intensity to the traditional Swedish d-beat KÄNG of the likes of TÖTALITAR, KRIGSHOT, WOLFBRIGADE, etc. And of course there is plenty of the traditional WARCOLLAPSE sound that emphasizes mournful dirges, captivating guitar leads, and vocal style that is as primal as it is guttteral. If you are a fan of their previoues releases then this will certainly not disappoint - delivering all the goods than made WARCOLLAPSE a name among legends. Their previous titles include the Crust As Fuck Existence CD on Distortion Records, Divine Intoxications LP/CD on Mind Control, split EP's with DISRUPT and EXTINCTION OF MANKIND and a number of other EP's, a live 10" and video, plus several compilation tracks. In addition to releasing this new record, WARCOLLAPSE are also planning to tour outside of Sweden for the first time in years. October 2007 will see them on a mini-tour of Italy and there is even serious talk of a small US tour for 2008. They have also just released a collection CD on the Swedish label Helvetet Records entitled The Final End - 15 Years of Misery and Despair. There has been talk of PE releasing this in the U.S. along with a bonus DVD that includes the Live Intoxication video footage previously only available on VHS.
PRESSING INFO: CD comes in a mini gatefold sleeve similar to the Divine Intoxication disc. LP comes in a standard LP sleeve and is pressed on 140 gram black vinyl. There are a limited number of copies available on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl. VR Series editions come with an alternate cover by Marald and an embroidered patch.
PROFANE EXISTENCE 54 Magazine + CD The Fall 2007 issues ushers in the return of the Featured Artist section with cover art (front and back), gallery, and interview with radical NYC artist Fly. There are also interviews with Erik Peterson of MISCHIEF BREW / Fistolo Records, plus the bands HUMAN ERROR and INHASTE. Naked Maygun's Vegan Recipes section includes an expansive three page feature on Latin-American favorites, including Spanish translations for several recipes. There are also many pages of columns, letters, Ecomedia News (another old section returns), and 298 music and print titles reviewed. As is now standard, this issue comes includes a compact discs compilation featuring a good cross section of active political-punk bands going these days. The total running time is 70 minutes with the complete track listing as follows...
PECD54: 1. AGAINST EMPIRE Choose to Fight
2. AGRIMONY Re-Wetting of the Bones
3. THE COOTERS Crusty
4. DEVIL'S SON-IN-LAW Drop Dead
5. THE FALLOUT Peace, Love and Anarchy
6. GERIATRIC UNIT Kill The Pose
7. GO! Room Enough on This World
8. HANGOVER OVERDOSE Samu
9. HUMAN COMPOST Ambition
10. HUMAN ERROR Living Common Grave
11. INHASTE The Wreckage
12. ISKRA Oka
13. KULTUREKAMPF Army of God
14. LEGION 666 Happy Now
15. LUNACY De-brain the Redneck
16. LUNACY Lose a Turn
17. MAKILADORAS Niemandsland
18. MASSMORD Driven to Death
19. MISCHIEF BREW Tell Me a Story
20. MURDER DISCO X Empire
21. NUX VOMICA Why Are They Laughing?
22. PARASYTIC Liberation (demo version)
23. REBEL SPELL I Am a Rifle
24. SAHN MARU Ending
25. TANKER CHAOS Lie After Lie
26. WARCOLLAPSE Defy
V/A They've Taken Everything: In Memory of Stig 22/08/1962 - 23/10/2004 double CD A benefit double CD compilation in memory of deceased ICONS OF FILTH vocalist Andrew Sewell (aka Stig), who died following a gig in Hackney, London on October 23rd, 2004.. Paying tribute to Stig's inspiring life and message are 34 bands from around the world, almost all being exclusive to this collection. The double sized digipack features cover art by long-time ICONS OF FILTH artist Squeal plus photos of Stig and IOF - old and new Included is a 36 page booklet with a page for each bands' lyrics, etc. and it all comes wrapped in a gold foil stamped slip case. The total running time is over two hours with the full track listing is as follows :
CD 1 1. Stig - Intro
2. CRUELTY - They Hunt In Packs Of Liars
3. SCARRED FOR LIFE - Blackened Heart
4. EXTINCTION OF MANKIND - What's The Point?
5. NO CHOICE - Change
6. BEHIND ENEMY LINES - Faceless
7. THIS SYSTEM KILLS - Hand of Man
8. THE OPPRESSED - The AFA Song
9. AMBULANCE - Bringing Out The Dead
10. LOST CHERRIES - Realise Not Analyse
11. GURKHA - The Weight
12. HARD SKIN - Fat Bob The Builder
13. MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION - The Cost Is The Earth
14. DISASSOCIATE - Ed Da Gravedigga
15. DRONGOS FOR EUROPE - Breakdown
16. SUICIDE WATCH - Dig Your Own Grave
17. FLEAS AND LICE - Take It Back
18 . MURDER DISCO EXPERIENCE Death Is....
CD2 1. C.C.S.S.- One Lie
2. M.D.C. - Long Day, Short Life
3. TRACK THE CURSE - Sirens
4. SHORT BUS WINDOW LICKERS - Vomit Up Your Paranoia
5. MOLOTOV COCKTAIL - Fuck Music
6. AVSKUM - Post Traumatiskt Helvete
7. TOXIC NARCOTIC - Cockroach
8. PHOBIA - Bush Is Hitler
9. ANIMA MUNDI - They Suffer And They Die
10. FILTH OF MANKIND - The Foundation
11. THE VAGINALS - The Truth
12. RUIN - From The Ruins
13. CONTEMPT FOR HUMANITY - Left To Burn
14. FLYBLOWN - Death Is The Only Release
15. RESIST & EXIST - Discordant Symphony
16. IN THE SHIT - Burning Skies
17. MISERY - Fucked Up State
