Blood Shed Productions Concert Video Showcase!!

Today's post is devoted to new videos from local independent metal label Blood Shed Productions, who were very active with new postings on their YouTube channel a month ago featuring some familiar names! We'll start by acknowledging the new videos from their flagship act, local goregrind solo project Crucify the Whore, whose material was in two of these new postings. One is a new YouTube copy of their song "Sudafederal Offense" from their split with Chase Wigmore last year, which brings more of the same minimalist grind intensity that followers will enjoy, plus a surprise audio sample from American Dad! at the beginning. Embedded below is C.T.W.'s song "Hepatetanus" from February's demo EP "Crucifiction Inquisition", marking the first official YouTube copy of a song from the low-fi release. Tyler Gibson's polarizing metal attack remains as abrasive as ever here, but if you're up for the doomy nature and pig squeal vocals, give this one and more a look!



Next up, fans know that Tyler has his hands in many projects under the Blood Shed umbrella, but here's one we haven't talked about on here before. Back in November, Tyler posted a couple of electronica/drum & bass songs onto the Blood Shed YouTube channel that he recorded under the band name Alegendary, which were allegedly distributed on a limited run of burned demo CDs. At the time, I didn't cover them on the site, as they weren't hard rock or metal songs, but they do show that Tyler has range beyond his usual grind work! That said, Tyler brought Alegendary back last month with a new song that is more up our alley, taking on a stoner/acid jam vibe that may be reminiscent of early Din material. Tyler acknowledged that the Alegendary name is basically "just a title for me to release my own personal solo releases under", hence the genre disparity. For what it's worth, Alegendary don't have an online page to add them to the SMS links with... yet?

As for Alegendary's new song, entitled "Fitting In & Falling Out", this 8 minute instrumental showcases some fun creativity, though it's raw recording quality and sparsely places intruments won't appeal to all listeners. That said, if you like acid rock moreso than grindcore, you may get more value from this one. Give Alegendary's newest song a listen below!



Also, here's a couple of songs that are credited to a 2018 demo by The First Arrival, a new(?) death metal project featuring prolific local solo artist Chase Wigmore on vocals & guitar alongside Tyler on drums. I have never heard of The First Arrival before now, so that demo must have seen a very limited release, if there even was one! One song is the 89 second instrumental "Normal & Without Suspicion", but embedded below is the ambitiously titled "Nominated For A Juno." Up there with Chase's most aggressive & heavy band work, the lo-fi recording quality doesn't help, but his screaming fits the noise attack nicely, so give The First Arrival a listen above & below too!



Finally, Tyler also reprises his Brutally Fatal-esque drum role on "Permanent Land Deficiency", an alleged full-length EP credited to the band name Aggressor Fender, who I also hadn't heard of before this summer. This was apparently recorded in mid-late 2018, and Chase is credited for mixing and mastering, but not a lot of info is forthcoming. Whether that's Chase or not on guitar, Aggressor Fender are totally an instrumental band on this EP, which has song breaks in the 13+ minute video, but no listed song names. The name of the project is apt, as they are an aggressive noise rock act, and with cleaner recording than The First Arrival, you may want to give them a listen!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site as the week rolls along! Thanks everyone!