Every single Wednesday without fail, your hosts post a suitably stale video clip that we think needs to be revisited. Click here for more Crusty Clips. Got a clip you think we should post? Send it to crustcake@gmail.com.by Van Damned (TX)Here's the deal: Stormcrow are just about the most badass bunch of doom-obsessed, warcrust D-beaters around. This is some next-level dreadlock/patch-vest shit

Stenchcore??? Evidently, that's the name du jour for the mix of d-beat, crust punk, hardcore, grindcore, and metal that bands like Atakke and Hellbastard peddle. I won't get into the subgenre soup that surrounds this stuff (stenchcore vs. crustcore vs. mincecore vs. grindcore, etc.). My general impression is "when crusties (hence the "stench," perhaps) go metal." This isn't new — see In Battle There Is No Law . But Bolt Thrower have long been full-on death metal, so it's great to see (if not smell) others carry on that crusty vibe. [...]

Oakland is one of the unhappiest towns on earth. It's San Francisco's ugly sibling, an industrial wasteland of racial tension. Stormcrow and Laudanum hail from there and sound like it. Sacred Death ( 20 Buck Spin , 2009) may be the heaviest split I've ever heard. Stormcrow turn in two tracks of Bolt Thrower-style metallic crust. They're like Landmine Marathon, but more metallic and with male growls. Think tank slogs, not grind fireworks. Laudanum drop two bombs of massive sludge/doom. This stuff is a dime a [...]