Podcast

RSR PC 099 Zach From Grace’s Place

Zach Fontanez and his family run a coffee shop and sober bar in Meriden that holds events ranging from a silent book club to hardcore shows. He’s also been in and continues to be in a bunch of bands. We thought all that was a great reason to get him on the podcast to talk primarily about Grace’s Place which fills a void in the lack of all-ages venues in the area.

We told Matt from Killer Kin that Zach was going to be on and Matt then wrote this up about him:

Zach Fontanez is one of the most prolific, energy-filled, altruistic rockers to ever grace the  Connecticut music scene.  With a taste palette that spans all mutations beneath the rock ‘n roll umbrella, this Punk’s voracious appetite for creation germinates a scene and show setting rife with electric elation.  A member of groups such as: The Human Fund, Minor Inconveniences, HATERS, and many more notable projects, Fontanez can be seen behind the kit, in your face with screaming into a Shure SM58, or swinging his stud-clad wrists in front of your favorite stage.  Fontanez is a paragon of Raw-Powered positivity, patience, and the DIY dreams that most wish they could live.

 

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Label Release, Redscroll Records

Disfigure / Ritual Clearing (Split) LP Out Now!

Out now a new LP with a side each by Ritual Clearing and Disfigure! Limited to 300 copies.

Disfigure is a black metal band out of New Haven, CT
infusing aspects of war metal with elements of d-beat
hardcore/crust punk.

 

 

Ritual Clearing is a band spread around CT/MA with
previous (sold out) releases on the black metal label Eternal
Death.

 

FOR FANS OF: Beherit, Bolt Thrower, Blasphemy, Tragedy, Spectral Wound, Horna, Sargeist

Available in store or online at either bands’ bandcamp pages:

https://disfigurebandct.bandcamp.com/
https://ritualclearing.bandcamp.com/

Also available from Disfigure is a live tape limited to 50 copies!

Available in store or on the Disfigure bandcamp:
https://disfigurebandct.bandcamp.com/

And check both of them out celebrating this release on Saturday, February 21st at Counter Weight Brewing Co.  at 6PM.

Check out all we have available at bandcamp here:
https://redscroll.bandcamp.com/merch

Podcast

RSR PC 098 ALL THE PRETTY HORSES

Austin helms the project All the Pretty Horses and plays in a variety of bands (with a few folks who’d previously been on the podcast in fact!).

This conversation went off in all kinds of directions. We talk about Hit Clips, Danzig, winter weather, audio scrobbling and music too!

Links:
https://alltheprettyhorses666.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/alltheprettyhorses666/

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New Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean album up for Pre-Order Now!

Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean “Let Us Not Speak Of Them But Look And Pass On” is up for pre-order now! On LP, CD and Cassette.

https://chainedtothebottomoftheocean.bandcamp.com/album/let-us-not-speak-of-them-but-look-and-pass-on

You can listen to the first streaming track, “An Adornment of Light,” now:

2026 brings a brand new record from Chained… with album art from the inimitable Aaron Turner of Sumac / Isis / Hydra Head Records. Mastered by Seth Manchester at Machines with Magnets in Rhode Island.

https://chainedtothebottomoftheocean.bandcamp.com/album/let-us-not-speak-of-them-but-look-and-pass-on

“This release was written as two pieces (an A & B Side) rather than individual shorter tracks and as such they run together as long form and really sit in the riffs to explore passages more than on our past material.“ – Chained…

 https://linktr.ee/chainedtothebottomoftheocean

For fans of: Undergang, Inter Arma, Sumac, Crowbar, Behemoth

Label Release, Redscroll, Redscroll Records

Dissolve “Caveman of the Future” LP – Vinyl Now Available!

Dissolve are Hudson Valley Hardcore legends. They led the way with their off-kilter-metal influenced brand of in your face admonishing pummeling sounds. Their first demo was released in 1993 and it took decades for the world around them to catch up to their sound.

OUT NOW! The long overdue pressing of “Caveman of the Future” by Dissolve!

https://dissolve2.bandcamp.com/album/caveman-of-the-future-lp

Caveman of the Future was recorded in 2000 (originally set for a release on MIA records which folded in on itself by the set August 2000 release date) and lost to time. It resurfaced in 2008 and made its way onto CD (Trip Machine Laboratories). The story is more fully documented on the comprehensive inner booklet. And now, finally, decades later it is available on vinyl.

We couldn’t be more excited about getting it in folks’ hands. A one time limited edition of 300 copies on cover matching splatter vinyl (some more opaque and some more translucent; random).

“Dissolve did it before your favorite band and that band probably loves Dissolve. Their shows in the 90s/2000s were a mix of every type of outcast smashing each other into oblivion.” – Jay from Mindforce

 

“Caveman of the Future sounds exactly as the title describes. It is both raw and visceral with a striking technical aspect. I would say it’s one of the heaviest hardcore records I can think of at any given point and I’m very excited that it’s finally getting a proper vinyl treatment.” – Taylor Young of Twitching Tongues & God’s Hate

 

“Dissolve’s Caveman Of The Future will pummel you silly with heavy riffs. Get ready to get your face ripped off kids, this record melts ears and takes no prisoners. Be warned!” – Mike D. of Killswitch Engage & Overcast

 

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