"Hang me for it..."

AVAILABLE NOW:

Plague Mother "Familiar" c20 - The thought that lingers, disappearing, reappearing. You change but it never does. Feverish, frantic, fledling electronics. Limited to 24 copies. 

Sound sample below.

$5 US/$7 INTL ppd. 

Paypal to: compulsionrites [AT] gmail [DOT] com

Anyone who has yet to receive their Skin Graft pre-order tape, I am slowly mailing those out. I realize I am a month behind schedule. There have been numerous production delays with the LP (including, at one time, an engineer refusing to cut the lacquers for fear of breaking his equipment), which have led to financial pressures for me. Rest assured, the record is still being pressed and your tape is on its way. If you are really pissed off about it, please contact me directly and I will gladly work something out with you.

Out in July: 

Mailbomb Solution/Compromised Position split c30

Mailbomb Solution "F.C." 3xC10 

Scant "Face Without A Name" c20

+ more TBA

SAMPLE:

Plague Mother "Familiar" sample by compulsionrites

April Releases

Discretion “Linger” c20 (ltd. 25 copies) - Justin Lakes is better known for his filth-obsessed harsh noise/power electronics project Pusdrainer, but his other solo project Discretion has been lurching down a sonic warpath with unrelenting and focused meditations of harsh noise walls. Slow, menacing, rumbling walls on both sides test your intestinal fortitude and your mental stability.

Perestroika “Strong, Strong Like Bear” c30 (ltd. 30 copies) - While this description is inevitably going to read like a joke, do not dismiss this tape until you’ve at least heard the samples. This odd male & female duo shows up to Cleveland noise shows in Soviet regalia, piss drunk off the main Soviet cultural export, and proceed to pummel the crowd mercilessly with red-menace of a power electronics assault.  If you’ve wanted to know what a bottle of vodka sounds like through a noise rig, you’ll hear it here.

Posture “Absence” CDr (ltd. 15 copies) - 3 tracks clocking in over 45 minutes from this anonymous project focused on male submission and the concept of his liberation through Her domination. After a pummeling c45+c6 private-edition-only release last year, we find more rhythmic, pulsing walls of harsh electronics (some would even say HNW), as Posture this times captures the longing of an abandoned sub.

All releases are $5ppd/$7 international. Purchase all 3 for $12/15.

A few copies of the Hostage Pageant and Blackfire releases remain, along with copies of the Shadows cassette listed in the distro post. Combine those for a 4 for $15/18, 5 for $20/$25, or 6 for $25/30 deal.

contact compulsionrites[at]gmail[dot]com for more info.

SKIN GRAFT - "Wet Engines" LP ***PRE - ORDER***

Compulsion Rites presents:

SKIN GRAFT - "Wet Engines" LP ***PRE - ORDER***

Wyatt Howland has been creating relentless, merciless harsh electronics for the better part of the last decade under the appropriately-chosen SKIN GRAFT moniker. After releasing "Dystrophy" with the prolific Hanson Records last year, we are pleased to announce the follow-up album. Originally released on cassette in 2010, the LP version has been completely remixed and remastered.

For the pre-order, you receive the following:

- "Wet Engines" LP with screen-printed cover, exclusive hand-numbered artwork, and digital download card. RELEASE DATE: JUNE 1ST.

- Skin Graft "Suffer" c30 - brand new material from Wyatt only available with the pre-order. YOUR TAPE WILL SHIP OUT ON APRIL 1ST.

The pre-orders are limited to 36 copies, with the offer  expiring on April 1st.

Pre-orders are $20 ppd for both domestic and international (regular copies will be $15 us/$20 intl)

Paypal to compulsionrites@gmail.com

Previews can be found here:

UPDATE 3/22/12:

 Contracts are signed, order is in. No turning back now. Pre-order with confidence!!!

Also available April 1st: Perestroika c30, Discretion c20, and Posture CDr.

For The Indignant Hearts

Plague Mother "Stress Fracture" c5 - cut short, lost potential. building to nothing, or rather to the absence of everything. Limited to 15 copies.

paypal $5ppd/7world to compulsionrites@gmail.com.


Plague Mother "Stress Fracture" side A preview by compulsionrites

DISTRO ITEMS

Shadows "A Death In The Family" c40 (aSoundesign Recordings) - Wyatt Howland (Skin Graft) & David Russell (Collapsed Arc) have been collaborating for years, producing some incredible, stark works, most recently under the name Shadows. This tape concludes a trilogy of Batman-themed releases, with "Batman Covered In Rats" and "Bane Rides A T-Rex" preceding. Here, you will find guest appearances from Amanda Howland (Spacedog, Dead Peasant Insurance) and Roman J (Plague Mother). To simply call it noise or power electronics would fall short of encompassing the incredible range of sound found here. $6 ppd sample: Shadows "Control" by SHADOWS  

 

Lockstep 7" (self-released) - Crusty metallic hardcore in the vein of classic Cleveland hardcore bands like Integrity and Ringworm. 4 songs ruminating the inevitability of of life's destruction. Nihilist primitivism and unrepentant maliciousness from this Oakland/Cleveland/Parts Unknown unit. Includes download card. $5 ppd

More items will be added over time!

February 2012 Batch

AVAILABLE NOW:

Hostage Pageant "Negative Symptoms" c30 - Shane Church is on a rampage right now, with a series of amazing releases on Fusty Cunt, A Soundesign Records, and Rainbow Bridge. He doesn't slow down with the 4 pieces on this tape. Edition of 50.


Plague Mother "Confessions" SOLD OUT! c10 - the conclusion to a trilogy of c10s (with "Possessions" in 2010 and "Confessions" in 2011) exploring pathological degradation. In the end, you will be found alone, speaking only to the dead. Edition of 20.


Blackfire "Alcoholicaust" c20 - Wyatt Howland (Skin Graft) and Andrew Kirschner are 2 of the gnarliest and mostnmerciless performers when it comes to insanely heavy electronic abuse, and as a duo they are unforgiving. Prepare to be pummeled.  Edition of 60.


Ebola Is The Savior SOLD OUT! c20 - Robert Beveridge (Xterminal) and Roman J (Plague Mother) team up for a misanthrophic harsh noise assault. Rumbling low end synth meets screeching howling tape loops and manipulated military equipment. Infection is imminent. Edition of 25.

Each tape is $5 PPD.  Email here for payment info and other inquiries.