Subsanity –
Subsanity - Rare and Unreleased (2014) [EP] |
90/100 May 30, 2024 |

Band line-up: Mike-voice, Brad-drums, Timmy-bass, Greenaway-1st guitar, Arnette-other guitar.
There's nothing rare about this material nor unreleased. It's all been released before - officially with all performers knowledge & consent. Most tracks are all from 1999 Future Is War album, while the last two were from 1996 Lost On Earth EP.
1st track Why Waste Time by Timmy & Brad. Future Is War by Greenaway & Brad. 2d track Capitalist Disease by Brad & Mike.(Songs hidden in Track 3 are: Rat Piss by Timmy, Brad & Mike. Shit Continues by Brad & Timmy. Faust Aleph Null by Brad.) Track 3 Final Conquest by DJ, Brad, Mike. Track 4 by DJ, Greenaway, Brad.
This is a comp, a re-release of material written from 1995-1998 and recorded 1996-1999. This re-release does not credit the actual songwr iters & performers, nor did they authorize their work to be re-released without their knowledge & consent, nor have they been paid any revenue generated from its publication. It is an illegal bootleg of their original work. Rating? The work is the work, so it's quite good. However, this is outright theft of intellectual property, so that speaks for itself & whomever counterfeited the stolen material. ... See More
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Subsanity –
Future Is War (1999) |
100/100 May 30, 2024 |

Considered by many to be the band's last official recording before it self-imploded & never re-organised again with any amount of stability, this is the final swan song of a legendary, yet very obscure band that always teetered on self-destruction, but attained well-earned respect by its peers. For as obscure as this band was, it was recognized as an explosive fire-storm of sound that challenged its audiences while they played with far more recognized national & international acts. Other musicians enjoyed playing with them while also feeling threatened by its violence & scared by its power. No way could this band touch anything like Beethoven or Bach, but it wasn't about that. This band is a product of late-stage capitalist corporate fascism, so it isn't brilliant like any classical master : It's mean & vicious like the society that manufactured the musicians who performed it.
That encompassing live power of these sounds has been inspiration, aphrodisiac, canvas & vomit for those subjected to its raging tornado of nihilistic assault. Of note: the 3rd song as Untitled is actually called Embittered, which was later re-released variously. The 8th & 11th songs are often not included on releases. Engineered by respected soundman Wes Sharon, it's amazing this LP was released at all. It's the bands strongest material, most of it written by drummer Brad & bassist Timmy, with only one song each by other members. The cover was done by the guitarist from Oppressor.
The recording sessions were full of animosity & the band had all but disintegrated by the time it was released. Although this is by far their best full-length effort, pure hatred makes the 1st release obscure. The release name was taken off the cover, the drummer's name was removed from this & other recordings, songs were removed, retitled, artwork changed, etc. Shameful, unethical, unprofessional low-life unworthy behavior. Good luck finding the original release. It's far superior to any counterfeit release after their pitiful demise, which as far as most people are concerned - this album is the end of this band in all of its finality which can never be resurrected, recaptured or duplicated - since HALF OF THE LINE-UP HAS BEEN DEAD FOR A DECADE. The last bit of magic this line-up had to offer before becoming an uncredited footnote is poured into this last recording. Then it evaporated. No more. ... See More
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Subsanity –
Human Is Shit (1997) [EP] |
100/100 May 30, 2024 |

Highly regarded as a definitive album by this particular line-up, the material has been called scary & dangerous by other musicians. The recording took place late at night & the band members were tired from moving into a new rehearsal house, but the band's tightness & knowledge of their own material overshadows any mistakes. It was engineered by a guy known only as Ed in his own studio, and the sound captures the band's live sound more authentically than anything done before. This line-up went for a towering wall of sound that could not be ignored & would not allow itself to be background noise while others talked over it, whether on stage or in the rehearsal space. This material is like an out of control tank, boiling over & spewing everything in every direction, leaving no one & nothing unscathed - not even the performers, who were chewed up & spat out when it was done. It was at this time the band began hearing others describe their sound as PowerViolence. ... See More
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Subsanity –
Lost on Earth (1996) [EP] |
85/100 May 30, 2024 |

Recorded over Halloween, the sound engineering is sub-par & uses triggers at the sound engineer's insistence, which the band protested against. The triggers went off randomly, screwing up the beats per minute & they also were clicky & just didn't sound good, providing an inauthentic sound that the band didn't sound like live. The guitars were also divided, and that kind of separation of sound is not what the band sounded like since they went for a wall of blended sound.
This EP features a re-recording of Final Conquest which was originally recorded with transitional line-up that included DJ on guitar & Neill on bass in 1995 for the Psycho Dubs cassette release. The original version of the song is more crust-punk, while this version of it has all the crust taken out of it & is more Meta l.
This EP was more common than the split that was released using half the material. The split used the same cover, but it was a yellow cover with a different back cover that reflected that it was a split with 2 bands. This full EP was released on cassette & vinyl while the split was vinyl only. The full Lost On Earth EP also included a high quality black on white vinyl bumper sticker with the 1st 100 released.
Overall, the material is stronger than this recording of it. The sound engineering did not capture how the material actually sounded, so it's hard to rate it. There are live board recorded bootlegs & rehearsal tapes of this material that sound far better than this costly studio recording. ... See More
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Subsanity –
Post-Apocalyptic Doom Attack (1996) |
90/100 May 30, 2024 |

Line-up: Mike-voice, Brad-drums, Neill-bass, DJ-1st guitar & bass, Arnette-other guitar.
Former band members featured are founding drummer Shane, guitarist Roger & bassist Neill.
Collected 7 inches with various producers & studios compiled into a full-length cassette self-release (see above pic), later picked up by Wild Rags as their actual last release before the label went broke due to incarceration of label owner - making their CD version of the release very rare. This was the last release ever by Wild Rags. The circumstances stiffed the band, so they had to self release it on their own label again. The Wild Rags release was in a jewel-case with high quality slick card stock for the inlay, and the album title was added to the cover art, which remained with later releases. Only the ori ginal cassette release had no album title on the cover.
The subsequent self-release was packaged like a mini vinyl LP - in a slip cover, but the band's own WarWax label replaced the Wild Rags label & the album art on standard photocopy. A high quality vinyl black on white bumper sticker was included in 1000 copies of that release. Later, the CD was distributed by Sensual Underground Ministries with the artwork on higher quality card stock on their own label, but without the bumper sticker bonus.
The art was done in a single sitting by guitarist-tattooist DJ who was supplied with high quality blotter LSD by a mortician after band rehearsal. His original art was called Eternal Cycle Of Filth & printed as white on black T-shirts. It was later changed to Post Apocalyptic Doom Attack when used as the album cover art. The album title was used as a nickname for drummer Brad as Post Apocalyptic Drum Attack.
The song Post Apocalyptic Doom Attack wasn't yet written, and is instead found on the Human Is Shit 7 inch released 2 years later. ... See More
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