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BEHEAD THE PROPHET N.L.S.L.  Making Craters Where Buildings Stood  7" VINYL   (Sound Pollution)   3.98


This scathing 7" from the Washington State hardcore thrash band Behead The Prophet No Lord Shall Live came out in 1998, and their ripping, violin-infested attacks haven't mellowed a bit in the past ten years. Taking their name from a Deicide song, Behead The Prophet N.L.S.L. (as their name is usually abbreviated) formed in the mid-90's after the dissolution of the influential Olympia band Mukilteo Fairies, and featured a lineup of musicians that was highlym irregular for a band playing this kind of ratty, gnarly thrash punk; along with the usual drums, bass, and guitar, Behead The Prophet also included saxophone played by guitarist Dave Harvey, but what really set them apart was the presence of violinist Michael Griffen. Griffen was also a member of the long running and highly respected improvised noise duo Noggin, and in Behead The Prophet he contributed a onslaught of truly evil-sounding violin skree over top of the chaotic grinding punk and screeching vocals that took the spazzy Gravity sound (think Heroin, Antioch Arrow) and sped it up several times over. The seven songs on this 7" are as ferocious as ever, blasting each song out in fast minute-long bursts, and married the raging music to a fierce queer-positive/anti-war/anti-materialism message. Members would later go on to play in Lords Of Lightspeed, Tight Bros. From Way Back When, The Reeks and the Wrecks, and sadly Michael Griffen died earlier this year (2008), but this 7" and the band's sole album I Am The Great And Fiery Force remain as powerful documents of this band's crushing, incendiary music. The record comes in a huge fold out poster, with the lyrics and liner notes printed on the other side.