Never thought I'd see this back in print again...legendary powerviolence bands Capitalist Casualties and Man Is The Bastard teamed up for this absolutely RAGING split 12" back in 1994 in a run of 1200 copies, with each band filling up a side with a short but devestating blast of wonky extreme hardcore that was collectively some of

their most lethal recorded material ever. The original vinyl has been out of print for years and each band's tracks would later be included on CD, but since those CDs are now out of print (both Capitalist Casualties A Collection Of Out-Of-Print Singles, Split EP's And Compilation Tracks and Man Is The Bastard's Mancruel), this is once again the only place where you can find these tracks.

Capitalist Casualties tear through thirteen super short tracks of stripped-down hardcore aggression on their side, and it's some of my fave stuff from these misanthropic speedfreaks. Combining intensely pissed off political lyrics and a blurr-thrash style of HC that sounded like DRI sped up to doublespeed, this is some of the greatest music to come out of the powerviolence scene of the early 90's, injecting wonky Greg Ginn-esque riffs and jarring stop-start arrangements into their blastcore that leaves you dizzy. If you're a fan of new jacks like Endless Blockade and Weekend Nachos, you gotta hear these Capitalist Casulaties tracks to see where they are cribbing most of their moves from. Crucial stuff, right up their with Infest and Crossed Out.

The Man Is The Bastard side featured the first recordings from the band to feature Andy Beatiie from No Comment on vocals, and these five tracks are some of MITB's most vicious. "Foot Binding", "Feed The Octopus", "Eunuch", "Gourmet Pez", "Blinds"...this is some of their fastest stuff, mixing together the bizarre angular bass riffs and technical, proggy arrangements with blasts of grinding speed and the triple-vocal assault. Ugh, when the instrumental "Feed The Octopus" kicks in to that wicked rocking groove, it's sickening...this stuff is awesome, some of the most inventive and avant-garde hardcore ever, and still totally unmatched today.

Absolutely ESSENTIAL. They've kept the original album art and insert intact, with Jeff Whiplash's cool high contrast artwork and the iconic MITB design style all present. Black vinyl.