Spring 2009
Enemy Soil Smashes the State! is available for purchase through Robotic Empire as a digital download. Here's an excerpt of the press release:
Quote Andy Low, owner of Robotic Empire:
"ENEMY SOIL is the band that got me into metal. Most people have an older brother or cool friend or something that gets them into subversive music, but my first introduction to anything remotely heavy (outside of punk) was seeing ENEMY SOIL live in a basement in Sterling, Virginia.
Needless to say it was a life changing event, and so it's sort of an honor to finally work with Richard "The Grindfather" Johnson after all these years. For those unfamiliar with the band, here's a more cohesive description:"
ENEMY SOIL was a long-running, grinding monster who's members eventually went on to form or join PIG DESTROYER, AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED, DRUGS OF FAITH, PG.99, CITY OF CATERPILLAR, FRODUS, BATTLETORN and many, many more.
The epitome of "underground," this massive collection is their swansong to blistering grindcore, with almost everything they ever recorded and/or released (except for one 7" on Relapse), plus a fistuful of previously unreleased tracks.
From their humble (yet crucial) drum-machine origins, to the behemoth of a full-band they would eventually become... the sheer variety (and quantity) of punk, metal, grind, industrial and more collected here is downright impressive. With 72 tracks over nearly two hours, this is an epic homage to the mighty ENEMY SOIL!
April 10, 2009
In Terrorizer Magazine #131's Grindcore Special part 2, a three-man panel ranked Enemy Soil's Casualties of Progress #5 in a top-20 list of essential U.S. grindcore releases. Find more information about the Casualties of Progress CD from Relapse and order it here and here.
April 3, 2009
Below is a list of outlets where you can find the Enemy Soil DVD, Enemy Soil Smashes the State Live:
Amazon
The Omega Order
Redrum Media
Rev HQ
Crimes Against Humanity Records
Negative Existence
Obscene
January 9, 2009
Enemy Soil Smashes The State Live, the Enemy Soil retrospective DVD, is out now in Europe and the States.
Selfmadegod Records has posted release and ordering information on the Enemy Soil DVD at their website here.
Here's the press release:
11/11/2008: ENEMY SOIL SMASHES THE STATE LIVE DVD TO SEE RELEASE
The Enemy Soil Smashes The State Live DVD, the official collection of some of the band's explosive live performances, will see release in December 2008 in Europe and January 13th 2009 in the United States through Selfmadegod Records.
The DVD is a must for all of the Enemy Soil fans all over the world that never got a chance to see the influential political grindcore band live, as well as for those who want to see how the various incarnations of the group performed, presented here through raw video originally captured on analog camcorders.
Enemy Soil from Virginia, USA, despite being broken up for over a decade, has seen its classic Relapse 7" from the mid-'90s reissued and its select discography Enemy Soil Smashes the State! (of which the DVD is a companion release) repressed numerous times. The various members of the band have gone on to form several other bands, not the least of which being City of Caterpillar and Pig Destroyer, and have gone into such diverse groups as Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Frodus and Drugs Of Faith.
Featuring never-before seen live footage of 24 songs taken from shows from 1996 to 1998 and the set from the 2001 reunion gig at CBGB's in New York City, Enemy Soil Smashes the State Live is packed with over an hour of music, including a previously unreleased live in the studio audio recording, a photo and flyer gallery, and liner notes. This marks the first time that video of Enemy Soil is available for a mass audience.
http://enemysoil.drugsoffaith.com
www.myspace.com/enemygrind
www.selfmadegod.com
www.selfmadegod-usa.com
www.myspace.com/selfmadegodrecords
January 9, 2009
Also, you can find more information about the Casualties of Progress CD from Relapse here and here.
Bones Brigade has reissued the Enemy Soil Smashes the State! discography.