Our show next month is 100% canceled. Keep your eyes peeled for where Bad Noids and Mr. California are playing elsewhere on their tour.

Painting the devil on the wall with INFERNAL STRONGHOLD

Last show until around November, I imagine. Plus, INFERNAL STRONGHOLD. Some of the best new locals around these parts are filling out the bill as well, so it's a can't miss.

FB event page for those that require such things = https://www.facebook.com/events/291035027670261/

Long weekend in July + back home show

July 20th - Pittsburgh, PA @Cobra Cabana w/ Resist Control, Anthophobic 

Info on shows in Pittsburgh + Cleveland coming soon!

MD + Philly Weekender!

May 19th--

May 20th--

Come hang out!

HEAVY METAL TONIGHT

Our drummer caught the PanzerBastard curse and had to get stitches, so come out tonight and buy that son of a bitch a beer!

New review for the split with Kruds

From MRR #348

TWO WEEKS

PATAC Records Spring Sampler 2012

Check out the PATAC sampler, plenty killer bands plus two songs from us; one from the split with Kruds and one from the upcoming full length!

The Rock smells t(h)rash.

From examiner.com--

As one of South Eastern Massachusetts’ most infamous and chaotic live acts, Rampant Decay have earned their reputation for unpredictability, particularly when it comes to the band’s proverbial mouth that roared, Rich “Bam Bam” Horror. Fulfilling the d-beating, Motorhead-worshipping, blackened grind genre’s quota for pro wrestling and TSR-related lyrical content via his unruly ‘n unholy howl, Horror has made it his mission to assault any unsuspecting jabrone with The People’s Power-Violence at any given moment. Read on or get super-kicked.

Cheers once again! How goes it in the Rampant Decay camp? Are you sufficiently stoked on the new 7” and could you give us a little back story as to its creation? How long have you known Kruds, and how did the idea to split some vinyl originally come about?

Things are better and drunker than ever. Finally doing some touring last year with this being the ultimate lineup has definitely brought everything to a level it's never been to before.  The split is definitely a big cause of excitement, especially since it took so long to come out at all! [laughs] Basically, the Kruds found us back in the prehistoric archaic times when people still used MySpace. They dug the Antisocial Deathmarch material a lot and wanted to put something of ours out on their label, Blast-A-Lot. Then through looking that up we heard their band, dug what they were doing and the idea to do a split with them just sprang forth from that.

Did you already have these songs lying around, waiting to use, or did you write them specifically for this release? Are they indicative of the direction RD might be taking on the next full length?

These are actually the first two songs we wrote fully with Pat Singleton as the drummer. They existed during the final days of the previous lineup, but were never played through completely. In fact I think possibly only "King Of The Trash" was even tinkered with at practice with the old lineup. So obviously we were very excited to get them out there for folks to hear. A combination of these two and leftover songs we'd recorded for the Insult split session were supposed to be used in this split and possible splits with Enabler from Milwaukee and Sin of Angels from Rhode Island. In the end however we decided to use these for the Kruds split, since that seemed like the most concrete plan at the time and to re-record the others for the full length. There are a few songs on the full length that are similar to the two on the Kruds split. A lot of people have called them "Motorhead meets Discharge d-beat metal", but to me they're just good gnarly rocking tunes to smash your face to. But then you could say that about every piece of music we've ever written.

Speaking of which, the band has grown exponentially, even since Antisocial Deathmarch. What are your thoughts on that release today, and where do you find the band’s creative headspace these days in comparison? The new material sounds far more grim, aggressive and sinister, yet at the same time more honed and controlled; there definitely seems to be a deliberate feeling to the songwriting. Would you agree at all, and could you describe how the creative process has progressed?

I'd agree, and it has everything to do with all the right pieces being in place and having a higher caliber of ammunition with which to murder people. A lot of it has been playing with a really incredible and heavy-hitting drummer. Pat is basically what we would have had to create in a lab Weird Science-style if he didn't already exist. With that comes the ability to incorporate more influences and styles, which has allowed Pat [Mahoney] to really spread his wings in a songwriting sense. Japanese Hardcore is something we're heavily into, so expect to hear more of that in the jams to come along with our usual throw everything in a blender approach.

Rich, where would you say you’re coming from as a lyricist these days, and how do you feel your vocal approach has grown over the recordings? “Political Lemmings” certainly sees you experimenting a bit with regards to Integrity styled howling over the psychotic screaming you’ve been known for up until this point?

The crazy grindcore early Napalm Death screaming thing fit in with the older stuff, because it was all very to the point and super fast breakneck speed the whole time. The current crop are a lot heavier and rocking, yet still super fast, but with riffs that make the speed seem even more insane. So with that I felt like a gnarlier vocal approach was what served the songs the best. Plus, I've been listening to a lot of Antiseen and with Jeff Clayton as your guide, it's impossible to not become a bad mother!ucker just by following his example.

Where do you see the band headed over the next five years, and what are some of your more immediate plans with regards to recording and shows? Any plans for overseas action, do you think?

More releases, more touring, more beers. The next thing we have our sights on is recording a 7" with an eye to it being released in Japan. Hopefully a split label release with an American label, just so everyone Stateside can get a taste of the new stuff as well, but invading overseas is a big goal for us. Playing Japan, Canada and Australia are two things I've had on my bucket list since the first time I heard AC/DC, D.O.A. and Gauze. Other than that, a two week tour of the Southeast is in the planning stages for this year, and in the coming years we'd like to revisit the Midwest, head to Texas to rage with the Kruds and then finally head out West.

Final thoughts? Thanks again for your time! Cheers!

Just thanks as always for the interview and support. Everyone can check out and grab the record online via PATAC Records along with all the other sleaze and filth that a$$hole puts out. E-C-Dub.

TONIGHT!

They're in! Our split with Kruds is here, and will be sold at AS220 in Providence, RI tonight. White Load will also have their new LP for sale. Hoax and Vile Reign are on as well. Also pictured is the new PanzerBastard 10", which PATAC Records will also have for sale. Show's at 9, come on down!

Or order it here: http://patac.bigcartel.com/product/rampant-decay-kruds-split-7-vinyl-ep

COMING SOON!

We're on this comp, supporting the punks in Indonesia! More info can be found on the Bandung Pyrate Punx page.

New review of the split with Kruds!

Hitting hard, fast and with no thought of taking any prisoners, the split EP via PATAC / Blast-A-Lot from Rampant Decay and Kruds has no mercy. Through six tracks and an accumulated time falling short of ten minutes, the release makes strong men crumble and the meek run for the nearest corner to whimper and dribble insanely with their ears in their hands. The attack is swift, brief and leaves the listener in no doubt that they better hold tight as the hardcore outbursts within the EP show no mercy.

From Providence, Rhode Island, Rampant Decay provides two tracks to wither the senses in “Political Lemmings” and “King Of The Trash”. Formed in 2007, the trio of vocalist Rich “Bam Bam” Horror, guitarist Pat “P.S.” Mahoney and drummer Pat “Buddy Jack” Singleton combine a varied mix of sick flavours to their hardcore sound, primarily punk but with seeping eruptions of crossover, metal, dirty, beer swilling rock, old school punk, and even a touch of oi can be heard. No stranger to split releases, recently having one with Insult that gained much acclaim, Rampant Decay’s tracks are the strongest on this release. Confident and sure handed they grab hold and beat up the ears with their brutal sound and intensity. “Political Lemmings” is the leader of the pack on the EP, a violent stomp that strikes relentlessly with killer riffs, battering rhythms, and gang vocals to echo in every punk’s heart. “King Of The Trash” flows close behind with equal power and ravaging effect. Lyrically, it is hard to know much as vocal delivery for both bands is trademark growls and gravelly screeches, but it all adds to the flavour.

Experience does show as the main difference between the two bands: whereas Rampant Decay know what they want and how to get it, Kruds have a more desperate urgency to their sound, though it also is a positive bringing an eagerness that should never be denied.  From Texas, the quartet of Gonzalez-Vocals, Carrasco-Guitar, Ramirez-Drums, Pollock-Bass/Vocals slam into the face harder than a truck, their hardcore/thrash violence coming with no frills. Raw and intense the tracks on the EP eat away at the ear like rusty acid, dirty and with harsh brevity. The band provide four tracks to the EP and, though the songs lack somewhat in having their own refined sound and direction, they more than show great promise for the band.  Unfortunately up against Rampant Decay, and with an inferior production to their tracks, it does highlight more the areas that are less impressive than those that are. Despite that, though, “Hatchet Face” and “Advantage / Harlot” show the band has much to offer and are on the right track to make a big mark.

This latest split EP is worth a moment of anyone’s time if they like a beat down from some effective hardcore/punk sounds, and with the release being a “buy now name your price” athttp://patacrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rampant-decay-kruds-split-7 there really is no excuse to spend a couple of dollars and get some good, raucous sounds.

RingMaster 16/09/2011

And our record release as well.