Ulster - M-19 EP ABC records - 19941. Pau nos boys
2. Morte aos velhos
3. Sou anti
4. M-19
5. Bandeiras vermelhas
Before all that Noise-core wave from the 90s, Brazil was the cradle of one of the most extreme, crude, aggressive and noisy hard core punk band from the South-American continent, even from the world... This record presents five songs from a 1982 demo tape. Seems that these guys were far ahead of their time in terms of sonic devastation. Under the sheets of white noise, the rhythm and song structure is still pretty basic Latin American punk, but played at very high levels of distortion... Anyway, they went back to a more classic sound on their 2000 album,"Aperte O Gatilho"
This record had been previously posted on the 7 inch punk blog back in 2006, nothing new here, i just tried to provide a better quality rip, if you read Portuguese, you can click on the pictures to read the liner notes, seems the Ulster guys got a lot of press coverage back in the day.
More information about the band can be found on Kill From The Heart.
Some facts from the KFTH archive:
In 1979, São Paulo's ABC region was Brazil's largest industrial complex, employing thousands of metallurgists. At the same time, there appeared the first signs of a huge social crisis that would shake the structure of the country. The Brazilian Detroit produced not only strikes and unemployment, but also insurrection in several cultural fields - specifically in the music scene which drew its inspiration from the European and American punk movement. The first crop of punk bands had no technological resources, only their dissatisfied scream. Ulster were one of these first bands to give back to the system its own aggression with visual and sonic violence.
In the end of 1979, in the industrial shed of São Bernardo do Campo, Ulster was born, with Betão on drums, Vladi on bass, Luiz (also in Brigada do Ódio and Olho Seco) on guitar and Mauro on vocals. The sound was fast and noisy, energetic and compelling, with direct influences of early '80s punk, such as Discharge, Disorder, etc. The name was inspired by the terrorists of the IRA (Irish Republican Army), who fought battles in the streets of Ulster, Ireland. As a result, the lyrics they wrote were quite provocative and many of them dealt with acts of terrorism, such as the songs "M-19," "Bandeiras Vermelhas" ("Red Flags"), "Morte aos Velhos," etc.
Get this harsh, ear-bleeding record here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/dzkhguodhnh/Ulster - M-19 7'' ep.zip
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