We’ve been tweeting a lot and it seems the news has slowed a bit… expect that to be remedied soon.  In the meantime, check out this photo of some visitors who stopped by ILC this morning.

L to R: Scotty Heath (owner of Tankcrimes), Dave Witte (of Municipal Waste, Burnt By The Sun, etc.), and Alex DiMattesa (ILC employee extraordinaire)

It seems as though the press love for Tankcrimes never ceases, with great reviews, “best of” mentions, interviews, and various other proclamations of grandeur by some of the biggest names in heavy music journalism pouring in.  Here’s a little run down…

In the header for the reviews section of their recent issue (#64/February 2010), Decibel Magazine literally proclaims “Tankcrimes owns January” and feature a number of glowing reviews.  The same issue also notes that forthcoming releases from Toxic Holocaust, Inepsy, Engorged, and Vitamin X are highly anticipated.

Similarly enthusiastic, Maximum Rock N Roll contributors recently printed their “Favorites of the Decade”, with Tankcrimes’ Annihilation Time and Strung Up 7″s both getting mentions.  Annihilation Time also appeared on several “Performances of the Decade” lists, as did Peligro Social (who seemed to make an impression on anyone that saw them live in 2009).

Tankcrimes’ Voetsek have also been lauded for their performance opening for D.R.I. to a sold out audience in San Francisco in December.  A review of the show can be read here and a video from the show can be seen below.

A.N.S. Pressure Cracks has been receiving a lot of attention, including an 8/10 rating in Decibel Magazine (drawing comparisons to everyone from D.R.I. and Black Flag to The Accused and Black Sabbath) and a review on bornuglymag.com that admits, “I don’t know what else to say about this record except that it will hand you your ass.”  There’s also an interview from 2009 with A.N.S. available on the Thrasher Magazine website.

In honor of their 10th Anniversary as a band, A.N.S. will be doing a weekend of celebratory shows January 29th and 30th in Texas.  Dates for this, as well as a number of other noteworthy shows by Tankcrimes bands (including Cannabis Corpse West Coast dates and Impaled at festivals in Mexico City and Baltimore) can be found on our Tours Dates page.

Northern California’s punk/hardcore/metal label Tankcrimes has been keeping fans on their toes, most recently with the incredibly popular new EP from Cannabis Corpse, The Weeding, that came out recently.  If you need further convincing, check out this “commercial” for the release:

And if that still isn’t enough, check out this video from a show at New York City’s legendary ABC No Rio:

For those of you in Europe, make sure to catch Cannabis Corpse on their Terrorizer Magazine sponsored this coming February!

Also, labelmates and so-called “super group” King Generator (featuring Dave Witte, Jamie Thompson, Mike Hill) haven’t exactly been in the press lately themselves, but all the members’ main bands have been drawing quite a bit of attention, substantiating the claims to “super group” status….

In Decibel Magazine’s Top 40 Records of 2009, Mike Hill’s Tombs came in at #8, Dave Witte’s Municipal Waste came in at #38, and Witte’s other band Burnt By The Sun were at #25!  Not to leave Jamie Thompson out, his legendary power-violence band Shank was recently featured in Terrorizer Magazine.