RecaPitulation: A Wilhelm Scream, Clutch, Suicide Silence

Quote of the day: "Not that it will make a difference, but I'm sorry." - Bernie Madoff

A Wilhelm Scream - one of the better-named hardcore-ish punk bands Massachusetts has produced - have palled up with Less Than Jake skin-slapper Vinnie Fiorello and his Paper + Plastick Records roster. The band - whose frontman, “Nuno,” is not the same one in fellow MA-sters Extreme - will set forth a self-titled 12-inch EP through the label sometime in the early fall. Keep your eyes on PaperandPlastick.com, which will be selling it exclusively. …

A match made in doom: Clutch and Wino are tag-teaming for a fall jaunt that will see the boogie men and towering howler stomping across the U.S. from September 9 (in Pittsburgh) through October 10 (in New York). They’ll also join forces with Shadows Fall for a gig on Friday in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After that, Clutch will fill up their summer with even more dates, with Baroness and Lionize, starting July 9 in Cincinnati and ending August 8 in B-more, the band’s hometown. Said city is also where the dudes tracked their ninth effort, Strange Cousins From the West, which was produced by Jawbox hero J. Robbins. Look for the album on July 14 via Clutch’s own RED-distributed Weathermaker Music. Fans will probably want to go the iTunes route on that one, as the site is offering a bonus 10-minute video doc. Hop over to the Weathermaker MySpace page for a taste of the new tune-age. …

We just caught a few bars from the new Ancestors album and got our brains turned inside out. Hot diggity dog damn. One minute it sounds like Can, the next minute Mastodon, then Neurosis - and then there’s some crazy organ shit. Of Sound Mind, primed for an October 6 release on Tee Pee, purports to examine “the quandaries of human psychology and its effect on and within the development of modern society.” We’ll stew on that one when we’re done rocking out. …

While we can’t share that Ancestors stream with you, we won’t leave you hanging: Here’s a free MP3 from The Horse’s Ha, a razzy (that’s rock + jazz, duh) new ensemble consisting of Chicago stalwarts like Janet Bean (Freakwater) and James Elkington (Zincs). The song is called “Slow Moon’s Rise,” which all you Slapp Happy fans - we know you’re out there, somewhere - will recognize as a cover of a song by that band. The Horse’s Ha put the track to tape while recording their Of The Cathmawr Yards debut, which is available now via Hidden Agenda and got an A- from The Onion’s A.V. Club. The all-acoustic instrumentalists also have nine gigs in their datebook, beginning Friday in Chicago and wrapping September 19 in Champaign, Illinois. Still can’t decide if you want to go? Treat your ears to two other tracks, “Asleep in a Waterfall” and “The Piss Choir.” …

We don’t know what the hell “genocide of your reality” is supposed to mean, but that isn’t stopping us from loving this wicked gory video compilage for Suicide Silence’s No Time to Bleed, which streets today on Century Media:

SUICIDE SILENCE - Genocide Album Teaser

There are almost too many different album formats to count for this one, but our favorite is the “Maximum Bloodshed edition,” which has five collector cards, a poster, mail-in T-shirt offer and other goodies. Rock. …

RIP Vibe.