CVLT Nation is super stoked to be releasing the latest in our Label Series mixtapes from Moshpit Tragedy! This awesome punk and metal digital label offers music by donation and/or free to the public in true DIY style, and today they have curated an epic mixtape that brings you into their family. Also, Moshpit Tragedy has a Scion Showcase coming up on July 21st in Pomona, CA, check the details and RSVP link after the jump. To celebrate the mix and showcase, they have agreed to give away a couple of their tees to our readers (US only), so to enter to win a tee email us at contest@cvltnation.com with “Moshpit Tragedy” in the subject! The winner will be chosen Monday, July 9th at noon PT! Check out what Moshpit Tragedy’s founder Rayny Forster has to say about the mix below, and blast this motherfucker!!!
[audio:http://staging.cvltnation.com/wp-content/audio/Moshpit Tragedy CvltNation Mix Tape.mp3|titles=Moshpit Tragedy Mixtape for CVLT Nation]Here you go, one hour and forty-five minutes of the kind of music you will find at Moshpit Tragedy. If you like what you hear, you can download all of these albums, as well as many others on a donation basis (most include a free option) from www.moshpittragedy.com. Please share it with your friends.
DOWNLOAD Moshpit Tragedy Mixtape for CVLT Nation HERE!
Moshpit Tragedy TRACK LIST
01. Agrimonia – Leaves Fall Rotten
02. Agrimonia – The Decay
03. Arsenal Of Empties – 1st Of The Month
04. Arsenal Of Empties – Bottle The Dragon
05. Columns – A Blind Fight
06. Columns – What You’ve Done Is Gone
07. Devil’s Son-In-Law – 40 Acres
08. Devil’s Son-In-Law – Thistle
09. Doomed Youth – After the Outbreak
10. Doomed Youth – Children of Life’s Destruction
11. Extreme Noise Terror – Bullshit Propaganda
12. Extreme Noise Terror – Raping the Earth
13. From Ashes Rise – Divine Reich
14. From Ashes Rise – Life And Death
15. Hangover Overdose – Kari Rajamaki
16. Hangover Overdose – Sumu
17. Hulluus – Black Tomorrow
18. Hulluus – Hour Of Wolves
19. Misery – Born Fed Slaughtered
20. Misery – Falling Of Darkness
21. Morne – Force
22. Morne – Machine
23. Phobia – Morally Content
24. Phobia – Taxes At Work
25. Seas Will Rise – In Dust And Blood
26. Seas Will Rise – Wash Out And Rust
27. Skarp – And It Continues
28. Skarp – Fuck TBN
29. The Dregs – Bag in a Bag
30. The Dregs – Chewed Upon
31. Theories – First World’s Last Breath
32. Theories – Hell In Her Eyes
33. Total Fucking Destruction – Necro Anarchist
34. Total Fucking Destruction – TFD = THC (666)
SCION LABEL SHOWCASE PRESENTS
MOSHPIT TRAGEDY
FEATURING:
PHOBIA
MORNE
TOTAL F%CKING DESTRUCTION
SKARP
SEAS WILL RISE
SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2012
1PM-6PM
THE GLASS HOUSE
248 WEST 2ND STREET
POMONA, CA 91766
ALL AGES
FREE WITH RSVP
RSVP IS STRICTLY REQUIRED AT WWW.SCIONAV.COM/METALSHOW
EARLY ARRIVAL IS SUGGESTED AS SPACE IS LIMITED
ENTRY IS NOT GUARANTEED | LINE UP SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Anonymous-er
July 6, 2012 at 8:31 am
Scion offering this show free and paying the venue and promotion and renting the gear and whatever it is they pay the artists, coupled with Moshpit Tragedy, who probally aren’t making much money running a pay what you want label, are providing US w/ a free show, free records and people in the music “industry” getting paid as well (stage hands, gear rental, box office employees,hell the record store next to the venue and all the food around the venue) is a bad thing? I can see how this type of scenerio could spiral away from “DIY” but this particular event the word FREE is paramount. I think its pretty special. No need to illegally download, no need to pay ticketmaster fees, etc…
Anonymous
July 5, 2012 at 12:44 pm
So, maybe I’m confused, but I’m pretty sure you can no longer claim DIY when you host corporate events. Just sayin…
Meghan
July 5, 2012 at 12:49 pm
I think it’s more about the DIY ethos of the 6 years Moshpit Tragedy has been offering music by donation or free to the public than it is about 1 event in those 6 years. If they turn into Sony after this showcase, I’ll agree with you, but I’m 99.9% sure they aren’t going to. I’m glad their message will get out to more people, and that they’ll have a wider audience for the bands they support!
Anonymous
July 5, 2012 at 2:31 pm
I agree that a wider audience is cool, but doesn’t the fact that being sponsored by a fucked up corporation, that’s been throwing it’s money at our scene in an attempt to win over new customers somewhat discount however many years you were in business previously?
I mean, offering free music is AWESOME, and to do so without expectation of gain or reward is the pinnacle of DIY forward thinking, but to be corporately funded kind of takes that feeling away, doesn’t it? No gain is made because corporate money just fills in the gaps. It turns something that was an act of kindness into a business plan.
DISCLAIMER: Not to say that MT is currently paid out by Scion, but with the Scion hosted event and acceptance of corporate sponsorship by a lot of current labels, it’s just the way I see things going.
Wayne
July 5, 2012 at 6:33 pm
I read in an interview with one of the other label guys, that the labels are not paid for these events. But even if that were the case, do you expect them to live in a cardboard box so people can download their albums for free? I know many labels that actually refer to themselves as DIY who are much more business-oriented.
Anonymous
July 5, 2012 at 10:41 pm
Punk / hardcore existed well before Scion. We just worked jobs (some we hated) to fund on our bands, labels, etc. Y’know, did it ourselves. It’s tough to get ahead, but no one is living in a cardboard box.
My qualms are not with any individual bands or labels, just the notion that the punk scene is becoming corporately funded. It makes me sad because within the scenes I’ve been and am associated, the politics are always very radical, and letting a blood sucking corporation co-opt your hardcore is not something that would ever happen in a million years, so to see so many supporters of it in the scene is aggravating.
I guess the community is just changing, and it’s something we’ll all have to get used to. Either that or the scene will split into those who support, and those who don’t. These certainly are trying times. Haha.
The conversations are always interesting. It’s good to hear several view points.
Meghan
July 5, 2012 at 12:51 pm
PS. I called them DIY, MT didn’t label themselves as such.