AGATHOCLES · Displeased Recordings | 3CD BOXSET

3 CD box set containting the Displeased Records releases.

Background information about 'Displeased Recordings'

This comprehensive collection showcases the raw power and uncompromising vision of Agathocles, Belgium's most notorious grindcore export. The boxset spans three crucial releases that helped define the band's legendary status in the underground scene. From the crushing intensity of "Theatric Symbolisation Of Life" to the politically charged fury of "Grind Is Protest", this compilation demonstrates why Agathocles remains one of the most influential acts in extreme music. The inclusion of rare live material from their 1990 performance adds an extra layer of authenticity that die-hard fans will absolutely treasure.

What makes this collection particularly special is how it captures the band's evolution while maintaining their core philosophy that grind is protest. The middle disc "Mincer" serves as a perfect bridge between their early experimental phase and their later more focused assault, featuring standout tracks like "Dethrone The Tyrant" and the title track that showcases their ability to blend crushing riffs with socially conscious lyrics. Each disc flows seamlessly into the next, creating a journey through decades of unrelenting grindcore mastery that never loses its edge or political bite.

For fans of: Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Terrorizer, and Repulsion

Track listing

CD 1: Theatric Symbolisation Of Life & Live

1. Burning Water (Intro) / Lack Of Personality
2. Four Walls
3. Theatric Symbolisation Of Life
4. Like An Ivy (Poem) / Suffocation
5. Kill Your Fucking Idols
6. The Truth Begins Where Man Stops To Think
7. Train (Poem) / The Tree
8. What A Nerve
9. Alternative – Another Trend
10. The Tree
11. Let It Be For What It Is
12. Lack Of Personality
13. Theatric Symbolisation Of Life
14. Consuming Endoderme Plus
15. Suffocation
16. Four Walls
17. What A Nerve
18. Threshold To Senility
19. Pulverised

CD 2: Mincer

1. Dethrone The Tyrant
2. Matadores Del Libertad
3. Maze Of Papers
4. Empty Frame
5. War Fetisjists Kill
6. Carved Face Fashion
7. Forced To Masturbate
8. Ergos – Thanatos
9. Archives And Files
10. Yuppie Career Freak
11. Diary Of White Trash
12. Bass The Gabbers
13. Kurose
14. Expandable Goods
15. Class War Necessity
16. Logical Exodus
17. Misery = Destiny
18. Pricks At Gigs
19. Goredom – Boredom
20. Where It Belongs
21. Mincer

CD 3: Grind is Protest

1. Grind Is Protest
2. Only Fiction
3. Bon Apetit
4. Legions Of Consumption
5. Pathetic
6. Bang Bang
7. Worthless
8. Open The Gates
9. Paula
10. Big Flat Cages
11. Run Whitey Run
12. Ministries Of Arms
13. Contradiction
14. Desk Armada
15. Liberal Cancer
16. Ring Tone Rip Off
17. Porcelain A
18. Hype And Go
19. Bad Ass Farmer
20. Electrifarce
21. Axe The Tax
22. Voor Wat Het Baat
23. Religious Fucking Dope
24. Hear More
25. VMO
26. Bank(rupt) Cards
27. Today's Solution
28. Infoverdose
29. Knights Of The Cash
30. Too Fast
31. Tension
32. Horns Up – Fuck Off
33. Not A Bit
34. Monitored And Controlled
35. Abolition
36. Chronic Death
37. Necessity
38. Solution Or Prob
39. Arbeit Macht Krank
40. Arrows Of Death

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