Gore

In the late 1980's there weren't many instrumental bands. Few played brutally direct instrumental music like the Dutch band Gore.
They released a number of albums, including a split LP with Rollins Band and toured extensively in Europe and the UK.
Gore have been long overlooked, all the more reason to reissue their signature album Mean Man's Dream

By the way, the "GORE" in our name was a link to the Dutch instrumental band GORE. The band which inspired us to use no vocals.
Morten Gass of Bohren und der Club of Gore

Gore's single-minded musical direction created a foundation for any number of male-dominated bands of the late '80s and early '90s bands that grew out of hardcore and punk, sidestepped the Sub Pop grunge machine and AmRep sleaze pits, and leaned into music that was as serious as it was aggressive. Bitch Magnet, Slint, Bastro, Don Caballero, Dazzlingkillmen and about a dozen other outfits of that stripe all owe Gore a large debt of gratitude, for they were all able to add their own touches to Gore's simple formula and make it their own. Black metal, as a whole, should also be thanking Gore for helping to voice miserable, horrifying thoughts into a cohesive musical whole; scrape away the layers of distortion and screaming, and you will inevitably find the same elements of songcraft standing bolt upright in the damning sun. The "Gore" in the German band Bohren und Der Club of Gore - you guessed it.
Doug Mosurock Dusted July 29. 2008

Selected Discography
Hart Gore LP (Eksakt) CD (Messback Music)
Split with Rollins Band LP (Eksakt)
Mean Man's Dream LP, CD, Cass (Eksakt, Fundamental)
Wrede The Cruel Peace Double LP (Megadisc)
Hart Gore / Mean Man's Dream Double CD / Double LP (Southern Lord)
Hart Gore Double LP (Southern Lord)
Mean Man's Dream Double LP (Southern Lord)

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Mean Man's Dream
FSS-002
Digital Album

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