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South Wales (1994 – present)

1. Taint of South Wales are something of an enigma. Many have striven to place their sound within a handy genre definition, only to find themselves wondering whether a band so dynamic and full of surprises can really be called ‘sludge’, or whether music so antithetical to boredom can justifiably be termed ‘post-hardcore’. Taint’s 2005 full-length debut for Rise Above, ‘The Ruin Of Nova Roma’ was a crafty beast that revelled in constructing such riddles for the listener and, of course, the critic. Pigeonholes are for pigeons, after all. It’s the purpose of great rock groups to not quite fit in.

Formed as teenagers in 1994 amid the South Wales DIY punk/metal scene, Taint released a few demo cassettes of epic Helmet-influenced riffology which landed them with a stoner/doom tag that would, eventually, become superfluous. In 2000 the ‘Die Die Truthspeaker’ mini-album was released on London’s Household Name Records and national shows were played with the likes of Acrimony, Canvas, Capdown, Cathedral, Consumed, Converge, Clutch, Earth Crisis, Hard To Swallow, Iron Monkey, Stampin’ Ground, Spirit Caravan and Will Haven. Where many of those bands have disbanded or changed beyond all recognition, Taint are still here, following their own path with determination and purpose, their recent UK tour with Clutch leaving many jaws dangling open at the sheer intensity and fervour the band are able to generate live. Which brings us to their second full-length album release, ‘Secrets And Lies’.

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sludge, stoner rock, post-hardcore, power electronics, hardcore
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j-pk wrote:
Wednesday evening

I need to get my hands on All Bees to the Sea, just unfortunate to not be in the country for their tour! :(

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mas2don wrote:
last week

Just one spin and its official, new EP rocks. (2)

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Jessmode wrote:
26 days ago

Mad manlove for these wangbags

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carnyx1 wrote:
last month

Just one spin and its official, new EP rocks.

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mas2don wrote:
last month

Just pre-ordered the all bees to the sea LP! cant wait

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unaesthetic wrote:
last month

without getting into the childish debate about which is the 'real' taint, i'd like to say that the PE Taint is excellent.

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Gajita wrote:
last month

Had never heard of this band until last night when i saw them supporting Orange Goblin, immediately bought the second album because holy shit these guys are fantastic. Great songs, original style, intense as hell. Well worth the money.

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carnyx1 wrote:
last month

Pre-ordered the New EP, cant wait! you can pre-order it here http://destructure.bigcartel.com/product/taint-all-bees-to-the-sea-lp

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killy_spark wrote:
September 2009

this band is good and ya... i'm not really sure what else to say

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AceOfSpades24 wrote:
September 2009

power electronics? fuck that

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carnyx1 wrote:
September 2009

A "I'm Going To Kill Henry Ford" tab that i made. 1 and a half steps down tuning. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/t/taint/im_going_to_kill_henry_ford_tab.htm

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Barry619 wrote:
August 2009

wow, it pretty much seems like every fan of the "power electronics" Taint is a close-minded twat, just grow up and realize there is two bands with the same name, it's hardly rocket science in grasping that fact, and it's also really not that important either.

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reversecentaur wrote:
August 2009

power electronics Taint forever, fuck this other shit

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carnyx1 wrote:
July 2009

Hey guys, my friend ( http://www.last.fm/user/smurphyUK )started a petition to book Taint for a gig in scotland (most prefered Ivory Blacks), http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/booktaintinscotland/ so please sign it you think you would go!

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The_Night_Head wrote:
July 2009

FUCKIN AWESOME BAND

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Siberiandreamer wrote:
July 2009

Er, no post-hardcore is an actual genre and it wasn't 'replaced' by metalcore at all. Jesus, why do some people assume whole genres of music just disappear? They evolve and change in popularity but never go anywhere.

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PrideZine wrote:
July 2009

"Post-Hardcore" is still a term people use? Shit, even real Post-Hardcore is dead and was replaced by Metalcore and completely shitty Indie bands that rip off Hot Water Music and Fugazi at every chance they get.

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Siberiandreamer wrote:
June 2009

Yeah, sounds about right that it was written by a metalhead if they dissed post-hardcore.

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PrideZine wrote:
June 2009

Nah, the real taint is still the Power Electronics Taint. You could say the same thing, replacing 16 years with 18 and fuck other peoples opinions. Pssh, respect.

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blackcesarian wrote:
June 2009

P.S. i thought the whole idea of this wiki site was for everyone to add info to and help each other out with making this musical world of ours smaller? taint have never had anything to do with last fm, its everyone else who's done this, and, f.y.i. taints bio was written by terrorizer magazines editor, wow...real pretentious eh?

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