hardcore
NEWS: MASTODON TURNS 20 & CELEBRATES WITH RELEASE OF AN UNRELEASED SONG ‘FALLEN TORCHES’
Atlanta hard rock juggernaut Mastodon turns 20 this year! Whilst hard at work on their long awaited ninth full-length album, the band have chosen to celebrating two decades together, by releasing a rarities collection, ‘Medium Rarities’, this September 11th, on all formats including a pink vinyl pressing via Reprise Records. Among the many rare highlights included here …
See: Smiling Assassin share video for ‘Divide and Conquer’
Smiling Assassin not only deserve to be heard, but demand to be heard by any modern socially conscious open minded music fan. With their Left Over Crack style of Punk, your left in no doubt where they stand in the world. Vocalist George Garnett explains:“Divide and conquer is a song about people who are desperate …
TRACK: Internet Death’s ‘NOT YOUR DOG’ is industrial gabba fury
CHARTING the times we are in, with all the fear, anger, hostility and frustration inherent, is something of a mission for Finlay Anderson – the man behind those purveyors of sonic terror, Internet Death. Still a teenager, the Christchurch, New Zealand producer has distilled down the dark matter of our times into a sandstorm of …
EP: Sans release self-titled EP
Bristol’s noise merchants SANS are releasing their new self-titled EP via Breakfast Records on the 22nd May. Sans have emerged from Bristol’s more avant-garde scene as one of the more hard-edged yet versatile bands. A mix of post-punk, experimental noise and hardcore. Their EP carries on this love of noise making with three tracks of unhinged …
News: INTEGRITY & BLEACH EVERYTHING Split Tribute for Halloween.
Dark Operative presents an intimately caustic split album from INTEGRITY and BLEACH EVERYTHING, paying homage to Septic Death and Rocket From The Crypt. SDK x RFTCC (Septic Death Karaoke x Rocket From The Crypt Covers). With the cover art and album info, BLEACH EVERYTHING’s rendition of Rocket From The Crypt’s “On A Rope” – featuring …
Track: Technicians – Mistakes
What do you do if you record your debut album, and are unhappy with the results. Well, if you’re Washington DC hardcore punk outfit Technicians, you throw it away and start again, this time doing it yourselves. Although the band had fully recorded their record Now That We’re Home in 2015, the new ‘version’ is …
Track: Lumer – Futile
Well if you’re from Hull, now’s the time to push yourself. Lumer’s particular knoll on the cultural landscape is an abrasive and energetic slice of hardcore punk whose slithering guitars wouldn’t sound out of place on a late 80s compilation LP. And in case you’re wondering, that’s a good thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYa4yxetDBA
Album Review: Every Time I Die – Low Teens
Do you like big riffs? Yeah course you do, well if you haven’t already make sure you do yourself a favour and listen to Every Time I Die’s latest record. Got that? Good. Every Time I Die releasing great records has now become almost boringly predictable. Their latest release entitled Low Teens is the eighth …
Album Review: Touché Amoré – Stage Four
Touché Amoré have been one of the shining lights of modern hardcore ever since they announced themselves to the scene with 2011’s “Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me”. This record showcased a perfect balance of unrelenting punk aggression and serene melancholic melody. The follow up “Is Survived By” possibly slowed the groups momentum, the …
Track: Every Time I Die – Glitches
With their forthcoming album Low Teens gearing up for release on September 23rd , the American hardcore troupe have streamed new track ‘Glitches’ earlier today. This album is the follow up to 2014’s From Parts Unknown which peaked at 22 in the Billboard US 200, and is their highest charting album to date. The album includes …