Tag: HARDCORE PUNK
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Heckspoiler – Live am Heck Meck Fest 2024 LP (Noise Appeal Records)
There is a very specific magic that happens when a band decides to skip the studio polish, ignore the safety net of overdubbing, and just let the tape roll in the middle of a sweat-soaked club. We’ve all heard live albums that sound suspiciously clean, records where every mistake has been scrubbed away, and the…
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Heckspoiler – Bock auf Stress LP (Noise Appeal Records)
When you think of rock duos, the usual suspects often come to mind, often projected through minimalist blues or maybe a bit of garage rock, but what Heckspoiler delivers on their latest LP, Bock auf Stress, shatters any preconceived notions of what two people can achieve with just a bass and a drum kit. It’s…
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Speak For The Dead – Speak For The Dead
Today, we have another excellent band on our pages. Speak For The Dead has recently released their debut full-lenght album that you should immediately check out if you’re looking for aggressive, energetic, and powerful music. Formed by the members of Resillience, Hatchet, and Axiom Collapse, this Californian band channels everything you ever needed from underground…
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Legendary Hardcore Punk Band Bad Brains Partners With Trust Records
Iconic and highly influential punk rock band Bad Brains has partnered with Trust Records to ensure their classic music and entire intellectual property endure for future generations. Bassist Darryl Jenifer will join the Trust Records Artist Advisory Board to help guide the label’s creative vision. The partnership covers seminal hardcore albums like Bad Brains, Rock…
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“You Can’t Cheat Karma: The Punk Quiz Book” By Martin Punktilious (Earth Island Books)
Let’s be honest, there’s a lot of fluff out there that claims to test your punk rock knowledge. You pick up a book, breeze through questions about the three chords in “Blitzkrieg Bop,” and walk away feeling smug but totally unchallenged. Forget that noise. The moment I got my hands on You Can’t Cheat Karma:…
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Heckspoiler Drops New Powerful New Album
The new release from Heckspoiler, “Bock auf Stress,” is officially out, gaining extra sharpness and a physical punch. The band’s signature sound remains unmistakable, but their evolution now delivers ideas in a compact, powerful, and gripping way. The result is a highly explosive blend of feral punk and thrash elements, infused with sludge- and stoner-level…
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Brisbane Punk Band Give It All Fundraises For Local Charity
Brisbane Hardcore Punk band Give It All is using their local following to raise money and draw attention to Nourish street.org, a charity providing essentials to the city’s homeless community. The band’s initiative follows the Brisbane City Council’s “crackdown” earlier this year. Vocalist Dan stated that the charity is doing “amazing work… where the government…
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Toronto Hardcore Punk Juggernauts Maldita Release New LP
Toronto, ON juggernauts MALDITA, a female-fronted hardcore punk band with Spanish lyrics, have released their new LP, “Un Mundo en Demencia,” via Cursed Blessings Records. Formed in 2016, MALDITA delivers an eclectic, politically charged sound, blending the precision of Japanese hardcore, the energy of UK82, and the power of Scandinavian hardcore. This release follows their…
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Feder – S/T LP (Grazil Records)
Feder, the Austrian trio based in Graz, released their self-titled album back in May this year. This fine piece of sonic artistry is the sound of existential dread being set to an anthem, a brilliant collision of noise and nuance. You get the raw, uncompromising punch of punk rock, but instead of straight-up street fury,…
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ZEKE – Peterbilt 7″ (Hound Gawd! Records)
There are few bands in the history of aggressive music who can lay claim to having invented their own genre with such unrelenting efficiency as ZEKE. Since their emergence from the streets of Seattle, they have defined speed as a core philosophy. With the release of their new 7-inch, Peterbilt, the legends are definitely, gloriously…
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Generation Gap – Reconstruction LP (Grazil Records)
Generation Gap’s new album, Reconstruction, serves up a pure, unadulterated shot of high-octane energy, exactly proving what the phrase “music with purpose” means. It’s a supersonic manifesto delivered at 200 miles per hour, wrapped in the tightest, most irresistible rhythms you’ll hear all year. The moment you drop the needle on Reconstruction, the message is…
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Lilac Vegetal – Urlaub auf der Müllinsel 10″ (Grazil Records)
Lilac Vegetal’s 10” vinyl release, Urlaub auf der Müllinsel boldly demonstrates a more creative side of stoner, sludge, doom, and noise rock music. Hailing from the dual creative centers of Vienna and Graz, this Austrian trio builds a wall of sound, and then they invite you to try to climb it while they actively try…
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