If you haven’t bought your first record of the year yet, there’s no use waiting around for something better to come along. Converge is as good as it gets, and this collection of rare early material from the band has been out of print for years. Remixed and remastered by Kurt Ballou, available on three [...]
Our good friends over at Deathwish Inc. have a number of awesome reissues for sale. New things include a Victims/Kylesa split, two albums from Give Up The Ghost, and Ressurection discography 2xLP. Catch up at DeathwishInc.com.
Brutal Panda has reissued this rock n roll masterpiece from Northwest headbangers Harkonen on the vinyl format for a whole new generation of kids lookin to get psyched. Dudes from this band went on to play in These Arms Are Snakes and Helms Alee and you can hear the frenetic yet focused energy of those [...]
It seems like every great rock group must release their rock opera. A defining moment for any band worth their salt; this band’s version is sure to be, well, fucked up. Guitars, hardcore, blood, nude stagedives and more guitars… if you have not come around to loving this band yet – I’d say it’s about [...]
Hitting up the mail pile again, we were quite impressed with this new LP from Boston post-hardcore band Daniel Striped Tiger. It’s hard to put a finger on exactly what separates a great hardcore record like this from a bad one, but you’ll sure know it when you hear it. These guys are super hard-working, [...]
Holy shit this new tune from Trap Them is something fierce. Seizures in Barren Praise was fantastic, and the Filth Rations EP really made me start paying attention to these guys, but now with this new tune they may have won me over completely. I’m smitten. As reported yesterday on brooklynvegan.com: Darker Handcraft will be [...]
Init Records launched the preorder for Ken Mode’s new “Venerable” LP. This album, released on CD through Profound Lore, continues the band’s magical fusion of noise-rock, hardcore, and metal. I haven’t gotten a chance to hear the whole thing yet, but I’ve heard some of it, and it’s quite impressive. The LP comes in a [...]
Metal maniacs, here’s an absolutely crushing album from French hardcore band, Sofy Major. “Permission To Engage” starts out with a hugely cavernous doom number, proceeds through eight hardcore songs, then ends with another experimental piece of doom/drone. It’s everything we ask for in an album, recommended for sure. The 2xLP comes on splatter vinyl, has [...]
Graf Orlock, known for their extravagant packaging, have outdone themselves with their new “Doombox” release. Using the enclosed instructions, the packaging can be folded into a large boombox, pretty awesome. Oh yeah, and the music is even more extreme than the package, though probably not considered extravagant (disgustingly gruesome grindcore). The 10″ was pressed on [...]
Deathwish Inc. is back with another hugely brutal hardcore record. Rot In Hell are from the UK, but their sound is purely American, absolutely shredding. The LP comes on Gold/Orange or Beer colored vinyl for $12. Hear some of the album here, then buy it here.
