If you somehow haven’t heard of this yet, you’re in for a real treat.  OFF! includes Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), and Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt).  The music is straight early-80s hardcore punk, just as the lineup would suggest.  This gets said about lot [...]

Residue Records dug deep to unearth this throat-ripping set of songs from Detroit grind/punk/hardcore band, Ottawa.  Originally released as a split with Jihad in 1994, the tracks have been remastered and presented more furiously than ever, complete with new artwork.  The 12″ is limited to 750 copies and costs $11.50 shipped at Residue-Records.com.

Deathwish Inc. is back with another HEAVY slab of hardcore from Boston’s New Lows.  When I say “Harvest of the Carcass” is heavy, trust me, I mean fucking heavy, these guys will blow your hair back.  You can give it a listen here.  The LP comes on black vinyl and costs only $12.  Plus, supporters [...]

Some of you may have noticed while popping over to Robotic Empire to order the Isis repress that the label has also repressed Capsule’s Blue LP on a variety of sexy looking vinyl colorways. Their write-up makes it quite clear that writing about Capsule’s music is like trying to dance about architecture, so I am [...]

This second album from Japan’s Heaven In Her Arms is easily one of the greatest, most interesting “screamo” records you’ll hear this year (or have heard in a long time).  Compared often to Envy, this band has sort of eclipsed their peers, instead finding a sound that has progressed into something all their own.  The [...]

It’s really amazing, you introduce a little bit of melody into a hardcore record and it becomes exponentially more pleasant to listen to.  With “Blind To What Is Right”, Boston’s The Carrier has done just that, creating a a new album that is an endlessly listenable, tough-as-nails, shred-your-face-off piece of hardcore.  I don’t know if [...]

On their new album, “At Zero”, Germany’s Arktika mix everything that is good about post-rock, doom, and hardcore into a thick casserole of seven serene-then-bone-shattering songs that often clock in at 8+ minutes each.  Some passages are incredibly epic, and the record should please fans of Envy, Isis, Mogwai, or Explosions in the Sky.  The [...]

The fine folks at Hydra Head have just dropped a pretty insane trio of vinyl preorders.  The first is the long-awaited self-titled release from Harvey Milk.  Recorded over 15 years ago and better known as “The Bob Weston Sessions”, this set of songs represent what should have been the band’s debut album.  It’s a 2xLP [...]

I’m not sure how my blogging contemporary missed this one with the Southern Lord update the other week, but it’s absolutely thrashing.  Nails have been ripping their way through the California underground for awhile now, but their move to Southern Lord promises increased exposure and a longer trail of blood.  They play a caustic mix [...]

One of the most crushing bands in the world just reissued two of their most crushing albums ever.  2004′s “You Fail Me” and 2006′s “No Heroes” are both available on vinyl again for the first time in over three years.  Only black vinyl is available, but they’re only $12 each.  Essential purchases if you don’t [...]