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 [...]

I got this heavy 7″ in the mail the other day, thanks so much to the band for sending it over.  Point blank, a lot of the records we get sent never see the site, but this one is well-deserving of any attention we can give it.  Good old-fashioned hardcore metal, cover art by Seldon [...]

The fine folks at Temporary Residence have emerged from the catacombs with a sparkling reissue of Coliseum’s “Goddamage” EP.  They’ve beefed it up with an additional ten bonus tracks, three of which come from their split with Doomriders, the other seven coming from a live recording.  At $15, this record is a great deal, and [...]

This one is going to straight up tear your face off, it is brutal.  Austin’s Employer, Employee recorded these songs from 1998-2000, some context that makes the ferocity here even more awe-inspiring.  There’s grind, punk, metal, etc.  The album has been remastered from the original tapes and pressed to clear vinyl.  They’ve also reconstructed Aaron [...]

Shirts and Destroy has launched a nice preorder package for the new EP from Massachusetts hardcore band, All Pigs Must Die (check out a couple of tunes on their MySpace).  For $65, you get the EP (180 gram 12″ on colored vinyl, housed in a gatefold, limited to 150), a fold-out poster, a screenprint of [...]

Just got this 7″ in the mail from Boston band Libyans, and for us folks still seeking and buying punk rock records, this is a welcome surprise.  The two ferocious tunes here remind me of everything I was listening to in the 90s, plus all the earlier bands that influenced them.  It is also packaged beautifully in [...]

I’ll be totally up-front and say that I haven’t heard this yet, but considering these bands include members of The Melvins, Murder City Devils, Big Business, and Karp, I’m pretty much sold.  Plus there’s the part where they describe it as “hardcore inspired noise rock, or noise rock inspired hardcore” which only further convinces me [...]

I am pretty sure Thou have a metric shit ton of splits coming out soon, so this should just be the first of quite a few. Maybe even several, I hope. This one is a split with Mohoram Atta, who are sounding pretty good to me. Limited to 1000, released jointly by Halo of Flies [...]

Shirtkiller has an exclusive colorway of Coliseum’s crushing new album, “House With A Curse”.  The cloaked red vinyl edition is limited to only 200 copies and costs just $13.  Like the regular edition, it comes in an embossed and spot-varnished jacket.  Visit Shirtkiller.com.

Thou continues to release records, and we continue to insist that every single one is a must have for your DOOM collection. The newest split LP on Init Records shares sides with The City Is the Tower, another heavy Louisiana act. High-quality music within high-quality sleeves within high-quality jackets. Pick it up for $12 at [...]