Crossover

Wehrmacht – Shark Attack (Re-Issue) (Hammerheart Records)

Shark Attack is one of those gems everybody knows about, but for some reason only gets the recognition it deserves among die-hard metal maniacs. The record’s roots lie equally in thrash, hardcore, grind and crossover,…


Mr Bungle – The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo (Ipecac)

I’ve ever really been down with Mr Bungle, they always seemed as though they were trying too hard to be too eclectic in their quest to force as many disparate musical influences to work together…


GHOUL: The Masked Mutants Of Creepsylvania Release \’The Nectarnomicon\’…

Everyone\’s favorite masked mutants, GHOUL, are back with \”The Nectarnomicon,\” a slime drenched single slab of atonal protoplasm straight from the stygian bowels of Creepsylvania, and only available on Bandcamp! Head to maniaxe.bandcamp.com to hear (and buy) what…


Municipal Waste – The Last Rager EP (Nuclear Blast)

Even though it’s close to a decade and half ago, it only seems like yesterday when Municipal Waste singer Tony, under instruction from Ian Glasper, sent me a copy of Municipal Waste’s first album for…



High Command – Beyond the Walls of Desolation (Southern Lord)

Given their name and the title of their debut album, I expected this crew of Crossover obsessives to deliver a record capable of crushing anything that was foolhardy enough to stand in its path. And…


GHOUL The Band… Now, GHOUL The Comic Book!

Calling all GHOULunatics! They\’ve splattered the stage, now they\’re going to splatter the page… GHOUL is starring in their own comic book and it\’s being launched with a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter! GHOUL: Born To Kill is a…




Crossover The Edge: Where Hardcore, Punk and Metal Collide – Alexandros Anesiadis (Cherry Red Books)

The first “Hardcore” record that I heard, and fell in love with, was a Crossover record. I didn’t know it at the time and it was another three or four months before I found out…



The Accused A.D. – Ghoul in the Mirror (Blackhouse Records)

It wasn’t D.R.I. , Suicidal Tendencies or Nuclear Assault who introduced me to Crossover. No sir, I became hopelessly hooked on the mainline to Thrashville and Hardcore Town thanks to a band from Seattle who…