Mastiff – Plague (APF Records)
Hold everything. We can skip 2019 and carry straight on into a new decade as far as heavy music is concerned because Mastiff have released the album of the year and it’s only February. Their…
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Endorphins Lost – Seclusions (From the Head of Zeus)
I’ve bumped heads with Endorphins Lost before. It was a fantastic experience, one that I’ve never forgotten and I’m more than a little relieved and happy to report that the second time around is even…
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Deadpressure – S/T (Carbonized Records)
When society eventually collapses and the planet cracks wide open extinguishing all life in a furiously brutal split second of suffering, pain and anguish, the soundtrack that will usher in the long awaited apocalypse will…
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Violation Wound/Cliterati – Split (Tankcrimes)
Damn, I love a split E.P/7” or in this case 12”. It’s a media form that seems to be exclusive to punk and hardcore and it’s a very D.I.Y of doing things. The times I’ve…
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Napalm Death – Coded Smears And More Uncommon Slurs (Century Media)
Benjamin Franklin once said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. Well Mr Franklin, I’m here to add a third life certainty to that list. Napalm Death. Coded Smears And More…
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Electro Hippies – Deception Of The Instigator Of Tomorrow: The Collected Works 1985-1987 (Boss Tuneage)
Electro Hippies were ace. They bridged the gap between hardcore punk and grindcore in a spectacular crusty fashion. When they were hardcore they were on a par with Heresy or Concrete Sox and when they…
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Japanische Kampfhorspiele – Back To Ze Roots (Bastardized)
You know that saying about not missing something until it’s gone? That’s pretty much the story of my relationship with Japanische Kampfhorspiele. For some reason, when they parted ways with Bastardized a decade or so…
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Endorphins Lost / Osk – Split 7” (Rotten to the Core Records / Delusion of Terror Records/ Agromosh Records / You All Die Records/ New Age Pyrate Punks Records)
Today boys and girls, thanks to Endorphins Lost and Osk, is all about grind, power violence and late eighties UKHC influenced D-Beat Hardcore. Endorphins Lost and Osk subscribe to the faster is better and heaviest…
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Steve Austin (Today Is The Day)
Formed in the early 90’s in Tennessee, they’ve been labelled Noisecore, Experimental Rock, Grindcore, Post Hardcore amongst other things, call them what you want Today Is The Day are revered by musicians and fans alike…
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Judas Cradle – Mongrel (Self)
A sage piece of advice that I was given a few decades ago while stripping down, cleaning and rebuilding a brace of .22 rifles was “Hit hard, hit fast and watch the beautiful carnage unfold…
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KING PARROT reveal \’Piss Wreck\’ music video
Australian thrash / grind metallers KING PARROT reveal new music video directed by Dan Farmer of Farmwalker Films. The song \”Piss Wreck\” appears on the band\’s new album, \”Ugly Produce\”, set to be released this Friday (September 22nd) via Agonia Records in Europe (Housecore Records in North America andRocket/EVP in Australia). This…
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Captain Caveman – Failed Species (Wooaaargh)
Yeah, I’ll bet that the first thing that went through your head when you clocked the band’s name was the same thing that went through mine. The seventies cartoon in which “Cavey Wavey” rode around…
