From the dark alleys and dead ends of Los Angeles, EXCEL have been delivering maximum crossover since crossover first crossed over. Their classic albums Split Image (1987) and The Joke’s On You (1989) remain linchpins of the genre decades after their…
Repent your sins, confess your misdemeanours to those you’ve transgressed against and make your peace with whatever deities or powers you believe in, because the apocalypse is nigh brothers and sisters and its arrival is…
Virginia/North Carolina-based instrumental metal ministers Loincloth have shared an official video for \”Bestial Infernal\” the track hailing from their final LP Psalm Of The Morbid Whore, which was issued last week through Southern Lord. Packing nine new instrumental passages…
Venice Beach maestros Excel\’s second album gets the deluxe reissue treatment from Southern Lord. In fact this is the second time around I\’ve received a promo copy of the album, having originally got the LP…
One of the greatest American hardcore releases of the 1980s gets the deluxe Southern Lord reissue treatment, with the January re-release of the landmark Screaming For Change classic album by UNIFORM CHOICE. Screaming For Change was the debut album…
Power Trip slay us with the first new single \”Firing Squad\” from their anxiously awaited release Nightmare Logic, which finally sees light February 22 on Southern Lord. Power Trip are a real band – like no other. Their raw energy, musical…
Southern Lord are extremely pleased to be reviving the music of Philadelphia\’s lost punk heroes, Ruin. Long considered a treasured local delicacy of the city\’s earlier hardcore scene, Ruin released two albums during their original…
Is it a crime to be pummelled to a state of near unconsciousness by vicious, uncompromising D-Beat style Hardcore? If it is, then someone had better slap the cuffs on Lies, throw them in the…
Nashville, Tennessee has a long and rich musical heritage, but away from the rhinestone and slide guitars of the country world, another force grew in the underbelly of the city, hellbent on musical destruction. Asschapel…
Fans of Converge will lap up these 8 tracks of hardcore infused metal. Snappy drums propel down-tuned grinding riffage and granite gargling vocals, with some meaty breakdowns reminiscent of label mates Black Breath particularly on…
This is an interesting task, as I am a voracious consumer of information. It’s probably more challenging to come up with a list of “ten most influential books” rather than a list of favorites. It’s…
As Southern Lord prepares for the March release of II — the sophomore LP from eradicating, Chicago-based, death metal horde LIKE RATS, founded by members of Weekend Nachos — its initial single has been expended…
