Days of End – Demon est Deus Inversus (Boss Tuneage)
As statements of intent go, the title of Days of End’s debut EP is almost as powerful as the music it contains. Proclaiming that the Devil is merely the inversion of God and vice versa,…
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(Anything for a) Peaceville Life – Paul “Hammy” Halmshaw (Hell Segundo)
Everybody is the hero in their own story and everybody has a story to tell. Granted, some are far more entertaining than others and Hammy, as he’s known to most folks, has a doozy of…
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Ripcord – Defiance of Power & Poetic Justice (Reissues) (Boss Tuneage / Break the Connection)
I blame Marvin and Autonomy Records. It’s his bloody fault, all of it. See, I’d probably have been happy just being a thrasher and crossover obsessed idiot who occasionally dipped his toes into the maelstrom…
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Razor Sharp Death Blizzard – You Will Burn (From Beyond Records)
With a name like Razor Sharp Death Blizzard you’d expect that these chaps would bring a musical wall of pent up rage and aggression in a full force, kicking, screaming orgy of non-stop pounding violent…
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NAPALM DEATH – announce Irish Dates for 2017
Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death, who are currently on the road in Japan, are excited to announce a run of Irish headline dates for March 2017. The 3 date mini tour of the Emerald Island kicks…
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Boycott The Baptist – Bash The Bishop (Self)
Come my children, one and all, and gather at the altar of eighties UKHC, for Boycott The Baptist have come to deliver their sermon of devotion to the grinding, blitzkrieg, full speed assault to the…
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Violent Arrest – Authors of Our Own Demise – 7” (Self Released)
Yes I know I’m way late in reviewing this but I’ve had a lot on okay? An apt sample from 1984’s Repo Man provides the intro for White Suburban Punk a biting indictment on punks’…
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Discharge – End of Days (Nuclear Blast)
Well this was a pleasant surprise. It’s easy to get cynical about punk bands 30 odd years in to their careers being able to capture the vitality and passion they had in their youth, particularly…
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Flame On – Corrupt Mind CD (Boss Tuneage)
Boss Tuneage, once again, takes us on a trip back in time with this release. In the late 80s and early 90s, Stoke-on-Trent seems to have been such a hive of activity you could be…
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Hex – Poison In The System: The Demos CD (Boss Tuneage)
I had not heard of this mob – another obscure UK band plucked from the vaults by the archivists at Boss Tuneage, but when I saw that this early-mid 80\’s band from Sunderland featured future…
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Instigators – Phoenix/ Live in Berlin CD (Boss Tuneage)
If this reissue is not high up on the \”wants\” lists of fans of the melodic hardcore sound then it should be! The Instigators had more of a US hardcore influence that a lot of…
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Immolato Tomatoes – Stumbling Block: Complete Recordings 86-88 CD (Boss Tuneage)
Thanks to Boss Tuneage, pretty much all recordings from the early days of the UK hardcore scene are being reissued and documented – they are slowly but surely building up the hardcore equivalent of the…
