FORESEEN "Structural Oppression" 7" out

Helsinki, SE's FORESEEN, a thrash core combo that has a hella fun thrashing all around, released earlier in
January a new 2-track 7" vinyl titled "Structural Oppression" available via Take It Back records (TIB has only 20 copies left) and Collision records.
The tree-some has been around a few years and play stuff bursting out off the 80's. "Structural Oppression" boasts oldschoolish cover-artwork and recordings with social counscious lyrics.

MIDDLE FINGER first EP out

Got this off Balkan HC Unity. Old School HC MIDDLE FINGER hails from Ladovica, South Serbia and released on March the 14th a 3-track EP entitled "THC Punk".
We dug the www for additional info but unluckily we didn't manage to find more about this outfit (they're too punk for us).
You can try and get in touch with below fb link (the band either doesn't have its own page yet or they just don't care having one at all).

A last hour update on MINUS TREE tour kicking off tomorrow March 31st, 2013

Bari, Italy MINUS TREE got to Germany and their buddies in SENDING LIGHTS were there waiting for them. The two

bands will embark on a week trek touching Germany, Sweden and Denmark. 

We just picked up Minus Tree from the airport and already got our van ready! Be sure to hit us up on one these dates -Sending Lights

The tour dates:

SAMSTRONG records releases NO TURNING BACK "No Regrets" on tape cassette

Also in Indonesia the defucted tape cassette is getting a new life. SAMSTRONG records just re-released NO TURNING BACK 2012's album "No Regrets" on tape.

Facedown records signs COLOSSUS

The very last adding at Facedown records: COLOSSUS from Sioux Falls, SD...

We are thrilled to announce the addition of Colossus to the Facedown Family. Check out the powerful lyric video for “Superficial Saviour” above, and download the song on our brand new Spring 2013 Sampler. 

Their debut full length “Time & Eternal” will be released on June 11

FACEDOWN RECORDS Spring 2013 Sampler free download

Spring time right? Facedown records just made available the free download compilation Spring 2013 Sampler.

You can now download our Spring 2013 Sampler right here . It features brand new, unreleased songs from Altars, Colossus, Ark Of The Covenant, Letter To The Exiles, and Fallstar as well as tracks from Hope For The Dying, Those Who Fear, Everything In Slow Motion, Dynasty and more!

AUGUST BURNS RED new album's in studio photo report

“Metalcore is not an interesting genre at this point,” remarks August Burns Red guitarist JB Brubaker. I'm ripping this quote right off AP magazine - ABR studio report.

This entry was featured on AP's website on March the 26th and earlier on today AUGUST BURNS RED announced that they are currently going through the mixing of their yet untitled new album and follow-up to 2011's "Leveler".

The new album is coming out this year so we'll see what the guys have been packing up and what new influences and musical colours they will have added to their trade mark metalcorish palette.

We really can't wait for the first new track surfacing the web.

And now a studio photo report with commentaries taken off band's FB:

Black N Blue Bowl 2013 Official Trailer and line-up

This is something that all old school afecionados living in the USA will not want to miss at all (and if you are a foreigner and you happen to be in USA in that period you won't have to miss it too).
The complete line-up for this year's annual BLACK N BLUE BOWL has been recently confirmed.

The hardcore festival will be held on May 18 and 19, 2013 at Webster Hall in in NYC (originally it was due to last 1 day but new bands have been added to make it a must attend show). 

2013's BNBB edition will feature a highly anticipated reunion from NYC straight edge JUDGE.

BULLET TREATMENT new EP out on April 30, 2013

BULLET TREATMENT will be releasing a new e.p. via Basement Records on April 30, 2013.

The new e.p. from Los Angeles bases outfit is titled “Ex-Breathers”.

THE STATIC AGE / FEATURING YOURSELF 7" (digital) split out on April 19th. 2013

THE STATIC AGE (Chicago, IL) and FEATURING YOURSELF (Kiel, Germany) have teamed up to release a split single (7" / download) featuring TSA's new track "Mistakes Worth Making" (as a followup to their 2012 release "Mercies") and FY's "Ghosts" (as a followup to their 2012 release "Inner Underground"). The pairing marks a natural fit between kindred spirits -- both bands pulling influence from the idealistic side of the punk scene and the last few decades of alternative music.
The release also includes download-only co-cover b-sides (The Static Age takes on FY's "Abyss" and 

Featuring Yourself tackles TSA's "Eulogy") and is in conjunction with the pair's tour of a handful of European countries (Germany/Austria/Slovenia/Switzerland) during April and May 2013.

The release date is April, 19 and the records is out via Highwires / Flix Records + Cargo Records (G/S/A only!).

KIDS INSANE "All Over" LP out now

Take It Back records just re-released "All Over" by Tel Aviv's KIDS INSANE.

Originally released as a CD-only album on Third Time Lucky Records, this album is now released on vinyl for the first time by You're Next Records, Crapoulet Records, Derrick Hunter Records, and TAKE IT BACK.

ACCACI Italian HC punk compilation, download it!

Time to spend some words about this new freshly assembled all Italian HC-punk bands compilation.
Gufo records put together a pretty varied bunch of bands, most of them singing in Italian, that on a daily basis struggle and soak the stages with their sweat to keep the Italian HC-punk scene alive.

These are the bands featured:

DARK TRANQUILLITY – Launches Album Trailer for “Construct”, Album Artwork and Track List Revealed

A press release from Century Media about what's going on at DARK TRANQUILLITY camp...

The guardians of the Gothenburg Sound, DARK TRANQUILLITY, released their first album 20 years ago and are still one of the most exciting bands in Melodic Death Metal. New and old fans will be happy to hear that they are ready to release their 10th album on May 27th.

COFFEE SHOWER on tour in April

L'Aquila, Italy based COFFEE SHOWER in 2011 signed with Indelirium records and released their latest work "Kicking A Medicine Ball".
They are ready to hit the road in April to take their van through Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.
The tour "A Punk Rock Tour" kicks off on April 15th to finish on 19th.

Did LAGWAGON enter the recording studios?

Does these pictures mean that Santa Barbara,CA's skate punk legends LAGWAGON entered the studio for the recordings of new album?
Last summer, during the interview, the guys left us with a promise that whether the world were not gonna end on Dec.21st 2012 we would get a new full-length album (the eighth in their 23 years career) over this year.
We checked'em up on stage and they still kick asses so we really can wait for the more news and the day when the promo drops to us for review.

If you haven't yet go check out the interview mentioned earlier on http://gotanerve-zine.blogspot.it/2012/10/lagwagon-interview.html

GOVERNMENT FLU/POISON PLANET 7" EP out on Refuse records

Poland's Refuse records is gonna release on April the 1st 2013 (and it's not a joke)  a new scorcing socially conscious political punk hardcore vinyl EP in 500 copies (in white or blue wax) and featuring Warsaw's GOVERNMENT FLU and POINSON PLANET from Chicago, IL.

THE PUNK SINGER, the movie documentary about Kathleen Hanna

Though I'm on the mailing list of www.kickstarter.com I haven't been on that long enough to know first hand about this video documentary project dedicated to Kathleen Hanna, punk femminist and singer of riot grrls acts like Bikini Kill, Julie Ruin, Le Tigre.
For those not in the know Kistarter is a NYC based funding platform for creative projects including films, games, and music to art, design, and technology that are brought to life through the direct support of others.

This documentary project originally pledged for a $44,000 goal and successfully raised its funding goal on October 27, 2011.

The movie has got a world premiere on March the 10th 2013 at SXSW Festival in Austin, TX and will get more screening during Hotdocs 20 years anniversary festival in Toronto, Canada http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/punk_singer.

THE HAVERBROOK DISASTER "Weather The World" album video announcement

Our German dudes in THE HAVERBROOK DISASTERS are currently plugging the release of their sophomore album 'WEATHER THE WORLD', out on April the 5th through Let It Burn rec./Acuity nusic.
The latest promo effort is a short video clip they have posted earlier today.

Watch the video here

More Euro dates for SHAI HULUD

I'm sure you all know that SHAI HULUD will be supporting Propagandhi on their upcoming European stint kicking off in Berlin on April the 12th 2013.
Well, the good news, we just heard, is that SHAI HULUD has confirmed some additional headliner dates over the European ground.

Headline shows added after our tour with Propagandhi in Europe! -posted the band on fb

The new leg of the tour kicks off on 28 April in Austria to end on May the 10th in Russia, where Shai Hulud will be joined by Glasgow's based Departures (who is on the road to support their latest record "Teenage Haze").

PAINTRUE unleashes the new full-length titled "Disobey"

PAINTRUE has kept us hanging for the release of their new full-length record with some posts surfacing here and there over the recent period.
"DISOBEY", a DIY release, is the title of the third lengthy effort from this combo hailing from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy and formed in 2004.

ΑΔΙΕΞΟΔΟ - "38 Χιλιοστά" LP - Repressing out now

The guys at Skull Crasher records/ditro dropped us a line to let everybody know that ADIEXODO's "38mm" LP has been now repressed by Scarecrow & B-Other Side records.
The Greek punk band hailing from Athens was around between 1983 and 1986 and their only full-length album named "38mm" was released in 1986 by Enigma records in 800 copies.

AFTER THE FALL "Unkind" the new record

Do you care about any famed bands pushing some less familiar names? Shai Hulud are pushing this band and if you listen to these guys you'll understand yourselves that AFTER THE FALL doesn't need any famed sponsorship whatsoever. Yet we, here at gotanerve-zine, would have missed this out. So thanks to SH for being SH.
Albany, NY’s After The Fall will be expanding upon a decade-long career of punk rock with the release of its fourth studio full-length record, "Unkind", on March 19, 2013 via Paper + Plastick Records.

RISE AGAINST's "Revolution Per Minute" 10th Anniversary Edition due out May 28th

Fat Wreck Chords relics reissue...

Chicago’s Rise Against are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their breakthrough album, "Revolutions Per Minute", with a reissue out May 28th via Fat Wreck Chords. This edition of Revolutions Per Minute (now dubbed RPM 10) features 10 bonus tracks of demos along with the originally recorded album and expanded packaging. Recorded at the Blasting Room and produced by Jason Livermore and the renowned Bill Stevenson of the Descendents, this quintessential album shaped Rise Against’s sound with elements of hardcore, punk, and ripples of emo that cascade into what we know of the band today.

HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS interview

by marcs77

The younger of you may not remember or even have heard of HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, a pop punk post-HC rock combo hailing from Dayton, Ohio. But those who were listening to the genre in mid 00's are surely familiar with the name and with two releases like “The Silence In Black And White” and “If You Only Were Lonely” which brought to these guys their fair share of deserved notoriety and pushed their name top of the rankings of USA charts.
The death of founder member Casey Calver (guitar/screams) on tour at age of 26 and a legal battle with their back then label Victory records took the five-piece away off the spotlights.
2013, they're done with the recording of the new album (scheduled for a Summer release) and if you head over to their official website today you'll find a countdown timer to the day the new site will be up (it just a few hours over 2 days).

SPIKNYKTER debut 7" out on Commitment Records, Refuse Records and Ugly and Proud Records

Commitment Records, Refuse Records and Ugly and Proud Records are joining forces for the release of the debut 7" of the Swedish political straight edge hardcore band SPIKNYKTER.

They're going through the mixing stage these days and the s/t record should be out in May/June.
But meanwhile Spiknyker has just posted a new track "Det syns inte utanpå" that you can stream here

STAGE DIVING webzine releases tomorrow "Stage Diving Compilation Vol.3"

Second news entry today about free compilations.
This time we're gonna talk about the Stage Diving Compilation Vol.3 out tomorrow March the 11th 2013.
Assembled by the folks at STAGE DIVING webzine, these are the bands featured: Antillectual, Attitude, Cancer, Granny Flat, Hobophobic, Minus Tree, No Blame, RFC, Straightaway, Step On Memories, The Memory, The Words I Never Said.

I LOVE MOSH blog releases the compilation "HEAVYWEIGHT VOL.1"

The dudes at I LOVE MOSH, blog devoted to the contemporary mosh provoking metallic HC since 2007, put together a 41 tracks compilation featuring bands, from different part of the world, like Unregenerate Blood (China), Sensless (Greece), Dias De Gloria (Spain), xNuevo Edenx (Colombia), Bridge To Burn (Russia), Baseball Furies (Italy - feat. Luca from Embrace Destruction), Never Give Up (France), Waves Like Walls (Germany), Never Edge (Russia), Tender Branson (Russia), 5 Тонн Сверху (Ukraine), Spitback (France) to name but just a few.

The compilation is entitled "Heavy Weight Vol.1" and can be downloaded (also for free) at I LOVE MOSH bandcamp page.

We don't support violent dancing (I personally despise it) but "Heavy Weight" Vol.1  is definitely a compilation worth checking out for all those who are into these sounds or wanna have wider view on what is going on in the scene

Watch here a video teaser

DEATHWISH Spring sampler 2013 available for free download

DEATHWISH rec., the label of J. Bannon (Converge) and Tre McCarthy, just made available the Spring sampler 2013 and it's up for free download.

Deathwish are proud to present the Punk/Hardcore/Metal soundtrack to your spring aptly titled "Spring 2013", our newest FREE Digital Sampler. "Spring 2013" is a monstrous 26 song (hour and a half long) dive into the Deathwish world. Listen to great songs from Deathwish artists, as well as Deathwish Distributed labels Black Market Activities, React!, Sealegs, Secret Voice, and Six Feet Under.

Bands in order of appearance: Touche Amore, AC4 (unreleased), Blacklisted, Loma Prieta (unreleased), Code Orange Kids, Heiress,

THE WONDER YEARS to release new album 'The Greatest Generation' on May 14th

Got this piece of news from the dudes at Rude records about the new release from THE WONDER YEARS camp. And if you didn't know these punkers you can have here a bit of a background on them too.

We are very excited to announce the new highly anticipated album from The Wonder Years entitled The Greatest Generation out on May 14th via Hopeless Records!

WOLFxDOWN Winter tour 12/13 video memory, Spring Euro tour and new album

Earlier this year we posted a video of one of the gigs WOLFxDOWN played during their winter tour that hit European cities at the end of 2012 and on the early days of 2013.
The guys will be again on tour through March 28th to April the 7th but meanwhile they wanted to share with you some footage and memories of the winter tour and assembled a video with a non-hardcore sound track and shows/road life footage (it  features a wee bit of nude so if you think this may upset you just don't watch).

Watch the video here

MUD "Hostile" official video up and Euro tour announced

Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy based MUD released an official DIY video for the track "Hostile".
This song is taken off "Violence Against Violence" the band's debut full-length dated 2011 and out on Audiozero records.

Watch the video here

THE HARDEST SEASON new video, tour and split tape release

Roman act THE HARDEST SEASON has just released a new single, “Sheepflesh & Wolfteeth”, via Youtube.
The song is an exclusive feature of an upcoming 4-way split tape produced by Don’t Shoot The Messenger promotion on a limited number of copies. The split will feature English bands like Acres, I Don't Want To Know Why, The Caged Bird Sings, and Forrest.

The Hardest Season will hit UK stages from 28th April to 4th May alongside Acres.

Watch  the video here

VIGILANTE's “Quality Of Life” EP out

VIGILANTE is a band from Sydney and started out in 2010 after the the demise of Bad Blood and The Deadwalk!.
After the release of a demo Vigilante debuts this year the EP “Quality Of Life” which is available on 12", CD on Six Feet Under records and through iTunes.

Now reviewed: HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, SUBWASTE/STABBED IN BACK, DROWNING IN PRECONCEPTION, TITLE FIGHT, APOLOGIES I HAVE NONE, DANKO JONES

by marcs77

HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS Hope (MCD)

The guys from Ohio are already in studio recording the follow-up to the record I'm gonna review here.
"HOPE" is HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS album no.6 (don't consider the info at wiki since this time they are really outdated).
The 8-track MCD "Hope", released last year, follows-up to "Hate" and keeps a trait d'union with the former starting from the opening track "There Was A Kid pt.2".

Century Media Records - unites with SOAR in new label deal

Century Media Records have announced a worldwide partnership with reputable UK indie Siege Of Amida Records (known as SOAR).
This new deal sees SOAR utilised as a central launch pad for the Metal and Hardcore genres, focusing predominantly on the increasingly vibrant UK underground scene and launching emerging International acts onto the circuit.
Century Media are one of the leading independent labels in the industry, boasting a gigantic back catalogue and a roster that spans almost every sub-genre within the sphere, as well as a reputation for being one of the strongest Metal labels in the world.

Century Media label manager Antje Lange says of the deal: “We feel honoured and excited to work with the highly acclaimed label Siege Of Amida.

RUINED FAMILIES New LP "Blank Language" out in March 2013 on Adagio 830

We've been hearing much of Greece in the recent times (perhaps not as much) but the Ellenic country keeps on being a breeding ground for HC-punk bands. Plenty of reasons to unleash all their anger and common views for a more sustainable world.
Athens' based RUINED FAMILIES are out with a new LP entitled "Blank Language" on March the 11th.
Wrecking post-HC with much of a low-end grind feel to it (a sound so dirty that reminds of Napalm Death's Scum).
"Blank Language" follows-up to the "Untitled" 7" out in 2012.




Stream the whole LP here