I first got some head ups about this anthological straightedge HC release last January, at a Hardcore
show, where Milanos' Crash Box, Safe, Set Me Free and Die Trying played, and on September 23rd Italy's Youth Crew records finally revealed the official news about it through their fb. Read on...
Finally, the such long awaited THINK TWICE "The complete discography" (YCR 021) is ready!
27 tracks covering their whole legendary history, since the beginning (late 80's) when the second wave of italian hardcore was going to break out. It was the new season of hardcore pride more connected to the Straight Edge and positive lifestyle. Don't miss this essential chapter!
Youth Crew Records & Think Twice
The metal day part #2...
Death metal legends OBITUARY have announced Ten Thousand Ways To Die, a special two-song single containing a pair of brand new studio tracks plus a bonus live set of twelve classics and fan favorites from the band's storied catalog. Recorded in eleven different cities during the band's highly successful 2015 Inked In Blood world tour, the live tracks capture the incredible performances of a band that has stood atop the death metal pantheon for almost 30 years. "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" is sure to satisfy new and die-hard OBITUARY fans and will quench the bloodthirst of listeners until the band's new album drops in Spring 2017.
Don't forget your pop punk. And that Canada is always a hotbed for these bands...
Toronto, ON punk rock band WE OOUTSPOKEN returned with a new album titled "All The Right Pieces" on September 16.
"All The Right Pieces" was recorded at Canada's Metal Works Studios and was produced by Joel Kazmi and Blair Robb ( Sum 41, The Weekend) with the exception of track 7 ("Anything For You") which was recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during one of the band's South American tours.
The original album artwork was created by Winston Smith, the punk rock surrealist/collage artist behind the ubiquitous Dead Kennedy's logo, Green Day's 'Insomniac' art work, and many other works for Playboy, the New Yorker etc.
Listen here to the new record's title track "All The Right Pieces" https://youtu.be/E8nCuhKcOqw
For the metalhead in you...
Alaskan Mountain Metal crew TURBID NORTH have launched a brand new video for the track ‘Pyramid Drones’. The song is taken from their second full length album ‘Eyes Alive’ which is penned for release on 30th September via Apocalyptic Witchcraft.
The album is released on limited edition 180 gram blood red vinyl -and comes with a patch.
Vocalist Nick comments:
“The video was shot in an awesome venue we play regularly in Fort Worth, TX called Tomcats West. We rented some lights and one camera on a tripod to film ourselves. Did about 10 takes with different angles. No camera man, completely DIY. It isn’t the most action packed video, but we needed something quick and I really thought it was important to show off the new lineup.”
I'm bit of a partisan here being one of the band's guitarists, Michela (aka Michella Hall), one of our longtime writers. This being said I am happy to stream on our 'zine and introduce to you all MACHETE FUCK from Berlin, Germany.
The foursome features among its ranks ex-members of Discharge, Vagrants, Them Martyrs and Disgust and just released an 11-track demo entitled "Atavic Scars".
They play a blend of noxious extremely deafeaning d-beat HC metal punk with crust influences and doomy heavy slowed-down parts. So take bands like Discharge, Anticimex, Doom, Disrupt, Nausea, Hellbastard, Napalm Death, Converge, Nailbomb, Fudgetunnel and mix everything with Black Sabbath and Motörhead just to have a wee idea about what their music sounds like -if you're not accostumed to the genre yet. Anyway, definitely worth listening to them and watching out for their next moves.
Stream and dowload "Atavic Scars" here https://machetefuck.bandcamp.com/releases
For those who don't know this band or missed to get this record Bird Attack records just re-issued
SUCH GOLD's 2010 dated EP "Pedestals".
The reissue features all six tracks from the EP, along with all songs from their splits with Into It. Over It. and A Loss For Words.
Pedestals was remixed by Vince Ratti (Brand New, Title Fight, Braid).
Such Gold will begin their tour supporting Millencolin on their upcoming Canadian leg of the "True Brew" tour next week - Millencolin's first coast to coast Canadian run in nearly a decade.
After the Canadian run, Such Gold will continue on their Fall tour, including appearances at at Pineland Music Festival in Millville, NJ and Fest 15 in Gainesville, FL.
San Francisco punx DEAD TO ME is back!
"I Wanna Die in Los Angeles"—the new EP due out October 21st—is the band’s first new material in five years! Recorded at Oakland’s Jingletown Studios, vocalist/bassist/songwriter Tyson Annicharico (aka Chicken) also took on the role of producer—a first with DTM. Bolstered by the engineering and mixing expertise of Ian MacGregor over a few weekends last month, I Wanna Die in Los Angeles is the beginning of the next chapter in Dead To Me’s decade-plus existence. Check back soon for a new song and pre-order. Below, Chicken reveals where DTM has been, and where they’ll be going in 2016 and beyond.
In a past entry up in 2013 we had talked about a DIY documentary about a band named ZŁODZIEJE
ROWERÓW; a punk hardcore band that played a prominent role among the Polish hardcore punk scene since the 90's.
The movie had its offline premiere on 8 November 2012 in Białystok with 120 viewers on a rainy evening in the middle of the week. Since then it has been screened in over 30 cities around Poland and abroad (including London and Berlin), and all screenings have been organized by enthusiastic people related in one way or another with the DIY scene.
Our beloved hardcore legends from NYC...
2016 marks the 30 year anniversary of the legendary New York Hardcore band SICK OF IT ALL.
In order to celebrate this special occasion SICK OF IT ALL are releasing “When The Smoke Clears” on November 4th, 2016. The band didn’t just record five brand new tracks in their unique and classic old school style, but they also dug deep in their photo archives and pulled up rare photos as well as iconic shots from their past and present. Everything was compiled for a strictly limited, luxurious 60 page coffee table Artbook that is wrapped in fake leather and that comes with personal liner notes from people such as Davey Havok (AFI), Dennis Lyxzén (Refused), Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), Arthur Smilios (Gorilla Biscuits) and Matt Kelly (Dropkick Murphys).
