Check the name and you know the game. Since many years the Steel City Pittsburgh scene bring up the most heaviest Hardcore bands to front. And even STEEL CITY FIRM, consisting of ex-members from ENEMY MIND and END OF HUMANITY, follow those roots of traditional neckbreaking Pittsburgh Beatdown Hardcore. The 4 songs on their FWH debut were recorded without any studio magic like over dubs, sampled vocals or drum machine programming and bring no bullshit, raw heaviness coupled with an overwhelming wall of barbaric sound. Their unique touch of heavy music will appeal to all fans of BULLDOZE, SHATTERED REALM, BUILT UPON FRUSTRATION and TEN OF SWORDS.
Risen out of the ashes of defunct bands ICEBERG and KARLOFF, this five-piece hailing from the dead end streets of Indiana, is ready to proof, how to play true and 100% dedicated no-nonsense Hardcore. Drawing influences from bands like MADBALL, COLD AS LIFE, MERAUDER and rounded up with outstanding vocals reminding of DEATH THREAT, LIFE AFTER DEATH´s 8-song debut "Scum Of Society Forever" offers everythings what to expect from a real deal Hardcore record. Straight music, strong lyrics and guest-appearances by longtime friends Rob CROWD DETERRENT, RJ DOMESTIC WAR, Jaaron BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT and Jeremy LIFELESS.
No Love For The World, motherfucker! Since the early 90´s, the New Jersey scene has always been a breeding ground of uncompromising. straight in ya face, real deal Hardcore. Now ex-members from WHEN THESE DAYS END, PUNISHMENT and DEAD AND BURIED join their forces to create a brutal piece of hardhitting PAHC. The LIFELESS approach is utterly monstrous, equal parts Hardcore intensity and gut wrenching metallic precision. Feat. outstanding guest-vocals by Stikman (FURY OF FIVE and BOXCUTTER). For all fans of 100 DEMONS, MERAUDER, REPERCUSSION, CLUBBER LANG and SHATTERED REALM.
Hailing from Sin City Las Vegas, the SOSF Crew four-piece is ready to kick your ass with their angry, frustrated, filled-with-hate, pissed-off Old Style Hardcore. This output delivers all must-haves of a good traditional Hardcore record. Plain brutal music, raging vocals, breakdowns, crew-shouts and non-nonsense lyrics. People, going nutz for bands like old BLOOD FOR BLOOD, SHEER TERROR, NEGLECT, MADBALL and MERAUDER will dig this shit. And as a highlight COLD EXISTENCE recorded a cover-version of the D.R.I. classic "I don´t need society"..
FATAL RECOIL´s debut full-length will hit you hard like a 10-pound hammer. On their longawaited first record, these H8000 youngsters deliver 12 war anthems of brutal to the point Death Metal Mosh influenced by classical straight up Death Metal heroes like AT THE GATES or CANNIBAL CORPSE, modern Deathcore acts like DESPISED ICON or CARNIFEX and heavy Beatdown crews like CRAWLSPACE or NASTY. Blasting away with an awesome recording and mastering done by Kris Belaen at the CCR Studios (also ABORTED, AMENRA, RISE & FALL), including some special guest-appearances by and Stef BLOODSHOT, Wim CRIMSON FALLS and Ross LENGTH OF TIME.
After the absence of almost 10 years, the originators of Ruhrpott Hardcore Mosh are back with a new album – still representing the dawn of a new breed. But their new record is not a just simple follow-up to their “Victim or witness” debut, released about a decade ago. The band still maintains the traditional COPYKILL properties of a metallic, heavy and furious Ruhrpott Hardcore sound, but mixed up with a much more mature song writing. So folks, prepare for 10 fucking restless tracks of devastating Mosh influenced by bands such as HATEBREED, SHATTERED REALM, MERAUDER and DEATH THREAT.
One of the original mid 90´s East Coast Beatdown Style bands strike back with their long awaited debut full-length. Formed back in 1995, at a time when changes began to surface in how the broad music community embraced Hardcore and vice versa, DENIED put out a straight-up flavor truly representing their roots as a Queens-based NYHC band. Being a part of a rapidly growing underground scene in New York City with bands like MADBALL or BIOHAZARD, they released a MCD on TIME SERVED Records owned by Kevone BULLDOZE back in 1998. Now more than a decade later DENIED return with 13 tracks of pure heavy and metallic Hardcore between BULLDOZE, KNUCKLEDUST and ALL OUT WAR.
After spending the majority of 2008 on tour, FOLSOM is back and unleashing one of the most furious assaults on Hardcore in recent years. The new album entitiled "Hammer lane" is everything you have come to love from the Las Vegas heavyweights. The new songs effortlessly rip from fist in the air singalongs to the type of riffs that only years of touring and making floors erupt in violence can yield. It doesn’t matter if the band is kicking Oi! inspired Street Punk jams or hard as nails Metal riffs, you can tell exactly who it is and why they are one of the most beloved bands in the underground today.After spending the majority of 2008 on tour, FOLSOM is back and unleashing one of the most furious assaults on Hardcore in recent years.
Starting back in 1997 as a OUT TO WIN (ex-MUSHMOUTH) side-project with Karl BFL on vocals, SFAR shortly became one of the most hard-working and also most beloved bands from the East Coast area. Now 12 years later the third SFAR full-length release hit the streets including their best recorded material so far. True dedicated Old Style Hardcore with some really heartfelt and passionate lyrics for all fans of MADBALL and DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR. Feat. guest-vocals by Mad Joe WISDOM IN CHAINS, Martijn NO TURNING BACK and Dan COLD WORLD. This release shows the true heart in Hardcore.
Coming straight outta Tokyo City, these five deadly venoms bring you the hardest Beatdown Mosh possible. Plain, simple, rough and straight in your face sounding like a mix of BULLDOZE, ONE SECOND THOUGHT, SIX FT. DITCH and CDC with the Fuck off! attitude from N.W.A. The full-colour comic style layout was completely done by artist Justin Bennett and besides seven own tracks DOGGY HOODS bring you the ultimate slow-mo Beatdown version of SLAYER´s "Raining blood". This band is ridiculous the best way possible.
The BLACKRIVER BOYS are the project of the century. Comprised of ex-VIETNOM DMS members Aaron and AK-Ray, also live guitarist for SKARHEAD & DANNY DIABLO, Adam G. (Aaron and Ray´s favorite strip-club D.J.), Dru the unknown soldier and a studio collaboration with Dusty, former drummer of GOOD CHARLOTTE. This is a band of brothers putting true feeling behind powerful harmonies and giving the passerby a face-full of brutal reality. The sound of the BLACKRIVER BOYS is an ever evolving mix of life experiences, influences and truths somewhere between H2O, US BOMBS and RANCID.
The ultimate pre-taster for STRENGTH FOR A REASON´s upcoming new full CD "Burden of hope". For this vinyl-only release the legendary BFL Crew 5-piece team up with their longtime friends and Europe´s leading Hardcore outfit, NO TURNING BACK. Both bands already toured together the USA and played several shows in Europe during the past years. So this release is nothing but the final result of their dedicated friendship. The EP features two exclusive unreleased new tracks by each band, pressed on a thick and heavy picture vinyl. The awesome full-colour layout was done again by Rafael Wechterowicz and the release is limited to 500 copies worldwide.
After countless shows and endless touring allover the world, Pennsylvania´s one and only COOL DUDES CHILLIN´ finally find some time to record 5 new songs for their longawaited FWH debut release. And people don´t will be disappointed. The band continues the musical path they started with their successful 2003 Demo incl. hits like "Crowd war" and "This is forever", mixing up plain and simple PA-styled Hardcore with plenty of Breakdowns, Mosh and Singalongs. In the past years CDC rose up and built a name solely upon desire and devotion to the music and the road. Never riding coattails and never sucking dick. And now it´s time for the next chapter in the CDC history.
What can you expect when original SHATTERED REALM singer Chris team up with some former NJ REDLINE and current FALLBACK members? Right... Heavy as fuck Metal driven NJ Hardcore. And SUFFER THE LIVING really know how to combine SHATTERED REALM Hardcore roots with ALL OUT WAR Metal power, some melodic IRATE riffing and lots of FULL BLOWN CHAOS Mosh brutality. Completely mastered at WEST WEST Music by Alan Douches (also SICK OF IT ALL and HATEBREED) and coming with exclusively painted artwork by Rafael Wechterowicz (also TRIVIUM, LAMB OF GOD, SHADOWS FALL). Get this masterpiece containing 11 songs of pure NJ bestiality or rot in fuckin hell...
After their furious second full-length "For our fallen brothers" on Erie/PA-based SURPRISE ATTACK MOB Records (USA), the Springfield/IL heavyweights are back with their third full CD including 13 new punishing take-no-shit Hatecore tracks. The CD title "Kill yourself" speaks for itself. Complete with apocalyptic and negative fuck-you! lyrics with a bleak outlook on life enhanced by a soundtrack of brutal no-nonsense Hardcore. Heavy and to the point angst filled music for fans of MADBALL, COLD AS LIFE, 100 DEMONS, MERAUDER and classical early-90´s Hatecore stuff a la NEGLECT, BONESAW and SHEER TERROR.
Straight from "The Strip" of Sin City Las Vegas, FOLSOM strikes back with their brandnew MCD containing 6 songs to proof that they are stronger than ever. Relentless, brutal and ready to break your face into a thousand pieces. Each track laced with double-bass bombast, bone cracking chords, harsh vocals, singalongs and tales of Hammer Lane Crew life. This pure and simple Hardcore recommended for all kids into DEATH THREAT, MADBALL. HOODS and COLD AS LIFE.
Two great promising new bands of the rising central United States Hardcore scene team up for this split release. ADAAP (St.Louis/MO) is starting the battle with some great powerful driven and energetic Hardcore along the lines of DEATH THREAT, MADBALL and DEATH B4 DISHONOR while SNH (Toledo/OH) is adding some more "mosh" to the game, not unlike KING OF CLUBZ, STRENGTH FOR A REASON or SHATTERED REALM. Prepare yourself, this is the new breed of American Hardcore.
Hailing from the infamous Pittsburgh Hardcore scene, bringing up names to mind like NO RETREAT, BUILT UPON FRUSTRATION and END OF HUMANITY, this young five-piece is ready to attack the listener with another masterpiece of metallic Steel City Beatdown Hardcore. If you love plain, downtuned, brutal Hardcore full of Beatdown heaviness somewhere between the classical sound of BULLDOZE, NO RETREAT or ONE SECOND THOUGHT and even newer European Mosh like SIX FT. DITCH, IN BLOOD WE TRUST or NASTY, then UNIT 731 is just right for you.
Marijn ex-BORN FROM PAIN & STANDARD strikes back with his new band and they show how to play REAL Metalcore, without any crappy popular melodic hints. Musicwise this is definitely a couple levels upwards, think of HATEBREED meets BORN FROM PAIN with a sidestep towards early MACHINE HEAD or THE HAUNTED. ASICE Ezine: "...SAMARITAN makes music that will turn the average venue into a battlefield...".
Started under the banner of COUNT TO REACT this heavy Mosh tank from the rough streets of Paris City is back with their follow-up second full-length... And trust me, this some of the hardest European shit ever. Dark apocalyptic metallic Hardcore sounding like a filthy bastard of KICKBACK, ARKANGEL, ALL OUT WAR and MERAUDER packaged in a blasting production. Guest-vocals French Hip Hop artist Mr. MORBID and Romain PURGATORY.
