Mike Champagne, guitarist/bassist for Polish hardcore punk bands, just to name OHYDA, PRISONERS BY CHOICE and BLIND EYE, visual artist and a photographer, gives his BEST of 2018. Photos by Mike Champagne. Best LP of the year award goes to NO PROBLEM “Let God Sort Them Out” Best EP of the year award goes...
Tom Rusnak is a hardcore punk globetrotter actively co-creating names like RORSCHACH and AMBUSH but also having an episode in POSION IDEA. Perfect guy to talk about past and the bands in question. The interview was originally conducted for CHAOS IN MY HEAD zine #17. Cheers to Kuba and Bocian for making it happen. SP:...
DISSEKERAD have got 2 LPs and 3 7”EPs out already and this is the one released in 2017 on Phobia Records. Made up of members from AVSKUM, TOTALITÄR, MAKABERT FYND and KRIGSHOT they continue doing what Swedish punk is known for. Playing it raw, d-beat style with a lot of anger and power. This...
MOSKWA was formed in 1983 in Lodz, central Poland, and was one of those bands that along with DEZERTER and a few others shaped the minds of young punks in communist Poland. Their demo tape “Nigdy!” released in 1986, that made a huge impact on the minds of the young of that generation, was...
WALL BREAKER are a fairly new straight edge hardcore band from New Jersey, US and this is their first 12” vinyl release out on Refuse Records from Berlin and second release after the self-titled demo/7”EP. The band consists of members from various US hardcore acts, some of them perhaps known to die hard hardcore...
Top 5, 7 or 10? So I was kindly asked by SANCTUS PROPAGANDA if I would provide either a top 5 or 10 favourite albums of 2018. I thought, I’d go somewhere in the middle and do 7! Although the following isn’t inclusive to what I have been listening and enjoying of late and indeed,...
Back in the day, ANTISECT were one of those bands you’d call now a game changer. From 1981 to 1987 having released just two records they set the course for many things to happen in punk and freedom fighting movements. You could easily place “In Darkness There is No Choice” (1984) on your milestones-of-punk shelf...
Hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, LIFELESS DARK consists of members from NO TOLERANCE, GREEN BERET and more including MAGIC CIRCLE and DEATH EVOCATION. The Bandcamp release of this 3-song demo caused a stir among punk and metal tribes across the world. And no wonder. They do what hasn’t been done for quite some time. They...
BETERCORE were from Amsterdam and existed between 1997 and 2003. During this time they managed to release several split records and tour European squats, living rooms and youth centres. “Completely Out Of Control” is their complete discography released on vinyl by Refuse Records and contains split 7”s with BOYCOT, OLHO DE GATO, POINT OF...