Yet another TOP 10 of the passing year, this time (like last year) from Ian Glasper, bassist for WARWOUND (whose 2nd LP is out soon, in the beginning of 2020) and author of books on punk, hardcore and thrash. His latest book, “Contract In Blood: A History Of UK Thrash Metal” is still available from...
Oi! Here’s the first 2019 TOP 10 for you. If you haven’t heard SURYA’s newest LP (reviewed here), it’s high time you made up for it. It’s a smashing record this, and quoted in many TOP 10s I gather. So, for a change, we asked Raquel, the drummer of SURYA, to come up with here...
End of the year makes for trips down the memory lane for me, no doubt about that. I recently cleared the mess with my records, arranged them nicely on a shelf and started digging. Some jewels fell into hands, one record led to the other and memories returned. Almost all DIY punk records of the...
Hope you remember TOXIC EPHEX from Aberdeen Scotland, and their marvellous and only full-length record “The Adventures Of Nobby Porthole The Cock Of The North”. Apart from the LP they also released a split LP with Oi Polloi “Mad As Fuck” and three 7″ EPs: “Punk As Fuck”, split with Shrapnel “Acts of Desperation” and...
Another fresh release from Poland, this time it’s KMKZ who changed their name from KAMIKAZE. They must have had a reason for that, but if you ask me, KAMIKAZE sounds just punk, haha. They started a few years ago and released their first album in 2016. “Opor” is their new creation on Pasazer Records...
THE DEAD GOATS have had phases in their history. A three piece band that did most of the releases, a two-piece band that was a studio only band and rumours say it’s a larger piece now. Time will show how that will work out for them. This EP comes from the two-piece band era...
Back to reviewing. Three new Polish records on the table today, let’s start with OHYDA. Formed around 2015 in Lublin, the band has released their second full length LP on La Vida Es Un Mus Records. They’ve already established themselves as a psycho industrial trans punk on their debut LP and continue to do...
Having played for just a few years back in the 90’s, DISAFFECT were super active and released 3 EPs, 2 LPs, not to mention the discography compilations, and toured Europe quite extensively. Through their activities and lyrics they have definitely left a mark on punks all over the world. 28 years since their first gigs...
We have 14 copies of HELLKRUSHER – Wasteland Unreleased LP left and then the whole pressing will be sold out. If you still haven’t secured your copy, this is your last chance to do so. This is the first recording of HELLKRISHER which was scrapped for not being up to standard back in the day....
Tape collectors take notice. After the LP ( available on picture disc) and the CD version, this 2015, now classic, release from HERIDA PROFUNDA and HELLBASTARD will be available on cassette from Nov 30th, 2019. Released in Asia by Tempang Records on black shell cassette tapes limited to 100 copies and in Europe by...
PROP 007 HIV started in 2018 comprising members from DEATH CRUSADE, NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST and SACROFUCK. Their aim is simple: play old school classic grind core at its best. And they know how to do it. This has a chance to be your most played grind core record in months. 24 tracks in 18 minutes. They...
Longing for old school grind core, the way punks played it back in the 80s? Us too! Here is HIV from Poland. They even recorded both sides of their debut album on different dates, if you know what we mean… The band started back in 2018 as a side project of members of such bands...
GATTACA is a 5 piece hailing from Olomouc and Prague, Czech Republic. Since 2009 they have released an eponymous LP, two split LPs (with Clamant and Axidance), eponymous EP, two split EPs (with F4W and Rosa Parks) and a demo EP. Gattaca shares members with Marnost, Remek, Aralkum or V0nt. And now they are...
TRAVØLTA from Belgium started in 2015 and since then have released four split records with Days Of Desolation, Gewoon Fuckign Raggen, Marxbros and Boom. Time has come to issue their own LP which is now in production, entitled “In Tinnitus We Crust”. The title may suggest, crust fans will find something up to their liking...
I must admit I’ve never heard of RADICAL FUN TIME, so it’s a totally new discovery for me, although the band started to release records in 2013. Based in Minneapolis and the area, RFT bring back memories of a band called HEADACHE from UK, though RDF is more predictable and less jazzy. But chaotic,...