This is my first encounter with Linköping/Norrköping based SNAKE TONGUE. Some of you might be familiar with the band as they already have their debut album on account, released in 2016 on The Sign Records. Looks like they were quite busy after the debut release, touring Europe extensively and also flying over to Mexico...
OK, so two latest SANCTUS PROPAGANDA releases are just about to see the daylight. The covers for ORPHANAGE NAMED EARTH/THE THRONE split 12” should land tomorrow (or today for some of you already, orders come for all over the world) and inserts for HOMOMILITIA are being printed as I am told. So I went...
Every time I put my hands on a release that is a fruit of international collaboration between DIY records labels from all over this planet I know the spirit of DIY, networking and worldwide resistance is alive and kicking. This record is no exception. Co-released by 17 (!) labels it allows to say this...
TERYKY come from Hamburg and consist of 4 musicians who do not see the world in bright colours. And this is reflected in their music as well. Slow or very slow, dark or very dark, sad or very sad. The record takes you from calm and quiet guitar riffs to outbursts of anger and...
OK, so before I start I have a few questions. What the hell is WARA and where do they come from? I never heard of them and I know nothing about them! Why are they releasing a live record prior to the studio one? Dunno. And most of all, what makes them so bloody...
Carbonized Records from San Jose, California are back with another fine release. We reviewed their great package from hardcore outfit ISOTOPE here, but this time it’s a different kind of noise. HALLUCINATOR are from Oakland, USA and started in 2014 when a few guys wanted to play fast death metal. Fair enough. One thing...
Keeping it real with good old crusty anarcho punk, here at SANCTUS PROPAGANDA we never say NO! I haven’t heard a better fresh&true release in months.We reviewed the debut LP from DISCORDANCE here and were astonished. So are we here. Very well produced, thick in sound hardcore punk that is a great energy provider...
Is this the last post from the “TOP series”? Time will show. But now, Mike Champagne, guitarist/bassist for Polish hardcore punk bands OHYDA, PRISONERS BY CHOICE and BLIND EYE, visual artist and a photographer, gives his BESTS of 2019 and his own photos. Disclaimer: This won’t be a typical TOP 10. First of all...
Here at SANCTUS PROPAGANDA we believe that sharing your musical tastes with the community gives others a broader perspective, a chance to make up for what you missed in your busy life and most of all, appreciate each other’s work. This time we asked Andy Lefton, the guitarist for WAR//PLAGUE and a visual artist to...
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...
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...
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...