With the debut LØVTE CD you get everything fashionable in the scene and out at the moment. You get letter O slashed which is very Swedish or Norwegian. Or Danish. Then you scratch your head when you look at the next letter. Is it really V or U as in LVMEN? You look at the all modern package which is...
Support Water Protectors Legal Collective and experience all things EPIC
South London Scum give you a unique opportunity to browse the local UK/London sludge/crust/metal scene in two nights and support the Native Americans rights fight! Water Protector Legal Collective was the on-the-ground legal team for the ceremonial resistance camps at Standing Rock, North Dakota fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. They maintained a presence on-site and have since provided legal advocacy,...
APOCALYPSE/EXTINCTION OF MANKIND split 7” selling fast.
APOCALYPSE are crust legends from Los Angeles formed in 1984 who managed to record a demo, a 7”EP entitled “Earth” and two split singles with TRANSGRESSION and MINDROT. APOCALYPSE disbanded in 1990 and after 25 years they came back with a new line up consisting of members from NAUSEA (LA), MINDROT and TEMPLE OF DAGON. The split 7” with EXTINCTION...
DOOM release a split EP with ELECTROZOMBIES now.
Crust legends DOOM release a split 7” with Chilean ELECTROZOMBIES who play raw, doom punk with rehearsal-like sound. Brutal sound from this trio is for sure a good choice for split release with DOOM who play one new track and two covers from CRUCIFUCKS and SACRILEGE with Tam on vocals. The split is out now on red, white na black...
(review) ANCST – Furnace 12”EP
Prepare yourself properly for the ANCST split with KING APATHY and put your hands on this 12incher if you haven’t yet. “Furnace” is a 6 track black metal and crust core assault on your ears, nervous system, blood pressure and general well being. Superbly produced recording leaves you thirsty after only 22 minutes of this mayhem. Hello? Like you didn’t...
SEDITION and REALITY CRISIS share stage in November
17th November in London (DIY Space) and 18th November in Bradford (1in12) will be the only opportunity to see SEDITION perform after many years along with REALITY CRISIS. REALITY CRISIS from Nagoya play political Japanese hardcore punk and hold a reputation for devastating live shows. Dual vocals, crushing beats and solid riffs that echo the likes of Conflict as much...
Polish neo crusties from LØVTE stream their full debiut studio recording.
LØVTE with members from DESZCZ and ASTRID LINDGREN are a project delivering a collection of dark blasts, manic screams and angelic female voice. You may think this is insane to go full power blast and put a delicate female voice all over it. And you would be right. This is insane and beatiful at the same time. Perfect marriage of...
OI POLLOI release patriotic anthems
The all new OI POLLOI 7” is out now and ready to spin in three colour variations depicting the “great british glory”. Featuring two new and previously unreleased tracks “Donald Trump – Fuck You!” and “UK 2017”, titles say it all. To be obtained here from Point Of Interest. They go fast as they say.
(review) V/A – Nigdy Nie Będziesz Szedl Sam” – Tribute to GUERNICA Y LUNO LP
GUERNICA Y LUNO was a Polish anarcho punk band active between 1992 – 1996. Just four years, many songs and a few recordings with a debatable sound quality. This did not stop people from adoring them and rushing to see their gigs, singing along to clever, yet radical lyrics. Just four years and a massive impact on a getting its...
ENEMY OF THE SUN 2017 confirms bands
The ENEMY OF THE SUN #5 Festival to be held in Prague 22-24 September confirms bands and announces Dark Wave after party on Friday night. Disfear ( Sweden ) Wolfbrigade ( Sweden ) Martyrdöd ( Sweden ) Hellbastard (UK) Malignant Tumour ( Czech Republic ) Warwound ( UK ) Cyness ( Germany ) The Vile ( UK ) Breakout (...
“I have many strings to my bow”. Interview with Ian Glasper.
Ian Glasper played in a dozen bands, played probably a thousand+ gigs, recorded a van of LPs, CDs and EPs and wrote four books on punk and hardcore in UK. That kind of books when you read them you think that this is exactly what the punk world was missing – properly researched and put together documentation of noise, propaganda...
“War will always plague us”. Interview with WAR//PLAGUE.
WAR//PLAGUE from Minneapolis showed their latest face on a split 7” with WARWOUND, which in my opinion is the most brilliant piece of metal crust available in the US at the moment. With 2 LPs and a split LP with Police Bastard on the menu plus the latest split 7” with AXEGRINDER they are my target for this interview, when...
(review) WARWOUND – Burning the Blindfolds of Bigots LP
People are what they are, You have to learn to accept that, And you have to learn to accept society’s rules, If you don’t follow the rules, bad things happen… Yeah, right. What a load of bollocks. And what a great way to open a great record. WARWOUND prove they break the rules and make the rules at the same time. They break...
WAR//PLAGUE “best of” tape out soon
WAR//PLAGUE, a Minneapolis based crust punks will have their first cassette released on 4th Sept. The cassette will include a selection of 21 tracks chosen from all W//P releases, so it is going to be both, a great introduction to the band for those of you who don’t know them well, and a nice blast from the past for the...
(review) TAU CROSS – Pillar of Fire 2xLP
When you do a project, when you are creating something from nothing, people ask themselves this question a lot of times: can you create something totally new, that hasn’t been created yet in the world we live in today? We always think that everything has been created and invented, so whatever you do is going to be only the xerox...