GEIST - Son Of Sun Live Session (2016)

GENRE: Crust, Dark Hardcore, Punk, Metal

FFO: Cursed, Esoteric Youth, Worms Feed, Hammers

Geist fucking rules, seriously one of my favorite bands around right now. They have the perfect combination of hooks, anger and dark crusty production. The band features members of various former & current North East UK Bands, including End Reign & Cholera. They have made available their live session at Son of Sun Studios, and it is a must have. Generally I downright hate live recordings, even if they are done in a studio, because 99% of the time it just sounds like shit. But this is the exception, this is done right, and it captures the ferocity of the band perfectly. The session on Bandcamp is 5 songs, but there will be an extra track on the cassette, so be sure to order one of those if that's your thing, there are only going to be 50 of them. But for now, just play this shit as loud as you can.

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GEIST - Faith Healing (2015)

GENRE: Dark Hardcore, Punk, Metal
FFO: Cursed, Worms Feed, Harrowed, Cholera

Featuring former members of End Reign (one of my favorite hardcore bands of all time), Geist is a 5-piece that hails from Northeast England. I'm a little late with this, but they released a 6-song EP earlier this year that you simply cannot pass up. This is a perfect example of mid-tempo hardcore punk, but tinged with a definite dark side. They do things that not many bands since Cursed have been able to pull off, and by that I mean this EP has riffs coming out of it's ass, agonized vocals, great lyrics and no nu-hardcore bullshit like a million blast-beats, unintelligible singing or other death metal clichés. This is just great UK hardcore. Plain and simple. It never gets repetitive, and there are even some atmospheric spots to this EP that remind me of Cursed again, think "Model Home Invasion" or "Gutters". If any of this interests you, grab this now and maybe buy a shirt to help them out. They recently ended a tour and it looks like the physical copies of the EP are sold out. But keep an eye out for some news in the coming weeks about a split they're releasing with a US band. And, if this doesn't interest you, please stop reading this blog immediately.

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END REIGN - Suicide Collection

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Inarguably the best band in England doing this style of modern metallic hardcore at the moment, End Reign have churned out some absolute belters in the vein of Cursed, Trap Them and Rise & Fall. The Suicide Collection tape contains the entire recorded output of End Reign thus far, and serves as a pre-cursor to their upcoming album, and compliments the discography tape released by Church Of Fuck. This tape contains the tracks from their 2010 Demo, their split with Alaska and their Self Titled 7". It also contains a brand new track 'Sacrifice', a re-recorded version of 'Release The Wolves' and an exclusive full-live set. This is without doubt the most comprehensive End Reign release yet, and a must-have for both long-time fans of the band and people who have just discovered them! Buy the limited-to-50 tape now at Witch Hunter Records

SUICIDE COLLECTION Cassette via Rotten Young Earth

1. Sacrifice

2. Release The Wolves

3. Horror

4. Abyss

5. To Pray For

6. Dream Eater

7. Paradise

8. Release The Wolves

9. The Freeze

10. Azrael

11. DCCXXI

12. The Great Fall