Wall Breaker-Demo (2017)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk
Label: Absolute Contempt/Bleeding Edges Records
Tracks: 5
Length: 6.5'

Wall Breaker is a four piece band from New Jersey who formed in late 2016, from the looks of things.  Wall Breaker play an ultra-pissed, no-frills style of straightedge hardcore.  Musically, Wall Breaker can be said to be influenced by bands such as Infest, Chokehold, Turning Point, and Mouthpiece.  This is the band's debut five song demo, which was released on cassette via Absolute Contempt and Bleeding Edges records on March 9th, 2017.  On their self-titled debut, Wall Breaker offer up five tracks of pissed off sounding bare bones hardcore.  Overall, this is a really solid demo and is definitely worth checking out.  Great stuff!  Enjoy!

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(U.S.) Civilized-Chopping Block LP (2017)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk
Label: Youth Attack
Tracks: 13
Length: 11.3'

Despite their geographic isolation, Denver's CIVILIZED have emerged as elites in the hardcore underground. Building upon their stellar Dust and Blood EP, they unveil 13 new songs with a mastery that surpasses their influences. This is how eternal US Hardcore is made: raise the standard with scrutiny and persistence, smash all that is mediocre with brute force and aspire toward truth by eliminating all that is not real. Through these aims, CIVILIZED unveils a classic. Chopping Block is a tour de force of modern hardcore—a barrage of hooks and jaw-dropping shifts delivered in a burst of youthful fury. Zach Reini's vocals astound as he leads the way in a sequence of perfectly executed compositions that balance time-honored motifs with dizzying variety. Engineered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, with an unforgettable cover shot by acclaimed photographer Daniel Shea, CIVILIZED has laid your neck on the line. (Press Note)

*This is some really caustic, harsh, and ugly hardcore for fans of Salvation, Infest, Divine Right, and Repos.  Overall, Chopping Block makes for an amazing listen.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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Civilized-Dust And Blood EP (2014)

(U.S.) Exit Order-Seeds Of Hysteria LP (2017)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk, Post Punk
Label: Side Two Records/La Vida Es Un Mus
Tracks: 10
Length: 17.4'

Exit Order is a Boston, Massachusetts based band who formed in the spring of 2013, from the looks of things.  Exit Order play a vicious and snotty sound female-fronted hardcore/punk.  As far as comparisons are concerned, I can't help but think that Exit Order would be the end result of mixing the hardcore fury of Punch with the jagged post punk stylings of early White Lung.  So basically, Exit Order play a frenetic and tense style of music that melds elements of early 80's hardcore, punk, and post punk within their sound.  Since their inception in 2013, Exit Order have released a seven song demo in June of 2013 an a self-titled eight song LP in August of 2015.  Seed Of Hysteria is the band's latest full-length LP, which was released via Side Two and La Vida Es Un Mus records on March 14th, 2017.  On Seed Of Hysteria, Exit Order offer up ten tracks of tense and edgy hardcore, punk, and post punk.  Overall, Seed Of Hysteria makes for an amazing listen and should not be missed.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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(U.S.) Culture Shock-S/T LP (2017)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk
Label: Youth Attack
Tracks: 12.0'

Urban life promises many rewards—lies that foster complacency and addiction. In the cities where these hotbeds fester, we observe in real time how societies fail. After a period of crisis, horrifying acts are normalized. Drugs become one's identity, hype is power, ego is abuse.

For the lone wolves and free thinkers disgusted by the mainstream echo chamber, they scorn the idea of getting along with self-proclaimed role models and their bland, conventional "fun." CULTURE SHOCK is a fist in the teeth of the Good Life, with an outrageous vendetta to take out the entitled parasites ruining the world.

CULTURE SHOCK's debut is an unapologetic and relentless pummel of US hardcore. Each of these 10 anthems delivers a feral intensity that we've come to expect from the Denver scene. Recorded on analog tape in Denver, Colorado and mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, maniacal vocalist Geoff D. sums it up it best when he proclaims "The Pack is small, but the bite is hard!" (Press Note)

*This is some fierce, raging, and volatile as fuck sounding hardcore for fans of Salvation, Failures, Spine, Repos and other like-minded bands.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!  Shout outs go to Perception Through Dissonance for providing the link for this review!

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Mirror-Universal Dismay EP (2016)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk
Label: Erste Theke Tontrager
Tracks: 6
Length: 10.5'

Mirror is a three piece band from Austin, Texas who formed in 2015, from the looks of things.  Mirror features members of Impalers and Vaaska, so going on that alone you know you're in for some amazing music.  Mirror play a vicious, scathing, and completely unhinged style of hardcore/punk.  Since forming in 2015, Mirror have released a self-titled six song demo in April of 2015.  Universal Dismay is the band's debut six song 7", which was released via Erste Theke Tontrager records on July 1st, 2016.  On Universal Dismay, Mirror offer up six raw, vicious, blown-out, and completely out of control hardcore/punk.  Overall, Universal Dismay makes for a killer listen and should not be missed.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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Mirror-Demo (2015) 

(U.S.) Grinning Death's Head-Blood War LP (2017)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk, Death Metal
Label: Youth Attack
Tracks: 14
Length: 32.0'

After five secluded years of death worship and occult study, GRINNING DEATH'S HEAD calls forth Blood War. A mature work of painstaking devotion, it presents nature as an evil force propelling life toward a violent demise.

Where past recordings assaulted with crude provocation, Blood War deploys a newfound clarity that builds upon previous achievements. The basement haze of years past is stripped away, revealing spatial chasms that resound with sinister majesty. With the addition of conspirators M. McCoy and I. Jacyszyn, J. Wood commands with a fierce compositional focus. Despite the minimal instrumentation, the songs achieve a heightened narrative structure and march unwaveringly through pillaged landscapes toward mankind's deserved end.

Recorded in New York City and in Sugar Hill, Georgia and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, Blood War is a transcendent display of superiority that answers the call to death. (Press Note)

*Here's the latest from this vicious NYC based 3 piece.  14 tracks of ugly, vicious, and raw as fuck sounding hardcore, punk, and death metal.  Amazing release to say the least.  Special thanks to Perception Through Dissonance for providing the link for this.  I'm stoked that this blog is back up and active!  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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86 Gemini-S/T EP (2017)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk, D-Beat
Label: High Fashion Industries
Tracks: 4
Length: 8.3'

86 Gemini is a four piece band from Chicago, Illinois who formed in 2015, from the looks of things.  86 Gemini play a snotty, weird, and unhinged style of weirdo/outsider hardcore/punk.  Since forming in 2015, 86 Gemini have released a four song demo titled Actualize in November of 2015, and a digital single titled Bright Future in December of 2016.  This is the band's latest four song EP, which was released via High Fashion Industries records on March 13th, 2017.  On their latest EP, 86 Mentality offer up four tracks of raging, vicious, and snotty hardcore/punk.  Overall, this is a killer EP and definitely worth checking out.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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Mente Arma-S/T LP (2017)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk, Crust
Label: Self-Released
Tracks: 12
Length: 34.0'

Mente Arma is a four piece band from Victorville, CA who formed in 2016, from the looks of things.  Mente Arma play a killer style of music that incorporates elements of hardcore, punk, and crust within their sound.  Musically, Mente Arma can be said to be influenced by bands such as Ring Worm, Rot In Hell, Tragedy, and The Holy Mountain.  This is the band's debut full-length LP, which was released on March 26th, 2017.  On their self-titled debut, Mente Arma offer up twelve tracks of killer blackened/metallic hardcore, punk, and crust.  Overall, this is a killer LP and definitely worth checking out.  Great stuff!  Enjoy!

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Saligia-The New Innocence 10" (2017)

Country: Germany
Genre: Hardcore, Punk, Crust, Screamo, Emoviolence
Label: IFB/React With Protest Records
Tracks: 6
Length: 14.3'

Saligia is a German based band who formed in 2015, from the looks of things.  Saligia features members of Republic Of Dreams, Lentic Waters, Resurrectionists, and Apoplexy Twist Orchestra, so going on that alone, you know you're in for something truly special.  Saligia play a killer style of music that incorporates elements of hardcore, punk, crust, screamo, and emoviolence within their sound.  Musically, Saligia call to mind bands such as Orchid, Jerome's Dream, Black Kites, and Capacities.  Since forming in 2015, Saligia have released a split 7" with Amygdala in May of 2015.  The New Innocence is the band's latest six song EP, which was released via IFB and React With Protest records on April 1st, 2017.  On The New Innocence, Saligia offer up six tracks of brutal, chaotic, and volatile sounding hardcore, punk, crust, screamo, and emoviolence.  Overall, The New Innocence makes for a killer listen and should not be missed.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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Amygdala/Saligia-Split 7" (2015)

SYNDRØMES-S/T EP (2017)

Country: USA
Genre: Hardcore, Punk, Crust, D-Beat
Label: Self-Released
Tracks: 4
Length: 10.5'

Whoa.  This band absolutely rips.  SYNDRØMES is a four piece band from New York who formed in early 2017, from the looks of things.  SYNDRØMES play a brutal and heavy as fuck style of music that incorporates elements of hardcore, punk, crust, and d-beat within their sound.  Musically, SYNDRØMES can be said to be influenced by bands such as Martyrdod, Tragedy, His Hero Is Gone, and Cursed.  This is the band's debut four song EP, which was released on March 23rd, 2017.  On their self-titled debut, SYNDRØMES offer up four tracks of raging and vicious sounding hardcore, punk, crust, and d-beat.  Overall, this is an amazing EP and should not be missed.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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