Restocks
ADRENALIN O.D.
let's barbeque (2011/PSYCHIC VOLT)
HARDCORE. Available again for the 1st time in ages, "let's barbecue" was the 1st release by New Jersey hardcore goofballs ADRENALIN O.D. and was recorded completely in one 15min. take. It has been remastered for this release. Limited edition of 500 colored copies.
MERCHANDISE
strange songs in the dark (2010/KATORGA WORKS)
POST-PUNK/INDIE-ROCK. MERCHANDISE is a post-punk band from Tampa, Florida featuring members of CULT RITUAL, NAZI DUST, and DIVISIONS. Don't let the pedigree of the former members bands fool you though. MERCHANDISE play an incredible style of music that incorporates post-punk, noise-rock, and elements of shoe-gaze topped off with a bit of '90s indie-rock ala BUILT TO SPILL. Add lots of feedback, white noise, and discordant, fuzzy guitars and what you're left with is an incredible 7 tracks of underground music.
CREAMERS
slow burn (2012/SECRET BEACH)
HARDCORE-PUNK. "slow burn" is the 2nd 7" from Austin, Texas' band who have a nasty, KBD-influenced sound. Guitars spurt out melodic riffs that are occasionally reminiscent of their Texas forbears like REALLY RED, though also recalling early California punk like the EYES and RHINO 39, while the vocals are snot-fueled rants that bear a passing resemblance to Chavo from BLACK FLAG, but with their own vibe. This band is combining melodic punk and hardcore in a really unique way that sounds like basically no one else out there. Highly regarded and with good reason.
LOMA PRIETA
I.V. (2012/DEATHWISH)
POST/SCREAMO-HARDCORE. Formed in 2005, LOMA PRIETA has been a mainstay of the Bay-Area hardcore community for more than half a decade. While LOMA PRIETA's sound is difficult to describe, it is clear that they come from the rich tradition of creative Bay-Area hardcore bands such as MOHINDER, FUNERAL DINER, YAPHET KOTTO or INDIAN SUMMER. Written during a time of great personal suffering and transition for the band, "I.V." is the creative culmination of those collective experiences. Colored vinyl includes a digital download card.
IN DEFENCE
don't know how to break dance (2012/PROFANE EXISTENCE/GET OUTTA TOWN)
HARDCORE. IN DEFENCE is back with more of their unique styled hardcore. With a whole ton of split ep's and 7"s, these dudes finally lay down a full-length to call their own. Blasting raw youth-crew, blended with '80s thrashcore and hardcore, to bring you a catchy blast of original hardcore. Circle-pit friendly dance parts and solid breaks, give this a catchy feel to rage with. This 13 track hardcore romp through circle-pits, stagedives and pure '80s influenced hardcore madness. Comparisons have been made to bands like R.A.M.B.O, and a more anarchist leaning/politically correct version of S.O.D..
BLUDWOLF / TIGER JUNKIES / CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY
3-way split (2012/BREAK THE CHAIN)
METAL/THRASH-PUNK. This 4th volume in the series will surely become a milestone in the genre. BLUDWOLF, the crazy undead creature from Rochester, NY, attacks your ears once again hypnotizing your mind with sulphureous potions of darkened thrash in their rough punkish vein. TOXIC HOLOCAUST’s mastermind Joel and Yasuyuki from ABIGAIL join their drunk-punk attitude to make your head bang till hangover with TIGER JUNKIES. Distort ravagers CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY give proof of their survival after doomsday showing how to rise from the ashes of a dead world. Another lesson of sleazy furious speed-crust. All packaged on a picture-disc, completed with insert and limited to 700 handnumbered copies.
EVERYTHING SUCKS
we suck so you don't have to (2011/JUST A AUDIAL)
HARDCORE-PUNK. Just over a year after the release of their debut LP we finally see 2 new songs from EVERYTHING SUCKS. The cuts on this flexi-7" demonstrate a more intricate side of the band, taking cues from the San Diego and ABC No Rio scenes of the mid '90s. Hard driven beats, pounding chords, and clever tongue in cheek lyrics are what define the suckers once more.
PULLING TEETH / MIGHTY SPHINCTER
split (2011/A389)
HARDCORE. This is a limited to 300 pressed 7" by this collaboration project. Exclusive and rare studio recordings paying tribute to MIGHTY SPHINCTER. Side-a is an INTEGRITEETH - PULLING TEETH with Dwid from INTEGRITY on vocals). Side-b is PALE SPHINCTER - Nick from PALE CREATION on vocals with MIGHTY SPHINCTER as his backing band.
SUNSHINE SS
teen choice (2012/SACRED PLAGUE)
HARDCORE-PUNK. The 2nd 7" from Asheville, NC punkers. This time they bring a 7" explaining the genius of never letting go of a teenage mentality. SSSS play an early '80s hardcore influenced punk with somewhat snotty vocals, and steer away from the traditionally anarcho-post-society mythology that's become traditional for Asheville, and focus more on classic punk subjects like being "banned from the record store" and generally losing the will to do anything. Fucked up bolt punk played by grown-ups.
COUGH / WOUNDED KINGS, THE
split (2010/FORCEFIELD)
SLUDGE/DOOM-METAL. This split featuring a track from UK doom sensations THE WOUNDED KINGS and Richmond's fuzzed out riff worshippers COUGH. On side-a, COUGH's "the gates of madness" crawls through nearly 20min. of distorted, tortured doom, dragging leaden feet towards a half-dug grave. Side-b summons the gorgeously crafted, mournfully executed notes of England's THE WOUNDED KINGS, whose deeply affecting, occult-laced take on the traditional side of doom has earned them an outpouring of accolades.
COUGH
sigillum luciferi (2009/FORCEFIELD)
SLUDGE/DOOM-METAL. Tune down - smoke up - let the feedback roar. Get ready to be brutalized. Richmond's COUGH is whiskey soaked, stoner and doom at it's ugliest. Recorded at Volume Studios with Sanford Parker (Buried At Sea, Minsk) these 6 songs will pummel your skull and rumble your insides. Imagine all consuming EYEHATEGOD-esque sludge layered with the slow, forceful shredding of IRON MONKEY or ELECTRIC WIZARD. This is what rock and fucking roll is supposed to be. It's dark, mysterious, heavy, and full of smoke.
EXPIRE
suffer the cycle (2011/SIX FEET UNDER)
HARDCORE. "suffer the cycle" is the new 7" from EXPIRE. Recorded at Young Brothers Studios with Taylor Young (Nails), EXPIRE has put together 4 songs of straightforward, heavy-hitting hardcore. Members of EXPIRE live in different parts of the midwest and the band seems to draw influences from the East and West-Coasts, finding a happy medium with heavy grooves reminiscent of the NYC hardcore style and fast parts that are worthy of a good 'ole California circle pit. Vinyl includes a digital download card.
POISON IDEA
best of poison idea (2006/POISON IDEA)
HARDCORE. This CD features the "pick your king", "record collectors are pretentious assholes", and "kings of punk" albums as well as the "learn to scream" 7", released for the 1st time all on one CD. Includes never released photos and lyrics.
MIGRAINE
weird tales (2010/COWABUNGA)
HARDCORE. The follow up to the "st" 7" sees the band progressing a little bit and the word "weird" from the title sums up this sequel record. Still doing a NO COMMENT meets NEOS sort of spastic style of hardcore the band also brances out with some SWANS influence and more weirder elements in the music that are hard to pinpoint. For those who like their hardcore fast but also different. Limited to 500 screenprinted, colored edition.
I AM THE CURSE
prequel for an unforgiving wreckage: barren lands (2011/LAWKA PARKOWA)
POST-HARDCORE. I AM THE CURSE is a four piece hardcore band from Le Mans, France. A young band with a lot of potential and love for the details, melodic, desperate, energetic and amazing live. Their debut LP "prequel for and unforgiving wreckage: barren lands" is a wild ride between slow and heavy, atmosphere-laden parts and chaotic fast forward hardcore. A sound somewhere between FALL OF EFRAFA, CURSED and TRAINWRECK, combined with the unique rawness that French bands are famous for. I AM A CURSE created an amazing debut record. The record comes with screen-printed sleeves and a poster.
