Download: Rising - Demo 2016

Odessa hardcore in full effect! This demo is a raw, bitter, and loveless hardcore soaked in 90' metalcore nostalgia. Fat riffing upon menacing, heavy vibe with insane vocals on top of it all. One of the hardest shit I've heard recently.

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Kingpin Interview

Kingpin hails from Odessa, Ukraine and comes through with pretty slick hardcore that is heavy on groove and feel. Their new ep 'What Man Is A Man...' is really, really good, bringing vibe similar to that we all love on any Crown of Thornz or Fire & Ice record. I urge you to check it out for yourself as it is now available for a full stream via band's bandcamp (see below). The band talks a lot about their music, future plans and stuff that motivates them, but since it's hard to pretend that Ukraine is not in some serious shit right now, we also discussed the complicated situation in their country from the perspective on regular people. I hope this interview will shed some light on what this conflict is about.

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Power Play drops new ep and it rips!

Power Play, the best hardcore band to come out of Ukraine right now, has just released a stream of their new ep, Single Purpose Of Moment, and shit is powerful! Ffo. Fury Of V, Redline, The Alliance or Hatebreed. You can listen to this stuff here.

Sike - Demo 2012

Giving props to the East European hardcore, here's Sike from Kiev, Ukraine. The band is about straight edge and plays straight up old school hardcore with NYHC leanings. The songs are damn catchy. It has members of some local bands, namely Clearsight, Bluesbreaker and Honesty, so the guys know how to handle their instruments. The recording quality of the demo is good - not too clean, not too raw. All in all, very cool record and I hope to hear more from them in the future! Download it!