Human Demise - The Odditorium available at WTF Records

Keeping the Holy Terror flame alive, Human Demise has just launched another assault on this corrupted world. It's called The Odditorium and it's nothing but 12 blows of terror and war aimed straight at your chest. The release show is taking place on 17-01-2010 in Hall Of Fame, Tilburg with Kickback, Anaphylactic Shock and Fehler.

New Episode Of Crushing Bile Spitting Hardcore With Dark Metallic Twists
After the split 7" with ‘Worth The Pain’ from Finland Human Demise is back on the battlefield with this much awaited full length release.
This is far from over; Human Demise will bring you Hell on stage!!!!!
For Fans Of: Ringworm, Integrity, Pulling Teeth and Holy Terror Hardcore

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Hardboiled Webzine teamed up with one of our favorite graphic designer Gore77 to bring you this exclusive zombie themed desktop wallpaper. Enjoy! Available in multiple resolutions! Also, the interview with Gore77 should be ready pretty soon so stay tuned!

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Copykill posted new song from the upcoming album

Copykill posted new track off their upcoming album Fucking Restless which will be released in January 2010 on Filled With Hate. This new shit is slick and brutal so don't be a whuss and give it a try!

Skam Dust - Corona Drug Bust (feat. Freddy Madball)

Represent the real with new merch from Strength For A Reason

PAHC veterans got some new merch in their webstore available to purchase now. This includes new tee design and new sweatshirt (available in black and grey). More pics after the jump!

Here's the new stuff they got for you:

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Rise After Defeat

Rise After Defeat are five guys from Italy and they’ve just released their debut album on Strikedown Records. With a desire to play true music from the heart, they made spreading a hardcore ethics and integrity one of their top priorities. I thought it would be cool to get in touch with them and find out closer what they’re about and what is the scene like in their area.

Rise After Defeat are five guys from Italy and they’ve just released their debut album on Strikedown Records. With a desire to play true music from the heart, they made spreading a hardcore ethics and integrity one of their top priorities. I thought it would be cool to get in touch with them and find out closer what they’re about and what is the scene like in their area.

What's up with Rise After Defeat? How has 2009 been for you so far?

Hello Dloogi, I'm Carlo we're doing pretty good. 2009 for us it was a rough year, but it was also full of personal satisfaction. We can say that we have grown a lot since we started to play.

You guys recently dropped your new album, how has that been? What can we be expecting from it?

Yes, our first full length album was released just last Thursday . The album was released by StrikeDown Records, my new label.We recorded it in the end of September 2009. The album contains 10 tracks. 30 minutes. Hate, rage, pain, life and many sacrifices characterize this album. Nearly 200 copies have already been given to the DISTRO for the worldwide distribution.This is a great satisfaction !!

How would you describe your style of hardcore?

In a word? TRUE....for those who don't know us I can say that our Hc is for fans of Sick Of It All, Terror, and Death Before Dishonor. We take lots of inspiration from these bands and from everything we listen to.

Italy was famous for its strong hardcore/punk scene back in the 80’. Did bands like Wretched of Raw Power have any effect on you?

RawPower and Negazione, were two of the biggest italian hardcore band of all time. They were the first to turn around Europe and the States. They are a part of the hardcore history.

What's inspiring you to write your lyrics? Is there any running message for the album?

Almost all lyrics are written by me, I love songwriting, it's something that allow me to spit out my rage, and to express what I think of the situations I live. I don't like to talk about something I don't know. I'd rather talk about the situations that I live day by day, that I feel on my skin. Basically, I'd like to give people the opportunity to understand what we want to say, and give their own meaning to it. The situations we live are ours and no one else's, but there are lots of people that can make their own our message. The album has no specific message, it's just to let the people know what is like to live here.

Okay, so let's take it back. How did the group come about?

Matteo and me had a band in the past, but we didn't do anything good. This until Matteo called to tell me that he found three new members (Michele, Christian and our former bass-player),then we started playng,a little bit hesitating at first,but whit more and more passion as we went on.

When did your interests in hardcore start personally? What did you find most appealing about it?

I became interested in hardcore when I was about 12. I was a skater who listened to punk music. I went skating with Nicola and Andre of GOLD-KIDS,who at the time were members of TRUTH IN MY HANDS (the best Cagliari hardcore band of all time,IMHO). One day, Nicola gave me a tape with H2O and STRIKE ANYWHERE albums, I loved this music from the first moment I heard it, THAT was the music for me..Slowly I started to know more and more bands and to recognize myself in that life-philosophy, and I became, naturally as breathing, a hardcore-kid.

What has been the proudest moment with this band so far?

We think that our proudest moments were our first shows, the awareness of finally getting out of the rehearsal room and show what we are capable of. We still are very proud, and the release of our first album just the past week has enlarged our ego a lot!we're still humble,though...

What was the most stupid thing that happened to you on stage?

Once when we played in a show, I gave a kick in the air, but I lost balance and fell off... LOL...another time, Michele screwed up three times the starting of a song, and it took a while for him to recover from his paralysis and remember which song was to play..LOL.. well,shit happens.

What are your favorite current hardcore bands?

I like very much bands such, Terror, Sick of it all, Strife, No Turning Back, Death before dishonor and much more bands, Roby: Raised fist, Sottopressione, Terror etc etc, Matteo: Sick of it all, Hatebreed, Raised Fist etc etc..Cry : Terror / Black Flag, Minor Threat and many oldschool american hc bands etc etc.. Michele: Hatebreed / Terror / First Blood and many hardcore-metal bands.

What would you say to people who bitch that beatdown and breakdowns is not what hardcore is all about?

We love the breakdown parts, but the hardcore ain't just a 2-step and mosh-parts, it's something more. We aren't Toughguys or emocore-guys..we're a hardcore-kids, breakdown music parts are cool, but if you don't have the hc attidude or you don't have anything to say, you cannot say that you play hardcore music...hc is about playing kick ass music at its utmost, and spitting your hate as well.

"We're isolated from everything, that you could call "scene". We dont have a real hardcore scene, and there are no places to play, there's nothing here for us......" What do you think of hardcore scene in your area? Are things really that bad?

Sardinia is a small island, under the Corsica..isolated from everything and dominated by monotony and hypocrisy, all that was now is dead..The few hardcore bands who live in it , with many passion and sacrifices ,try to escape from this cage "called home", but this is not easy, such as playing in Italy, they're forced to cross the sea, and this is very expensive. Here, there are no places to play, only a few pubs for drunkards, and many clubs for trendy dudes. The clubs often don't pay, and there's not a movement that can be called hardcore scene..Most hc-bands are jealous of each other, and this doesn't lead to anything.. We are on good terms with the best bands in the Sardinian landscape, such as GoldKids (myspace.com/goldkids), Ashes of Betrayal (myspace.com/ashesofbetrayal), My own Prison (myspace.com/myownprisonhc), Curse This Ocean (myspace.com/cursethisocean) and Paintrue (myspace.com/paintrue)..With these bands we shared the stage and experience, they are our friends, between us there's support, help and many advices..this union gives us strength..

Your singer Carlo works at "Free Mind Tattoo" in Quartu S.Elena. Does everybody in the band got tattoos and what are some you’re most proud of?

MICHELE: just carlo and roberto are tattooed,but we other RADs would like them as well.We're just waiting for inspiration. Carlo is particularly proud about the "Sick Of It All" dragon in his leg and the "Overcome" writing(a terror song) on his knuckles.

What are your plans with the band for 2010? What goals would you still like to achieve?

We'd like people to know and enjoy our music, 'cause there's nothing more satisfying than a person who knows your songs and sings them along with you.We are looking forward for a tour in Italy and Europe

Any final comments?

Thanks to HARDBOILED WebZine for being interested in us. I hope one day all of you reading this interview can see us performing..if anyone of you is interested in helping us for shows or any other thing, you can e-mail us at riseafterdefeat@ymail.com or strikedownrecords@ymail.com....in the meanwhile, take a look at our web pages : myspace.com/riseafterdefeat - twitter.com/riseafterdefeat - riseafterdefeat.blogspot.com - myspace.com/strikedownrec......MORE STAGE DIVES!!!! Carlo Articolo

Rise After Defeat - Self Titled

Hailing from Italy, Rise After Defeat brings us their debut album with 10 tracks of metal influenced hardcore. The sticker on the jewel case says this is straight in your face real hardcore so my expectations were high cause that’s exactly the way I like my hardcore – served raw and on point.

Hardcore vibe is present here but they merge it with grooved out metal, more on the thrash side of the game. While most of the songs more or less follow the same pattern, the stand out ones come in the shape of No Fate and Always War. Both are metal influences, but while the first one opens up with a straight up thrash riffing, Always War is more dark and mid paced. Lyrically, their focus is on everyday struggles and the ups and downs of life in Italy. Lyrics are really well written and no matter where you’re from you can relate to a lot of things they’re singing about. This is probably my favorite part of this album.

There is some interesting guitar work in here and Rise After Defeat made sure every track is complex, but what lets this album down is the lack of dynamic in both speed and song writing. The band is at their best when their tempos are quick and in my opinion album should focus on this strength. When they play it straight, it’s all good and even the weak production doesn’t bother me that much. But when they try to branch out and start to do some experimenting stuff, things start to fall off. The problem is when some of the grooves or song’s transitions are poorly executed and instead of keeping things exciting, start to sound boring. The production doesn’t exactly make things any better. It’s flat and even though the band has two guitar players, it doesn’t really sound as powerful as it should.

This isn’t really a bad album overall. It has its share of solid moments and great songs. But mixed in with those songs are some weaker parts and missed ideas. The production doesn't help either. Overall, this album is a pretty decent release, but nothing really above average. There are many things the band need to work on to ensure their next release will rate higher with me.

Author: Dloogi
Label:StrikeDown Records
Year: 2009

Rise After Defeat at Myspace

Smash Your Enemies

Smash Your Enemies is a hardcore band representing Detroit scene. As you would expect from the Detroit band, it's all about keeping it heavy and breaking necks in the moshpit. These guys have just released new album on the On The Attack records filled with heavy rhythms and real life, no bullshit lyrics so make sure you check it out.

Smash Your Enemies is a hardcore band representing Detroit scene. As you would expect from the Detroit band, it's all about keeping it heavy and breaking necks in the moshpit. These guys have just released new album on the On The Attack records filled with heavy rhythms and real life, no bullshit lyrics so make sure you check it out.

You guys have just released a video for No Turning Back song . So how do you feel about the whole experience and are you happy with the finished product?

yea it was on short notice and we were running late lionheart and legend met us up around 430 and load in at the show was at 530 so we were really short on time but everything turned out great

Let’s start from the basics for all the kids not familiar with Smash Your Enemies. When and how did the band come to being? What did you expected for the band back then and what lead its creation?

IT STARTED AS A SIDE PROJECT REALLY AND WE DIDNT PLAN ON TAKING IT SERIOUS, THEN WE GOT ADDED ON A SHOW AND WE USED SMASH YOUR ENEMIES AS OUR NAME WHICH IS THE NAME OF A HATEBREED SONG BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE BAND NAME WE USED TO PRANK CALL PEOPLE WITH AHAH

And how did you guys personally get involved in hardcore? Is there a particular band or album that got you into it?

EVERYONE GOT INTO IT A DIFF. WAY. FROM METAL AND OR PUNK IT VARIES WITH EACH MEMBER

Being in hardcore band, what's the toughest part of it? What's the biggest wall to get over?

PROBABLY THE NEW SCHOOL KIDS WEARING CUT OFF JEAN SHORTS WHO THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE WHEN IT WAS JUST ONE YEAR AGO THEY WERE WEARING THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA T SHIRTS, AND NOW THEY ACT LIKE THOSE KIDS ARE THE WORST THING EVER...IT MAKES ME SICK. YOURE NOT ANY BETTER THAN SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE OF MUSICAL TASTE.

How would you describe Smash Your Enemies live show? What was the craziest reaction from the crowd you ever got at your show?

VIOLENT. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE SHOWS SHUT DOWN AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND VARIOUS OCCASIONS

How do you see today’s hardcore scene, especially with the media attention it’s been getting lately? Do you ever feel the movement seems to be evolving from a raw and dirty to clean, polished and user friendly?

LIKE I SAID EARLIER THIS WHOLE JEAN SHORT AND FLANNEL FAD IS KILLING IT...WE ALL GO TO SHOWS FOR THE SAME REASON WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER,

It seems like bands from USA are getting a lot of love here in Europe so I wonder does it work the other way – are there any bands from Europe you guys are feeling and are like ‘damn, I wish they would to come to the States to do some shows’?

BORN FROM PAIN CAME OUT HERE...AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE FUCKKK YEA THE EUROPEAN HATEBREED I LOVE THEM!!! THEN THEY COME PLAY AND 30 KIDS COME OUT...ITS SHITTY I FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT IT BUT IM GLAD THEY CAME OUT.

Let us know about your debut album which is about to be released in the near future via On The Attack records. Tell us more about that release, what can kids expect to here on there?

ITS CRUSHING. ITS VIOLENT. ITS INTENSE. HIGH ENERGY 100% OF THE TIME.

How did you hook up with On The Attack records and what made you choose that label? Is it because with all the heavy stuff they’ve been releasing, you guys feel like you fit this label musical wise?

I MESSAGED SAM AND TOLD HIM WE NEEDED A LABEL TO PUT OUT OUR STUFF AND HE WAS DOING SIMILAR STUFF AT THE TIME....SO WE WORKED IT OUT. WE ORIGINALLY WERE GOING TO DO AN EP AND RELEASE IT IN MAY BUT HE DIDNT HAVE ANY SPOTS OPEN SO WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL DECEMEBER, WHICH WORKED OUT BETTER FOR THE BOTH OF US

Chad from the band Legend is dropping guest verses on the No Turning Back song. Are there any other guests on the album?

JOHN AND DAVE FROM TYRANT
LORENZO OF SWORN ENEMY
HEAVY JERRY EX-RECON
PHIL ANSELMO OF PANTERA....HE DOESNT KNOW WE USED A QUOTE OF HIS FROM AN INTERVIEW WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT FAR BEYOND DRIVEN HAHA.

So what are some other bands from Detroit you support and are down with?

TYRANT
HOT ON THE STREETS
LEGEND
MAKE IT CLEAR
WILD AT HEART
HELLMOUTH
H8 INC.

WE TRY TO SUPPORT EVERY BAND WE CAN, WE DONT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ANYONE AS OF NOW.

So, final question to wrap up the interview: what's your pick for best hardcore release of 2009 so far?

THE NEW HATEBREED
THE NEW TRAPPED UNDER ICE

Thanks for taking your time to do this. Any last shout outs?

SUPPORT YOU LOCAL HARDCORE BANDS, DONT BE AN ELITIST.

Smash Your Enemies at Myspace.

Skull Crusher to release debut album in February on Reflections Records

Reflections Records has announced the signing of Skull Crusher (New York). The label will be releasing their debut 12”/MCD, Blinded by Illusion, in February of 2010. You can check two tracks from the upcoming album here.

Band's bio:

A handful of bands throughout the last few decades of 'hard' music have been able to capture that elusive gray area of creative overlap where hardcore, metal, and rock morph into one crushing wall of sound where everything to the listener is somewhat familiar and yet still completely fresh. The list is pretty short, and most people fond of the underground would be able to rattle off at least a few of these heavy hitters. The underlying structures and ideas to this formula aren't anything mind boggling...it's rock-based music after all. But sometimes even the most simple sounds, when played right and through the right gear, can be devastating.

Skull Crusher is an attempt by obsessed fans of hard music to blend their favorite elements of the above. If you took a mixtape (cassette of course) of the Cro-Mags, early Metallica, Danzig, The Icemen, Underdog, Raw Deal, Judge, and Rollins Band, and had to try to form one sound out of them, Skull Crusher wouldn't be too far off.

Maximum Penalty - Life & Times