Barcadia will start recording their new album in March

Reno straight edge pride, Barcadia, are working on new album which will be called Abaddon. This one is also going to be released Seventh Dagger records. Here's what the band got to say about it:

"Recording begins March 27th for our second release via xSeventh Daggerx Records (whatever stigma surrounds the label does not and will not matter as our relationship with xSDx has always been good).
The new effort will be much darker, much heavier and full of unusual and horribly overcast sounds, static, notes and humming; a surreal and terrifying post-apocalypse spit directly in your disgusting face.
A portion of the proceeds from every cd sold will go to www.rainn.org to help them with their efforts. "

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The band has also revealed tracklist for the album:
The Dismal Tide
Contrapasso
Anathema
Salitter
Dybbuk
Forgiveness
A Heaven of Hell

New merch from Face Your Enemy

Check out the new merch from Italian heavyweight Face Your Enemy. This stuff looks very nice so if you want people to treat you with respect don't be greedy, go to their myspace profile and order some of this goodness.

Murder Death Kill - Suffocation

New track from Primal Age available online

New PRIMAL AGE song called “The Eternal Struggle” from the upcoming album “The Gearwheels of Time” is now online on their myspace. “The Gearwheels of Time” will see the light in April on Deadlight Entertainment.

Overpain - Old Recordings

This is some old recording the band wanted to share with the world. This is pretty good but I'm still waiting for their debut full length!

Grave Maker, Donnybrook, Murder Death Kill tour

Grave Maker, Donnybrook and Murder Death Kill teamed up to do some shows this April. Check them out at the following locations:

4/6 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
4/7 Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
4/8 Salt Lake City, UT @ Outter Rim
4/9 Denver, CO @ The Office Space
4/10 Wichita, KS @ Eagles Lodge
4/11 Kansas City, KS @ Scion Lab
4/12 Waterloo, IA @ Amvets Post 19 w/ Venia
4/13 Buffalo, MN @ The Vault w/ Venia
4/14 Springfield, IL @ Black Sheep Cafe w/ Venia
4/15 Indianapolis, IN @ The Dogo w/ Venia
4/16 Corbin, KY @ TBA w/ Venia
4/17 Dayton, OH @ TBA w/ Venia
4/18 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody''s w/ Burning Empires
4/19 Jermyn, PA @ Eleanor Rigbys w/ Burning Empires
4/20 Plattsburgh, NY @ Gilligans Getaway w/ Burning Empires
4/21 Albany, NY @ Bogies w/ Burning Empires
4/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Party Expo w/ Burning Empires
4/23 Worcester, MA @ Palladium (New England Metal and Hardcore Fest)
4/24 Worcester, MA @ Palladium (New England Metal and Hardcore Fest)
4/25 Worcester, MA @ Palladium (New England Metal and Hardcore Fest)

Stand United

Mosh obsessed hardcore coming from Iowa. Angry vocals, breakdowns that go hard and tight rhythm section is what to be expected of them. If you're fan of this type of stuff, this might be a treat.

Name: Stand United

Location: Des Moines, Iowa

Active since: Summer 2008

How do you define your overall style? 
Straight Edge Mosh!

What’s your goal with this band? 
We have many goals, we add new ones and check old ones off the list all the time. It started out, that we wanted to play some solid shows in our area, then tour, then get signed. So we'll see what's next!

What do you have recorded so far? 
We have put out 2 demos and we are currently in the process of recording our debut full length.

How did you all meet and how long have you all been a band? 
We all met through the Des Moines hardcore scene, the current lineup has only been around for 2 months.

Who are your influences? 
The Acacia Strain, Hatebreed, Bury Your Dead, Too Pure To Die, Throwdown, Terror, & First Blood all directly influence our sound.

Is everybody in the band straight edge? 
Yes

And does it come across in your music?
Boldly.

How did you get involved in the SxE lifestyle personally? 
Listening to heavy music, and a lot of the bands we were listening to and looked up to were straight edge bands.

What was so special about it that appealed to you? 
What made straight edge so special to us was that the bands we were listening to were so in your face about it, which made it super easy to look up to bands like that.

What’s happening with hardcore scene in Iowa? 
It's starting to get better again, new bands are starting every week it seems like. It's reshaping into something good.

What can we expect from you guys in the future? 
We have really big news coming soon, keep posted @ myspace.com/standunitedhardcore

Thanks so much for your time. Any final words for the people out there? 
2010 is gonna be the year of SU, keep a look out for us!

Check out the band at Myspace

Clenched Fist - Just Like Roaches

Trying to top your first album isn’t always an easy task, especially when the album was Welcome To Memphis. But somehow, I was sure that this band just cannot fail. There is no doubt they have a certain item in their music which they seem to have homed in on over the years and which makes their music more vibrant and moving than others in their league.

More than a couple times on this album, the arrangements and musicianship far outstrip the work they did on Welcome To Memphis. There might be not much deviation in their style, but my impression is that the songs are more complex and varied while still being focused on an aggressive side of hardcore. But the meat of the album is still old school grooves with metal touch. They just do what they’re best at and no doubt it works.

Clenched Fist can assault you with s straight up hardcore part, but also pull back the tempo into more of a metal influenced style. Not many bands can do it better. I’m not saying that the album is flawless, but hardcore music is not supposed to be perfect so I don’t care. The production is ok and there’s a nice balance with no instrument buried in the mix but I remember hearing demo version of Rat Race and I think I like that rawer recordings better.

More often than not it does, Just Like Roaches burst of pure energy that barely gives you a moment of rest. It’s the album that their fans have been waiting for since Clenched Fist first hit the scene.

Author: Dloogi
Label:Double Or Nothing Records
Year: 2010

Get it HERE

Bloodstained - Wrath Innate

The sickest, the heaviest, the most depraved of what Polish hardcore got to offer are back with another slab of brutality. I like the direction this band is going - they started as a generic beatdown band but were able to develop style of their own adding a lot of darkness to their sound. This one is taken from their latest album - Saliga. Get it here!

Damnation Alley - Careerist

Albany hardcore that will take you back to the 90' raw and dirty sound. Damnation Alley brings to mind names like Stigmata, Pushbutton Warfare, Neglect or even Pantera. More info on the band here.