Skinfather comes from Orange County, California and delivers some seriously dark and aggressive hardcore, taking a lot from Clevo sound or straight up thrash influences. The vocals are massive! Check out band's webstore if you want to support them by buying some merch. Download!
Skinfather- Atheos
Skinfather comes from Orange County, California and delivers some seriously dark and aggressive hardcore, taking a lot from Clevo sound or straight up thrash influences. The vocals are massive! Check out band's webstore if you want to support them by buying some merch. Download!
Always War - Vengeance Prevail
Always War is relatively less known compared to some other Swedish bands so before I got this CD I had no clue about bands existence. According to the bio, they started out in 2007 with a mission to combine classic crossover hardcore sound of Agnostic Front or Cro-Mags with some heavier metal influences. After struggling for some time with typical newcomer issues like unstable line-up changes, "Vengeance Prevail" is band’s first official release and fits pretty well with the its stylistic aspirations. The music is built around solid hardcore base but with tons of thrashing riffs and double bass action. It’s a little bit like more metal version Terror, Lionheart or Since The Flood, although the band lacks the natural and easy flow of the mentioned bands. It might no not in the league with the best, but when the band is on form, it is immense and sharp. The fact that they keep the songs vibrant and dynamic all the way throughout the album plays definitely to their advantage, with no mindless deathcore crap or clean vocals nonsense. I back up their decision to keep the album short, as it offers only five tracks, of which most barely clock past three minutes. It keeps it more focused and dense, which combined with solid musicianship and some heavy-ass vocals makes it a worth listen.Nature Always Wins Records, 2011
Review by Dloogi
Outlook releases new full lenght, “Our Time Is Now”
After four years of playing in the Pacific Northwest and touring the west coast of the U.S., Olympia Washington’s Outlook are releasing their first full length LP, “Our Time Is Now”. A follow up to the hardcore band’s self titled seven inch released in 2010 and a three song tape EP, “Vision”, that was released in the summer of 2011, “Our Time Is Now” is a ten song rager full of brand new material. With a mix of punk, hardcore, rock, psych, and prog, this LP will blow away listeners.You can listen, download, and order Outlook’s “Our Time Is Now” at their website.
To promote the release of their new LP, Outlook will also be embarking on a six week tour of the United States this Spring. Check out the tentative dates below:
MARCH
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03/16 - Seattle, WA @ TBA
03/17 - Olympia, WA @ The Eagles Hall
03/21 - Portland @ The Punx House
03/22 - Redding, CA @ The Cowabunga House
03/23 - Oakland, CA @ TBA
03/24 - San Francisco, CA @ TBA
03/25 - San Jose, CA @ House of the Dead Rat
03/26 - Sacramento, CA @ The Boyz Barn
03/27 - Fresno, CA @ The Bel-Tower
03/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ McWorld
03/30 - Riverside, CA @ BOIS
03/31 - Orange County, CA @ TBA
APRIL
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04/01 - San Diego, CA @ TBA
04/02 - Phoenix, AZ @ TBA
04/03 - Tuscon, AZ @ The Pound
04/04 - El Paso, TX @ The Lovesprout
04/05 - Dallas, TX @ 1919 Hemphill
04/06 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
04/08 - New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
04/09 - Tallahassee, FL @ TBA
04/10 - Gainesville, FL @ TBA
04/11 - Daytona Beach, FL @ The Lions Den
04/12 - Atlanta, GA @ TBA
04/13 - Richmond, VA @ TBA
04/14 - Washington D.C. @ St. Stephens
04/15 - Philladelphia, PA @ The Mitten
04/16 - New Jersey, NJ @ TBA
04/17 - New York, NY @ ABC No Rio
04/18 - Western MA @ The Flywheel
04/19 - Providence, RI @ TBA
04/20 - Boston, MA @ Democracy Center
04/21 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron
04/23 - Syracuse, NY @ TBA
04/24 - Buffalo, NY @ TBA
04/25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ TBA
04/26 - Cleveland, OH @ The Tower
04/27 - Grand Rapids, MI @ TBA
04/28 - Chicago, IL @ The Juicer
04/29 - Milwaukee, WI @ Ground Zero
04/30 - Minneapolis, MN @ TBA
MAY
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05/01 - Iowa City, IA @ TBA
05/02 - St. Louis, MO @ Bonerville
05/03 - Kansas City, KS @ TBA
05/05 - Denver, CO @ The Blast-o-mat
05/06 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Boing! Anarchist Collective
05/07 - Boise, ID @ TBA
05/08 - Pullman, WA @ TBA
05/09 - Spokane, WA @ TBA
05/10 - Olympia, WA @ TBA
BadAss Records' first release: debut from Cast Iron Jaw
BadAss Records has announced its first release which is debut album from Cast Iron Jaw, a Barton, UK band with influences from Hatebreed, Terror, 25 Ta Life, All Out War, Trapped Under Ice, Walls Of Jericho, First Blood and basically this type of heavy hardcore sound. Their first ep can be downloaded here. Check their Reverbnation profile for new song, How I See The World.
Crowned Kings to relese 'Wise Guy'
One of Australia's most exciting hardcore bands right now, Crowned Kings, are working on their debut full length, Wise Guy. The band still hasn't found a label to release it, but they hope it's gonna drop in the upcoming months. The band also plans to play Australia and Asia once the album is out. According to the band; "Musically we have progressed as a band it has been two years since we dropped our demo and when we dropped that we had only been a band for a few months so expect a different sound more flow and faster bouncer and tougher riffs and a lot to say." If you're into bands like Madball, Terror, Agnostic Front, Blood For Blood, 50 Lions and such you definitely should keep your eyes open for this album!
Details about upcoming EP from Rise After Defeat
Rise After Defeat (Italy) has started working in its new EP. Here's official info taken from their website: "So, this monday will start the recording of our new Ep @ Hell Smell Studio (Rome). Title, tracklist, artwork and more will be published at the end of recording sessions. For the moment we can say that for this Ep with our label we’ve decided to say fuck off to the music business and put it available as a free digital download. We don’t give a fuck to sell records, we wanna only touring europe as much as we can, and we think that putting this new record in free download is the best way to spread our words. A limited cd edition of 100/200 copies will be released via StrikeDown for our upcoming European tour with our swedish mates Ignominy. The tour re-stock cds will be available on StrikeDown store for purchasing after the end of tour, for anyone that would like have it also in physical version."
Tirade - 2011 Demo
I have recently posted an interview with the guys so I’ll spare any long introduction by just saying that Tirade reps London hardcore and consists of couple of local scene veterans. The band takes a lot from mean and raw 90’ style combining hardcore vitality with heavier groovy sections. The vocals are harsh and relentless and the songs are pretty well put together, mostly played at mid-tempo speeds without any pressure to be too fancy and never going too much over the top. That’s what works for me as the general feeling is ok and I can relate to the anger they want to express through these songs. I hope to hear more from this band! Download!
Six Ft Ditch signed to Goodlife. New album in the works!
Six Ft Ditch signed to Goodlife for new seven inch ep and next full length. Singer Peachey Sixftditch released following statement: "12 Years of Terror - a Six Feet Ditch Official Trilogy, will be recorded in 3 weeks, featuring guest spots from No Zodiac, Search Bloc, An Aborted Memory, Full Metal Jacket, Cast Iron Jaw to name but a few, gang shouts by Fort Vallance FVHC & Protect Ya' Neck BHHC . Commin on GOODLIFE" According to Goodlife newsletter, three different, limited edition 7"s will form this Trilogy, followed up by a full cd containing a ton of bonus material!
Onesta to release 'The American Dream' full lenght on Goodlife
Onesta are releasing their new full length CD, 'The American Dream' at the end of this February! It is now available from Goodlife Records store as a pre-order. Special Guests on 'The American Dream' are AK Ray from Vietnom/Skarhead, Jacob Bredahl from Hatesphere and Butch from the band Barcode. The band have just finished a successful tour of South East Asia, playing in many countries and are getting ready to play tons of shows all over Europe.
Congress are getting back together to headline Good Life Fest!
After an absence of many years, the legendary Good Life Fest will be back on Saturday, October 27th, in Kortrijk, Belgium! But the real news is that the almighty Congress is getting back together and will perform during the fest. The band will be playing songs from Euridium to Angry with the Sun. Line up will be 3/4 original with Pierre, Josh, Ilja, Vez and F Double! Good Life Fest is booked completely and one by one Goodlife will announce all of the bands playing there. Tickets are only 10 Euro and are for sale from their webstore. Also playing that day will be the Six Feet Ditch, a couple legendary H8000 bands doing special sets (TBA), Elea Jacta Est from France, No Second Chance(UK), Balboa (B), Too Gross (UK/GER) and more to be announced! Show starts at 2 in the afternoon and will be finished by 10 in the evening.
