Abolition streams 'Alienation'!

[official info] Abolition went back to the studio to record the successor of their self titled 12". Today we are beyond psyched to announce that The Essence will be releasing the new 7" entitled "Language of Violence" - definitely the finest effort Abolition has ever produced. More details on release date and pre-orders to follow soon. Check out new song Alienation and lyrics here!

Strife to drop 'Witness A Rebirth' on Nov 6th

Los Angeles, California's Strife are gearing up for the release of their new album, "Witness A Rebirth," which is being released by 6131 Records in North America on November 6th. The full length is the band's first offering in 11 years and features 4/5 of the line-up from their classic "In This Defiance" album released in 1997. STRIFE also recruited long-time friend and founding member of Sepultura Iggor Cavalera to record drums for "Witness A Rebirth," with Nick Jett (Terror, Rotting Out, Backtrack) handling production and Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed) mastering the release. Leading up to the release date, Strife have released episodic "making of" videos from their time recording "Witness A Rebirth," the latest available via YouTube here. The first installment can still be seen via YouTube here.

Crawlspace drops new album!

[official info] Crawlspace are back, more technical and skilled than ever with a bomb of an album aptly titled 'Carved Into Flesh'. High quality recording and an excellent mastering job by Nicolas Declève guarantee a album with 7 new tracks plus 2 old tracks off the MCD reworked into brutality! Crawlspace needs no introduction. The gang who introduced Limburg Tough Guy Fury have been around for a long time. After a devastating MCD on the now-defunct RPP Productions and a split with their bros in FULL COURT PRESS the band signed with Good Life's Subsidiary label Final Beatdown Records and released their legendary full length debut 'Enter The Realm of Chaos' CD/LP.

Narrow View releases Caught in a Trap 7"

Narrow View (Vancouver, Canada) has just put out a new 7" called "Caught in a Trap" on el Trasgo records (France). Six songs influenced by late 80's NYHC bands such as Cromags, Breakdown, Killing Time and Outburst. Check the new tunes on band's bandcamp page or the El Trasgo records bandcamp page.

Yellow Stitches - Queen City Eve

Official video by Yellow Stitches.

xStrenght & Couragex #4 available for free!

xStrenght & Couragex fanzine #4 is available as a digital edition and totally for free! Message from Michelle, creator of the zine: "After several months working on it (and after nearly 2 years since last issue) FINALLY! A new issue of this fanzine here, but just available on PDF file cause actually due economic things I can’t afford enough money for printing copies. I hope get some money as soon as possible and print at least some few ones. You won’t find a cut & paste zine, now Im able to spend so much time working on a hobby like this, now nearly all my time is about taking care of my daughter. I’ve could work on this zine just in some free/spare time that I’ve got available." Read it here!

One Life One Crew reveals future plans

Germany-based One Life One Crew has disclosed plans for the upcoming releases: Calvaria Fuck Fever's 'Cause of Chaos' will drop at 19.10.2012; Crackdown's 'Live it or leave it' will be out 27.10.2012; 'Fuck You 2' by Reduction is slated for release at 3.11.2012. Release date for the new Bravestar Album coming soon!

Evil Ways - Loveless

First official video by Evil Ways!

Fallbrawl - Pure Mayhem

Hate it or love it, Fallbrawl is as German beatdown as it gets. Guys from over there had always their own take on this genre which emphasized heaviness over everything else. Cannot say I am the biggest fan, but I don’t mind couple of bands of this style. In recent years Fallbrawl has emerged as the leading posse doing this shit and basically a band to go to when you feel the urge for that type of sound.

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Bad Habits - Rot

I don't know much about Bad Habits except that they are from Pensacola, Florida but the demo is pretty decent and I post it up. They play thrashy type of hardcore with right amount of groove. Download it!