Avalanche, Martyr's Tongue and Ablaze split coming this summer

Southwest Hardcore will release three-way split by Avalanche, Martyr's Tongue and Ablaze this summer. All of the bands are relatively new but they all rip. Avalanche features at least one dude from Empire Of Rats and delivers hard as nails hardcore that is straight up evil. Just listen to the Lockdown track below. Martyr's Tongue hails from Puerto Rico and plays metallic hardcore with a strong Holy Terror element and influences ranging from Integrity to Darkthrone to Tragedy. Ablaze represents Germany and you can catch them on the upcoming tour with No Zodiac which starts May 30th.

Survival live at Outbreak Fest

This band is awesome and everyone needs to see this video. Survival at Outbreak Fest, Sheffield (UK). Check out also other live footage shot by Asher, lots of quality vids over there!

Demo Daze: Reapers Path, Conqueror, Taken By Force

Reapers Path - Demo MMXI
Tough as nails hardcore from this German band. It took me ages to post this one and the band is already working on new release, but it’s still worth checking out. The demo is 4 tracks strong and bring some vicious heavy-ass hardcore not unlike Merauder, Cold World or Biohazard. Expect nothing but tons of tight grooves and slick riffs. My fav tracks are Reapers Path and Bitter End.
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Conqueror - Reality Check EP
It’s not often that we feature bands from South Africa. Conqueror plays metallic brand of hardcore which goes from fast parts to reckless breakdowns. The ep has 5 songs kept in bleak and negative tone and packed with thrashing riffs and powerful, menacing vocals. The production is crisp but maintains that rawness and edge that these tracks deliver.
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Taken By Force - We Will Remain
Taken By Force hail from Australia and play hardcore that makes you think about Terror, Hatebreed and so on. It’s pretty neat if you fancy that type of sound. Strong and metallic tracks that are kept short and to the point, with harsh vocals and good musicianship.
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Times Are Changing: European Hardcore Compilation

Destroy Your World records is working on compilation that will feature some of the hardest working bands in European hardcore. The line-up for this project is impressive and includes names like All For Nothing, Backfire, Born From Pain, Coldburn, Final Prayer, For The Glory, Knuckledust, Last Hope, New Morality, No Turning Back, Redemption Denied, Risk It, The Setup, Strength Approach, We Ride and World Eater. The album is expected drop inOctober. More details coming soon!

Jungle Fever to drop Reckless Reality ep

Jungle Fever are from Italy and they love NYHC sound, which was easy to notice when you listened to their first demo. The band has just announced they will drop new ep called Reckless Reality via Open Up records. Pre-orders are up here. There will be 200 black and 100 yellow vinyl pressed.

Video: Ablaze - The War On Heaven

Roughneck Media have created this nice clip for Germany's Ablaze. The War On Heaven is a track off of their upcoming split with Martyr's Tongue & Avalanche.

Two new songs from Bad Terms

Bad Terms have uploaded two new tracks to their bandcamp and they both rip! Life Sentence is evil, and the Descension is heavy as hell. This is just a teaser for band's upcoming album, so make sure you like their facebook page to keep yourself updated! Real American Hardcore!

Review: Mark My Words - Indicators

Australia’s Mark My Words brings dance floor hardcore stripped to the basics - lots of heavy, fast tunes with hard breakdowns and tough vocals. The album sound strong and I can see lots of kids moshing hard for this band! Above all, it reminds me of old Hatebreed, even the vocals are sounding very similar to early Jasta. It’s not a bad thing though. There are also obvious NYHC influences, with some of the songs having a strong Madball feel to them. These are strong foundations for a solid hardcore album.

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Video: Drowning - Judgement

This is brand new video from Drowningout of Chicago. Dope live footage with kids going crazy and beating the shit out of each other!

Listen to upcoming 7" by Kid Armor

Kid Armor is a really cool new youth crew band from Southern California and they will have a debut 7" Better Days released by Commitment Records. Pre-orders for the record have already started, check it out here. Musically, it's upbeat and raw, with tons of strong riffs and gang vocals. A lot of their lyrics deal with dangers of taking drugs and the band is not shy about their straight edge stance. I expect to see kids slamming hard to tracks like Better Days or Pound, great stuff!