Down To Nothing to play two shows in UK

Down To Nothing will play two shows in UK this December: Friday, 14th in The Underworld, Camden, London; and Saturday, 15th in Broomhall Centre, Sheffield. You can buy tickets for both events here.

Strike Back - Crashing Down

Taken from the Holding On album.

Vinyl of Can't Relate 2008 Demo coming soon

Ugly and Proud Records will release the 2008 demo of Can't Relate on vinyl. Here's some bio information about the band: "Can't Relate was a hardcore band formed in the Summer of 2007. They didn't have merch, social media or a demo recorded before their first show; in fact, they were probably the only hardcore band in Australia at the time. Between October 2007 and November 2008, they spent more time playing shows
and practicing then they did editing their myspace layout and promoting the band on the internet. The band was an outlet for everything wrong with hardcore and society at the time, and still is today. If you like Floorpunch, Right Brigade, Mental, Stop and Think, Chain of Strength or Carry On you will definitely dig this. These tracks were released by the band in 2008 and are now finally available on three colours of wax. Artwork is a collaboration between German graffiti-artist Jym and cartoonist Javi from Spain.

Bottomfeeder Interview

It seems that the sole purpose of Bottomfeeder’s existence is to bring the glorious style of 90’ tough metallic hardcore back on the map. No band can go wrong when taking Merauder, All Out War or Earth Crisis as their musical influences, and Bottomfeeder executes this style for perfection. If you mix it with hard-hitting lyrics that jump from personal issues to more global concerns, it’s an ultimate killer. This interview is for those who dig band’s latest output, II ep, as well as for those not familiar.

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China's Unregenerate Blood dropping new album

How many Chinese hardcore bands do you know? I thought so... Unregenerate Blood represents Beijing hardcore scene and the band is getting ready to drop new full length "Breath Live & Fight" soon. You actually can listen to the whole album here. The band has also released this video some time ago.

Discipline are back with new singer

From the band's official facebook page: It took some time but finally some last minute news: We're proud to be back with a different singer, Merijn. Some will know him as the singer of Banner Of Thugs from back in the days. Or maybe from his other current band Sparrow Falls.

First Blood announced cover album

First Blood has announced plans to release cover album called Inspirations. The band wants to pay respect to all the hardcore bands that had influence on them, starting from Agnostic Front and Suicidal Tendencies to Hatebreed, Earth Crisis, All Out War and more. More info coming soon!

The SOSF Worldwide Split - Volume 3

SOSF bands never let down when it comes to that ignorant and reckless hardcore this scene needs so much. The general idea behind this album is getting 3 SOSF bands on one CD, each band representing different country where SOSF cartel has established its base: US, Germany and Japan. The first band is Cold Reign out of Indiana with short intro and 3 hard as nails hardcore tracks that all are bangers. The Noose is the catchiest tune on the album, driven by tight groove and double bass action, topped with hard as nails vocal. The band has that heavy sound Midwest is known for, bringing the best elements of 90’ and 00’ tough guy hardcore. No bullshit, just some straight up dynamic and intense tracks.

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Reality Check - Sacrifice

One of the tracks from a 7" compilation of some of the finest young Polish Hardcore bands. All songs for this release are exclusive. You can buy it here.

Soul Search streams new track

Soul Search has posted new track, The Scapegoat. The song is from band's upcoming 7" coming out on Back To Back Records called "Nothing But A Nightmare." Pre-orders should be up real soon!

Vision of Disorder - Hard Times

Hard Times from the new album The Cursed Remain Cursed on Candlelight Records.

Sike - Demo 2012

Giving props to the East European hardcore, here's Sike from Kiev, Ukraine. The band is about straight edge and plays straight up old school hardcore with NYHC leanings. The songs are damn catchy. It has members of some local bands, namely Clearsight, Bluesbreaker and Honesty, so the guys know how to handle their instruments. The recording quality of the demo is good - not too clean, not too raw. All in all, very cool record and I hope to hear more from them in the future! Download it!

HHF to release Unite For Relief compilation

Offifical info from Hardcore Help Foundation: March 11th 2011, big earthquake, tsunami, nuclear plant accident attacked Japan. For people in Japan that bad news keep happening, one project was established by some people in worldwide hardcore community. The project is about that each band provides a song, they press the compilation cds, sell them, and then send the sales to people in need after all the disasters. Hardcore compilation album [Unite For Relief - A Hardcore Benefit For Japan -] was made like that. This album will be released worldwide and will be distributed in not only Japan but also America, Europe, Korea etc. All the Japanese bands on the bill provided new unreleased tracks as well as bands in other countries give their rare tracks. The result ended up as a 2-disc-CD including 35 bands from all over the world. On the track list you can find famous well known Hardcore brands like MADBALL, TERROR, WISDOM IN CHAINS, BORN FROM PAIN, NO TURNING BACK, NEXT STEP UP, SAN, NUMB, NASTY, FOR THE GLORY, CREEPOUT, BET THE DEVIL, LOOK MY WAY, WORLD EATER plus many more. This release will soon be available in our online store and other distros in Europe and USA.

Check out HHF's website and see how you can get involved! And go to their webshop and pop something so these guys can make a difference!

The Setup - Trapped Under The Weight

New official video from this Belgian band. Song from the upcoming This Thing of Ours album.

Rise After Defeat - Unknown

Song from the Pragmatice Ep.

Hometown Hate and Danny Crane split in the works

Hometown Hate(Mass, US) and Denny Crane (Berlin). Not much info is available now, except the the bands will release some of the songs off the album before it drops. The record will be entitled For The Underground and should be out in January, 2013.

Hard Resistance Interview

If you were around in the 90’ and knew anything about the hardcore scene, you must have came across the thing called streetcore or eurocore which simply meant raw and harsh hardcore with strong NYHC influences and working class mindset. These were the good old days when shaved head and army camouflage shorts was the most stylish thing hardcore kids could think of. Hard Resistance were one of the major names in this genre and with album titles like Engine of Hate or Psycho Tales you bet it was great stuff. After the band took a break for couple of years, they got their shit together recently, released new album and started playing shows again. Here’s the interview so you know what’s up with the band nowadays!

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Decent Living - Demo 2012

Decent Living hails from New York and got that NYC sound everyone loves. The demo is pretty rough, but still dope. The band opts for mid-tempo grooves instead of going forward with breakneck speed and there's a nice metallic feel to the songs as well. This demo has been recorded 100% DIY and gives you good example what band is capable of, but I would love to hear this songs with some better production. Download it!

Tracklist for Respect Your Roots comp revealed

Strength Records has posted the tracklist for the upcoming Respect Your Roots compilation. It has Agnostic Front covering Ramones, Terror covering Agnostic Front, No Turning Back playing Ready To Fight, Rancid with Someone's Gonna Die by Blitz and much more! Here's the official description of the album: "As a follow up of the very succesfull “Worldwide tribute to the real oi!” albums, Roger and Onno now compiled a sampler with the scene’s best bands around today going back to their roots and covering the songs of their youth. This time the bands were free to choose whatever song they wanted to cover and were not restricted to a genre or a style." The label has already started pre-orders for the CD, which you can find here.

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Hatebreed stream Put It To The Torch

Say what you want, but some still might be interested in a fact that Hatebreed is working on a new album and just today the band posted online new song off the upcoming LP: it's called Put It To The Torch and you can listen to it here.

Hardboiled Radio #4 - One Scene Unity

This edition got music from bands like Empire of Rats, Bad Advice, Soul Search, Toe to Toe, Vulgar Display, Southend, World War4, Crowd Deterrent and more. Hope everyone will like it. If you know the tunes, just play it loud and have good time. If you don’t know these bands, I encourage you to give it a listen. Playlist after the jump or open it in a pop-up window for more convenience.

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Human Animal offers Dark Days ep for free

Human Animal has just released debut EP "Dark Days" for free downloads! Members of the band has previously been involved in bands like Shockwave, Brother's Keeper, Prayer for a Fallen Angel, Abnegation, xDisciplex AD, Jesus Wept and more. Listen to the Ep here, or download it here.

New Blood: Scarred Mind

Germany’s Scarred Mind has just recently released Heavy Mental ep which is sure to make all the fans of heavy hardcore happy. The band takes a lot of correct NYHC influences to create some massive sound. Everything is pretty much in place, from thrash-infused groove parts to vicious breakdowns. Aggressive but well thought out music with the right attitude. The guys were kind enough to answer couple of my questions so check it out!

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Knuckledust - London Zoo

Totally DIY made clip from Knuckledust. Track taken from the brand new Bluff,Lies and Alibis album.

Narrow View - Rank and File

DIY video! Song taken from 7" on El Trasgo Records.

Brazen - Abyssal Demo 2012

Brazen is a heavy hardcore band from The Redlands, Australia and this is their newest recording after couple of demos. Their sound is heavy metallic hardcore played tight. They remind me of bands like Lionheart or Since The Flood in a way they incorporate metal into hardcore without actually sounding metalcore, and at faster parts they even have a Terror feel. The songs are fast and hard with stomping mosh parts and there are even solos now and there. Pretty tight! Definitely band to watch for! Download it!

The World On My Shoulders by Reality Check

Reality Check is definitely one of the most interesting bands out of Poland right now and they just have posted new song from the upcoming Ep. It's called ' The World On My Shoulders' and it's fucking amazing if heavy hardcore is your thing. Go check it out here.

Strike Hard Interview

Strike Hard has Just released new album called Prophecies which has an interesting lyrical concept to it, dealing with falling on hard times and trying to survive the worst. Joe, band’s bassist, gives more in-depth reflection on the album. It has already been released so go and check it!

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Terror's benefit tee for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Terror and Defiant Youth have released a limited t-shirt of which all the profits will go to American Red Cross to support the Hurricane Sandy Relief. Support the good cause and order the tee here!

Check out new War Hound songs

Check out new tunes by War Hound at their bandcamp. Next Level Demonstration 2013 is a showcase of two new songs, Truth and Next Level. And while you there, check out The Hardstyle, a compilation of band's previous work.

Menace - Infamous

New official vid by Menace. From the Agony album.

Pre-orders for Last Dayz / Cornered split launched

Ratel Records has launched pre-orders for anticipated Last Dayz and Cornered split 7". Last Dayz is a Polish-Pride crazy ass hardcore band def not for fans of reading books. No need to introduce Cornered as they played all over Europe a dozen of times and even US and A where they had a party of their lives. Each band contribures two tracks. This is a 3-labels joint release. If you live in Netherlands, go to The Limit Records, if in Greece contact WAK Records. If elsewhere, pick your favorite label or browse distros.

Rock Bottom streams Down With The Devil

Rock Bottom has posted the entire Down With The Devil album at their bandcamp. The band also offers the album for free download via the Zippyshare link. If you want to show your support, buy Rock Bottom's merch here, or check out the previous releases at Harvcore.

Yellow Stitches - Queen City Eve

Everyone should listen to this band!

On The Run - Demo

On The Run hails from Mönchengladbach, Germany and this is their first demo. It's 6 tracks including intro of hardcore that's somewhere between NYHC and more melodic sound. The songs are pretty tight and the band made sure there is some diversity and hook to each song. It's not as in your face and aggressive as some other band out there, but still is an enjoyable listen. Download it!

United Blood - Born to Lose

Track from the upcoming Split 7´ with Pushed too Far (BE) on Clenched Fist Records.

Straight & Alert weekly sale

This week Straight & Alert is getting rid of couple of records, fanzines and merch so click here and check out the stuff you can get at reduced prices. It includes music and merch from bands like Blacklisted, Creatures, Down, Earth Crisis, Exodus, Government Issue, No Turning Back , Cold World, Nuclear Assault, Obituary, Pale Creation, Possessed, Raw Power, Rise and Fall, Rot In Hell, Slayer, Broken Teeth, Common Cause, Guilty, End Of A Year, Broken Needle, Ark Of The Covenant / Abolition, Blkout, Born To Expire, Broken Patterns, Burdens, Burning Love, Cheap Thrill, Current, Foreseen, Omegas, Picked Clean, Poison Planet, Sabertooth Zombie, Steve Adamyk, Tremors, Truth Inside, Wrong Answer, Lose The Life, , Megadeth, Testament, Hardside, Into Another, Urban Waste, Venom, Deal With It… and many more!

Length Of Time streams Maleficious World

Belgium's legendary Length Of Time has posted brand new track from the upcoming album, 'Let The World With The Sun Go Down' due out via GSR Music. You can listen to Maleficious World here. Place your pre-order for the upcoming album here. The record comes on cd in a digi pack and features 5 brand new songs and a bonus track, as well as on picture disc 12" with the full demo "We Choose The Violent Way" as a bonus. Out November 16th!

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Fury (Russia) streams Demo 2012

It has been online for some time now, but in case you didn't know: Russia's Fury streams its entire demo on band's bandcamp profie. Check it out here. It's very raw, but some of you might like it. Plus, the band is female fronted and there's a Ceremony cover. Go and listen to the band here.

Empire Of Rats launches bandcamp

Empire Of Rats has posted 2 MMXII tracks and entire No Peace ep on their recently launched bandcamp profile. Go check it out! FFO: 100 Demons, Nails, Ringworm, Buried Alive, and Crowbar. Check out band interview here.