Review: Step Aside - Reaching Out

Step Aside delivers hard-ass hardcore driven by monster beats and heavy groove. It reminds me of some classic old school shit like Outburst and Judge, but delivered in modern way, bringing also to mind bands like Minority Unit or Piece By Piece. That’s the type of music I like the best and the whole ep is nothing but pleasure to listen. There’s a right mix of harsh vocals, chugging guitars and tempos that go from fast pit action to mid-tempo grooves.

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Short Movie: The Ellington Kid

Director Dan Sully is mostly known for his work in music videos but the guy recently teamed up with Vice for this short thriller with a bit of twisted humor. It's about two kids enjoying a meal when one of them recalls a story about some kid who got stabbed and managed to stumnle into the same shop they the due is eating. Very nicely made, and the flow of the stroy is awesome combinign both thriller and comedy elements.

Raw Justice to release debut EP!

Raw Justice will drop debut ep on Straight & Alert soon!

New Sectarian Violence LP coming soon!

Carry The Weight Records will release 'Upward Hostility', first full length by Sectarian Violence, international straight edge done by dudes from some cool bands like Coke Bust and Stay Hungry. Expect ten tracks of raw and fast hc/punk in the vein of The Abused, Negative Approach and SSD! Grave Mistake will handle this release for the the kids in US.

Video: Terror - Live By The Code

Just recently the band has posted the audio for this track, and now here's a brand new music video by Terror performing Live By The Code.

Strange Places to drop debut 7"

Strange Places to release debut 7" on Carry The Weight Records. Members of Basement and Wayfarer playing metallic hardcore with a tinge of grunge. Described as Life Of Agony with more incense. You can listen to Gardens Of Hyperborea, a song off of the seven inch.

Terror - Live By The Code

Terror has posted audio preview of the title track from the upcoming album, Live By The Code. The album is due out on Victory Records.

Download: Lowpoint - Demo 2012

This one came out last year, but it's been just recently that I found out about the band. Lowpoint represents Florida and names Metallica, Crowbar, Disembodied, Merauder and Obituary as their influences. So basically, it's metallic hardcore played tight and aggressive, with some heavy-ass riffs and pissed-off vocals. Fans of heavy hardcore will definitely be into that! Download the demo!

Video: Creepout - Creepout

Downpour Creative production, footage taken during band's American tour.

Providence joins Eulogy Records!

Paris' Providence has inked a deal with Eulogy Records! Rarely you see a band that's as hard working and dedicated as those dudes, so they truly deserve the recognition. As far as beatdown goes in 2013, they're on of the few remaining bands that got it right! Readers of this blog should be familiar with the band, but for those living under the rock, the official press: Formed in 2005, Providence come from the depths of filthy Paris and play dark and brutal hardcore, full of crushing breakdowns. Since their beginning the band sought to innovate rather than imitate, intending to create a combination of social/political awareness and aggression. Providence’s style is huge, metallic and epic, yet manages to be efficient and straight up at the same time. The hoarse-growled vocals that complete this already potent formula are complimented by monstrous gang backups, spitting out venom on a variety of topics including politics, economy and the craziness of the world, yet maintaining a poetic turn of phrase. The band will tour intensively this year: Asia tour is planned for April/May 2013; Russia week-end tour will take place in June 2013; and Canada tour in July 2013.

Upcoming releases from Demons Run Amok

There are some cool news coming from the Demons Run Amok camp! The upcoming releases include: A Perfect Murder - Demonize 12"; The Last Stand - The Time Is Now 12"; The Fifth Alliance - Unrevealed Secrets Of Ruin 12"; Bitterness Exhumed - A Place Of Many Ghosts 12" and CD. Latest releases are new Suffer Survive, The Lowest, Dead Reprise and New Morality albums!

Review: Bravestar - Surrounded By Vultures

Just like on the previous albums, on Surrounded By Vultures Bravestar plays quite straight forward hardcore full of sing-along parts and breakdowns. It’s still aggressive, in-your-face hardcore and the band still relies heavily on thrash-inspired riffs, bumped up tempos, thick bass and intensive drum work but has also tried couple of new tricks to prevent things from getting boring. This basically means the songs got more complex with more variance in tempos and some metallic elements or even hard rock parts thrown in.

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Watch 'Into The Woods' Short-Movie

Into The Woods is a short horror flick that was brought to you by Downpour Creative, the same folks that made the recent Crowd Deterrent and Race Riot videos! (as well as one by Japan's Creepout!) It follows group of kids who get themselves in serious problem when they encounter a bizarre cult when out in the woods. The movie is nicely put together and with maybe not groundbreaking, but nonetheless entertaining plot. It's an enjoyable story, well developed within a very brief running time. Written by Matt Naylor & David Wilson. Directed by David Wilson.

Review: Losin It - No Apology

The way this album flows is crazy! Each track is dope and full of hardcore rage that draws you in immediately. After pretty cool Danger Zone Ep, this is the first full length by Losin’ It and you can expect total hardcore/hardcore worship. It’s the usual bag of tricks in this style but every element is done so well that played live these tracks must make the pit go nuts.

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Download: Nuke - Demo 2012

This demo came out in December '12 and features 5 tracks of metallic hardcore in 90' meaning of the word. What you can expect is tons of thrash riffs, insane vocals and some mean and crushing breakdowns. The band has ties with Lifers Records and I guess it's a good recommendation. There Comes A Time is easily my favorite track, but all of them are actually good! Influences: Slayer, Merauder, All Out War... Download it!

Video: Face Your Enemy - Do The Right Thing

My people from Italy have just dropped another video for the song off the Do The Right Thing album, this time it's the title track!

Review: Knuckledust - Bluffs, Lies & Alibis

Knuckldedust has been steadily building a reputation as one of the most ferocious bands in Europe. The combination of credibility, obvious talent, and down to earth attitude which this bands represents allows hardcore kids to immediately connect with the music and the message. I am totally into their previous albums, but this new stuff is one of the best shit they ever recorded. With Bluffs, Lies & Alibis, Knuckledust has perfected the formula that has made the band one of my favorite hardcore acts for the past few years.

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New Cheech album in April!

New Cheech album will be out in April via WTF REcords! The record is called Beast From The East and will feature 17 tracks of the anti-social hardcore that the band is infamous for!

Alpha & Omega announces new album!

Alpha & Omega, one of the coolest crossover bands nowadays, will begin pre-production for their yet-to-be-titled Bridge Nine debut this month. The band is set to begin recording in March with Kyle Black (and Chad Gilbert of NFG producing). More info to follow soon!

Afflictive Nature joins LTL Records

Afflictive Nature, hailing from San Antonio, Texas, has just joined Life To Live Recs. The band will be releasing new 7" in the near future, more info coming soon! Before the new songs drop, check out their previous releases here. Crossover, baby!

Video: Knuckledust at Outbreak Festival 2012

This video just was uploaded to youtube just couple of days ago. It's full set byKnuckledust at Outbreak festival which took place in Leeds in September 2012. The sound and image quality is awesome and you can expect tight performance by the band and solid karate action in the pit. Click here to check out other sets from Outbreak Fest, including Trial & Error, By My Hands, Inherit, Abolition, Final Rage, Your Move and more.

Impulse CV - Chula Violence

The newest ep from Impulse CV is nothing but no holds barred hardcore played at reckless tempos and with some bad ass attitude. Just like with their previous release 'Chicano Violence', the band still relies entirely on the bland, aggressive outbreaks of force. None of the songs on this ep make it past one minute mark and all are manacing. This time Impulse made an effort to come even harder and meaner so each and every track is forceful, but also well-constructed with some slick breakdowns and bold gang vocals. The lyrics deserve a special mention for the fact that it's definitely the type of straight-in-your-face poetry I expect from hardcore band. Highly recommended! Download it!

Review: Got Nuthin´- Back On The Streets

This 4-song MCD is apparently a debut release from this Berlin-based band with members from Tonedown, All For Revenge and Denny Crane. The idea behind Got Nothin’ is that these dudes wanted to make some more traditional hardcore music than what they do with their other bands. So they got together to write couple fast songs, tested them live and when the crowds’ reaction turned out to be positive, the natural thing was to follow up with a proper release. That’s how this ep came to being. The band plays old school hardcore that’s heavily indebted to the NYHC sound, but it also got ‘European hardcore’ written all over it.

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Vigilante (Sydney) to drop Quality Of Life LP

Vigilante is based in Sydney and includes members from Urban Mayhem, Right Idea, The Deadwalk, Last Nerve, Bad Blood and Ill Brigade. The band has just posted new track, Quality Of Life, off of their upcoming 10 song 12″ EP due out on Resist Records in Australia and Six Feet Under in Europe and US. Pre-orders for the album are available here. 10% of the money from pre-orders will go to The Station, a local charity which has been serving Sydney’s homeless since 1978!

Bad Times Crew streams new track

Bad Times Crew posted Turn Or Burn song on their bandcamp profile! Check it out! Now I've laid myself to sleep / This life of sin I will gladly keep / No longer will I let you take / This cross is mine to fuckin break

Video: Manu Armata - Remain

Here's new video from Manu Armata for Remain, band's brand new track that has been released just recently.

Take It Back to release Solid Ground ep!

Take It Back is streaming 'This World Keeps Spinning Without You' ep by Solid Ground, band's final recording which never really got a proper release. Click this link and you can listen the EP for free, but also download it for just €1.49. All the money from downloads will go to releasing this music on vinyl!

Smash Your Enemies streams Diseased, feat. Rob Watson

Smash Your Enemies has just released brand new track with a guest vocals by Lionheart's Rob Watson. Definitely a banger if you like fat, gritty sound of Detroit hardcore. Check it out!

Download: Hollow Truth - Demo MMXII

The crossover sound seems to be quite popular nowadays with a slew of bands trying be the next Cro-Mags or Leeway, but Dublin-based Hollow Truth displays skills and ideas that make their debut demo solid and enjoyable. If you're into hardcore with a strong thrash vibe, you have to check it out. Throughout the 4 tracks that make up the demo the band successfully experiments with a blend of core and metal, and some of the songs sound straight up 80' crossover. If you like this stuff, you can also buy the demo on tape from here, it seems some copies are still available. Download it!

Until The End to play show in March

Until The End will play reunion show in March with the 'Blood In The Ink'-era line-up! The show will take place on 23rd of March in Lake Worth, Florida. Other bands on the rooster are include Coldside, Old Habits, Lowpoint, Ironside and more.

Video: Relentless - Undefeated

This is new video by Australia's Relentless for Undefeated off of their latest album, Turn The Curse. Haven't heard the album yet, but this track is powerful!

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District 9 to drop SoutBronxMemoirs

More good news from District 9 - the band will drop four-track SouthBronxMemoirs ep on iTunes. The EP will be also released via Dignified Bastard as a limited vinyl edition in in March - only 100 hand-numbered records available!

World Of Pain streams new song, 'Fight The Tide'

World Of Pain have posted new song on their Stereokiller profile! The track is entitled Fight The Tide and is taken from the band's upcoming album, Improvise & Survive. The record should be available in early April on BDHW, in collaboration with Us Versus Them. Fight The Tight is one of the hardest tracks I've heard in a while, totally alpha male hardcore made for war. [Pic by Tanner Douglass]

New Tough Luck 7" to be out on Solid Bond Recs

Solid Bond Records will release six song 7" by Tough Luck entitled 'Heavy Fortune'. Check out Forever Rigid track off of the Ep here. The Ep is on pre-order at label's webstore and should be shipping in February. "Join me on my level of pain, feel the hurt again and again. I'm on the bottom, can't fail anymore, I never knew your face, just the hate you store. Tear down the past of what could never be, because you fail and you fail and you don't believe in me..."

New Blood: Seconds Of Peace

Seconds Of Peace is a new band from Germany which really impressed me with their debut demo they dropped not so long ago. Those five tracks displayed just the right balance of different influences ranging from classic NYHC to crossover sound, and everything was delivered with force and conviction. So, check out the interview I did with the band lately where they talk about the origins, influences and idea behind the band and some more stories.

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District 9 to debut new material on B'n'N Takeover

Classic Bronx hardcore act District 9 will be featured on Black N' Blue Takeover show tomorrow (January 29th). There will be some discussion, but the most important thing is that the band will debut new material! Listen to the Black N' Blue Takeover live on East Village Radio from 8pm to 10pm ET. Archives are available here.

Crown Of Thornz to drop Nothing But Tragedy EP

Thanks to In My Blood blog for pointing me to this, Crown Of Thornz will be releasing new ep this year! The new material is called "Nothing But Tragedy" and is due out on Durty Mick / Ill Roc Records in Spring 2013. More details probably coming soon! Meanwhile, you can catch band live on Feb 28th at The Blue Room,NJ with Suburban Scum, Bottom Out, Low Road, Provider and Dead Where You Stand. Check out the footage from band's performance at Ieperfest 2012:

Listen to new True Hearted track!

True Hearted posted a track which will be released on a couple of compilation records. The song is called Twitch and you can listed to it here. You can also download for free band's latest release, Vice Grip, here!

The Rival Mob streams new track, 'It Must Be Nice...'

The Rival Mob are streaming a new song entitled "It Must Be Nice..." off of their upcoming album, Mob Justice, which is due to be released Feb. 26 on Revelation Records. This new track sounds awesome and I can wait to get my hands on this new album. What's your opinion about this track?

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