BLOODY HAMMER - S/T LP (2013)

 

Street punk from Melbourne who's members also played in KRÖMOSOM and ENZYME among others. I played this record for the first time in many years last week and forgot just how good it was.

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NIET - Srečna Mladina CD (2015)

 

Essential Yugo hardcore punk from what is now Slovenia. Originally released on cassette in 1984 with just a small pressing of 200 copies, but was dubbed many times over due to the band's popularity. It was finally issued on vinyl three decades later with bonus tracks recorded shortly after the tape came out. This rip was taken from the CD version that includes two more songs not on the LP. I believe these were the final recordings with their first singer and founding member Primož Habič, who died in 1991.

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CORRUPTION - Infest Of Rage tape (1986)

 

California crossover that's leans more towards the hardcore side than the metal. This ripper was ripped from 2019 cassette reissue.

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THE RAZOR BLADES - Hateful Youth 1982-84 LP (2009)

Almost complete discography of this early 80's Danish HC band. Only thing it's missing is their 1983 split 7" with Flere Døde Pansere.

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DEATH WISH - S/T EP (2014)

 

I first heard this Boston band on the "Hold Your Ground" comp 30 years ago with their standout track "Break The Chains". They recorded 7 songs in late '83 with tracks 2,3 & 6 first released as a 7" in 1989, and reissued in 1992 on the sketchy German label Lost & Found Records. While it's great the full session was finally put out last decade, it would've been even greater if this had record actually had a cover along with an insert with a bio/history, pictures, flyers, lyrics...something! Instead it was just housed in a plain black outer sleeve like a dance single from the 90's. These songs deserved better than that, but I guess it's better than nothing.

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BLITZKRIEG - Apel / Tko Je Kriv? EP (2015)

 

Not the UK82 Blitzkrieg, the NWOBHM Blitzkrieg, or even the German one. This short lived band from Croatia formed in the fall of 1984 and recorded this demo in Feb '85.

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AGENT ORANGE - Demo's And More LP (2014)

 

If you have their discography disc, there isn't anything on this record you haven't heard except their 1982 demo (tracks 1-6). Which I think would've made a killer 7" on it's own. According to the insert tracks 11-16 are listed as 2nd EP demos but it's just the full recording session as 11-13 sound just like the 7" versions to my ears. 

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