Fast and loud straight to the point hardcore from Finland with an early 80's USHC influence. When I first heard 'Shut Your Mouth' off this 7" back in 2002, I was an instant fan. They've also got an LP and few splits also worth checking out.
1. Jaded 2. I See Black 3. Shut Your Mouth 4. Potential Criminals 5. No Looking Back 6. The Waiting Game DOWNLOAD
Here's another international comp, this time of the Oi/street punk variety. 4 bands from 4 countries on this 7" (USA, Canada, Spain and Australia). I bought this strictly for Vancouver's own Alternate Action, whose contribution is exclusive to this 4-way split. Sadly they are no longer around, but check out the singer's new band Bishops Green.
1. MARCHING ORDERS - Mass Hysteria 2. ALTERNATE ACTION - Skinhead Way Of Life 3. HARRINGTON SAINTS - Dead Broke In The USA 4. SECRET ARMY - Hypocrites & Parasites DOWNLOAD
Great 10" comp featuring 4 bands from 3 countries (Sweden, Japan and USA). As you can tell by the title and the cover, the theme is skateboarding. No slow jams here.
1. E.T.A. - Let's Go, Let's Skate 2. E.T.A. - Trouble Ahead 3. E.T.A. - World Is Burning 4. E.T.A. - Let's Drink Some Beer (Gang Green) 5. LIFE SET STRUGGLE - The Fever 6. LIFE SET STRUGGLE - Image 7. LIFE SET STRUGGLE - Quarantined 8. LIFE SET STRUGGLE - Rippin' Shit Up 9. BREAKFAST - Don't Step! Hands Off! 10. BREAKFAST - Sequoia 11. BREAKFAST - Alameda 12. BREAKFAST - Window 13. SCHOLASTIC DETH - Now's The Time 14. SCHOLASTIC DETH - On The Road Of Life… 15. SCHOLASTIC DETH - Bring it Back… 16. SCHOLASTIC DETH - Fuck It, I Quit 17. SCHOLASTIC DETH - Scene Of The Spectacle DOWNLOAD
Let's face it, most tribute records suck. Here's one that doesn't. Six covers of early Corrosion Of Conformity done by 4 bands (that don't suck) in just over 8 minutes. Short and sweet and straight to the point. You're welcome.
1. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? - Prayer 2. HOLIER THAN THOU? - Citizen / Not For Me 3. CAUSTIC CHRIST - Rabid Dogs 4. MUNICIPAL WASTE - Intervention 5. MUNICIPAL WASTE - Minds Are Controlled DOWNLOAD
14 years ago I saw these guys at a sXe hardcore show in Lisbon Portugal and they blew my socks off. I normally don't listen to this type of melodic hardcore, but something about them just resonated with me. So of course I bought their demo tape at that gig. I used to play it all the time, but at some point I've seemed to have misplaced it. Luckily I have it on a burnt CDr that I downloaded off an old Lisbon Hardcore page. This version includes a Bad Brains cover that wasn't on the tape.
1. For Those Who Crucify Us 2. Mind Pugilism 3. Deathstopsthebreathingsong 4. Resurrection 5. Sannyasin 6. Centered 7. Lifer 8. Depression (Black Flag) 9. Sailin' On (Bad Brains) DOWNLOAD
Blackened thrash metal from Germany. This 7" single came out before the band's 2nd LP, "Under The Sign Of The Moon". The A-side is a different recording than the album version, while the on the flip side you get a badass cover of a NWOBHM classic. As a bonus I also added their cover of Bathory's "Return Of Darkness And Evil", which was only available on the first vinyl pressing of UTSOTM. The song is not included on the CD version or the 2013 vinyl reissue.
1. Ancient Black Spirit 2. Heavy Metal Mania (Holocaust) 3. The Return Of Darkness And Evil (Bathory) [BONUS TRACK] DOWNLOAD
I first heard this Toronto thrash band back in 2003 when I saw them open for S.T.R.E.E.T.S. at the Cobalt, and I was a fan ever since. They put out one album and a bunch of EP's in their 9 year existence before splitting up in 2008. This here is their 'lost' album that they recorded sometime in the mid-00's but was never released until two years ago when 100 copies were put out for Record Store Day. I think the delay had something to do with the band waiting for the cover art, which is why these had silk-screened covers made from inside-out record sleeves. It would be cool to see this album get the proper release it deserves one of these days, until then here it is.
1. State Of Decay 2. Obliteration WWVI 3. Cryptocracy 4. A Questionable Obsession With The Recently Deceased 5. Tyrants Apocalypse 6. Wolfcult Chernobyl 7. Death Shark 8. A Way Back From Hell 9. Following The Abyss 10. Siege Of Madness DOWNLOAD
