Maniac are without a doubt my favourite current hardcore band. They are legitimately ill as all hell and my habit of wearing a Maniac T-shirt
Read moreInterview with Cruelty
I’ll confess that when it comes to Midlands based metallic hardcore band Cruelty I’ve had to eat a hefty slice of humble pie. You see,
Read moreDeath Before Dishonor – Unfinished Business (Bridge Nine Records, 2019)
Alright then. Boston hardcore legends, Death Before Dishonor have returned to the fray with their first album in over a decade, and fourth album overall.
Read more7in & EP Round-up, June 2018 (part 3)
The Raging Nathans / Pizza Tramp split 7in (Plasterer 2018 / Rad Girlfriend Records, 2017) Another transatlantic double release (is that even an accurate term?)
Read more7in & EP Round-up, June 2018 (part 1)
Dark/Light – s/t (Dirt Cult, 2018) Portland, Oregon’s Drak/Light (which is apparently pronounced as Dark Slash Light) describe themselves as ‘cold weather music for combating
Read moreWonk Unit – Terror (Plasterer Records, 2018)
Those of you that are unfortunate enough to be regular readers of the hallowed pages of Apathy and Exhaustion will doubtless remember my review of
Read moreMinors – Atrophy (Holy Roar, 2017)
Fuck me. This is belligerent. In a good way, like. I don’t often listen to modern metal or metallic hardcore. It either doesn’t sit well
Read moreStraight Opposition – The Fury From The Coast (Indelirium Records, 2017)
My knowledge of European hardcore is limited to the time frame 1994-2005, when I actually made efforts to maintain an interest in such things. In
Read moreTerror ‘The Walls Will Fall’ EP (Pure Noise/Triple B Records)
I can remember with absolute clarity Terror’s first demo being shoved into my hands 15 years ago outside another poxy all-dayer in London. ‘It’s Scott
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