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With Honor, Ringworm, and The Audition…

11.16.2005

I checked my P.O. Box for the first time in a little over two weeks on Monday (which I think is the longest I've ever gone...

Social Decay “Life’s Not Hard… You’re Just Soft” 7”

11.13.2005

Sadly I don't know much of anything about this sorely overlooked New Jersey hardcore act, so if anyone has some accurate...

Mindrot “Soul” CD

11.10.2005

I always forget how far back this band goes, but Mindrot formed in California in 1989, coming from somewhat more of a...

Black Crucifixion “The Fallen One of Flames” CD

11.9.2005

So this Black Crucifixion CD EP, "The Fallen One of Flames", shows up from Paragon Records (it's on a different label in...

Mönster “Death Before Disorder” CD

11.8.2005

With a lineup that boasts current and former members of Insuiciety, Highscore, A Thin Red Line, Born Dead Icons, The Black...

Confusion: 1990 - 1994

11.6.2005

Finally! My first exposure to this brutal yet criminally underrated early-90's metalcore band came from the "East Coast...

Deviant “Larvaeon” CD

11.4.2005

I recently realized that I don't really own as much death metal as I thought I did, and most of what I've held onto over...

Stompbox “Stress” CD

11.3.2005

For some reason it's pretty damn hard to dig up much information on this defunct Boston band. Formed in 1991, they...

Detonation “Portals to Uphobia” CD

11.2.2005

Here's another that I've been meaning to give a shout for a couple of months now since it really took me by surprise....

Turmoil “Staring Back” 2xCD

11.1.2005

For whatever reason, I was never a Turmoil fan. I guess I could probably chalk it up to my finicky ears often having a...

Cold as Life “Born to Land Hard” CD

10.30.2005

Holy shit was I ecstatic to learn just last week that this record has finally been repressed! I'm sure at this point most...

Crown of Thornz “Train Yard Blues” CD

10.27.2005

Here's another mid-90's hardcore gem that I can't believe is around 10 years old already. Crown of Thornz did pretty well...

Sum of All Fears “From This Day Forward…” CD

10.24.2005

Here's another underrated mid-90's hardcore record that I never really knew much about. The debut 1996 "full-length" (not...

Forbidden “Twisted Into Form” CD

10.17.2005

Perhaps best known for the fact that former sticksman Paul Bostaph eventually joined up for quite a run with Slayer,...

Thine “In Therapy” CD

10.13.2005

Yep, more downcast tunes to accompany the autumn months. Thine seems a rather strange band. Their first record, "A Town...

Naglfar “Diabolical” CD

10.10.2005

I remember when I first heard the name Naglfar almost 10 years ago I laughed my ass off and kind of shook my head thinking,...

Vision of Disorder “s/t” CD

10.6.2005

So this kid writes me a few days ago and asks me if I happen to have one of V.O.D.'s old demos from way back when, the one...

October Tide “Grey Dawn” CD

10.2.2005

Continuing in the vein of the last post, as the finest month of the autumn season has just begun, here's another band...