Sky Tigers – Lowell, Massachusetts, USA Ah yes, the inextricable tendrils binding Punk, Hardcore and Thrash and the invariable tendency they have to coalesce. Introducing SkyTigers is relevant to that sentence and the meaning drawn from it. The Massachusetts band started in 2010 and until recently were unknown to me,…
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UGLYBONES – Chicago, Illinois, USA UGLYBONES and Erasure. These are words together in unison that I have been meaning to address. UGLYBONES, in a nutshell, were one of the first US Hardcore bands alongside those such as This Is Hell, that outside of the “greats”, were early indulgences as I began…
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GILT – Jacksonville, Florida, USA Ripcord Records – Scotland, United Kingdom Here we are again, but this time for the premiere of GILT and ‘No Surprise’ (Fugazi) via Ripcord Records. As you may or may not know, Ripcord Records of sunny Scotland are putting together a forty-three track compilation in ode to…
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This Is Hell – Long Island, New York, USA Ripcord Records – Scotland, United Kingdom Today, I am pleased to be a part of the premiere of This Is Hell and ‘Sieve-Fisted Find’ (Fugazi) via Ripcord Records. Ripcord Records are yet another tenacious record label and distro based in Scotland…
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Grand Collapse – Bristol, England, United Kingdom (Again, please?) Grand Collapse and Empty Plinths. These are words that many have been waiting for. Well, the former followed by something in full-length form to be more precise. Grand Collapse are infamous, notorious and have now returned via the likes of TNSrecords…
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Exploding Head Syndrome – Oslo, Norway You see or hear the words – “Exploding Head Syndrome” – “Aristocratical Tendencies” and “EP” and you know via the name alone that at least one part of your brain is screaming down the rest via over-clocked intrigue. Native to Oslo, Norway, Exploding Head…
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Time and Pressure – St. Louis, Missouri, USA Cover photo: Christian Sellards. In 2018 a band by the name of Time and Pressure released a Demo EP that got through five songs in a mere seven minutes and twenty-eight seconds of visceral, classic yet more than relevant Hardcore Punk-Rock. The…
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FACELIFT – Thousand Palms, California, USA If you were to describe in person the sheer level of noise that Thousand Palms natives FACELIFT emanate, you’d have to take into account that no matter where the band themselves would be, be it far removed from yourself or not, said sonic volume…
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