hardcore

  • 2013

    Endless Night by Take Over And Destroy Holy crap! That’s all I have to say after listening to this short gauntlet of tracks on the new Take Over And Destroy release, Endless Night. In recent years, I’ve run across some really interesting metal fusions, but Take Over And

  • 2013

    Split – Oblivionized | Human Cull – This Septic Isle by OBLIVIONIZED | HUMANCULL One of my favorite extreme music acts from the UK, Oblivionized, has a new split out with Human Cull. Oblivionized brings plenty of brittle, groovy riffs topped with gruesome vocals. On the flipside, Human Cull is heavy, fast, and doesn’

  • 2013

    (A389-127) FULL OF HELL Rudiments Of Mutilation 12"/CD by A389 Recordings What Full of Hell’s new album doesn’t have it length, it makes up for in compromise–or the lack of it, really. The band’s abrasive combination of hardcore punk, sludge metal, and powerviolence is

  • 2013

    When Arizona’s Destruction Unit named this track “The World On Drugs,” I guess they weren’t messing around. The song feels like a multi-phased trip that starts like a piece of hardcore punk, but suddenly shapeshifts into some slow-moving heavy psych. All the while, the band’s guitars are

  • 2013

    A new video from Belgium’s Oathbreaker. The song “No Rest For The Weary” is the band’s latest single and video. The song is set for release on their sophomore album, Eros|Anteros. Release date: August 20th. Label: Deathwish. Though hardcore punk has always been a pivotal reference point

  • album

    Nice Hooves by Nice Hooves The incredibly loud and noisy debut album of Detroit rock band Nice Hooves. The quintet brings together elements of hardcore punk, noise rock, and modern metal for a series of tracks that are both hard hitting and melodic. Enjoy!

  • On Yeezus, Chicago rapper and producer Kanye West takes his typically ambitious production down some really dark, noisy passageways. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire’s Kismet is definitely a bounce back from the New York rapper’s last project, which was a little too inconsistent. He brings plenty of topical tracks with grimy beats on this thing. His deep, somewhat goofy voice adds some character to these tracks, too. WATCH THE

  • 2013

    Stream: Power Trip – Manifest Decimation It’s all-out thrash warfare on this new Power Trip album, Manifest Decimation. The LP is out now, and it’s the band’s first album. It certainly feels like it, too; every track on here is relentless and punk-infused. It really sounds like the

  • 2013

    (A389-125) SEVEN SISTERS OF SLEEP Opium Morals 12"/CD by A389 Recordings Bringing loads of massive, heavy riffage into your metal-bound hardcore, the new Seven Sisters of Sleep album, Opium Morals. The band really emphasizes ferocity over, well, everything. See if you can handle it.