COMBINED EFFORT "Demo"
CASSETTE TAPE - $4.00
SELF RELEASED / CXE001cs
Boston straight edge hardcore featuring members of No Tolerance.
Track Listing:
01. Step Outside
02. Intro
03. What I Gave Up
04. Learned Nothing
05. Where Will You Stand
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CRETINS "Meat"
7"EP - $3.75
DERANGED / DERA280v
CRETINS rear their ugly heads yet again with six new cuts of destructive hardcore punk on "Meat". This is a completely savage recording that harnesses the pure hatred of Poison Idea and depraved genius of Cleveland's finest into one crushing EP. This is not the safe, easygoing, or experimental garbage that has crept into HC punk in recent years. CRETINS' approach here is simple - hard hitting and forceful songwriting with lyrics that espouse a clear distaste for humanity. Executed much faster and tighter than previous material, if there's one CRETINS release to end it all to, "Meat" surely wins out.
01. Shadows
02. I Wanna Live
03. Can't Think Like You
04. No Reason
05. Thick Skull
06. Meat
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EXIT ORDER "Self Titled"
7"EP - $4.40
SIDE TWO / SIDE2-009v
Exit Order's new EP steps away from the non stop hardcore of their demo and shifts into a catchier UK82 meets Welcome to 1984 euro punk style.
Track Listing:
01. Take The Bait
02. Begging
03. Dog
04. Replica
05. Fraud
06. Rotten Thing
07. Cornered
08. Order
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GREEN BERET "Standing At The Mouth Of Hell"
12"LP - $10.00
SIDE TWO / SIDE2-010v
Two years since their "The Cult Of State" EP, Green Beret return with another dose of timeless hardcore. "Standing At The Mouth Of Hell" treads the same UK-by-way-of-Sweden ground as past releases, adding a bit of a straight-forward US influence resulting in their strongest work yet. Their influences may be obvious, but this ain't no feeble genre exercise. Green Beret stands as proof that trends come and go but hardcore punk can still be urgent, catchy and relevant in 2016.
Track Listing:
01. Overthrow
02. Out In The Cold
03. Stand Accused
04. Nothing For You
05. Truth Denial
06. Disregard
07. Mouth Of Hell
08. Propagandist
09. Hateful Vision
10. Systemic Abuse
11. Count Zero Blackout
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GREEN BERET "Violence Is Their Currency"
12"LP - $10.00
SIDE TWO / SIDE2-004v
10 Tracks of Discharge meets Totalitar inspired hardcore. Building from the 2010 demo, Green Beret return a heavier and speedier band while still focusing on catchy songs and staying away from current noise core trappings. Essential for fans of hardcore.
Track Listing:
01. Violence Is Their Currency
02. Death Drug Psychosis
03. Vultures
04. Last Days
05. Concrete Nightmare
06. Under The Boot
07. Bloody Summer
08. In Silence
09. No Fallout
10. Kulturekampf
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THE HOTELIER "Goodness"
2x12"LP - $27.50
TINY ENGINES / TINYENG149v
It is not enough to say that The Hotelier have grown older, or wiser, or more of anything. We can trace a progression, if we like, from the explosive empowerment of It Never Goes Out to the ashen disillusionment of Home, Like Noplace Is There. We can follow an awakening of youth in suburbia attempting to learn what is right, and what is ours, and what is possible and impossible, and maybe we can't save each other like we thought we once could. We're awake and we're tired and we want love in our lives again. And so we find ourselves now in Goodness, in the woods outside of the suburbs, trying to re-learn that love.
But we seek a space outside time. Once in a while we can feel it, like a clearing. Where our histories and our rhetorics blend into languages spoken and unspoken. Where the greatest awe comes upon us for the overlooked, the simple, the incomperhensible. Where things glitch as they solidify, repeat as they evolve, scream as they whisper. Where always and forever above us, in all of its natural, unnatural, supernatural love, shines the moon. Goodness is not this place -- goodness is nowhere -- but we are following it to where we have to be.
After all we've gone through, how young are we? What is age softening in us, what is it hardening in us? Are we getting better? Worse? How could we ever know, when capital forces us onward away from ourselves? Will the woods consume the suburbs; will the suburbs consume the woods? In the gaps between these monumental questions, in the tiniest details, in the infinitude of cycles outside of time, there is Goodness. We begin there. - Alyssa Kai
Goodness was engineered/produced by Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket, RI during August and September of 2015.
Track Listing:
01. N 43° 59' 38.927" W 71° 23' 45.27''
02. Goodness Pt. 2
03. Piano Player
04. N 43° 33' 55.676" W 72° 45' 11.914"
05. Two Deliverances
06. Settle The Scar
07. Opening Mail For My Grandmother
08. N 42° 6' 3.001" W 71° 55' 3.295"
09. Soft Animal
10. Sun
11. You In This Light
12. Fear Of Good
13. End Of Reel
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TENEMENT "Blind Wink"
12"LP - $10.00
DERANGED / DERA065v
The repress of Tenement’s second album, The Blind Wink courtesy of Deranged Records. Their first album Napalm Dream was heavy on the high octane catchy punk, and definitely great but The Blink Wink is where the band found their confidence and compiled a very distinct and mixed sounding album’s worth of material. From the Replacements, the Decendents, and the Lemonheads, the influences are obvious and the delivery spot on. I am not sure how a band that is so deeply rooted in hardcore punk ends up creating such a diverse and strong album so early in their ‘career’ but Tenement have managed to comfortably move beyond the confines of the punk song and keep us captivated. “This record is a beautiful oddity.” Razorcake Magazine
Track Listing:
01. Viscous
02. Dreaming Out Loud #2
03. Medical Curiosity
04. Senile
05. Unreal
06. Lost Love Star Lust
07. The Pleasure We Get (In Scratching An Itch)
08. Cage That Keeps You In
09. Hey, Soozie
10. Hard to Say
11. (Messy Endings) In Middle America
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RESPONSE "Stand Strong"
7"EP - $5.00
TRIPLE B / TRIPLEB062v
Continuing where they left off with their debut EP for Xpressions in 2015, Triple B is proud to present the sophomore EP from Southern California's Response. After playing countless shows, embarking on several tours, and having more lineup changes than one can keep track of, Response has poured all of their anger, aggression, contempt, and frustration into five songs that intend to put straight edge hardcore back on the map. Unrelenting, uncompromising, and fervently straight edge. These 5 songs are the bands best work to date, and show that through true perseverance, one can overcome those that are trying to grind them down. Stand strong. 3 colors are available for purchase and all copies come with digital download cards.
Track Listing:
01. Slave
02. No Peace
03. Dropout
04. Won't Be Stopped
05. Standing Strong
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SGURD "The Beginning Of The End"
7"EP - $5.00
ADAGIO / ADAGIO109v
SGURD is a new band based between Berlin and Italy, featuring members of L’Amico Di Martucci, La Piovra, Smart Cops and Ohuzaru.
Think early Agnostic Front rehearsing with the equipment of Void in a practice space in Boston. First press is limited to 300 on black vinyl.
Artwork by the almighty Alexander Heir.
Track Listing:
01. Awful Review Of Lies
02. Mind Invaders
03. The Beginning Of The End
04. Famished Streets
05. Product Of Technological Submission
06. Sgurd
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S.H.I.T. "Feeding Time"
7"EP - $5.65
STATIC SHOCK / SSR025v
Over the last couple of years, Toronto's S.H.I.T. have come out of nowhere with their acclaimed demo tape, to releasing two killer 7"s, to even opening their own DIY venue, S.H.I.B.G.B's.
They are now back with their third 7" and it's just as essential as the two preceding. You may remember 'Feeding Time' as the opening track off their demo, it has now been re-recorded and is now even more of a rager than before. On the flip, you get a brand new track, the slow burning 'Private Lies'. The package is wrapped up with perfect artwork by Sam Ryser (Crazy Spirit, Dripper World and Dawn Of Humans).
Track Listing:
01. Feeding Time
02. Private Lies
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TOTAL ABUSE "Excluded"
12"LP - $10.00
DERANGED / DERA278v
The Total Abuse has been a band since 2007. They have released three LPs and two 7"s, and they are considered one of the creators of a rare mixture of the old school hardcore punk sound with 80s industrial / noise aesthetics. Many bands have tried to copy their sound and vibe but no one has been able to emulate the pure hellish intensity of Total Abuse. Excluded is their 4th full length LP and was recorded in Austin,TX at Ohm recording studio and produced by David Williams. After the pure noise sludge mess of Prison Sweat the band decided to take their songs to a different place by focusing on pure riffs. Each song batters the listener down with raging buzz saw guitar riffs and unadulterated heaviness. Total Abuse have always been huge fans of true guitar gods like Nirvana and Slayer and here it is most apparent. These new Total Abuse tracks are still filthy and as noise drenched as ever, but is an album with a stealth and form unlike the three before it. Excluded is an album about survival, an album about identity, an album (as always) about obsession. Excluded is Total Abuse at their best!
Track Listing:
01. DNA Evidence
02. Chew On The Cage
03. Watch Me
04. The New Man
05. Watching The Paint Dry
06. Jealousy
07. Excluded
08. Eighteen
09. Memory
10. Scabs
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VOW "Kind Eyes"
12"LP - $10.70
THE NATIVE SOUND / NATIVE026v
It’s been a long road to Vow’s debut album. After two EPs released in quick succession, Vow slowed down and took nearly a year and a half to write what would become their debut full-length LP. Without any real direction in mind, but with the mindset of leaving the synths and drum machines behind, Vow set out to reshape their sound. The songs they would begin demoing were their most energetic yet, and more than anything, raw.
Resembling indie rock more than the synth-pop of their former life, Andrew and Julia recruited their close friend, sometimes collaborator, and Touché Amoré guitarist Nick Steinhardt as a permanent addition to the band. ‘Kind Eyes’ is the result of this new evolution of Vow. Their 10 song debut LP will be out May 27th.
Track Listing:
01. Naive Love
02. Withdraw
03. October (feat. Nick Camacho)
04. Lowest
05. Green Light
06. In Another
07. Glow
08. Over and Over
09. Faint
10. Blue Bird
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ASCEND/DESCEND "Murdock Street"
CASSETTE TAPE - $5.00
WAR FEVER / WFR002cs
Boston hardcore earned its brutal reputation through blood, sweat, and more blood long ago, and continues to evolve and thrive. Now, there's a new kid on the block carrying the torch for aggressive, break-your-teeth hardcore punk—Ascend/Descend, the virulent brainchild of vocalist Michelle Dugan. As guitarist Nicholas Wolf (also of Phantom Glue and Lunglust) told Noisey, "A/D started as a studio project for Michelle Dugan to get some hate out; she had lost her home to a fire. It sort of morphed into a band. Sonically, it's an homage to old school hardcore records. The record focus strongly on how it feels to have things taken from you—your home, sense of security, your identity."
Recorded by American Nightmare alum (and Ascend/Descend drummer) Alex Garcia-Rivera at his all-analog studio, Mystic Valley Studios, Murdock Street roars through seven songs at breakneck speed, emphasizing the "punk" aspect of their sound with crusty gallops, dark moments of tension, and Dugan's pained howl. The band is rounded out by bassist Max Holbrook (of Math the Band), and to complete the DIY circle, Dugan handled all the artwork herself. - Noisey
Track Listing:
01. Consequence
02. Manipulator
03. Murdock
04. Rot
05. Trigger Warning
06. Worship Of Wealth
07. Phoenix
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BARE MATTRESS "Don't Complain / Don't Explain"
CASSETTE TAPE - $4.00
TYE DIE / TDT019cs
Debut release from Bare Mattress, the solo project of Hans formerly of Self Defense Family.
Track Listing:
01. Lark Lemons
02. Phone
03. Balance Zero
04. Free Yard
05. Both
06. Audrey Kishline
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COUGH "Still They Pray"
2x12"LP - $21.25
RELAPSE / RELAPSE7328v
COUGH return with their first album in over five years. Produced by Electric Wizard’s Jus Oborn and recorded by Oborn and Windhand’s Garrett Morris, 'Still They Pray' is the kind of monolithic cosmic doom that will take the listener to the heights of despair and the bottom of the abyss. With 'Still They Pray', COUGH summon psychedelic feedback-driven melodies just to deconstruct them to their core. This is easily COUGH at their most focused: pessimistic riffs and tortured grooves collide in melodic agony alongside a hallucinogenic blend of harsh and clean incantations, crushing and cathartic yet utterly mesmerizing. Step through the gates of madness and stare into the void.
Track Listing:
01. Haunter of the Dark
02. Possession
03. Dead Among the Roses
04. Masters of Torture
05. Let it Bleed
06. Shadow of the Torturer
07. The Wounding Hours
08. Still They Pray
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DARK CIRCLES / ABSTRACTER "Split"
12"LP - $10.70
HALO OF FLIES / HALO090v
Dark Circles is a hardcore/crust band from Canada. Abstracter is death doom from Oakland.
Track Listing:
01. Dark Circles - Ashen
02. Dark Circles - Void
03. Dark Circles - Isolate
04. Dark Circles - Epilogue (Quietus)
05. Abstracter - Barathrum
06. Abstracter - Where All Pain Converges
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DEATH "Scream Bloody Gore Deluxe Reissue"
12"LP - $13.75
RELAPSE / RELAPSE7324v
DEATH's legendary 1987 debut 'Scream Bloody Gore' is more than just an untouchable album - upon its release, it was positively genre-creating. 'Scream Bloody Gore' founded the quintessential death metal sound, with more tormented riffs, screams, and leads than the world had ever imagined, and established Chuck Schuldiner's inimitable phrasing and songwriting style as the most singular voice in the burgeoning genre. Today, the album is viewed unanimously as one of the all-time most important cornerstones of death metal. As the final chapter in Relapse's comprehensive DEATH reissue series, ''Scream Bloody Gore' will now receive the deluxe reissue treatment on a wide variety of formats including 2CD, Limited Edition 3CD, LP, Deluxe 2xLP Boxset, and cassette versions.
Like the preceding DEATH reissues, the deluxe reissue of Scream Bloody Gore' has been meticulously remastered from the original tapes by Alan Douches (Death, Mastodon, Nile) and includes a plethora of bonus content, including previously unreleased recordings and rehearsal demos, super-expanded packaging, and brand-new extensive liner notes from former DEATH drummer / Autopsy founder Chris Reifert, Sepultura's Max Cavalera, and original 'Scream Bloody Gore' producer Randy Burns.
Track Listing:
01. Infernal Death
02. Zombie Ritual
03. Denial Of Life
04. Sacrificial
05. Mutilation
06. Regurgitated Guts
07. Baptized In Blood
08. Torn To Pieces
09. Evil Dead
10. Scream Bloody Gore
11. Beyond The Unholy Grave
12. Land Of No Return
13. Torn To Pieces (Original Florida Session)
14. Legion Of Doom (Original Florida Session)
15. Scream Bloody Gore (Original Florida Session)
16. Sacrificial (Original Florida Session)
17. Mutilation (Original Florida Session)
18. Land of No Return (Original Florida Session)
19. Baptized In Blood (Original Florida Session)
20. Regurgitated Guts (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
21. Sacrificial (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
22. Sacrificial - Take 2 (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
23. Torn To Pieces (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
24. Do You Love Me? V1 (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
25. Infernal Death (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
26. Zombie Ritual (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
27. Beyond The Unholy Grave (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
28. Do You Love Me? V2 (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
29. Denial Of Life (Rehearsals 08-20-1986)
30. (Part Of) Scream Bloody Gore (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
31. Legion Of Doom (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
32. Beyond The Unholy Grave (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
33. Scream Bloody Gore (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
34. Torn To Pieces (Rehearsals 5/28/86)
35. Mutilation (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
36. Torn To Pieces (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
37. Zombie Ritual (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
38. Land Of No Return (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
39. (Part of) Evil Dead (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
40. Baptized In Blood (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
41. Infernal Death (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
42. Denial of Life (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
43. Death Metal (Rehearsals 5/26/86)
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LOWER SPECIES "Demo"
7"EP - $4.70
ALTERNATIVES / AL004v
Late eighties NYHC worship by way of Olympia, Washington, Featuring members of Gag and many other NWHC champs.
FFO: Breakdown, Outburst, Raw Deal, etc.
Track Listing:
01. New Damage
02. Time Is Up
03. Waste
04. Overlooked
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NEUROSIS "A Sun That Never Sets Deluxe Reissue"
2x12"LP - $25.00
RELAPSE / RELAPSE7285v
Super deluxe vinyl reissue with brand new cover art of NEUROSIS' seventh album A Sun That Never Sets (originally released in 2001, first time on vinyl in almost 10 years). Pressed on 180 gram double vinyl and housed in heavy duty 'tip-on' jackets. Includes Digital Download.
A Sun That Never Sets blends unprecedented beauty and radiance with NEUROSIS' classic use of dynamics and power. Highly regarded as one of the most important and influential albums of the 21st century, A Sun That Never Sets is the ultimate juxtaposition of life's plain realities - a strong will in a world that inspires weakness.
Track Listing:
01. Erode
02. The Tide
03. From the Hill
04. A Sun that Never Sets
05. Falling Unknown
06. From Where Its Roots Run
07. Crawl Back In
08. Watchfire
09. Resound
10. Stones from the Sky
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NEUROSIS "The Eye Of Every Storm"
2x12"LP - $25.00
RELAPSE / RELAPSE7286v
Super deluxe vinyl reissue with brand new cover art of NEUROSIS' eighth album The Eye of Every Storm (originally released in 2004, first time on vinyl since it's original release). Pressed on 180 gram double vinyl and housed in heavy duty 'tip-on' jackets. Includes Digital Download.
The Eye of Every Storm sees NEUROSIS further expand their gargantuan sound to new heights with massive textures, gorgeous atmospherics and unprecedented songwriting. An absolute classic in the band's incredible catalog.
Track Listing:
01. Burn
02. No River To Take Me Home
03. The Eye Of Every Storm
04. Left To Wander
05. Shelter
06. A Season In The Sky
07. Bridges
08. I Can See You
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WINCE "Media Prayer"
7"EP - $5.00
SUN TERRACE / STR013v
Out of Southern California's urban sprawl Wince come leaping, with buzzsawing guitars, thunderous rhythms, and raging vocals. Formed from members of the Sheds and Stickup Kid, Wince have an anthemic streak a mile wide and an energy to match, captured in raw form by Johnny Liu at Catacomb Studios in August of 2015. Sun Terrace Records is proud to present the results of these sessions, the debut 'Media Prayer' EP, with artwork by Nick Hamm from Citizen, on May 13th on both digital and limited 7"" vinyl formats.
Each record is hand numbered and stamped by Wince in three colors. All jackets were printed, cut, and assembled by Wince and STR. Each record comes with a digital download code.
Track Listing:
01. Bottom of the Barrel
02. No Catharsis
03. Transparent Son
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