
Reviews

It’s been a long time between drinks for New York hardcore crew The Casualties. ‘Written in Blood’, their previous album, was released eight years ago and a lot has changed, both within the band and in the world in general. It is that change in the state and stability in the world that led guitarist and longest serving member, Jake Kolatis to start work on what would Continue Reading

There can’t be as many musicians out there as prolific as Billy Childish! Since his early records with punk outcasts, The Pop Rivets, Billy has released well over a hundred albums with a plethora of collaborators. For brand new album ‘House on Fire’, Billy is reunited with his wife, Nurse Julie, and Wolf Howard as CTMF. This is a highly enjoyable album, that whilst not Continue Reading

This is the band's 5th album, and I'm happy to report that Evil Blizzard do not get any less interesting. The Preston, UK collective are known to wear disturbing rubber masks on stage, as well as having a penchant for creating bass-heavy psychedelic noise. 'Death Songs & Lullabies' incorporates Dub, Krautrock and Post-Punk, with Gothic elements thrown into the mix. They Continue Reading

As you can probably imagine, for the most part, ‘Next Stop…Dead Stop…’ is a fast and furious affair, on which the band combine raw, 80s-style hardcore punk with a touch of power violence and a wonderfully bleak lyrical outlook.Continue Reading

During the 2025 tour, on the 26th of September, Conflict's only concert in the Netherlands was at Bibelot in Dordrecht. That show was recorded for this new live album ‘To Live On In Hearts – Live In Holland’. Furiously, dedicatedly, the band roared through a set of eleven classic Conflict songs and six tracks from their last studio album from 2025 'This Much Remains'.Continue Reading

Las Vegas punk trio Crimson Riot officially formed back in 2017, but they have been playing music together for over 15 years. The band are set to release their third full-length album ‘Third Time’s A Charm’ on 20th March 2026 via Leg Lamp Records. What an incredible album this is! I love that both Roxy and Chris share the lead vocals, not a lot of bands do this. The album Continue Reading

Founded in, 2024, Radio Cyanide from Groningen, the Netherlands have plenty of musical experience from their previous bands! Debut album 'Frogs' is being released on 20th March 2026, with a launch show at the legendary Vera in their home city.Continue Reading

Miss the glory days of Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords? Diagnostics are just what the doctor ordered. Bridging the gap between skate-punk and melodic hardcore, the six tracks on ‘Thoughts To Forget’ see the London quartet breathing fresh life into these vintage sounds.Continue Reading

Rare are bands that draw influence from both underground hardcore and arena-sized hard rock/metal bands, but upstate New York quartet Flatwounds do exactly that, and they do it well.Continue Reading

Opening track ‘Lacerated’ rides in on a wave of distorted feedback and belts along with hardcore punk fury and some seriously two-step worthy crunchy guitar work. ‘Human Figures’ keeps the relentless pace going, before ‘Dragging A Rope’ brings things to a suitably brutal close.Continue Reading


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