Krakatoa - Channel Static Blackout (1999)

Channel Static Blackout stands as a powerful metal album, but without the shame that usually accompanies metal albums. Self-dismissed as one of the most unimportant and obscure bands of the '90s, the tragedy is that they would be leading the metallic movement currently in hardcore if they ever reformed.

Status: Inactive

Rock if you like: Knut - Nostromo - Shora

Track listing:

1 - Never And Ever

2 - Fell Off The Face Of The Earth

3 - Insomniac

4 - Apparition

5 - Too Little, Too Late

6 - Broken Mirror

7 - Memory Cage

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Kiss The Cynic - Self Titled (2002)

Kiss the Cynic is a graceful mix of mania, maturity and solid musicianship that blends brutally honest and sometimes downright ferocious lyrics with undeniable hooks, grindcore ethics and hardcore aesthetic.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.kissthecynic.com/

Rock if you like: The Luddite Clone - Burnt By The Sun - Akaname

Track listing:

1 - Supercrusher

2 - Chicago Hotplate

3 - ... And The Number One Video In America

4 - Bring Out Your Dead

5 - Barnburner

6 - Hidden Track

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Akaname - Filthlicker (2007)

Akaname is a 5-piece experimental metal ensemble that weave fractal strings, angular percussion, ebbing rhythms and labyrinthine atmospheres, within (and outside of) the spectrum of aggressive music.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/akanameband
Rock if you like: The Luddite Clone - Burnt By The Sun - Myotonia

Track listing:
1 - The Animus Obscene
2 - The Garden Path
3 - Eye Of The Liger
4 - Nanamasta
5 - Anomolos
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Letters In Binary - Pretty And Perpendicular (2006)

Chaotic metal-hardcore hybrid Letters in Binary take everything to the most extreme it can possibly be. With mathematically precise time signature changes, you could mistake this for the next Dillinger Escape Plan album but dig deeper and youll find that Pretty and Perpendicular is much more than that. As tortured as the job market in their hometown of Detroit, Letters in Binary set jazzcore ablaze with terrific guitar blasts and stellar chaotic yet accurate drumming.

Status: Inactive

Rock if you like: Enkphalin - The Great Redneck Hope - Burnt By The Sun

Track listing:

1 - Captain Analog Vs Doctor Digital

2 - Pink As A Pistol

3 - Track 3

4 - Doing Pushups With One Broken Arm Is Easier Than With Two

5 - Dos

6 - Don'ts

7 - Cotton Candy

8 - Track 8

9 - With Barnibus

10 - Two Birds Looking One Way, One Looking Another

11 - My Favourite Cheer

12 - Into To Photography

13 - Open Your Heart Not Your Watch Wrack

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Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave (2009)

The legendary Grind masters, Napalm Death, are back with another all out aural assault. Continuing on with the trend they set with their most recent releases, Time Waits For No Slave is an instant classic. Time Waits is 14 songs of unrelenting pissed off grind at its best.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.napalmdeath.org/

Rock if you like: Pig Destroyer - Carcass - Repulsion

Track listing:

1 - Strongarm

2 - Diktat

3 - Work To Rule

4 - On The Brink Of Extinction

5 - Time Waits For No Slave

6 - Life And Limb

7 - Downbeat Clique

8 - Fallacy Domination

9 - Passive Tense

10 - Larceny Of The Heart

11 - Procrastination On The Empty Vessel

12 - Feeling Redundant

13 - A No-sided Argument

14 - De-evolution Ad Nauseum

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Sledgehammer - Your Arsonist (2006)

Appropriately named Sledgehammer, this four- song debut is hard, heavy and can make a forceful blow to your skull. Four Tracks of brutalizing hardcore, featuring Dwid From Integrity and the boys from Congress and Liar. Straightforward hardcore to punch holes in the wall to, be careful not to skip the record while room moshing.

Status: Inactive

Rock if you like: Ringworm - Palehorse - Cro-Mags

Track listing:

1 - London's Burning

2 - I Am Watching You

3 - Very Friendly

4 - Let Me Entertain You

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Separatist - The Motionless Apocalypse (2008)

A truly epic concept album from Australian metal quintet Separatist, "The Motionless Apocalypse" is a manic and distorted symphony of impending destruction compiled into 12 tracks. With unrelenting power and stunning progression, this debut release from these newcomers demonstrates an impressive versatility and a technical brutality that will establish Separatist's name worldwide.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.separatistonline.com/

Rock if you like: The Black Dahlia Murder - Decrepit Birth - Benighted

Track listing:

1 - Prelude

2 - The Reprieve

3 - Plagues

4 - A Gentle Reminder

5 - Anaclasis

6 - Untitled

7 - In Dissonant Silence Pt 1: Censura

8 - In Dissonant Silence Pt 2: Decessus

9 - The Earth Defiled

10 - I Despice

11 - Like Shattered Stars

12 - The Harvest

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Becoming The Archetype - Dichotomy (2008)

Filled to the brim with innovation and precision, Dichotomy elevates Becoming The Archetype to a level of unrivaled musicianship and songwriting. This release also sees the return of original guitarist Jon Star and debut of new drummer Brandon Lopez.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.myspace.com/becomingthearchetype

Rock if you like: Bleeding Through - Zao - Lamb Of God

Track listing:

1 - Mountain Of Souls

2 - Dichotomy

3 - Artificial Immortality

4 - Self-Existent

5 - St. Anne's Lullaby

6 - Ransom

7 - Evil Unseen

8 - How Great Thou Art

9 - Deep Heaven

10 - End Of The Age

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Inevitable End - Self Titled (2004)

Metal act Inevitable End hails from Jönköping, Sweden. With death and thrash metal as their spine they create their own blend of metal artistry. This self-titled demo was released in 2004, which collected several promising reviews and the band was to be found creating a lot of buzz in the underground scene.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.inevitable-end.com/
Rock if you like: Cephalic Carnage - Demiricous - Suffocation

Track listing:
1 - Redeemed By Fire
2 - End Of All Battles
3 - Parade Of Chaos
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Enemy Is Us - We Have Seen The Enemy... And The Enemy Is Us (2005)

You could say that ENEMY IS US is keeping their native country’s metal legacy alive by delivering an explosive mixture of old school Swedish death metal, new school thrash and adding just a touch of hardcore aggression. We Have Seen The Enemy... is their debut LP and has all the classic elements of a good record by a band with lots of great albums to come in the future.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.myspace.com/enemyisus

Rock if you like: Entombed - All Out War - At The Gates

Track listing:

1 - Ashes Of The World

2 - Cold As Hate

3 - Demon Song

4 - Blooddance

5 - Killfest

6 - No Second Chance

7 - Plagued From Within

8 - The Walking Dead

9 - Unearthed

10 - Dead List

11 - In Dreams

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The Disciples of Zoldon - Blackened Theological Tome (2007)

It's brutal, it's good. Download and rip your skull and spine out like a predator.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.solvere.co.nz/doz/
Rock if you like: Mithras - Nile - Immolation

Track listings:
01. Crown Him, King Of Death
02. Drink Deep From Blackened Bile
03. He Breaks His Fast Upon A Feast Of Falsehood
04. The Carrion Master
05. Primaeval Battle, Theocratic Rule
06. Blackened Theological Tome
07. Sages Have Written Of Your Kingdom
08. In The Wake Of Chariots
09. Reverence Unto He Who Is The Vehement One
10. That Megalith Whose Shadow Is Cast Beyond Time Itself

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Total Abuse - Self Titled (2008)

Total Abuse’s pungent blend of eighties thrash, grinding proto-grunge, and waves of both the new and old variety, distills every extreme punk subgenre of the last 30 years into a 25 minute barrage of shearing guitar noise and sonic annihilation.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/totalabuse
Rock if you like: Black Flag - Extortion - Jaws

Track listing:
1 - Intro
2 - I Can See In The Dark
3 - Peace And Quiet
4 - Disease
5 - Fucked And Injured
6 - Secrets
7 - Cleanse Me
8 - Banned In Austin
9 - Scarred
10 - Eastern Thoughts
11 - The Same Mistake Since Birth
12 - Electrical Tape
13 - I'm All Wrong
14 - No Release
15 - Hatred
16 - Money Power Fame Respect
17 - The Same
18 - I Deserve To Be Dead
19 - Sex Pig
20 - Total Abuse
21 - Breathing Down My Neck
22 - Enraged/Pissed
23 - I Can't Live Like This
24 - Writing On The Wall
25 - M.D.J.
26 - I Give Up
27 - Ain't Got No One
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Ruination - Year One (1999)

Hardcore!! Straight up hardcore from this hardcore supergroup of hardcore screaming hardcore maniacs!! Oh yes, did we mention Hardcore? Includes a bonus live set.

- No Idea Records

Status: Inactive

Rock if you like: Left For Dead - Siege - Charles Bronson

Track listing:

1 - Intro/ Burnout

2 - Hero Suspect

3 - The One That Got Away

4 - No One Home

5 - Escape Control

6 - Bad To Worse

7 - No One To Save You

8 - Roll Over & Die

9 - Theme For Crucifixion

10 - Mission From God

11 - Sacrifice Not Suicide

12 - Who's In Season

13 - Convictions

14 - Got Myself A System

15 - Not To Self

16 - Do I Know

17 - Yours To Kill

18 - Holy Terror

19 - Home Sweet Home

20 - Giblets

21 - Alone In A Room

22 through 39 - Live Set

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Battletruk - Born To Kill (2008)

Battletruk is some fast and furious punk/hardcore. Pissed off. The way it should be.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/battletrukhc
Rock If You Like: Extortion, Jaws, Threatener

Track listing:
1. Born To Kill
2. Parts Unknown
3. Deranged
4. What The Fuk
5. The Pressure
6. Balls
7. Everyday Vultures
8. Smash The Scene
9. Gotham
10. Words Are Napalm
11. Hated
12. Fanta Pants
13. Suburban Genocide
14. Ready To Fight
15. 6 AM
16. Furious George
17. My Mind
18. Abuse Your Illusion
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Shadows Land - Terminus Ante Quem (2006)

Shadows Land plays the same charging, fast pace cannon force as other polish bands, but they also incorporate techno sound bites into the mix. Their intros and longer sections in the middle of songs can be hit or miss, but they seem to mix it all well. It may not be for everybody, but it is worth listening to. I discovered this cd again riding the train to band practice and made the travel much more enjoyable. Take it for what it is, it's a good cd that opens more doors to what can be done in this genre.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/shadowsland
Rock if you like: Vader - Behemoth - Absent

Track listing:
1. The Absolute
2. Narcotic Vision
3. The E0nergy Of Masses
4. Interlude
5. Hunger Of Infinity
6. Efface Yourself
7. And The Master Says...
8. Lux Nox
9. Space Of Light

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Mausoleia - Being (2005)

Yes, It has been a very long time since I've posted anything on here. I have been very busy with work, my son, and many other things. But please be patient, I will post more in the future and will get requests squared away.

Mausoleia play a typical but very well done style of death metal. They are slower than the newer style of death metal that is around now but the guitar riffs and drum mix is creative. I would suggest this to the people wanting to find the old 90's style death metal but with a new twist. Download and enjoy.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/mausoleia
Rock if you like: Benediction - Broken Hope - Drawn & Quartered

Track listing:
1. Mothers Collapse
2. Sudden Infant Death
3. Dead Corpses
4. Rather No Killing
5. Cancer Ward
6. Influenza Pandemia
7. Medicine Man
8. Fools Tower
9. Anatomical Theater
10. Unity Inconsequence Of Mental Purge

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Dissolve - Caveman Of The Future (2008)

Caveman of the Future is the long awaited full length from Poughkeepsie, NY's Dissolve. Originally scheduled to be released in 2001 on the now defunct M.I.A. Records, the 13 tracks on this album twist and turn through Dissolve's signature brand of chaotic metalcore.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/dissolveusa
Rock if you like: Kiss It Goodbye - Coalesce - Playing Enemy

Track listing:
1 - The Ultimate Nullifier
2 - Graverobber
3 - Give Me One Reason (Why I Should Let You Live)
4 - Those Who Dwell Below
5 - Alter-Ego
6 - Shock Radio
7 - Flamethrower
8 - Prosthetica
9 - Weakling
10 - Subhuman
11 - Dreadnought
12 - Extermaniatrix
13 - Day Of The Electronic Insects
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Meantime - Self Titled (2007)

Meantime hail from the humid underbelly that is Daytona Beach, Florida. What they bring to the table is their own metal flavor of mid tempo hardcore that is reminiscent to the 90�s era in sound and ethics. This combination quickly gained Meantime a strong audience throughout the Florida hardcore community. Their debut 'S/T' 7" is only a brief demonstration of the blunt force that is Meantime.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.myspace.com/meantimehc

Rock if you like: Turmoil - Strife - Indecision

Track listing:

1 - Salvation Syndrome

2 - Believer

3 - Measurement

4 - A Long Way Gone

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Alpha & Omega - Devil's Bed (2008)

Known for bringing nothing less than sheer ferocity to the stage, Alpha & Omega make waves with their aggressive and self-empowering debut EP. Honest and heavy, this disciplined band has been pounding the streets of LA since their inception. There ain’t nothing like a blast of bullshit free hardcore to set the pulse racing and LA’s Alpha & Omega is here to ensure that adrenal glands are working overtime.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.myspace.com/alphaandomegahc

Rock if you like: Shipwreck AD - Blacklisted - Palehorse

Track listing:

1 - No More Pain

2 - Silent Ground

3 - Brick By Brick

4 - Burned

5 - Devil's Bed

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Trap Them - Seizures In Barren Praise (2008)

Trap Them are an absolutely brutal metal, hardcore, punk band. In Barren Praise shows Trap Them at their most vicious. Having mastered the art of aural bludgeoning, the album musically rips, stomps, and claws forth with rabid emotion -- all of this a fitting backdrop to Ryan McKenney’s lyrical stories of depression and pain.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/trapthem
Rock if you like: Backstabbers Inc. - Integrity - Cursed

Track listing:
1 - Day Nineteen - Fucking Viva
2 - Day Twenty Eight - Targets
3 - Day Twenty Six - Angles Anonymous In Transit
4 - Day Twenty Nine - Reincarnation Of Lost Lones
5 - Day Twenty Five - Guignol Serene
6 - Day Twenty - Flesh And Below
7 - Day Twenty Four - Gutterbomb Heaven On The Grid
8 - Day Twenty Three - Invertopia / Day Thirty - Class Warmth
9 - Day Twenty One - Roam / Day Twenty Two - Absent Civilians
10 - Day Thirty One - Mission Convincers
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Criminal Element - Guilty As Charged (2008)

Washinton DCs Criminal Element is a super group of sorts. Featuring members of Suffocation, ex-Dying Fetus and Misery Index. Their 2nd release 'Guilty As Charged' has a more straight forward approach to grind/metal than their other projects.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/criminalelementdc
Rock if you like: Coldworker - Misery Index - Hate Eternal

Track listing:
1 - Blood Money
2 - Shots Fired
3 - Snitch Bitch Homicide
4 - Smash And Grab
5 - Unjust Incarceration
6 - Murder One
7 - Guilty As Charged
8 - Future Felon
9 - Habitual Offender
10 - Suicide By Cop
11 - Pounding Metal
12 - Angry Neurotic Catholic
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Carpathian - Isolation (2008)

Carpathian have been an indestructible force on unstable ground. Hampered by incessant line-up changes, they’ve nonetheless managed to assert their dominance in the Australian hardcore pack. Within each of the ten songs that comprise Isolation, Carpathian’s overall growth is apparent. Cohesive song writing, fantastic recorded performances, and a powerful collective vision shine throughout.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.myspace.com/carpathian

Rock if you like: Comeback Kid - Modern Life Is War - Reign Supreme

Track listing:

1 - Isolation

2 - Cursed

3 - Spirals

4 - Insomnia

5 - The Cold Front

6 - Deadbeats From Deadhearts

7 - Sun Heights

8 - SeventyK

9 - Ceremony

10 - Permanent

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The Bronx - Self Titled (2008)

Their latest effort - The Bronx (the band's third self-titled album) continues the band's tradition of creating blistering, white-hot rock that kicks you in the loins to make you move, and slaps you in the head to make you think!

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.thebronxxx.com/
Rock if you like: Hour Of The Wolf - The Murder City Devils - Johnny Thunders

Track listing:
1 - Knifeman
2 - Inveigh
3 - Past Lives
4 - Enemy Mind
5 - Pleasure Seekers
6 - Six Days A Week
7 - Young Bloods (Machine)
8 - Ship High In Transit
9 - Minutes In Night
10 - Spanish Handshake
11 - Digital Leash
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