Y - Global Player (2001)

German grindcore outfit Y were very short lived but made great waves within the scene. Global Player was Y's final true full length. 17 tracks of some of the best grind/ powerviolence ever.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Phobia - Repulsion - Siege

Track listing:
1 - Erfolgstrainer
2 - Augusta P.
3 - Frei
4 - Lass' Uns Druber Reden
5 - Ganzkorperrasur
6 - Paradise Island
7 - Zu Lang
8 - Gemutsmensch
9 - Massendefekt
10 - Alter Reifen
11 - Kleingartner
12 - 80 Perverse
13 - Spezialzuchtgesellschaft
14 - More Bananas For The Punx
15 - Bombenstinmung
16 - Tod In Der Provinz
17 - Global Prayer
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No Friends - Traditional Failures (2010)

This hardcore supergroup are back with a follow-up to their blistering 2009 s/t debut on No Idea Records. Their raging 80's hardcore tendencies are still fully intact and even more focused than on their previous effort. This 6 song EP (which rips by in right around 8 minutes) harkens back to 80's hardcore with an equal nod to each coast. Fans of Dag Nasty, Minor Threat and Bad Brains will be equally as pleased as those that lean more towards the western approach of the Adolescents, Black Flag and Descendents.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/wevegotnofriends
Rock if you like: Kid Dynamite - Minor Threat - Shook Ones

Track listing:
1 - A Look Ahead
2 - Letter Of Apology
3 - Permanent Black Eye
4 - Armed To The Teeth
5 - Control Freaks
6 - Traditional Failures
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Gridlink - Orphan (2011)

While made up of musical luminaries who have proved their mettle in other much lauded musical outfits , this is hardly a necessary qualifier in the face of a ferocious musical accomplishment such as Gridlink's Orphan. While possessing the energy, aggression, and overall focus of its predecessor (2008's Amber Grey), the songs contained herein provide an ever denser and more nuanced musical assault combining short bursts of accelerated thrash, blinding passages of helicopter blasting, monochromatic smears of near-noise, and the alien howls of singer Jon Chang.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/gridlink
Rock if you like: Discordance Axis - Brutal Truth - Kill The Client

Track listing:
1 - Dar Al-Harb
2 - Orphan
3 - Deliverables
4 - Scopedog
5 - Red Eye
6 - Cargo 200
7 - Thorn Farmer
8 - Embers, Blood And Treasure
9 - I Accept Your Last Wish
10 - Hearts
11 - Flatworlder
12 - The Last Red Shoulder
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Ghostlimb - Infrastructure (2011)

Ghostlimb are back with their 3rd full length, Infrastructure. Infrastructure is 12 tracks of pissed, heavy and fast hardcore. Just like their older releases, Ghostlimb pack as much punch into each song as they can possibly muster.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/ghostlimb
Rock if you like: His Hero Is Gone - Graf Orlock - Catharsis

Track listing:
1 - Construction
2 - Concrete
3 - Extreme Duress
4 - Biota
5 - Reduction
6 - Asphalt
7 - Unending Ache
8 - Incomplete Works
9 - Traverse
10 - Substructure
11 - Eight
12 - Plastic Surgery
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Ribspreader - The Van Murders (2011)

Ribspreader are back with their 4th full length release titled The Van Murders. Ribspreader's grasp of death metal is all that is filthy, extreme, gory and hateful to the fullest without the music losing vicious catchiness and outstanding quality. Their lyrical themes revolve around death, blood, gore and anti-christianity exclusively.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/ribspreaderofficial
Rock if you like: Suffocation - Carcass - Angel Corpse

Track listing:
1 - The Begining Of Their End
2 - The Cleaner And Mr Filth
3 - A Morbid Journey
4 - Sick Minds Think Alike
5 - Going To LA
6 - Scilicon Valley Of Death
7 - Slaughterhouse On Wheels
8 - Cadaver Disposal
9 - This Is The Ribspreader
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Black Haven - Harmbringer (2011)

Black Haven are back with their 3rd release to date, Harmbringer. This time around Black Haven take a more southern metal route to get to the same great crust hardcore sound they've displayed on both of their previous releases. It's a very unique twist and Black Haven execute it perfectly.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/blackhavenhc
Rock if you like: Cursed - Entombed - His Hero Is Gone

Track listing:
1 - Lucifer
2 - The Beyond
3 - Wolfen
4 - Worship
5 - Harmbringer
6 - Carvings
7 - A Town That Dreaded Sundown
8 - Lazarus
9 - Blood
10 - Knell
11 - Zwarte Vlaghe
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Meek Is Murder - Algorithms (2011)

Meek Is Murder is the solo project of Mike Keller, former guitarist of The Red Chord. Keller considers bands like Me And Him Call It Us to be a big influence in MIM's sound. The fast, off-timed, technical riffs add solidification to this claim. Currently, Frank Godla is on drums with Sam Brodsky on bass.

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

Track listing:
1 - Hello World!
2 - Return Void
3 - Algorithms
4 - Recursions
5 - (Null)
6 - Hope Springs Eternal (Spaghetti Code)
7 - Sundowners
8 - Foo
9 - Dining Philosophers
10 - Garbage Collector
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Y - A Black Sheep Is Still A Black Sheep (2000)

Y are a German grindcore band that play a very distinct brand of grind. They play fast, angst driven lo-fi grind that is very reminiscent to early Napalm Death. A Black Sheep... is one of their final releases and is 6 tracks of brilliantly crafted grind that will leave you wanting more.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Phobia - Repulsion - Siege

Track listing:
1 - Mencere
2 - Schalk I'm Nacken
3 - Parkbankgeschichten
4 - Movenpick 1 2 4
5 - Abi '90
6 - Toilets
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Total Fucking Destruction - Hater (2011)

Total Fucking Destruction are back with their 3rd full length release, Hater. Hater is 27 tracks of old school grind. Hater picks up right where their split with Agoraphobic Nosebleed left off.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.facebook.com/tfdgrind
Rock if you like: Brutal Truth - Napalm Death - Repulsion

Track listing:
1 - Weaponization Of The Mega-Self
2 - Crypto Apoptosis
3 - Hate Mongering Pig Pandemonium
4 - Everything You Need But Nothing You Want
5 - 7 Billion Imaginary Deaths
6 - It's Only Attitude
7 - Murdernumber
8 - I Not Pose
9 - If 9 Became 6
10 - Repeat Repeatedly
11 - Dudehammer
12 - Thrashadelphia
13 - Green Fire
14 - Time Theft
15 - Nekropunk
16 - The Sunrise Is A Lie
17 - Meat Without Feet
18 - Attack Of The Supervirus 2049
19 - Attack Of The Supervirus 4863
20 - Attack Of The Supervirus 33a.d.
21 - Greenbleeder
22 - Tony Hung Himself
23 - Lovegrinder
24 - Battle Command In Future War
25 - A Cold And Lonely Place
26 - Farewell Kiss
27 - Human Is The Bastard
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Necropmorph - Grinding Black Zero (2011)

Necromorph are a 5 piece grind band out of Germany. Grinding Black Zero is their latest release. 14 tracks of punishing in your face grindcore. A brilliant mixture of fast Swedish tunes, Grind/Crustcore & Death Metal.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.necromorph.net/
Rock if you like: Nasum - Leng Tch'e - Misery Index

Track listing:
1 - Nautic Noise
2 - Idiotus Maximus
3 - Convicted To Breath
4 - Serve To Lead
5 - Exclusive Suffering
6 - Diary Of A Disease
7 - Brainless
8 - Shot
9 - Stagnation
10 - When A Whisper Breaks A Neck
11 - Panic Worldwide
12 - Necroville
13 - Forthcoming Emancipation
14 - Black Zero
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Keitzer - Descend Into Heresy (2011)

German grind juggernaut, Keitzer are back with another great album. Descend Into Heresy is 10 tracks of punishing metallic grind that will leave your ears numb. Keitzer are extremely creative within the genre, and always seem to keep things fresh. This is one of those "don't miss" releases.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/keitzer
Rock if you like: Misery Index - Nasum - Coldworker

Track listing:
1 - Descend Into Heresy
2 - The Fallen
3 - Redemption
4 - Gifts Of Doom
5 - Betrayal And Desolation
6 - Wrath
7 - Chains
8 - Circles
9 - Rock 'N Roll Damnation
10 - Your Last Days
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Misery Index - Heirs To Thievery (2010)

The infamous Baltimore/DC grind axis unloads another salvo in the form of Heirs to Thievery, their long-awaited new album. A tremendous step-forward for the band on both the songwriting and production fronts, Heirs to Thievery propels the band to the forefront of the international death metal scene. As The Carrion Call, The Spectator, Plague of Objects, and the title track all underscore, Heirs to Thievery is the most ferocious and memorable MISERY INDEX album to date.

Status: Active

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

Rock if you like: Dying Fetus - Coldworker - Cephalic Carnage

Track listing:
1 - Embracing Extinction
2 - Fed To The Wolves
3 - The Carrion Call
4 - Heirs To Thievery
5 - The Spectator
6 - The Illiminaught
7 - The Seventh Cavalry
8 - Plague Of Objects
9 - You Lose
10 - Sleeping Giants
11 - Day Of The Dead
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Braindrill - Quantum Catastrophe (2010)

Brain Drill hail from the hippie wasteland of Santa Cruz, CA, but play angry, spiteful, technical death metal in the vein of death innovators Cannibal Corpse, Nile and Suffocation.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/braindrill
Rock if you like: Suffocation - Dying Fetus - Cephalic Carnage

Track listing:
1 - Obliteration Untold
2 - Beyond Bludgeoned
3 - Awaiting Imminent Destruction
4 - Nemesis Of Neglect
5 - Entity Of Extinction
6 - Mercy To None
7 - Monumental Failure
8 - Quantum Catastrophe
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This Routine Is Hell - The Verve Crusade (2011)

This Routine is Hell is a hardcore punk band from Utrecht, the Netherlands inspired by the likes of Minor Threat and Paint it Black: Fast, Energetic and Sincere. Frustrated by the drag and the fakeness of the world around them they speak, well actually scream, from the heart and mean every goddamned word that they say. The words tell the story of a few pissed off teenagers with a bunch of critical minds and a love for loudness beyond measure.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.thisroutineishell.com/trih/
Rock if you like: Paint It Black - Ceremony - Lewd Acts

Track listing:
1 - The Gate
2 - Tied Down (But Comfortable Enough)
3 - Manufacturing Consent
4 - Crossed Fingers
5 - Crooks & Robbers
6 - The Verve Crusade
7 - Make Haste
8 - The Weight Of Defeat
9 - Hear. See. Speak?
10 - Question Everything
11 - The Desperate Sway
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Kruger - For Death, Glory And The End Of The World (2010)

For Death, Glory And The End Of The World sounds like the coup de grace of a four-album discography that has seen the Swiss quintet emerge from the post-metalnoise-whatever-you-call-it vortex initially born from bands such as Neurosis, Converge, Tool or Unsane. On the menu, shellacking mid-paced grooves turn into epic double-kick charges, while bourbon-soaked microphone torture reply to thick riffing wreckage; well, the usual shredding Kruger stuff – with slightly more direct songs, though. Kruger's swaggering anthems are raging like a hound barking at your face, waiting to go for your throat.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.kruger.ch/
Rock if you like: Breach - Neurosis - Towers

Track listing:
1 - The Ox
2 - Return Of The Huns
3 - Anthem Of Pretend Glory
4 - Villains
5 - Centre
6 - Our Cemetery Is Full Of Strangers
7 - Muscle
8 - Dukes Of Nothing
9 - Turpitudes
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Dead Flesh Fashion - Thorns (2011)

Dead Flesh Fashion are a 5 piece metal band out of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. They play a down tuned chug heavy style that is complimentary of their very apparent influences. Thorns is their 2nd release to date and is 9 tracks of unmatched energy, creativity and monstrous riffs.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/deadfleshfashion
Rock if you like: Knut - Coalesce - Kruger

Track listing:
1 - Flies!
2 - Niagra
3 - Kissing The Neck Of Inertia
4 - Dancing Teeth
5 - (III)
6 - Where The Night Goes For Orchid
7 - Thorns
8 - Womb Of The Widow
9 - All I Need
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Benighted - Asylum Cave (2011)

French Death Metal outfit Benighted are back with their much anticipated 6th release. Asylum Cave may be their heaviest material to date. Fans of their older stuff are going to be extremely pleased with this release, and if you have not heard Benighted yet you are really missing out.

Status: Active
Link: http://www.myspace.com/brutalbenighted
Rock if you like: Beheaded - Decapitated - Aeon

Track listing:
1 - Asylum Cave
2 - Let The Blood Spill Between My Teeth
3 - Prey
4 - Hostile
5 - Friztl
6 - Unborn Infected Children
7 - The Cold Remains
8 - A Quiet Day
9 - Shadows Descend
10 - Swallow
11 - Lethal Merycism
12 - Drowning
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Run With The Hunted - Everything Familiar (2009)

Run With The Hunted produces some of the most original and pissed off hardcore around. While incorporating elements of bands like Indecision, Botch, Shai Halud, and Burn, Run with the Hunted has managed to create a sound that is not only original but fiercely powerful in a way most bands have not accomplished since the mid-late 90's. Everything Familiar is a compilation of both of their 2 earlier Ep's squeezed onto one disc.

Status: Active
Contact: http://runwiththehunted.net/
Rock if you like: Shai Hulud - Turmoil - Catharsis

Track listing:
1 - Stepping On Cracks
2 - Of Course It's Dark, It's A Suicide Note
3 - Time And Pressure
4 - Destroy All Calendars
5 - I've Made A Huge Mistake
6 - Bob Loblaw's Law Blog
7 - Excuse Me, Do These Effectively Hide My Thunder?
8 - For British Eyes Only
9 - Exit Strategy
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Misantropic - Insomnia (2010)

Misantropic are a crust inspired punk/ metal band out of Sweden. Insomnia is 7 songs of very well executed crust in its purest form. You can hear Misantropics influences very clearly in their songwriting but they always seem to add enough of a twist in each effort to keep them unique.

Status: Unknown
Rock if you like: Disfear - Behind Enemy Lines - Phobia

Track listing:
1 - Man Into Beast
2 - Born To Die
3 - Raise The Gallows
4 - Holocaust
5 - Insomnia
6 - Lord Of War
7 - A Life Lost
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Breathe Knives - Self Titled (2010)

Breathe Knives are a 3pc noise/metal outfit from Calgary who employs a sequencer that provides all drums and samples. Formed in late 2009, Breathe Knives have quickly cut into the music scene with their very unique noise makings. Their self titled release serves as both a demo and a quick glimpse into the mad mad world that is the music of Breathe Knives.

Status: Active
Contact: http://breatheknives.blogspot.com/
Rock if you like: Bloodhorse - Krakatoa - Javelina

Track listing:
1 - Pigs Live In Muds
2 - If I Was Two Faced, Why Would I Wear This?
3 - Rebreather
4 - Draws
5 - 76th Trimester Abortion
6 - Hello Predator
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Hide Your Daughters - The Teen Girls Guide To Social Success (2007)

Hide Your Daughters are a noise rock outfit out of Canada that share members with KEN mode and Electro Quarterstaff. HYD play a very groove driven, low end heavy, blend of metal meets rock and roll. The Teen Girls Guide To Social Success is their latest effort released on Arctodus records.

Status: Unknown
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/hideyourdaughters
Rock if you like: KEN mode - Jesus Lizard - Keelhaul

Track listing:
1 - Luck Of Insects
2 - Ex-Gymnastics Instructor
3 - Colt Forty-Five
4 - C'est Toi, Pas Moi
5 - Viking Funeral
6 - Tomando Agua Sucia
7 - Charbol
8 - Smell Of A Peasant
9 - Sweaty Betty
10 - Twenty Four
11 - Retrial
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KEN mode - Venerable (2011)

Known for effortlessly blending noise rock reminiscent of old-school Amphetamine Reptile bands with the raw and aggressive nature of modern hardcore, KEN MODE has become one of the most devastating bands in the underground. KEN MODE follows suit in the lineage of forward-thinking heavy music to come out of the Great White North – what you might hear if Voivod and Cursed had a baby that started a noise-rock band. Songs like “Batholith” and “Book of Muscle” cling to the traditions of hardcore music that resonate with fans of Converge or Trap Them while “A Wicked Pike” takes on spastic noise rock elements, and “Flight of the Echo Hawk” pushes forth as a mind-bending instrumental masterpiece, clearly influenced by the post-rock movement of the 2000s.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.ken-mode.com/
Rock if you like: Burnt By The Sun - Keelhaul - Playing Enemy

Track listing:
1 - Book Of Muscle
2 - Obeying The Iron Will
3 - Batholith
4 - The Irate Lumberjack
5 - A Wicked Pike
6 - Flight Of The Echo Hawk
7 - Never Was
8 - The Ugliest Happy You've Ever Seen
9 - Terrify The Animals
10 - Mako Shark
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The Makai - The End Of All You Know (2009)

The Makai from California pummel your eardrums with a barrage of intensity that will make even the strongest listeners tremble in fear. The Makai blend thrash and extreme metal, Swedish-influenced melodic death, and a good bit of chaotic hardcore. The pace is relentless, and the songwriting solid.

Status: Inactive
Contact: http://themakairocks.com/
Rock if you like: From Ashes Rise - His Hero Is Gone - Masakari

Track listing:
1 - Gotterdamerung
2 - The Hound Of Hades
3 - Beast Born From Lies
4 - The 10th Labour Of Hercules
5 - Battle Hymn
6 - Sedna's Tale
7 - Lady Of The Lake
8 - Fire Breathing Damsel Devourer
9 - Spilling The Blood
10 - The Plague Of Time
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Bedlam Of Cacophony - Neuroleptic (2011)

From Orange County, California. Formed in 2007, Bedlam of Cacophony plays a chaotic and progressive mix of technical metal. Bedlam of Cacophony has been making a name for themselves with their unique and fresh sound of extreme tech metal by constantly pushing their name and music throughout the World; through internet media, videos, recordings, and most importantly by live performances.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/bedlamofcacophony
Rock if you like: Car Bomb - The Crinn - Psyopus

Track listing:
1 - (100v)
2 - Aeons Of Apathy
3 - Juggernaut
4 - Burn
5 - (Electroconvulsive)
6 - Tomb Of Flesh
7 - G-13
8 - The Perverse
9 - (The Nest)
10 - Psychic Driving
11 - Endsville
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