The Legacy - Beyond Hurt Beyond Hell (2008)

The Legacy are back with another excellent display of crushing and unrelenting hardcore. Beyond Hurt Beyond Hell showcases their growth in their songwriting and lyrical abilities. They keep pumping out great records, don't get left behind.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/thelegacy
Rock if you like: This Is Hell - Comeback Kid - Verse

Track listing:
1 - Alpha
2 - Ill Fated
3 - Fire And Brimstone
4 - Sand And Time
5 - Remnants
6 - Exsomnis
7 - Curse Of The Ages
8 - Ashes To Ashes
9 - The Sun Weilds Mercy
10 - Closure
11 - Cagliari
12 - Dusk
13 - Omega
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The Abandoned Hearts Club - The Initial Confessions Of... (2004)

Their out of print self-released four-song debut finally reissued. Completely remixed and remastered with stunning new artwork by Jeremy Wabiszczewicz (Daughters/Monsters In Disguise). This Canadian powerhouse plays intelligent metalcore (but not that mosh chugga style) with ex-members of Spread The Disease.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Curl Up And Die - Eyelid - The Minor Times

Track listing:
1 - Consensus Emptiness And The Never Encore Obsession
2 - The Failure A Posteriori
3 - Evlis Presley's Rock And Roll War Effort
4 - The Abstraction Of Form And Function
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The Legacy - Solitude (2007)

The Legacy are an established European hardcore band with great pedigree being taken to the next level through hardworking, regular gigging and windmilling brutality. Using melody and intelligence to round out their sound.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/thelegacy
Rock if you like: This Is Hell - Comeback Kid - Verse

Track listing:
1 - Ghost Town
2 - Black Ice
3 - This Too Shall Pass
4 - Out At Sea
5 - You Get So Alone At Times It Just Makes Sense
6 - The Witching Hour
7 - Arrows Down
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The Nicaea Room - Bulletproof Benny Takes On The Yuppie Brigade (2004)

The Nicaea Room devastates the typical "tough guy" metal, by introducing elements of Jazz and Rock N Roll into their sound. Thus creating something sweeping and different. A great debut from a way too short lived band.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: The Dillinger Escape Plan - The Red Chord - Into The Moat

Track listing:
1 - Billion And A Half Dreams
2 - Sleeping With The Piranhas
3 - The Hostage
4 - The Yuppie Grinder V2.0
5 - Quitter
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Born Dead Icons - Ruins (2003)

Like an unstoppable juggernaut Born Dead Icons thunder forward with more dark and heavy war chants. Ruins is a hard assault of Motorhead meets Amebix inspired hardcore that will certainly keep the die hard Born Dead Icons troops plundering and pillaging late into the night.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Motorhead - DS-13 - Discharge

Track listing:
1 - Lure
2 - Colored Rags
3 - National Insecurity
4 - Ruins
5 - Land Hunger
6 - Superstitions
7 - Enemies
8 - Seeds Of Desolation
9 - Medicine Gods
10 - Aiming Guns
11 - Untitled
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Ruiner - I Heard These Dudes Are Assholes (2008)

Ruiner has made a name for themselves in the hardcore and punk scenes with relentless touring and a DIY attitude that had the band releasing their own records back when no one would give these Baltimore upstarts a chance. I Heard These Dudes Are Assholes is a 14-song collection of the 'What Could Possibly Go Right' EP. the split with Day Of The Dead, as well as their original demo. All of these songs are out of print and have been remastered to give them a sharper, louder and heavier sound.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.youruiner.com/

Rock if you like: This Is Hell - All Teeth 666 - Comeback Kid

Track listing:

1 - Once Loved

2 - Paint Peals

3 - Adhering To Superstition

4 - Lockjaw

5 - Getting Over The Overs

6 - Out Go The Candles

7 - A Bridge Too Many

8 - Six By Six

9 - Dear Philadelphia

10 - Sincerly

11 - Paint Peals (demo)

12 - Adhering To Superstition (demo)

13 - Six By Six (demo

14 - The Lives We Fear (demo)

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Sabertooth Zombie - The Only Good Politician Is A Dead Politician (2005)

Sabertooth Zombie has slowly been amassing a loyal underground following. This is an early Ep they released that is a perfect display of the brand of fastcore they are known for. If you are a fan you need this, if you haven't heard STZ this is a good record to start with.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/sabertoothzombie
Rock if you like: Ceremony - Trap Them - Lights Out

Track listing:
1 - Fragments
2 - Eat And Shit
3 - Mind Fuck Infection
4 - Get Bent
5 - Giant
6 - Out
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Iron Age - Constant Stuggle (2006)

This Austin, Texas band has recorded one hell of a hard hitting album! Taking cues from crossover acts from the 80's. Having only a demo under their belts prior to recording "Constant Struggle", Iron Age draws from experience with previous bands. Singer Jason Tarpey fronted Far From Breaking and guitarist Wade Allison played guitar in Desperate Measures.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/ironagetexas
Rock if you like: Cro-mags - Leeway - Agnostic Front

Track listing:
1 - We're Dust/ The Violator
2 - Return To The Void
3 - Fear Itself
4 - Evil Ways
5 - Twisted Faith
6 - Butchers Bill
7 - Balance
8 - Brainwreck
9 - Cheat Death
10 - Iron Age
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Hope And Suicide - Razorblade Smile (2002)

Hope And Suicide play a mix of Metalic Hardcore that is both raw and energetic. They are surely a band that any fans of this genre will easily fall in love with. Razorblade Smile is a great Ep that was put out by now defunct label Ides Of March Records.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.hopeandsuicide.com/
Rock if you like: Turmoil - Santa Sangre - Bloodlet

Track listing:
1 - The Dead Hate The Living
2 - Bring The Wine
3 - You're Easier To Medicate When You're Tied Down
4 - Reluctant King
5 - Standard Issue Will
6 - Left Uncovered For The Flies
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Cast Aside - The Struggle (2004)

In a time when the darkness of complacency plagues the hardcore community, Cast Aside rose as a new dawn to bring us a brighter day. Heralded as one of the leaders of a new breed of straight edge hardcore, Cast Aside define the contemporary straight edge principles of heart, integrity, and respect. All qualities once thought lost in the hardcore community's ongoing evolution, now reborn as a new fight in Cast Aside's never ending personal war.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Embrace Today - The Promise - Reign Supreme

Track listing:
1 - Stand Up
2 - No Excuses
3 - Self Destruct
4 - Honor
5 - Last Chance
6 - Falling Out
7 - To The End
8 - Dead Beat
9 - Say Goodbye
10 - Outro
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Preacher Gone To Texas - Choice Vs. Chance (2002)

Hailing from the Quad Cities Preacher plays heavy and fast and hardcore with melodic breakdowns. Probably one of the best unsung hardcore bands from the Midwest we have seen in years.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Shai Hulud - Sleeping By The Riverside - Bird Of Ill Omen

1 - Sorrows For The Wounded
2 - Fallacy Of Composition
3 - Handshake To Heartbreak
4 - Devoted Apology
5 - Radials On Rumble Strips
6 - The Armada
7 - Forgive The Silent Kiss
8 - One Scream Motive For Movement
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The Killing Tree - We Sing Sin (2004)

This album is the highly anticipated follow up to the Killing Tree's previous full length on OneDaySavior Records. This Chicago based band play ferocious hardcore, reminiscent of those famous wind gusts that constantly whip through the city. The Killing Tree's singer is also in the band Rise Against.

Status: Inactive

Rock if you like: Rise Against - Screw 32 - Fury 66

Track listing:

1 - Mascara (Original Sin)

2 - Everything You Had Is Gone (Fall From Grace)

3 - Jesus Christ Pose (Man's Awakening)

4 - We Have Awakened (Vengence)

5 - Look Alive

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A Trunk Full Of Dead Bodies - My Smile, Her Corpse (2003)

Six songs that blur the boundaries of emo and screamo. ATFODB not only improve on their emocore sound, but showcase an intelligent adaptation of hardcore. Textured guitar work, mixed with seemingly dark overtones, backed by clean vocals with piercing screams at times. Features guest vocals from Rachel Minton and Vince Ratti of Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer and backing vocals by Anthony Green of Saosin.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Boys Night Out - The Program - Keepsake

Track listing:
1 - Green On '73
2 - Bi-Polar Opposites
3 - Finger In Your Throat
4 - Spare Me The Couch
5 - Ride Or Die
6 - Take The Train
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Eden Maine - The Treachery Pact (2002)

Eden Maine are the short lived metal hardcore band out of the UK. The Treachery Pact is their debut Ep released on Engineer Records. After this release they quickly began gaining a good reputation due to their extensive touring schedule and great live performances. This band will surely be missed.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Converge - Beecher - Razor Crusade

Track listing:
1 - A Road That Leads To Fate
2 - Cold Light
3 - Ephemera
4 - The Black
5 - Scene One
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Fuck The Facts - Disgorge Mexico (2008)

Canada’s Fuck the Facts returns with their hyper-charged new full-length ‘Disgorge, Mexico’. More streamlined and direct than its predecessor ‘Stigmata Hi-Five’, ‘Disgorge, Mexico’ is an incendiary, hard-hitting grind affair. Far more than just grind bombast, Fuck the Facts has transformed into one of extreme metal’s best new bands.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.fuckthefacts.com/
Rock if you like: Hiretsukan - Gadget - Advocate

Track listing:
1 - Borders
2 - No Return
3 - Absence And Despite
4 - Kelowna
5 - As Empires Expand And Collapse
6 - Dead End
7 - Driving Through Fallen Cities
8 - La Culture Du Faux
9 - State Of Panic
10 - No Place For Failure
11 - The Storm
12 - Apathy Is A Karma Killer
13 - Golden Age
14 - The Pile Of Flesh You Carry
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Ghostlimb - Bearing And Distance (2008)

The great southern California 3-piece known as Ghostlimb are back with their 2nd full length release. Clocking in near the choice twenty-minute mark and riddled with succinct aesthetics of the fast, heavy and tolerably informed. Features kids from Graf Orlock.

Status: Active

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

Rock if you like: His Hero Is Gone - Graf Orlock - Catharsis

Track listing:

1 - Port Of Call

2 - Southwest Passage

3 - Seven

4 - Document

5 - Saltaye

6 - Ruins

7 - Drowned In A Drought

8 - The Force That Gives Us Meaning

9 - Copywritten

10 - Estate Sale

11 - Laughter

12 - Bridge Above The Water

13 - The Ocean Floor

14 - Age Old

15 - Loxodrome

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Gehenna - The War Of The Sons Of Light And The Suns Of Darkness (2008)

The long awaited re-issue of all Gehennas early and out of print material. Demos, splits, and 7" tracks and hard to find bonus tracks, all available on one gatefold LP for the first time ever. Raw, In your face, Ugly and Unsympathetic hardcore.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Catharsis - Unruh - Treadwell

Track listing:
1 - 83%
2 - Woodmaker
3 - The Bottom Line
4 - Swarm
5 - Dead Shell
6 - The Birth Of Vengeance
7 - A Universe's Demise
8 - Testimony
9 - Thirty Silver Pieces
10 - Cave In
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The Great Redneck Hope - 'Splosions (2003)

Have you ever had a concussion? ...and you get all light-headed and fruity, but you know that something in the room just hit you really hard? That's the best way to describe "Splosion!" It's amazing, ironic tech-violence in the vein of the Locust and Dillinger Escape Plan. Treat yourself to a good time.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/3952931
Rock if you like: Locust - Combat Wounded Veteran - Dillinger Escape Plan

Track listing:
1 - Hey Goth Girl, Isn't It A Little Hot To Be Wearing Pants?
2 - A Rhetorical Question: What Do Christian Kids Talk About?
3 - I Don't Lift Weights To Impress The Bitches, I Lift Weights To Knock A Suckas Teeth Out
4 - Three Easy Steps To Digging Up And Reanimating Your Ass, Only To Rock It Into The Ground Again
5 - You're Fired, You're Fired, You're Fired. Goddamn It, I'm Spike Lee.
6 - Girl, Are You Down With Bacteria? If So Would You Like To See The Inside Of Our Van
7 - Oh My God. Omigod. Oohhh My God. I Thought Nailguns Had A Safety.
8 - I'm Pretty Sure I Got My Cat Pregnant.
9 - They Say The People Elect The Government They Deserve, But I Dont Remember Knife-Raping Any Retarded Nuns
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New Lows - Self Titled (2008)

New Lows drop their anticipated "Self Titled" EP debut, following up their popular 2007 demo. Reminiscent of early Madball or Hatebreed but still carving out its own lane. A breath of fresh air for Boston hardcore, an icy cold deep breath. CDEP version includes their demo as four additional bonus tracks.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/newlows
Rock if you like: Cursed - Ringworm - Ceremony

Track listing:
1 - Hatchethead
2 - Lowest Depths
3 - Hung Up On The Crossroads
4 - Lucifer Crucified
5 - Compulsive Repulsion (It Never Ends)
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Jigsore Terror - World End Carnage (2004)

Jigsore Terror was formed in year 2001 by Tobbe "Six Feet" Ander (Scams, Smooth & Greedy, Leukemia) on guitar and Adde Mitroulis (Birdflesh, General Surgery, Sayyadina) on drums. Very soon bass player Hampus Klang (Birdflesh, Bullet, Hypnosia) and vocalist Tobbe Eng (Thunderdog) joined the band.
The reason to start this project was to play some kind of old school death metal in the vein of the early brutal bands like Repulsion, Death and Terrorizer.The band made several songs and played some shows. In October 2002 they decided to record their first demo in Soundlab Studios. Six songs were recorded and the demo was sent to some labels. A deal was signed in 2004 with Listenable Records in France. The first album was also recorded in Soundlab by Mieszko Talarczyk (Nasum, Genocide Superstars). Before the recording vocalist Tobbe Eng left the band due to lack of time. So Adde recorded the vocals on the album.

Status: Inactive
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/jigsoreterror
Rock If You Like: Birdflesh - Terrorizer - Repulsion

Track listing:
1 - Gorging on Exposed Arteries
2 - Skeletal Decomposition
3 - Slaughtered Existence
4 - Death Rattle Cacaphony
5 - Senseless Slaughter
6 - Rotten Heads
7 - Reeking Death
8 - Insane Torture
9 - Scattered Cranial Remains
10 - Violent Molestation
11 - Corpses on Fire
12 - Feast of Dismembered Limbs
13 - Brutally Murdered
14 - Bestial Frenzy
15 - World End Carnage

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Hate - Morphosis (2008)

Hate hails from Poland. Their interesting blend of Death Metal with Black Metal breaks and cool melodies reminds of Behemoth shredding together with Vesania, while Vader are responsible so the whole thing doesn’t cross the Death Metal borders. Great overlooked/ignored death metal cd of 2008.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/hatepoland
Rock If You Like: Behemoth - Yyrkoon - Misery Index

Track listing:
1 - Metamorphosis
2 - Threnody
3 - Immum Coeli (Everlasting World)
4 - Catharsis
5 - Ressurection Machine
6 - The Evangelistic Pain
7 - Omega
8 - Erased
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End Of All - Art Of Decadence (2008)

End Of All encompasses all the best parts of Scandinavian hardcore/metal. If you liked their first album 'Same Shit But Different' you’re going to love this one. And for those of you who haven’t been graced by the auditory enlightenment that is End Of All, think Skitsystem meets Wolfbrigade/Wolfpack meets At The Gates. Every song on this album works on multiple levels.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/endofallsweden
Rock If You Like: Wolfbrigade/Wolfpack - Skitsystem - Disfear

Track listing:
1 - The Age Of The Serpents
2 - Wrath Is Unleashed
3 - Rotten
4 - .45 Statement
5 - Black Blood
6 - This Darkness Is Final
7 - Hatet Ar Min Borg
8 - Ensam I Morkret
9 - Henchman Of Hatred
10 - The Self-Destructive Machine
11 - Andlos Korridor
12 - Sista Vilan
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Ticket To Hell - Man Made Paradise (2008)

Debut album from this Mexican one-man army. Ticket To Hell plays a bulldozing mix of 80's style Thrash and 90's era Death Metal. Conceived, written and performed by Jacobo Cordova, also known for his Majestic Downfall project.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/tickettohellband
Rock If You Like: Slayer - Possessed - Legion Of The Damned

Track listing:
1 - Ticket To Hell
2 - Dynasty
3 - Join The Blind
4 - A.H.
5 - Eyes Of Fire
6 - I Am I
7 - Man Made Paradise
8 - We March
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Six Reasons To Kill - Another Horizon 2008

SIX REASONS TO KILL are here to prove why they are soon to be once again leading the pack of Europe's most elite hardcore and metal bands alongside current heavyweights such as Caliban, Deadsoil & Heaven Shall Burn. With numerous tours under their belts and having shared the stage with such top acts as Hatebreed, Testament, Agnostic Front, Shadows Fall, God Forbid, Madball and Napalm Death, SIX REASONS TO KILL bring you their latest effort.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.sixreasonstokill.de/
Rock If You Like: Heaven Shall Burn - Arkangel - Jane

Track listing:
1 - Intro
2 - Observer
3 - Another Horizon
4 - On This Battlefield
5 - Weak In Darkening
6 - Eyesore
7 - And Tomorrows Gone
8 - Bleeding Stereo
9 - Mass Grave Memorial
10 - Phoenix
11 - Ammunition
12 - Beside Nowhere
13 - The Hardest Revenge
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Cavity - Laid Insignificant Reissue 2008

"The variety of grimness on Laid Insignificant makes it a less caustic (or at least more enjoyably caustic) listen than the numbingly downtrodden early records by sludge brothers Eyehategod and Melvins. Cavity’s best songs build tension with creative use of feedback and discordant picking and tempo changes, and always hit payoff when those mammoth doom riffs land. And vocalist Rene Barge possesses a huge range of throat-shredding techniques in his arsenal, adding to the band’s dynamic attack. So while Laid Insignificant’s brevity qualifies it as an EP, it’s got the breadth of a full album. Cavity’s long gone, but the Laid Insignificant reissue does a nice job of filling the hole."

Status: Inactive
Rock If You Like: Disembodied - Eyehategod - Rwake

Track listing:
1 - Laid Insignificant
2 - The Woods
3 - Fingers On The Spider
4 - Marginal Man
5 - I May Go
6 - Spine I
7 - Spine II
8 - A Bitter Cold Spell
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Doomriders - Black Thunder (2005)

Doomriders "Black Thunder", was recorded and engineered by Kurt Ballou (Converge) @ Godcity Studios. Recorded primarily in a live setting, "Black Thunder" is a collection of thirteen unbridled songs filled with spontaneity and vigor. From the infectious hook of the title track, to the soul wrenching track "Voice of Fire", "Black Thunder" is as eclectic of an album as they come. Paying homage to their collective musical heroes, while boldly serving as a monster of an introduction to the independent music community.

Status: Active

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

Rock if you like: Motorhead - Entombed - Lords

Track listing:

1 - Black Thunder
2 - The Long Walk

3 - Ride Or Die

4 - Deathbox

5 - Listen Up

6 - Midnight Eye

7 - Fuck This Shit

8 - Worthless

9 - The Chase

10 - Voice Of Fire

11 - Drag Them Down

12 - The Whipcrack

13 - Sirens

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Martha Divine - What Doesn't Kill Us... Will Eventually Kill US (2006)

Glasgow Kentuckys sons of mischef Martha Divine self released their demo and did an outstanding job with it. Everything from the production quality to the artwork, this cd is top notch. Great Hardcore the way it was supposed to be played. Raw, fast and in your face.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Curl Up And Die - Coalesce - The Minor Times

Track listing:
1 - The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World He Didn't Exist
2 - The Black Tie Affair
3 - A Print On The Trigger
4 - Portrait Of A Ghost
5 - Marco Polo With Scissors
6 - Crimson
7 - The Living, The Dead, And Those Of Us In Between
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Reveal - To Explore The Invention, To Create (1999)

This is the 2nd release from the Amsterdam mathcore legends, Reveal. To Explore... was the only record they put out that wasn't on Goodlife Records. By no means does that have an effect on the quality of the songwriting or production. Sorry this request took so long to fill, but please do enjoy.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Botch - Eleven Thirty-Four - Kiss It Goodbye

Track listing:

1 - Losing Interest In A War

2 - When Fear Starts Killing

3 - Untitled

4 - Upshot: Hand Me Down

5 - The Passion

6 - Faulty

7 - Too Obvious

8 - Gaping Breach

9 - Bonus Track

10 - Bonus Track

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Left At Yale - Self Titled (1999)

Left At Yale were a short lived 4 piece that called, now defunct, Transit Records home. This Ep showcases their great songwriting, creavity and emotion and jams it all into 6 songs at right around 30 minutes. If you enjoyed the Derail CD posted in 2007 then you will surely enjoy this record.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Mineral - Texas Is The Reason - Favez

Track listing:
1 - Curtains
2 - It's Everything
3 - Fragile
4 - Steadfast
5 - The Color Turning
6 - Three Month Vacation
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Fight Amp - Hungry For Nothing (2008)

Hailing from New Jersey, Fight Amp channels a sound and presence that harkens the days of old and is reminiscent of the AMREP/dirty dingy side of extreme music. Fight Amp (previously known as Fight Amputation) have spent nearly three and a half years toiling over their sound, traveling the country, self-releasing records, booking their own massive tours, sweating in basements and sleeping in vans crafting what is now their highly refined and most focused effort to date.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.fightamputation.com/
Rock if you like: Kylesa - Unsane - Eyehategod

Track listing:
1 - Dead Is Dead
2 - Late Bloomer
3 - What A Drag
4 - Samhain
5 - Lungs
6 - Bound And Gagged
7 - Get High And Fuck
8 - Dumb Luck
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