Propagandhi - Failed States (2012)

Canadian “progressive thrash” legends Propagandhi join the Epitaph roster with their new album Failed States, just in time for their politically engaged anthems to form a soundtrack to that magical theatrical production known as the US elections. Failed States is the band’s sixth album, and their second as a fourpiece with the addition of Dave “The Beaver” Guillas on guitar. This has lead to a distinctive thickening and fortifying of the band’s sound, to the point where they now achieve maximum heaviness, in a good way. This is most definitely the best Propagandhi album yet, full of loud, fast, indignant songs that stick in your head.

Status: Active
Contact: http://propagandhi.com/
Rock if you like: NOFX - I Spy - FYP

Track listing:
1 - Note To Self
2 - Failed States
3 - Devil's Creek
4 - Rattan Cane
5 - Hadron Collision
6 - Status Update
7 - Cognitive Suicide
8 - Things I Like
9 - Unscripted Moment
10 - Dark Matters
11 - Lotus Gait
12 - Duplicate Keys Icaro (An Interim Report)
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Gaza - No Absolutes In Human Suffering (2012)

Salt Lake City, UT natives Gaza play a form of grindcore mixed with drone-sludgy and mathy hardcore with an unmatched intesity. Gaza also lyrically attack the religious foundation the country continues to rely on. No Absolutes In Human Suffering is their 3rd release. Don't miss the boat on this one.

Status: Active
Contact: Facebook
Rock if you like: Coalesce - Kid Gorgeous - Engineer

Track listing:
1 - Mostly Hair and Bones Now
2 - This We Celebrate
3 - The Truth Weighs Nothing
4 - Not With All The Hope In The World
5 - The Vipers
6 - No Absolutes In Human Suffering
7 - The Crown
8 - When They Beg
9 - Winter In Her Blood
10 - Skull Trophy
11 - Routine And Then Death
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Xibalba - Hasta La Muerte (2012)

California's dark hardcore masters, Xibalba, are back. Hasta la Muerte is 11 tracks of some of the heaviest music to come out in years. This is sure to be on everyone's best of 2012 list. Get it here!

Status: Active

Contact: Facebook

Rock if you like: Disembodied - Cursed - Harm's Way

Track listing:

1 - No Serenity

2 - Soledad

3 - Laid to Rest

4 - Burn

5 - Sentenced

6 - The Flood

7 - Hasta La Muerte

8 - Mala Mujer

9 - Stoneheart

10 - Lujuria

11 - Cold

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The Locust - Molecular Genetics From The Gold Standards Lab (2012)

Molecular Genetics From the Gold Standard Labs is 44 tracks of hardto-find and out-of-print material from the early years of the Locust. San Diego legends the Locust have been blowing minds since 1994 with their unique mix of grindcore speed and aggression, mathcore complexity, and new wave weirdness. The band quickly earned a reputation for their unique sound and live presentations. In the process they have created a singular body of work, and an important piece of that appears on Molecular Genetics From the Gold Standard Labs, collecting for the first time all of the band’s pre-Epitaph recordings.

Status: Active

Contact: Facebook

Rock if you like: An Albatross - The Great Redneck Hope - Combatwoundedveteran

Track listing:

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Afgrund - The Age of Dumb (2012)

Afgrund is an international grind band(swe/ita/fin) based in Stockholm, Sweden. They play a punishing style of grind that is surely to please the purists and those new to the genre alike. The Age of Dumb is 18 tracks filled with blast beats and shredding guitar work. Get this shit now!

Status: Active

Contact: Facebook

Rock if you like: Leng T'che - Mumakil - Gadget

Track listing:

1 - Life and Death of a Broiler

2 - Living the Nightmare

3 - The Might of a Nation

4 - H.A.A.R.P.Y.

5 - Beaurocrap

6 - Carniwars

7 - Genocide to Glorify

8 - Repaint the Truth

9 - An Aggregation of Misfortune

10 - Discorporate

11 - The War on Drugs

12 - Planet Monsanto

13 - Le Grand Illusion

14 - Nuclear Hazzard

15 - Life Banned

16 - Bullets Are Forever

17 - He Who Plants Sorrow

18 - The Carrier

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Split Cranium - Self Titled (2012)

Split Cranium are a D-Beat inspired punk band based out of both the US and Finland. Although at first listen this album may seem a bit more melodic than other D-Beat juggernauts, Split Cranium ultimately add a fresh look to a genre that can be a bit stale at times. Features Aaron Turner of Isis on vocals and guitars.

Status: Active

Contact: bandcamp

Rock if you like: From Ashes Rise - Wolfbrigade - Motorhead

Track listing:

1 - Little Brother

2 - Tiny Me

3 - The Crevice Within

4 - Blossoms From Boils

5 - Sceptres To Rust

6 - Black Binding Plague

7 - Yellow Mountain

8 - Retrace The Circle

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Toxic Holocaust split w/ Municipal Waste (2012)

This may be one of the best splits released in the last 10 years. If you like crossover/ thrash you are going to love this. 2 tracks by each band. Get this now!

Status: Active

Contact:

Toxic Holocaust: bandcamp

Municipal Waste: website

Rock if you like: Gama Ray - DRI - Havok

Track listing:

1 - MW - Trapped in the Sites

2 - MW - Mourning Sex

3 - TH - We Bring Em Hell

4 - TH - Alter-ed States

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Homewrecker - Worms And Dirt (2012)

Ohio's HOMEWRECKER present their most vicious effort to date! Nine tracks of dark brooding metallic hardcore/powerviolence recorded at the infamous MARS compound. If you like what you hear make sure you pick this one up.

Status: Active

Contact: Bandcamp

Rock if you like: Low Places - Seven Sisters of Sleep - Full of Hell

Tracklisting:

1 - Wreck

2 - Worms and Dirt

3 - Baseborn

4 - Visions of Terror

5 - Chained Hanging Victim

6 - Pipe Dreams

7 - Eyes of Anguish

8 - Charlatan

9 - Beaten Freedom

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Seven Sisters Of Sleep - SSOS (2012)

Seven Sisters Of Sleep are back with their most punishing release to date. SSOS chugs through 6 tracks of downtuned sludge with an unwavering heaviness that should be illegal. Check this shit out then buy it.

Status: Active

Contact: website

Rock if you like: Eyehategod - Crowbar - Full of Hell

Track listing:

1 - Sundown

2 - High Priest

3 - Slower Downer

4 - Green Garden of Unrest

5 - Weapons

6 - Almighty Black Talons

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Depravation - Demo Tape

One of the dudes in this band emailed me about posting their demo. It's awesome so you should listen to it.

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Expire - Pendulum Swings (2012)

Pendulum Swings is full of simple and stripped-down yet super fun and heavy hardcore mixed with Suicidal Tendencies-style trash – a must have for any fan of hardcore. Recorded at Howl Street Recordings in Milwaukee, WI and mastered by Jay Maas of Getaway Recordings (Defeater, Bane, Cruel Hand), this record is sure to be on of the heaviest exports from the Midwest this year.

Status: Active

Contact: facebook

Rock if you like: Terror - Swamp Thing - Trash Talk

Track listing:

1 - Just Fine

2 - Reputation

3 - Spit Out

4 - Dig Deep

5 - Anxiety

6 - Abyss

7 - Bark

8 - Sleep Lost

9 - Pills And A Promise

10 - YDN

11 - Focus

12 - Pendulum Swings

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Nomads - Night​.​Owls​/​/​Mayhem​.​Aficionados​/​/​Death​.​Seekers (2012)

This is one of the best EPs we here at the_hive have received in quite a while now. LA's Nomads play vicious, pissed off hardcore punk with many different influences. Judging by the 3 songs on this EP Nomads are on the right track and should be a force not to fuck with in the next few years.

Status: Active

Contact: http://nomadspunk.bandcamp.com/

Rock if you like: Trap Them - From Ashes Rise - His Hero Is Gone

Track listing:

1 - Insomniac

2 - Slaughterhouse

3 - Rot

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BANKROBBER - If God Is Love Then Hate Is Real (2012)

Ten songs of heavy, pissed off, hardcore from Denver, CO. Powerful, abrasive and influenced by mid-90s hardcore, features just under 20 minutes of socially conscious anger and rage.

Status: Active

Contact:bankrobber666.bandcamp.com/

Rock if you like: Palehorse - Integrity - Crucified

Track listing:

1 - Decay

2 - Silence

3 - Shattered

4 - Resist

5 - Nothing

6 - Breathless

7 - Downfall

8 - Greed

9 - Control

10 - Extinction

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Blighted - Deliberate (2012)

My friend's band just put out their new record. It rules and you should give them money for it. Stream it here and if you like it, buy the record and a shirt here.

Rumour Mill - Demo (2012)

Rumour Mill are a young hardcore band out of St. Albans, UK. RM features members of Your Demise and other various acts from the UK. For the most part Rumour Mill play a brand of hardcore that is straight to the point with a street punk twist. The 6 tracks on their demo are a very interesting look into what RM have to offer.

Status: Active

Contact: facebook

Rock if you like: Blacklisted - Wisdom In Chains - Skarhead

Track listing:

1 - Intro (Absolute Fucking Hell)

2 - Nine Minds

3 - Despiser

4 - Rising Tide

5 - Deep Blue

6 - Crashed

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Municipal Waste - The Fatal Feast (2012)

Undisputed masters of the crossover genre, Richmond, Virginia’s Municipal Waste return for their fifth full-length album in their endless quest to bring the fury, bring the laughs and bring the party to obscene new lows. Their hell-bent quest for infectious riffs and never-ending headbanging sessions has finally led them to Nuclear Blast for a debut party-on-disc that won’t soon be forgotten. Tasked with the noble aim of spreading the shred, The Fatal Feast is a more complete album than ever before. More bang, more intensity and a rounder sound make this not only the perfect party record, but also a natural fit for their epically ridiculous live shows.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.facethewaste.com/

Rock if you like: DRI - Suicidal Tendencies - Toxic Holocaust

Track listing:

1 - Waste In Space (Main Title)

2 - Repossession

3 - New Dead Matters

4 - Unholy Abductor

5 - Idiot Check

6 - Covered In Sick, The Barfer

7 - You're Cut Off

8 - Authority Complex

9 - Standards And Practices

10 - Crushing Chest Wound

11 - The With 21 Faces

12 - Jesus Freaks

13 - The Fatal Feast

14 - 12 Step Program

15 - Eviction Party

16 - Death Tax

17 - Residential Disaster

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Black Breath - Sentenced To Life (2012)

Black Breath is a band from the Pacific Northwest who have quickly shredded their way to popularity. With members of Shook Ones, Go It Alone, Blue Monday, Get The Most, and On, they began in 2007 as crossover band with a joking spirit. In 2008, they released a 4-song 12" EP, Razor To Oblivion, which proved their step in a more serious direction, writing riffs that are reminiscent of first-wave thrash, black, and death metal bands such as Celtic Frost and Hellhammer, but maintain a traditional hardcore punk undertone.

Status: Active

Contact: http://blackbreath.com/

Rock if you like: Entombed - Motorhead - Burning Love

Track listing:

1 - Feast Of The Damned

2 - Sentenced To Life

3 - Forced Into Possession

4 - Home Of The Grave

5 - Endless Corpse

6 - Mother Abyss

7 - Of Flesh

8 - Doomed

9 - The Flame

10 - Obey

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Exalt - Breach False Minds (2012)

Exalt are a Hardcore band from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Exalt seem to blend elements from each of their, very apparent, influences together in a manner that keeps things fresh and inspired. Breach False Minds is the full length debut that is hopefully a sign of good things to come.

Status: Active

Contact: http://exalt.bandcamp.com

Rock if you like: Achilles - Eyelid - Undertow

Track listing:

1 - Loss - Rejoice

2 - Misled

3 - Warmth & Winter

4 - Partisan Eyes

5 - Empty Dreamer - Frail As Feathers

6 - No Son

7 - Serpents At My Feet

8 - Onward

9 - Pray For Release

10 - Rejoice - Loss

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Cannibal Corpse - Torture (2012)

Returning with the ceaselessly hostile Torture, Cannibal Corpse prove that when it comes to combining unrestrained maliciousness, involving song writing and technical precision they still have no equal, once again fortifying their position at the forefront of death metal. The twelfth full-length of their inspiring twenty-four year career, the Floridian quintet have never sounded so vital, the album building upon the wealth of powerful, dark, and memorable songs comprising 2006's Kill and 2009's Evisceration Plague and pointedly upping the ante at every turn. While this marks the latest progression in the band's sound, Torture also witnesses a return to what drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz accurately terms "the frenzied attack of Butchered At Birth (1991) or Tomb Of The Mutilated (1992)", infusing the band's advanced musicianship with the raw savagery that haunted their earlier releases, and in the process conceiving the definitive Cannibal Corpse record.

Status: Active

Contact: Website

Rock if you like: Real Death Metal!

Track listing:

1 - Demented Aggression

2 - Sarcophagic Frenzy

3 - Scourge Of Iron

4 - Encased In Concrete

5 - As Deep As The Knife Will Go

6 - Intestinal Crank

7 - Followed Home Then Killed

8 - The Strangulation Chair

9 - Caged... Contorted

10 - Crucifier Avenged

11 - Rabid

12 - Torn Through

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Narrows - Painted (2012)

Frozen Moscow lakes are but a fraction of the desperate cold love that exists in Narrows' music. With an overdriven/soaked bass, ghostland guitar work, brooding drums, and a shrapnel laced voice, Narrows prove they are built for the darklands we live in. Painted, Narrows sophomore album will not disappoint fans of the first.

Status: Active

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

Rock if you like: Botch - Kiss It Goodbye - The Minor Times

Track listing:

1 - Under The Guillotine

2 - TB Positive

3 - Absolute Betrayer

4 - Greenland

5 - "It's The Water"

6 - Face Paint

7 - Final Mass

8 - SST

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Rise And Fall - Faith (2012)

The very much anticipated album, Faith, by RISE AND FALL is finally upon us. RISE AND FALL create a dark and textural atmosphere that complements the powerful metallic hardcore foundation that CONGRESS laid before them. They are even joined by former members of CONGRESS and LIAR, bringing the two generations of Belgian hardcore together, as one vicious circle. Frantic drumming, discordant guitars, and passionate vocal screams all build into an awe-inducing wall of sound.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.riseandfall.org/

Rock if you like: Disfear - Congress - Cursed

Track listing:

1 - A Hammer And Nails

2 - Deceiver

3 - The Gallows Await

4 - Burning At Both Ends

5 - Things Are Different Now

6 - Breathe

7 - Hidden Hands

8 - Escapism

9 - Dead Weight

10 - Faith/ Fate

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Started in '07 still going strong!

The upload process has begun. We are currently switching over all of our previous posts to a new service. There are over 600 posts here on The_Hive, so this will take a few weeks. We again thank you for all of your patience.

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Hostile Takeover

So our Mediafire account was closed a while back. We apologize for the inconvenience. We are in the process of transferring everything over to a new file sharing site. Thank you for all of your support over the years. The_Hive will be back and fully operational very shortly. Thank you.

-The_General

Napalm Death - Utilitarian (2012)

NAPALM DEATH's conviction, energy and belief in honest, outspoken yet extreme music is far from being watered down. Utilitarian, the band's 14th studio album is no exception - with 16 tracks of vitriol that harness the band’s full sonic arsenal to rail against politics, religion or simply greed. NAPALM DEATH remain at the helm of today's extreme music scene and have ferociously solidified their legendary status yet again with the destructive Utilitarian.

Status: Active

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

Rock if you like: Brutal Truth - Nasum -Extreme Noise Terror

Track listing:

1 - Circumspect

2 - Errors In The Signals

3 - Everyday Pox

4 - Protection Racket

5 - The Wolf I Feed

6 - Quarantined

7 - Fall On Their Swords

8 - Collision Course

9 - Orders Of Magnitudes

10 - Think Tank Trials

11 - Blank Look About Face

12 - Leper Colony

13 - Nom De Guerre

14 - Analysis Paralysis

15 - Opposites Repellent

16 - A Gag Reflex

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Protestant - Stalemate (2011)

Six new songs of fast, heavy, dark midwestern hardcore. Their 10th release aptly released on the 10" format. Stalemate is exactly what you come to expect out of Protestant. Do yourself a favor and check this out, then buy a copy. Help support DIY hardcore.

Status: Active

Contact: myspace/protestant

Rock if you like: His Hero Is Gone - From Ashes Rise - Man Is The Bastard

Track listing:

1 - Nothing Left

2 - Passing On

3 - Misplaced

4 - Corners

5 - Regrets

6 - Swindle

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Trash Talk - Awake (2011)

Trash Talk is an American hardcore punk band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2005. They have toured all around the world including Japan, Australia, Europe, as well as performed in many festivals in support of their releases. If you have never heard Trash Talk before you seriously need this Ep.

Status: Active
Contact: http://trashtalkhc.com/
Rock if you like: Siege - Outbreak - Lewd Acts

Track listing:

1 - Awake

2 - Slander

3 - Blind Evolution

4 - Burn Alive

5 - Gimme Death

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Will Haven - Voir Dire (2011)

The wait is over...At last Will Havens unleashes a new release some 4 years after Hierophant on Bieler Records. You all know the deal by now, crushing hypnotic riffs, minimal pounding drumming topped off with Grady’s anguished screams. This album follows the blueprint that the band has refined and used to unbelievable effect on the genre defining albums ‘El Diablo’ and ‘Carpe Diem’.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.facebook.com/willhavenband

Rock if you like: Disembodied - Deftones - Far

Track listing:

1 - The Siege

2 - A Beautiful Death

3 - Object Of My Affection

4 - Mida's Secret

5 - Lives Left To Wither

6 - Harvesting Our Burdens

7 - Lost

8 - Held To Answer

9 - When The Walls Close In

10 - Urban Agoge

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Living Eyes - Starve For Agony (2011)

I was going to write something for our readers about the new Living Eyes record, then I found this on DeathwishInc.com. "Four losers make good after multiple stints in the septic tank that is modern US punk/hardcore. Members of CEREMONY, LOOK BACK AND LAUGH, PUNCH, TALK IS POISON, SKIN LIKE IRON, LOMA PRIETA, RELY, DEAD AND GONE, CALIFORNIA LOVE, etc. Nods to early North American primitive hardcore and UK punk stone carvings. Oakland." Enjoy.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.facebook.com/Living-Eyes

Rock if you like: Skin Like Iron - Oathbreaker - Nails

Track listing:

1 - Occupational Hazard

2 - Oblivion

3 - God Country

4 - Starve For Agony

5 - Heathen Blood

6 - Hatemaker

7 - No Shame

8 - Resist

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Ultra/Negative - Finally, I'm At Peace (2011)

Finally, I'm At Peace is the debut from New Hampshire's power violence maniacs Ultra/Negative. Ultra/Negative play fast angry loud hardcore, punk and even sometimes sludge influenced power violence. After hearing this release it was very hard to tell that U/N has only been around for 6months. Do yourself a favor, get into this.

Status: Active

Contact: http://ultranegative.bandcamp.com/

Rock if you like: Nails - Dead Language - Low Threat Profile

Track listing:

1 - Rebirth

2 - Noose

3 - I'm Safe

4 - Throat Cutters Union

5 - Transparent

6 - Purge

7 - From Nothing To Nothing

8 - My Head

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Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)

WARBRINGER have taken their songwriting to a whole other level with Worlds Torn Asunder and their reach is sure to broaden with this new collection of non-stop, face-melting aural attacks. Waking Into Nightmares impacts with such unrelenting force that young and old metalheads alike will prey for death!

Status: Active
Contact: Myspace.com/warbringer
Rock if you like: Exodus - Slayer - Megadeth

Track listing"

1 - Living Weapon

2 - Shattered Like Glass

3 - Wake Up... Destroy

4 - Future Ages Gone

5 - Savagery

6 - Treacherous Tongue

7 - Echoes From The Void

8 - Enemies Of The State

9 - Behind The Veils Of Night

10 - Demonic Ecstasy

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