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KINGS DESTROY DEBUT 7-INCH EP OUT NOW
Full-Length Expected this Fall
BROOKLYN, NY – Kings Destroy, Brooklyn’s up-and-coming doom/stoner rock outfit, released their debut 7-inch EP Tuesday, and it is now available for purchase online through Noiseville Records: http://www.noiseville.com/home.html. The self-titled EP was recorded by Mike Moebius at Moonlight Mile studios in Hoboken, NJ. The track “Old Yeller” can be streamed on the band’s official MySpace page at: www.myspace.com/kingsdestroynyc, and the other song, “Medusa”, is currently available for download through iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/medusa/id368109575?i=368109621&ign-mpt=uo%3D4.
Kings Destroy played their EP release show Wednesday night at the Cake Shop in Manhattan, donating proceeds to the members of the band Torche, who were robbed while on tour in Chicago earlier this month. The band is still accepting donations for Torche, via Paypal to the email address: TLCforTorche@gmail.com.
Kings Destroy will play their next gig at The Charleston in Brooklyn on June 4th. Proceeds from the show will be donated to the Onpoint Cyclones, the youth basketball team the band sponsors.

Hailing from the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, Kings Destroy is the spawn of several New York hardcore and punk legends, consisting of members of NYHC staples, Killing Time and Uppercut, and the New Jersey punk outfit, Electric Frankenstein.
The band will head into the renowned Water Music recording studio in Hoboken, NJ this June, to record their debut full-length record with underground producer, Sanford Parker (Yob, Pelican, Nachtmystium). The full-length is expected to release this fall.

Kings Destroy is…
Steve Murphy – Vocals (Uppercut)
Carl Porcaro – Guitars (Killing Time)
Chris Skowronski – Guitars (Killing Time)
Rob Sefcik – Drums (Electric Frankenstein, Begotten)
Ed Bocchino – Bass (Stanley)

For more information on Kings Destroy…
www.myspace.com/kingsdestroynyc




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Your Demise recording new album // News // Lambgoat

Your Demise recording new album // News // Lambgoat

Official press release:

St. Albans hardcore/metal crew Your Demise (Earache Records) are back in the country, currently holed up recording in Reading, UK, working on the follow up to 2009's critically acclaimed breakthrough album "Ignorance Never Dies."

The band have been writing in California after months of touring and return to the studio with long time collaborator Jon Mitchell at Outhouse Studios and take a brief break from recording to play this year's Slam Dunk festival this weekend alongside New Found Glory and Alkaline Trio.

Guitarist Stu Paice notes: "The new songs are a very big progression, the best stuff the band has ever written by far. It's a big step up in sound - I think the most important thing is that band is 100% proud for the first time for the album we have produced!"

To check out what the band are up to in the studio, check the first of their webisodes here.

Lou Koller on NA

http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/05/25/lou-koller-from-sick-of-it-all%E2%80%99s-quintessential-guide-to-hardcore-%E2%80%93-day-six/#comment-470845

couldn't agree more

Update on the new Vietnom

do the link to hardboiled

Update on the new Vietnom

always love these guys - and on GoodLife. i am sure it will be tough street tales with heavy hardcore, a splash of rap with solid songwriting and clean production.

PLUS i need an excuse to post this pic!

Pre-orders for Fed Up! Sheer Poetry have started

My copy just came in the mail - review soon - meanwhile, get yours!

do the link!

Pre-orders for Fed Up! Sheer Poetry have started

hypocrisy

this sentence should never be uttered: "...scrutinized by congress"; something about a pot and a kettle

letter to here and now

this whole issue is ridiculous. i am writing to you from a gmail account. if i tell you i bought a new "leather jacket" - or i tell you of my dog named "marbles";
the next email i send will be latticed with ads for leather and marbles. and this is what i have asked for.

it is the same with FB - there is no free lunch. everything has a cost.

all these entitled, spoiled people think they deserve some protection from a business that they voluntarily opted to used? for free!

fb, google, etc are business. they do not care about their clients as individuals. no one cares about the consumer beyond their ability to perpetuate sales. why should we expect the businesses with quarterly projections and bottom lines to want us for more than anything other than producing revenue?

if these people are connecting us with people we have not found in years, why should we not expect it to have a cost?

these people should grow up. but they expect people to serve them for free. entitled masses with no clue. selfish drones. i have a fb (i got tricked, i thought i started a site for my business, but then i discovered i had one for myself. i use it. but i never feel that it is about me.) it is a service. and services cost money. they need to hold themselves afloat and make a profit. why do we expect this to be any different? cuz the product feels personal; that it i s about us as an individual?

nonsense.

cheers.
hutch.

KINGS DESTROY RECORD RELEASE TO BENEFIT TORCHE

KINGS DESTROY RECORD RELEASE SHOW TO BENEFIT TORCHE

Brooklyn Rockers to Release EP this Month, Full-Length this Fall

BROOKLYN, NY – Brooklyn’s doom/stoner rock hybrid, Kings Destroy, will play their EP release show next week as a benefit to help the band Torche, whose van was robbed last week while on tour in Chicago. Kings Destroy will donate proceeds from the upcoming show, and they will also be accepting donations from concertgoers at the gig. Donations can also be made via Paypal to the email address: TLCforTorche@gmail.com.

The details for the EP release show are…
Wednesday, May 26 – Cake Shop (152 Ludlow St. NY, NY) – Tickets $8 / Doors 8:00pm – Stinking Lizaveta, Kings Destroy, The Brought Low, Pigs
Kings Destroy will unleash the debut 7-inch EP on May 25th, available for purchase through the band’s webstore. The EP will also be available for digital download on iTunes on May 31st.
The two tracks, “Old Yeller” and “Medusa”, were recorded by Mike Moebius, at Moonlight Mile studios in Hoboken, NJ. “Old Yeller” can be streamed on the band’s official MySpace page at: www.myspace.com/kingsdestroynyc.
Hailing from the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, Kings Destroy is the spawn of several New York hardcore and punk legends, consisting of members of NYHC staples, Killing Time and Uppercut, and the New Jersey punk outfit, Electric Frankenstein.
The band will head into the renowned Water Music recording studio in Hoboken, NJ this June, to record their debut full-length record with underground producer, Sanford Parker (Yob, Pelican, Nachtmystium). The full-length is expected to release this fall.

Kings Destroy is…
Steve Murphy – Vocals (Uppercut)
Carl Porcaro – Guitars (Killing Time)
Chris Skowronski – Guitars (Killing Time)
Rob Sefcik – Drums (Electric Frankenstein, Begotten)
Ed Bocchino – Bass (Stanley)

For more information on Kings Destroy…
www.myspace.com/kingsdestroynyc

Battle Ruins 7" Review

Battle Ruins "Battle Ruins" 7″ (Rock ‘N’ Roll Disgrace)

Big Ups to Chris at Armageddon for knowing i would like this. Thanks. Good call as i was wondering who would re-release the first Superyob...and on vinyl?

So we all know when oi bands get more hardcore, it rules (C84, Business, On File). So what about when hardcore bands do Oi! side projects! usually pretty damn good. Of course i grew up on Slapshot, so when my boy played the "Drop the Bomb" 7', i was in love. Two names in recent years stick out. BHC dudes (Mental, Cut the Shit, etc) did Lovely Lads; a Stars & Stripes worship disc, laden with clean, punchy, catchy as fuck street punk. That said, a little melodic even. The other 'big' name would be Criminal Damage. Tragedy dudes go street punk; big love of Blitz there. Awesome! and in that vein of their members, lo-fi, dirty recording, of fighting tunes. I love both bands and still listen to those albums on the regular.

All that said - Battle Ruins is (damn, i forget...Mind Eraser?) member doing a side project. and it is incredible. The Lovely Lads vocalist pops in and out. BA fun addition to this perfect punk rock - in between LL and CD. It is tough and gritty. Perfect street sound. Lower notes and darker images propel this sucker to be spun again and again on my turntable.

Quickly, this is skinhead rock and roll. Not clean or catchy like Evil Conduct or Superyob. Um, close to, but tougher than Cock Sparrer; thicker and more 'core than the Templars; thinner than Wretched Ones. What if early Anti-Heros had an affair with a sedated Negative Approach (i said sedated!)? Bulldog Spirit went crust punk? Blitz and Wasted Time hung out waaaay too long together?

It's hard to place, because their is a balance of Black Metal and UK82 (while not as fast as either) in this stuff. There are oi bands i want to list, but the lo-fi, dark sounding chords trip me up. Whatever, it all equals sick.

It's go that '80s England feel. No denying. There's an Adicts riff, beefed up, underneath it all in there on song 4. Side B comes in perfect with that catchy bass solo line and then pounding drums and vocals. Best song of the 4, but all are energetic bouts of strength. The imagery, names and lyrics are all Battle oriented; so i think of CounterAttack and Legionaires; and Viking Rock in general.

All in all, if you like Japanese Oi!, Criminal Damage, Lovely Lads, C84 (either), Ultima Thule, Ultimo Asalto - good punk 'n' roll in general, dig this.

this gets a very enthusiastic rating. i do not know if it is all done tongue in cheek, or with ironic hipster laugh (they don't show there faces in the stone and woods environment of the black and white pics).
or if they truly wanted to release some music of a separate genre, but they did a fucking awesome job. word.

support and purchase.

http://www.myspace.com/rocknrolldisgracerecords

http://rocknrolldisgracerecords.bigcartel.com/

http://rnrdisgrace.blogspot.com/

Tabernackle "Pestilence" 7" Review

Tabernackle "Pestilence" Willow Tree Records

this shit is pretty cool. Caught these dudes open for Ruiner and Soul Control - while of the same ilk, don't erroneously place them in a too similar slot. While drawing from of the same influences, i get a nice thrash feel from time to time. Heavy hardcore, but clear vocals. pissed and bitter - this enmity has been building up for years and years; and it comes out pretty sweet. Some slower build parts add diversity without dragging on and boring me (a la recent Verse and Have Heart and Blacklisted).
Nice taut, metallic delivery of fist throwing tunes. i dare you to sit still. The new vocalist should rejuvenate this guys. They got shows. look them up.

oh - and the packaging is killer. Real thought put into it.


For fans of: Undertow and Chain of Strength to Reign Supreme, Allegiance, Go It Alone; a less cool guy Casey Jones, maybe?; really any good hardcore that kicks your ass. Think B9, DW, Rivalry, Malfunction labels.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT: "This is the debut 7" and first of a four part series with Providence hardcore veterans Tabernackle. Here you get seven songs that show Tabernackle is fast, angry, and the way hardcore should be."


http://www.willowtreerecords.bigcartel.com/product/tabernackle-pestilence-7-white-100

Two new songs from this 7" can be heard here:
www.myspace.com/willowtreerecords

and check the band out here:
http://www.myspace.com/tabernacklehc

True Colors "Consider It Done" Review

True Colors "Consider it Done" Six Feet Under Records



This quickie comes from some Belgians making hardcore as sweet as their chocolate. You can tell by the cover, the font, the pic - this sound is youth friggin' crew. do it.

The vocals ar pretty distinct, falling in between YOT and Life's Blood. (and somehow on the 2nd track track, INXS. i swear, dude). The music is typical; but played with precision and tight as 4th grade braids on picture day. Some stomp parts a la DYS/SSD or Rest In Pieces/Judge; fuck, even Backlash (yeah, the '90s nj band) or Verbal Assault.

Good mix of bouncy core to fast youth crew.

CLean, tight production. Chunky riffs and jangling bass lines.

fun little ep

perspective

2 BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE: a disappointing day - bruins get cut from a year i thought had chances. Law and Order cancelled - the show is designed for turnover. ridiculous. and with so much crap on tv. and then i inhale true disappointment and pure tragedy in my community. No catharsis, no epiphany. Just humans being horrible to each other. again. it just sucks. and it just is.



Providence man, 19, dies in drive-by shooting | Rhode Island news |
projo.com | The Providence Journal

Why Be Something That You

Why Be Something That You

Termanology - Tight Pants Are 4 Girls

Termanology - Tight Pants Are 4 Girls

x Currahee x

x Currahee x

"RIFOKI "Sperm Donor" 7" Dim Mak

damn. never heard of these dudes. I stumbled across cuz Das Oath had a Dim Mak release. LA breed some odd amalgams of influences. metal? punk? indie? forget your labels....

crazy shit, intense sonic confrontation. pacing breaths of respite into floods of sweat and blood and regret and pounding riffs

googling these guys - i guess its two dudes. i guess it is not band, per se. i guess it is art or some ironic hipster statement?

"Rifoki is a hardcore duo composed of Steve Aoki and Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo. In most circles, they're better known as DJs and producers. Aoki is the founder of Dim Mak Records, and Rifo is half of the Italian electronic and dance outfit The Bloody Beetroots.

But before the turntables and dance beats, these guys were into hardcore, and have decided to revisit those days by recording and releasing the Sperm Donor EP"

here he have that alchemy: mix swede thrash, cloak/dagger, suicide file, late 80s jello, fugazi, pissed jeans, minutemen, black cross, coliseum?

Down to Nothing "All My Sons" 7" Reaper Records

Down to Nothing "All My Sons" Reaper Records



Can Reaper Records put out a bad release? No. No they cannot. Before all you kiddie had this myface crap - way back in 2000 - we had simple websites, where bands could post demo tracks, if you were lucky. i had picked up DTN songs back then. Then "Save it for the Birds" came out on Thorp and i could not stop playing it. Now in 2010, these RVA SXE dudes are still crushing. Most people are not sxe that were in 2k - never mind sxe and still in the same band! take that dave peters and most of boston. This band is stronger than ever and ripping through through speakers and touring hard.

now - as a caveat - i have not loved all their releases. "...Birds" is pure gold. The KLU split was solid; leading to "Splitting Headache", which was a little unfocused - solid but not quite my favorite. then, they got signed to rev; i was proud. i had hoped for the best. "Higher Learning" 7" dropped - it had a 4 Walls Falling cover, and the other 2 songs seem to grab that influence. It was good, but not quite that magic that "Birds" had. So when "The Most" came out, i was hesitant. like a moron. I eventually grabbed it and it pounded me. Fierce strong delivery of pissed vocals and music. Then, "Hen Hem" 7" came out - i thought, "Let's Go!". i do not know if it is ironic hipster crap or what - but this sucked. maybe i just don't get the joke...

SO NOW WE HAVE: "ALL MY SONS"
so fucking good. "Birds", "Most" feel - back to 100% movement; angry, fast, strong sxe 'core. They add the DTN twist - a little rock, a little metal - this isn't straight youth crew. They're a thousand bands that have been spawned in this sound now-a-days - but these guys help solidify it as a sound and do it better. This had that stomp that will get the kids moving from side to side and flying all around the stage.

These 6 songs are heavy, mid-tempo sxe gems built for moshing side to side and having pile-ons. your fingers will point despite ability of motor activity and you will bob your head. All the cliche adjectives will work here - punishing, crushing. They have clear vocals shouting frank, positive lyrics (not hippie crap, but like crown of kings, "6:15")

These guys do not let up for a second of this e.p. - i hope they gain even more momentum.

as always - REAPER RECORDS represents. buy the 7" - get the digi download.
http://www.reaper-records.com
http://www.myspace.com/reaperrecordsusa
http://www.facebook.com/pages/REAPER-RECORDS/73074939062?v=info

buy it:
http://revhq.com/store.revhq?Page=search&Id=REAP031&F=1
http://interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=177490&

support:
http://www.myspace.com/downtonothing



FOR FANS OF:
Judge, Slapshot;
that wave of Boston/LA sound (guns up!, mental, righteous jams, 1st piece by piece, internal affairs, carry on);
casey jones, kids like us, Dead Serious;
a less metal version of that bands that followed in their footsteps -
Cold World, 50 Lions, Bitter End, Reign Supreme, Cruel Hand, Trapped Under Ice.

Through This Defiance "Hostility Towards the Opposition" Review

Through This Defiance "Hostility Towards the Opposition" Our Blood Records

so - one day about 6 weeks ago, i wandered to Skare Tactic's page to see what they are up to and i got directed Through This Defiance. I would not say their is a fluid exchange, but of the same ilk. The whole shared family/ex-current members incestuous feel of Donnybrook/Blood Stands Still/Skare Tactic. Despite the formal connections to the latter, i hear Folsom's sound all over this. Not just the music, but the vocal style, subkect matter, and delivery. If you enjoy any of these bands - you will dig this (not quite the thick metal of BSS, or speed and fury of ST; but it all sounds similar.

Specifics? MidTempo beatdown core. This shit is to get the kids moving on the floor. Chest pounds, pointed finger, stage dives and high fives - and that was just me alone in my room! This is pissed off. heavy, brutal hardcore with that LA street attitude. I do like how they forgo that image - and have that more social aspect in their imagery and name.

To sum up - mostly mid-tempo, high kicking beatdowns. Some songs step it up with faster beats - a great flow and balance between the songs. Double bass creeps in the fray to accompany pummeling riffs that lead to some of the best breakdowns i have heard in a while. Vocals are mostly speak words of street, the system, snake-ass liars, and the crew.

This has been getting constant play from me. Check out "How I'm Livin" & "Still Deceived" for extra heavy, thicker metal vibe; "One Life..." & "Another One..." for that bounce; "Time to Shine", "Generation Lost" "Hometown Hero" are probably my standout tracks for their straight up sore sound and fun time changes; but this whole disc is filled with winners. Big Ups!

FOR FANS OF: Folsom, Bulldoze, 25 ta Life, LA hardcore; somewhere between Mushmouth and Powerhouse...yeah, i said it!

http://www.throughthisdefiance.bigcartel.com/

http://www.myspace.com/throughthisdefiance

http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=51320&

http://www.myspace.com/ourbloodrecords

*** and as a side note - in a perfect world; hardcore unity is prevalent and everybody that gets it is down. more variation in ethnicity would be sweet. LA seems like the place to have that happen. so i would hope women are included in this mix - with out but making it a big deal. That being said - when a tough ass band that delivers, also has a hot woman holdin it down - damn! much respect. Punk rock usually attracts the rejected; so, it's nice to see some one with beauty and brains and damn good taste in music.

EAST COAST TSUNAMI FEST 2010 ...BFL in the house.

East Coast Tsunami Fest 2010

On Friday, June 11 and Saturday June 12, the East Coast Tsunami Fest comes to Phoenixville for two days of mayhem.
East Coast Tsunami Fest - 2 days of Mayhem - Phoenixville PA
Friday, June 11
328 High Street - Phoenixville PA
All Ages 21+ With ID to Drink
Doors @ 5pm

Death Threat
CDC
Barricade
xRepresentx
Lifeless
Agitator
Concrete Reality


Saturday, June 12
St Mikes Park - Jacob Street Monte Clare PA
All Ages BYOB 21+ with ID to drink
Gates @ 11am

Sick Of It All
H20
Earth Crisis
Mushmouth
Fury Of Five Jam (just announced!)
All Out War
Dysphoria(first show back)
Boxcutter
Strength For A Reason
Cruel Hand
Foose (ex Spudmonsters)
Bulldog Courage
Outta Hand
Double Dealer
Troublesome