R | S | T: [last update: 09.05.2015] [R]: RAISE THE WHITE FLAG - "Calling All Cynics" 6 song 7" of fast and furious hardcore punk from the south east of England! Manic vocals, buzzsaw guitars and frantic drumming. For fans of DS-13 and The Dead Ones... click here for mp3s. 7" Keep Screaming 2006 4,50 € The RATS - "We Are The Rats" Formerly known as Rabid Grannies, Umeå's Rats and their brand of thrashy hardcore bring back memories of the days when bands like DS 13 and ETA were all the rage... Click for mp3s. 7" Thrashbastard 2006 3,50 € REFLECTOR - "Phantoms" Heavy slow-motion metal from this Austrian two-piece, a combination of brutal guitar walls and drums plus low key vocals. This is their second full length, consisting of 9 tracks or 40 minutes of rocking, sludgy death metal. CD Noise Appeal / Interstellar 2006 10,- € REFLECTOR - s/t Brutal old school death/thrash metal from Graz. CD Erdkampf 2001 8,- € REFLECTOR / STAHLHELM SURFERS - Split More brutal and sludgy but rocking death metal from Reflector who're still going strong now (see above) and some classic old school thrash metal from the rather shortlived Stahlhelm Surfers who came a few years too early for the current revival. 7" Erdkampf 1999 2,50 € REJECTS OF SOCIETY - "About" 8 tracks of well done hardcore from South Tyrol along the lines of Blood For Blood or Discipline with a strong streetpunk edge and singalongs to boot. mCD Hornycore 2005 8,- € REMEMBER THE NIGHTS - "Diversity In Perspective" Modern, emotional, metallic hardcore from Vienna. I won't call it screamo, but I'm sure some people would. ;) mCD self released 2006 5,- € RITUAL - "Wolves" Guess y'all have heard of Germany's Ritual by now, but just in case you haven't - they're playing awesome rocking new school hardcore in the vein of Unbroken or the Hope Conspiracy and this is their 2nd 7", containing 4 songs on white wax. Click for mp3s. 7" Blacktop 2007 4,- € RITUAL - "Wolves" Guess y'all have heard of Germany's Ritual by now, but just in case you haven't - they're playing awesome rocking new school hardcore in the vein of Unbroken or the Hope Conspiracy. The CD version of the "Wolves" 7" also contains the entire debut 7", making it 8 tracks in total. Click for mp3s. mCD Still Life 2007 7,50 € RITUAL - "Precious Times" Ritual’s sound can be described as a mixture of late Unbroken, The Hope Conspiracy and Modern Life Is War, although this might be argued. Their lyrics deal with personal issues, as well as political subjects like animal liberation, racism and sexism. I've been listening to their LP for the last two weeks so it gets my highest possible recommendation. This is a damn impressive debut release! CD Fields Of Hope 2006 9,- € The RIVER CARD - "No Prize Just Pride" Modern, melodic upbeat hardcore with a couple of heavy breakdowns from the UK. Click for mp3s. mCD Bare Necessities 2007 7,- € ROCK'N'ROLL ADVENTURE KIDS - "Hot Dog" b/w "Panties In My Pocket". 2 tracks of fun-filled, lo-fi, garage rock'n'roll madness (and I mean madness!) from this Californian duo that makes you go woo-hoo!. Click for mp3s. 7" Bachelor 2007 4,- € ROOM 204 / G.I.JOE - Split Room 204 are from France. GI Joe are from Italy. Room 204 consist of a drummer and a guitarist. GI Joe is a bass/drums combo. Room 204 are an instrumental outfit. GI Joe make use of vocals as well. All these difference aside, the 2 duos have one thing in common - the play frantic, upbeat noise rock. 10" Interstellar 2005 8,- € RUIN YOU! - s/t Mixing the catchy hardcore pop elements of Lifetime with the booze sodden stylings of Dillinger 4 and cut with a Pirate's blade! From England, featuring current & former members of Jets Vs. Sharks and Blocko. 7" Rat Patrol 2006 4,50 € [S]: SEED OF PAIN - "Power, Corruption and Lies" Please don't let the terrible name fool you - Seed Of Pain are not another 3rd rate metalcore outfit... in fact, far from it - these Swiss youngsters play really well-executed, groovy and progressive hardcore in the vein of Burn, 108 or Lion Of Judah. 5 songs on a one-sided 12", on colored vinyl too. Click for mp3s. 12" Let It Ride 2007 7,50 € SEVEN BOWLS OF WRATH - "Salt Your Wounds" Click for mp3s. mCD Atropine 2006 8,- € SHERMER - "Hope Is An Anchor" Gruff and passionate punkrock by some English lads that have obviously listened to early Hot Water Music and other No Idea-esque bands quite a lot. Click for mp3s. CD Art For Blind 2007 9,- € SHITFIT / MOMENT OF YOUTH - Split Fast and furious hardcore from the suburbs of DC... Moment Of Youth do 5 songs of early 80s styled hardcore including a fitting Youth Brigade cover while Shitfit deliver 6 blasts of abrasive noisy hc, vaguely resembling of Void or Siege. 7" Malfunction 2003 3,50 € SHORT FUSE - "Blight" . Click for mp3s. 7" Assault 2007 3,50 € SHORT FUSE - "Blight" Contains the 6 tracks from the new "Blight" EP as well as the full "Fruitless Efforts" EP, the 2004 demo and a live set from 2006. Click for mp3s. CD Play To Destroy 2007 7,50 € SHORT FUSE - s/t 18 tracks of abrasively raging, angry, pissed-off and passionate hardcore from Münster, Germany, featuring Seb Highscore on vocals. 12" Assault 2006 8,- € SHORT FUSE - "Demo" Short Fuse's demo from 2004 (back then released on tape by Our World Records) on vinyl. 11 tracks of hardcore/punk, rarely passing the one-minute mark. Limited to a mere 250 copies. 7" Samuel 2007 4,- € SIGNAL LOST - "You'll Never Get Us Down Again" Female fronted hardcore/punk from Austin, Texas. Melodic, but passionate. Featuring current and former members of Severed Head Of State, Deathreat & J Church. 7" Communichaos 2005 3,50 € SIRENS - "The Sound Of Fire" As soon as the "In Circles" full length was out, Sirens hit the studio again to record a bunch of new songs, 3 of which (and an intro) can be found on this (heavy vinyl) 7". Expect some more of their typical passionate hardcore. Click to listen. 7" Cobra 2008 4,- € SIRENS - "In Circles" Sirens' first full length contains 10 pretty diverse songs of passionate, driving hardcore with loads of melodic elements. This band is a reflection of a time when hardcore had much more compassion, awareness and accountability. The lp version comes on color vinyl and in a massive gatefold cover. Click for mp3s. LP Cobra / Drastic Actions 2007 9,- € SIRENS - "In Circles" Sirens' first full length contains 10 pretty diverse songs of passionate, driving hardcore with loads of melodic elements. This band is a reflection of a time when hardcore had much more compassion, awareness and accountability. The cd version additionally has 2 old songs - re-recorded and re-arranged - as bonus. Click for mp3s. CD Cobra / Clarity 2007 10,- € SIRENS - "Calling" Now also available as one-sided 12": melodic, energetic hardcore from Germany with influences ranging from Turning Point and Inside Out to newer bands such as Killing The Dream or With Honor. Featuring (ex-)members of Bleed Into One, Teamkiller, Nyari, Uphold GT, etc. 12" Cobra / Prügelprinz 2006 8,- € SIRENS - "Calling" Melodic, energetic hardcore from Germany with influences ranging from Turning Point and Inside Out to newer bands such as Killing The Dream or With Honor. Featuring (ex-)members of Bleed Into One, Nyari, Uphold GT, etc. mCD Let It Burn 2005 7,50 € SOLITARY NEGLECT / BLASTONECROSIS - Split 5 songs of highspeed hardcore/thrash from Solitary Neglect while Blastonecrosis do 3 equally fast tracks of crusty hardcore with fe/male vocals. Comes on grey vinyl and with SN patch. 7" Robenchi 2003 3,- € SPINNING HEADS - "Nothing Is Gained, Nothing Is Lost..." Second 7" from Spinning Heads. Heavy & chaotic noise hardcore from France, has been compared to Knut, Tantrum or Botch. 7" Radar Swarm 3,- € The STAGGERS - "Live" This new 7" of Austria's premier garagepunkin' beat & twist outfit contains 4 tracks record live in Berlin, Germany in 2006... including a breathtaking version of Don & Dewey's "Justine". Click for mp3s. 7" Bachelor 2007 4,- € STATE OF MIND - "Bitter Times, Better Times" Holland's State Of Mind are back with their 2nd 7" - 3 new tracks of smashing midtempo hardcore with a lot of groove. 7" Light The Fuse 2006 4,- € STATE RUN - "Paralysis" Frantic hardcore/punk from a bunch of 16 year old kids from Wales. For fans of Born Against and Econochrist. The band's debut release, limited to 200 copies. 7" Rat Patrol 2006 4,50 € STORM & STRESS - s/t Melodic, metal-edged modern hardcore from Ibbenbüren, Germany featuring Niko Blacktop himself on bass. Click for mp3s. mCD Blacktop 2007 7,- € STORM & STRESS - s/t Melodic, metal-edged modern hardcore from Ibbenbüren, Germany featuring Niko Blacktop himself on bass. Click for mp3s. 7" Cobra 2007 3,50 € STRAIGHT EDGE KEGGER - "Fuck Fresno" 16 tracks of hysterically fast, female fronted hardcore/thrash, even including a Minor Threat cover. File under "Schwarzenegger Era Hardcore". LP Torture Garden Picture Co. 2005 9,- € STRENGTH APPROACH - "Piece By Piece" Rome's hardcore veterans Strength Approach are heading into the 11th year of their existence with this new 7", featuring 2 new songs, 2 old songs from the "Keep The Standards High" 7" and 2 cover songs (The Animals' "My Life" & "Astrozombies" by the Misfits). Click here for mp3s. On white vinyl, and Mike Bukowski's artwork does look a bit more inspired again as well. 7" Defiant Hearts 2006 4,- € STRIKE FIRST - "The Human Devil" Strike First's latest record "The Human Devil" picks up where the band's full length "Requiem For The Aftermath" left off... the NYHC influence in these four songs remains, but the band added some more groove, heaviness and breakdowns, creating a sound of their own. Click for mp3s. 7" Light The Fuse 2006 3,50 € STRIKE FIRST - "Chant Down Babylon" Powerful, crunching hardcore from this new(ish) band featuring Big of Mainstrike/Now Denial fame. Quite obviously, the likes of Judge, Killing Time and Outburst have been the main influences for the 8 songs on this CD. mCD Crucial Response 2004 7,- € STROHSÄCKE / WORHÄTS - Split These two veteran punk bands from Berlin, Germany play tuneful, aggressive punk influenced by early '80s German greats like OHL and Razzia that sounds like it could have been released by Weird System back in the day. The scratchy, snarled vocals epitomize the style of punk both bands play, while the lyrics they spit cover socially conscious themes. Both bands have been around since the mid-'90s with Strohsäcke's first release being in 1994 and The Worhäts making their debut in 1996. They each have many releases under their belts, and this split carries on right where each band last left off. Fans of old German punk and UK82 take note. 7" Social Napalm 2003 3,50 € The SUSPICIONS - "First Love" After their debut 7" and Rip Off Records full length, Seattle's Suspicions are back with another 7", containing 2 pearls of incredibly catchy, female fronted bubblegum powerpop mixed with lo-fi garage rock. Click for mp3s. 7" Bachelor 2007 4,- € [T]: The TARGET / WATCH OUT - Split Two bands from southern germany teaming up on this one... The Target deliver 7 tracks of positive old school while Watch Out! kick out their jams with more of a Lockin' Out-influence... Click to listen to The Target and Watch Out! LP Cobra / Prügelprinz 2007 8,50 € TENEMENT KIDS - "Doves" The debut mcd from Dutch punkrockers Tenement Kids is called Doves. Doves contains 26 minutes of heart-wrenching/kicking-and-screaming/sandpaper-throated punk/rock/emo-ish melodies. That probably doesn’t say too much, so let’s just drop some names of bands that the Tenement Kids have been listening to a lot in the last couple of months: Samiam, Jawbreaker, Dinosaur Jr., Leatherface, Motörhead, Fugazi, Hot Water Music, Hüsker Dü, Therapy? and Dead Boys - the result being 8 songs of totally rocking, raw, passionate punkrock. Click for mp3s. mCD Crucial Attack 2007 8,- € TOMORROW TOMORROW - "Epilogues" 7 songs of snotty yet melodic punk/hc on a one-sided 12" from these kids from Ibbenbüren, Germany... and yes, this is another young band drawing its influences mainly from the likes of Lifetime and Kid Dynamite, but if you ask me there's nothing wrong with that. Click for mp3s. 12" Drastic Actions 2007 7,50 € TON & KLANGVEREIN - s/t German surf with slight psychedelic undertones. 7" Memento 2004 3,- € TRENCHER / ESQUILAX - Split Casio powered grindcore from London's own Trencher, who contribute the 7 tracks from their Peel Session to this split. Esquilax hail from Birmingham and deliver a 13 song frenzy of digital noise, splintered ultra rapid glitch beats, furious guitar thrashing and barked vocals. 10" SuperFi 2005 8,- € TRUE COLORS - "Perspective" With a record like "Focus On The Light" under your belt, upping the ante is not exactly an easy feat, but True Colors managed to do just that with the 5 songs on this new 7". Click to listen.. 7" Powered 2008 4,- € The TRUTH - "Senftenberg Straight Edge" Hard-hitting, mid-paced hardcore from eastern Germany. Click here for mp3s. 7" self released 2006 3,- € The TRUTH - "The Fight Back" 7 tracks of Senftenberg straight edge hardcore. Click here for mp3s. mCD Broken Glasses / First Punch 2005 5,- € TRUTH MEANS DYING - "Destroyer" Solid Murpott metalcore in the vein of Caliban and the likes. mCD selfreleased 2004 7,- €