The Casualties “We are all we have”
July 25, 2009 by urbn | Crust Punk, Hardcore, Punk, Reviews
The Casualties have always been one of the bands many people first get into after the traditional staples of punk rock (The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Dead Kenndys). With 6 other releases in the past years and countless tours and shows The Casualties have...
Olde York “False Idols” video
Olde York - False Idols Video just recently went up. The song “False Idols” is off the recently released album “Empire State”. You can order the album from RevHQ Read More →
Cold Sweat “Severed Ties”
“Severed Ties” Starts off as a fast noiesy track “Fuck the Flock”. The song starts off as simply fast and chaotic but towards the end just breaks out into a noisy chaos and sounds more like a jam band then a real release. I don’t...
Deathcycle Self titled LP
July 12, 2009 by urbn | Crust Punk, Hardcore, Reviews
The Debut release by Deathcycle includes 13 power hungry songs dealing with politics, presonal expierences and all the other social issues we are dealing with these days. Deathcycle have a raw and heavy hardcore sound with a mixture of D beat NYHC fighting...
Blown to Bits Deathtoll Split LP
July 11, 2009 by urbn | Crust Punk, Hardcore, Reviews
This split between Blown to Bits and Deathtoll is an aggressive, fast and abusive release by both bands. Blown to bits mash you up with 7 extremely heave and distracted thrash. The lyrics match the distorted apoplectic sound of the band with the lead...
Fed Up “Fuck Your Life”
Straight up New York Hardcore. “Fuck Your Life” is 25 minutes of traditional sounding hardcore. Non of this nu-metal crap that has been coming out in the last few years. These guys are a comforting listening; and by comforting I mean ...
Suicide Blitz “Ride the Steel”
July 9, 2009 by urbn | Crust Punk, Hardcore, Punk, Reviews
Suicide Blitz “Ride the Steel” is a catchy, fast and just down right entertaining album. There is several years of replay value in this LP with each of the members bringing with them the talent and sound from years of playing in some of...
The Agonist “Lullabies for the dormant mind”
Lullabies for the Dorment Mind is fast, angry, a bit disturbing with amazing female vocals and growling back vocals. And I love it. Metal sounds so different when you throw in a lead female vocalist and after hearing The Agonist I don’t see why...
Static Thoug Motive for a Movement
Hailing from San Francisco, Ca, Static Thought will be releasing their sophomore album, The Motive For Movement on Epitaph Records, in September 2008. Read More →
The Final Collapse
May 23, 2008 by urbn | Crust Punk, Hardcore, Punk
Born Dead (or Born/Dead) is a DIY hardcore/ Crust punk band from Oakland, California. Born Dead was formed in 2000 following up the break up of the band No Options (2 origional members). The Final Collapse is the latest release by Born dead following...