Disembodied - Existence In Suicide EP

Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Disembodied established itself as one of the heaviest and most underrated bands in hardcore, also one of the pioneering metallic hardcore bands of the 90's. Existence In Suicide is the bands first release on Furface Records in 1995. They had 5 other releases on various labels before breaking up in 1999.

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Siege - Drop Dead

Siege was a highly influential hardcore punk group formed in 1983 in Weymouth, Massachusetts that some people credit with singlehandedly inventing the style and sound of the genre that was to become known as grindcore. Drop Dead is their only album ever to be released. The original album was a self-released demo cassette with six songs. It has been further released on Deep Six and Relapse with 3 other songs.

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Relics - Demo and Split w/ Furnace

The Amherst, Mass.-based screamo quartet offer intense and slightly spastic, female-fronted jawns that resemble good fits of distorted, clashing guitars trapped inside beautifully noisy dirges.

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Lack Of Interest - Take Another Step

Lack of Interest is an American hardcore band formed in the early ’90s who play powerviolence in the vein of their influences, most notably Infest who the band very much resembles, albeit without that band’s emphasis on the straight edge lifestyle and scene.

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A.N.S. - Success At Last

Skate. Thrash. Punx. From Denton Texas. Discography from 99-03.

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R.A.M.B.O. - Wall Of Death The System

R.A.M.B.O, which stands for “Revolution Anarchy Mosh Bike Overthrow,” was a straight edge vegan anarchist thrashcore band from Philadelphia. R.A.M.B.O. had two full lengths, on the labels 625 Thrashcore and Havoc Records, and two 7 inch splits with Caustic Christ and Crucial Unit. They were known for their live shows, which normally included costumes, props, and general mania.

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New Lows - Live on WERS

Boston hardcore




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Iron Lung - Sexless//No Sex

The duo that is Iron Lung sit at the forefront of the modern power violence resurgence, continually re-inventing the formula and pushing it to new extremes.

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Rise And Fall - Into Oblivion

Evil reigns...From the blackened depths of the soul rises one of hardcore/punk’s best kept secrets. Possessed with an earth shaking heaviness and alarming no frills punk urgency, Rise and Fall represent the next chapter of true hardcore/punk greatness. Wielding the same gore soaked axe that visionaries Integrity, Cursed, Ringworm, and Tragedy also clench in their bloodstained hands.

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His Hero Is Gone - Fifteen Counts Of Arson

Agitated immensity at explosive velocity. Volatile pieces of thrash fused with metallic influences in an expansively loud combo of distortion and noise. Destructocore with everything amplified into the red to fuel powerful lyrics.

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Bob Tilton - "Crescent"

Formed in 1993 in Nottingham, England. Bob Tilton were one of the pioneers of the true emo sound. Real and heartfelt, making Bob Tilton one of the great 90s emo bands.

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Reds - "Is:Means"

Born in the spring of 2004, Reds brings together four individuals with disparate backgrounds in a way that both creates tension and finds harmony. Their individual roots are recognizable – traces of rock 'n roll and a touch of poppiness amidst the frenzy of hardcore – but find balance and unity within the songs. On their debut full-length, "is:means", the songs fly along at furious speeds, rarely letting up, and never losing their intensity. The lyrics, mostly shouted and screamed but occasionally sung, strive to pointedly connect the personal and political - showing clear anger and frustration yet never letting go of positivity and optimism. Always on the verge of falling into chaos, Reds manages to hold it all together and focus their energy into a roaring collection of passion and fury.

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xFilesx - "Excruciation"

xFilesx from New Bedford, MA. Excruciation is 22 quick tracks of pissed off straightedge hardcore that doesn't really sound like straightedge hardcore. There's a major range of tempos with a lot of slower riffs and the recording is totally different from any of this style of hardcore that I've heard, which really does give it a different end result. It's basically fast hardcore with an early 80's sort of flare rather than a youth crew sort of sound, but the slower riffs give it a unique edge and keep it from coming off as generic.

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Please Inform The Captian This Is A Hijack - "To Defeat or Humiliate The United States of America"

14 tracks of extremely well-crafted political hardcore. One would be unfortunately hard-pressed to find another band with such unique and inspiring power. The band formed in 2000 in California by Mike Kirsch (Bread and Circuits, Colbom, Fuel, Pinhead Gunpowder, etc.) Awesome samples!

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Iconoclast - "CD"

Formed in the early 90's in New Jersey amidst a flourishing of diverse hardcore bands, such as Rorshach, Born Against, 1.6 band, Native Nod, Policy of 3. Described as powerful and energetic hardcore that combined the power and aggression of more traditional hardcore with the emotion of more melodic and passionate '90s hardcore. Pre-dating the conventional definition of "emo" or any of its permutations, Iconoclast pooled influences from both punk and indie bands of that era. The resulting sound was discordant and crashing, emotional and stirring. This album contains most of the bands discography.

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