CRYPTIC PASSAGES Volume Eleven: The California Love Edition

20 Monday May 2013

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“It’s all in the hips.” – Happy Gilmore, 1996

Welcome to the eleventh edition of Cryptic Passages, a ~~weekly~~ hopefully-weekly column in which I, Eric Nguyen, will be presenting for your torture, some of the most brutal, unrelenting, and hate drenched pieces of audio I’ve found journeying through the misanthropic plains of the internet. This week’s special re-summoning of the Cryptic Passages column brings with it a local focus, on bands from my neck of this circle of hell, Southern California. For now, I return to my place on the altar of sacrifice and offer you three fresh kills…after the jump. Continue reading »

CRUSH OPPOSITION: Stream GEHENNA’s “They Begged For A War”

17 Friday May 2013

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While unfortunate legal issues have forced Gehenna to cancel all current tour outings(including all dates with Full of Hell and appearances at Maryland Deathfest and Chaos In Tejas), the Reno,NV war-mongerers have staked their claims for the near future of total war with the limited lathe-cut exclusive 7″ They Begged For A War. Limited to 40 copies, They Begged For A War unleashes three absolutely caustic tracks drawn from upcoming Gehenna releases, Deathkamp Of The Skull LP and First Blood Part II 7″ and can only be obtained at Chaos In Tejas 2013 by enacting the following commands: Continue reading »

ROCKBOTTOM and BENCHPRESS Announce East Coast Tour

17 Friday May 2013

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Benchpress, hardcore, Marked for Death Records, Rock Bottom, tour dates

Lewistown, PA’s dumbbell demolishing, metallic hardcore outfit Benchpress have announced an eight date tour outing with fellow Doylestown, PA peers Rock Bottom set for late May. Check out the complete tour details above and stream both bands’ most recent releases, Benchpress’s Controlled By Death (review here) and Rock Bottom’s Down With The Devil, below. Both releases are currently out on Marked For Death Records, order here. Stay Hated.

ALTERED BOYS Streaming New Single “Left Behind”/Tour Dates

25 Thursday Apr 2013

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Altered Boys, hardcore, new jersey, Streaming Songs, tour dates

The manically depraved New Jersey hardcore punk outfit, Altered Boys(whom I featured in the fourth edition of former weekly column Cryptic Passages last year) are back with two brand spanking new tracks just in time for their upcoming Spring tour. The two tracks, “Left Behind” and “Choosing Sides”, feature the same frantic Altered Boys powerviolence-bordered hardcore sound reminiscent of 2000′s bands such as Knife Fight and of the more recent SPINE and are currently encased in a limited cassingle format via tape aficionado label, Bleeding Edges. Pick up the limited tape here, check out the stream and full tour details below, and be sure to be on the lookout for a new 7″ from the Boys via Deranged Records. Continue reading »

ROTTING OUT Streaming New Track “No Clue”/Announce Tour Dates

24 Wednesday Apr 2013

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Los Angeles hardcore group, Rotting Out, are currently streaming a new track entitled “No Clue” off of their upcoming 6131 Records sophomore LP, The Wrong Way, exclusively over at Terrorizer.

Here’s what vocalist Walter Delgado had to say about the track:“No Clue’ is the song that was pure anger on the record. Fuck the bullshit, fuck the fakes, fuck everyone in my life that never gave it to me straight. Didn’t try using metaphors or clever lines because I wanted it to be organic and raw.”

Pre-order The Wrong Way here and be sure to check out Rotting Out on their upcoming West Coast tour with Milwaukee brethren Expire, details below. In addition, for our fellow California Aftermathers, Rotting Out are shooting a music video tomorrow at Unit B Skatepark in Santa Ana, poster and details for that event are also below. Continue reading »

HARM’S WAY Detail New EP “Blinded”

24 Wednesday Apr 2013

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Aside from a few tours, Chicago, Illinois hardcore group Harm’s Way have been relatively quiet since the release of 2011′s devastating Isolation. That silence has been broken. The recently Deathwish-signed group will have a new EP entitled “Blinded” out soon. Recorded at Bricktop Studios with engineer Andy Nelson(Weekend Nachos), Blinded features five tracks of what are said to be the band’s heaviest and most exploratory material yet. The full track listing as well as album artwork, by the mighty Florian Bertmer(Converge, Pig Destroyer, etc.) can be viewed below with release date and pre-order info soon to follow. In the meantime, mark your calenders for Harm’s Way on their upcoming European Summer tour with peers Twitching Tongues and I Exist, dates below. Continue reading »

BACKTRACK Kick Off European Tour/Album Update

22 Monday Apr 2013

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New York hardcore group, Backtrack, kick off their UK/European tour today, running now through early May and including dates alongside Comeback Kid and Trapped Under Ice. In addition, Backtrack have recently tweeted that their as-of-yet untitled sophomore follow-up to 2011′s Darker Half is currently finishing up.

We're about halfway done writing for the new LP.—
Backtrack NYHC (@BacktrackNYHC) March 20, 2013

FULL OF HELL To Stream Sophomore LP In Full Tomorrow/Commence Pre-Orders

22 Monday Apr 2013

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Tomorrow at 11 a.m. EST, Full Of Hell’s long-awaited sophomore LP, Rudiments Of Mutilation, will be streaming in full exclusively over at Terrorizer. In addition, pre-orders for the record will be up at A389 Recordings’s webstore. Numb your mind at the multiple tour outings Full Of Hell have to offer with allies Gehenna, Integrity, Code Orange Kids and more, full details here.

LEFT FOR DEAD Release New Track “1946″

18 Thursday Apr 2013

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The recently revived Hamilton, Ontario hardcore outfit Left For Dead have recently debuted a new track entitled “1946″. The Evelyn Dick themed track is part of an upcoming limited run set of 4 7″ EPs of which the full details, stream and more can be heard/read straight from the horse’s mouth below. Follow Left For Dead’s shenanigans via their official blogspot, here. Photo credits to joshsisk.com. Continue reading »

DOWNPRESSER Debut New Song/Album Pre-Orders

18 Thursday Apr 2013

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6131 Records, Don't Need A Reason, Downpresser, hardcore, Metallic Hardcore, Take Offense, tour dates

Santa Barbara metallic hardcore heavyweights, Downpresser, have returned from their three year slumber with a new May 28th due album entitled Don’t Need A Reason(6131 Records), of which the title track is currently streaming exclusively over at BNB Takeover here. Additionally, Downpresser are set to tour later this month with allies, Take Offense, full details below. Pre-orders for Don’t Need A Reason are up now via No Sleep Records here. Continue reading »

Review: NASHGUL / MALPRACTICE INSURANCE – Split 7″

02 Tuesday Apr 2013

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By: Eli Zeger

Los Angeles’ Malpractice Insurance and Spain’s Nashgul (both on To Live A Lie Records) traveled from different sides of the world to join forces on a vicious split.

The tracks on this album are straight-ahead, brutal, hardcore powerviolence tunes. Continue reading »

COMEBACK KID Announce Turn It Around 10th Anniversary Tour

27 Wednesday Mar 2013

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Alpha And Omega, anniversary, Bitter End, Comeback Kid, hardcore, Suburban Scum, tour dates, Turn It Around, Twitching Tongues

Winnipeg melodic hardcore heavyweights Comeback Kid are set to embark on an eleven date tour throughout May and June to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of their debut album Turn It Around with performances again featuring original vocalist, Scott Wade. Setlists will heavily feature tracks from Turn It Around as well as their celebrated sophomore LP, Wake The Dead. Support will come from Bitter End and Suburban Scum or Alpha & Omega and Twitching Tongues on select dates, full details below. Continue reading »

ACxDC Announce California Spring Break Tour

26 Tuesday Mar 2013

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ACxDC, hardcore, Magnum Force, powerviolence, Sex Prisoner, To Live A Lie Records, tour dates

The demonic powerviolence forces in ACxDC have announced plans for a short six date Spring Break tour of southern California in April. Peep those dates(complete with Facebook event page links) as well as a stream of ACxDC’s side of their To Live A Lie released split with Magnum Force and Sex Prisoner (expected to be repressed late April/Early May; special edition vinyl available Record Release date 4/8) below. Continue reading »

FULL OF HELL Debut New Song “Coven Of The Larynx”

26 Tuesday Mar 2013

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Full Of Hell have recently debuted a new track,”Coven Of The Larynx”, off of their upcoming sophomore LP, Rudiments of Mutilation(A389 Recordings). Holding true to their claim of delivering an album derived of an amalgamation of their past discography, “Coven Of The Larynx” melds in a caustic minute the groovy and epic hardcore assault of the group’s earlier offerings with the blistering grind of their latter work and features guest vocals from Heartless frontman Cory. Stream “Coven Of The Larynx” exclusively over at Vice’s musical arm, Noisey, here and be sure to check out Full Of Hell on their multiple tour outings, details below. Continue reading »

This New LOMA PRIETA Song Makes Me Want To Punch Things

13 Wednesday Mar 2013

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I was late to the part when it came to Loma Prieta. Lane turned me onto them a while back and now I’m enamored with their musical face-melting. If you don’t know Loma Prieta, you should seriously get your hands on their last album I.V. which was released by Deathwish, Inc. last year. The band is prepping to release a new split 7″ with the band Raein and the new song they’ve released has got me craving more….