Tag Punk
I’m not as kvlt as I used to be, and frankly I’m pretty alright with that. Music on a personal level is an evolution, sometimes we only care about what is ‘real’ and ‘trve’ and other times we don’t care… Continue Reading →
When is a supergroup not a supergroup? I say it transcends that epithet when they have released their fourth killer album of grind infused hardcore punk! For the uninitiated Venomous Concept is the brainchild of Shane Embury and Kevin Sharp… Continue Reading →
Seventeen years since their inception Toxik Death are releasing their second album following 2014’s Speed Metal Hell. Their music is certainly a lot quicker and aggressive than their output! Although this five-piece are from Norway their sound has quite a bit of neighbours Sweden in it. Amidst the blackened thrash… Continue Reading →
This quartet from Austin Texas caught my attention with last album Endless Computer on Nuclear War Now in 2017. They had a mutoid, squat-Atompunk sound that twisted and turned all over the place and was quite a weird sounding trip… Continue Reading →
“We’re just two little girls from Little Rock. We lived on the wrong side of the tracks” Jane Russel and Marilyn Monroe sang wonderfully in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”. I gotta say that was the first thing that sprang to mind when I read… Continue Reading →
I’m easily confused. I picked this up as I needed a break, and was expecting a bit of angry hardcore influenced punk (well they mentioned The Exploited) and this angry piece of plastic arrived. With Ridgeback and Swellbellys luminaries it… Continue Reading →
A debut album, nine tracks, with a playtime of under twenty minutes – that alone should tell you what genre this belongs to. If it doesn’t, you literally must have been born yesterday. I’ll give you a hint: It’s not… Continue Reading →
I call myself a Metalhead because I think that probably best suits my musical taste, I mean don’t get me wrong I listen to some weird stuff. One minute I’m listening to Manowar the next Eurovision songs (I probably just… Continue Reading →
Keeping the flame of British hardcore punk alive, Yorkshire’s Smiling Assassin have virtually blasted out of the starting blocks. Having only formed in 2019, one might say they’ve been born in troublesome times so are well placed to spew forth… Continue Reading →
Bait, three guys from Würzburg, Germany, certainly don’t lack ideas, nor energy. There is so much happening on their album Revelation of the Pure that you don’t know where to direct your attention first. Pressing play is like a whirlwind… Continue Reading →
The fact that half the title of Utilitarian’s new release is appropriated from CRASS (all property is theft) gives you an idea of the political slant and moral compass of this lot from Sheffield . The band name is shared… Continue Reading →
Like an Ewok drowned in a honeypot this E.P is short and sweet. If you liked American crossover, Britcore and Scandi punk back in the 80’s you are gonna love Obnoxious Youth. This sounds like it should have featured on… Continue Reading →