On February 1st, Reject Fest takes place at Volta youth centre in Amsterdam. Our friends in Hawser are among acts on the bill, along with The Kids’ Crusade, This Ends Tonight, Pantah and others. There will be a dubstep and drum & bass afterparty featuring GRMZZ, Atheist, Bassbozus and Dawa, hosted by MC Loudly. Doors … Continue reading
Innerstrength Records has signed hardcore band Life For A Life from Palmdale, CA. Formed in 2010, Life For A Life has played shows with almost any well known hardcore act you could think of. They’ve released two EPs, The Otherside and Identity. The Otherside was released through Outlast Records and Identity was self-released in the U.S. and released on … Continue reading
A Strength Within from Leuven, Belgium have released a new track from their Pushing Forward full length called ‘Sons of the Privileged’. The record will be released on February 9th along with a release show in Antwerp with Expire. Information about the CD/vinyl/digital release and pre-orders follows soon. A Strength Within: Facebook / Tumblr Continue reading
Long Island, New York’s Backtrack are gearing up to release their second full-length, Lost In Life, on January 14th. In anticipation, Absolutepunk is streaming the album in its entirety. Backtrack: Facebook / Bridge 9 Continue reading
Our dear friends at Stronger Bookings have just announced a European summer tour for Turnstile and Angeldust, happening from August 8th till August 17th. Both bands have been turning heads in 2013, so if you’re interested in booking one of the dates, make sure to reach out to Martijn via info@strongerbookings.com. Turnstile: Facebook / Bandcamp … Continue reading
The end of 2013 is here – another year packed with great releases. To celebrate, our contributors listed their personal top 5 of releases that were put our this year. Happy holidays and enjoy the read! Tim van Reyswoud / Editor-in-chief 1. Downpresser – Don’t Need A Reason From the moment Terrorizer was streaming Downpresser‘s Don’t Need … Continue reading
LA is no stranger to the hardcore scene, turning out some of the biggest names in the game; Strife, Terror and Black Flag to name a few. Piece by Piece have boldly stepped up with another vicious EP, and are ready to fortify their place amongst these hardcore veterans. Pulling in practiced members from a … Continue reading
Right before the holidays, More Than Life have announced their signing with Holy Roar Records. Their record Do You Remember will drop in 2014. More details will follow and pre-orders will be launched in January. Stay tuned! You can now download the title track ‘Do You Remember’ on the website of Holy Roar here. More Than Life: Facebook / Twitter Continue reading
Avocado Booking have just announced that Backtrack will be supporting Stick To Your Guns on a selected amount of dates in April. Backtrack have their new album Lost In Life out early next year so keep an eye out for our review. 17.04.14 Germany Cham @ LA* 18.04.14 Austria Salzburg @ Rockhouse* 19.04.14 Germany Leipzig @ … Continue reading
Ieperfest announced the first 29 bands that will play the summer edition of 2014. Ieperfest 2014 will be held August 8,9 and 10. Bands announced are the following: Antisect, Authority Zero, Bent Life, Blacklisted, Conflict, Conqueror, Converge, D.O.A., Extreme Noise Terror, Gorguts, Havok, Jesu, Link, Maroon, Misery Index,Murphy’s Law, Night Birds, Pushed Too Far, Pyrexia, … Continue reading
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