On May 9th, Venezia Hardcore Fest will be held in Italy and we’re stoked to have our friends in No Turning Back, Kids Insane, Swain (formerly known as This Routine Is Hell) and HAWSER on the bill amongst a ton of other great bands. We absolutely love this DIY initiative so we want to give you … Continue reading
About five years ago, I got in touch with a guy from South Africa named Pete Reynolds. Just like me, he was running a webzine and he had just published his first fanzine. Some time has passed and I’m glad to call Pete and his wife Cara good friends now. He just put out the second issue … Continue reading
Dutch band BackBreaker from Tilburg, the Netherlands, is of one of the newest editions to the Noord-Brabant hardcore scene. The guys have put out a 3-track EP called Cursed For Life, a short, fast and aggressive, to-the-point release. The songs are about personal struggles towards others and mainly an outburst of pure frustration towards the … Continue reading
Hearts & Minds is a fully DIY documentary about hardcore music. It features interviews with bands like Rotting Out, Brutality Will Prevail, Ashes, Trapped Inside, Expire and Hieroglyphs. All footage is filmed and edited by Brenda Boutsen. All live footage was shot in Belgium. © Brenda Boutsen, 2013. Continue reading
Our friend Cavin from Idiotbox has shot a live video for No Turning Back’s classic song ‘Stronger’. It was shot during their tour with Terror and Guilty, and David Wood (Terror, Down To Nothing) is taking care of guest vocals. Check it out and support DIY video making by sharing the video. No Turning Back: Facebook / Website / Order No … Continue reading
Hardcore lives in South-Wales, at least if we are to believe Brutality Will Prevail, who are releasing their third full-length Scatter the Ashes on November 12th through Purgatory Records. Where their previous full-length Root of All Evil was still a straight-up hardcore album, their new release features more musical variation. Album opener ‘Life Lines’ sounds … Continue reading
Ill Bred is a streetwear brand with a skate/hardcore/political influence, from the sunny regions of Southern California. It all started about a year ago in the back of a screen-printing lab at brand owner Alan Littrell’s local community college with the love for the D.I.Y. ethic and music. “I always enjoyed making D.I.Y. merch for … Continue reading
Our friend Cavin has been on the road in Europe for a number of weeks this summer/fall to film for his video project Idiotbox Videozine. He just released a trailer for issue #3, which contains footage of No Turning Back, Cruel Hand, Trapped Under Ice and Coldburn. The DVD can be ordered via e-mail, and … Continue reading
The visual aspect of film triggers the mind, and is therefore a very useful tool to lecture, and to teach kids about history. xxx ALL AGES – The Boston Hardcore Film feels like a flashback to vibrant memories to anyone that experienced the early Boston scene, and gives a vivid insight in a scene that … Continue reading
Maine’s Cruel Hand have posted a picture on their Facebook-page, letting the friendly folks at Bridge Nine Records know that they’ll be releasing their new record on their own. Today, Bridge Nine Records posted a picture on their Facebook-page in response of Cruel Hand’s earlier announcement, wishing them the best of luck with the release of their new … Continue reading
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