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
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
To keep that PMA so well known throughout hardcore music everybody needs a daily dose of youth crew. 90’s youth crew would be the best option but we can’t ignore the fact that there are a lot of current bands in the revival movement that do a damn good job. One of those bands is … Continue reading
Michigan based quintet La Dispute have announced that they will release their third full-length, titled Rooms of the House, on March 18, 2014 via their newly established label, Better Living, in partnership with Staple Records. Born with a greater intention than to simply release La Dispute’s own records, the band explains their new label as “an outlet for … Continue reading
The Persistence Tour is back! Suicidal Tendencies, Terror and Strife are on the bill along with Evergreen Terrace, Rammallah, Nasty and Thearrs. The tour kicks off on January 16th in Berlin and takes the bands through Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands. We have 2×2 tickets available for the grand finale at 013 in … Continue reading
Northcote Festival is excited to reveal the second batch of bands for 2014. Two weeks ago, Risk It!, War Charge and Bleak Reality were announced among others as the first names on the bill. Eight more bands are added to the line-up today. The festival takes place on March 29th at Energiehuis in Dordrecht (NL). … Continue reading
Belgium’s biggest punk/hardcore/alternative festival has announced more new names. Groezrock 2014 takes place on May 2nd and May 3rd and offers some of the best bands on the planet. Among its new names are Iron Chic, The Ghost Inside, and many others. Who are you excited to see? Groezrock: Website / Facebook / Twitter Continue reading
Look My Way from Aachen, Germany have released a brand new video for ‘Protect What’s Mine’. Shot by our good friend Cavin B. (Idiotbox Videozine) in Essen, the video features Jeremy Tingle of Lifeless on guest vocals and the boys of Redemption Denied on gang vocals. ‘Protect What’s Mine’ comes off of the band’s full … Continue reading
Legends Arising 