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    RAFFERTY RULES: Name Your God (CD) ROR 01

    Original price was: 10,00€.Current price is: 7,00€. incl. tax
    Greek super Metalcore band from Volos area, using two singers on stage! "Name your God" is Rafferty Rules first DIY cd, which is now available under a label.
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    HATEBREED: The Rise Of Brutality (CD) RR 8315-9

    Original price was: 12,00€.Current price is: 7,00€. incl. tax
    Twelve tracks of hate, anger and oppression.
  • Now known as Endsight, this is the largest Hard Core band in Greece. This is their debut release. Heavy guitars and rhythms with ripping vocals, Punk, Hard Core and Metal. For fans of Raised Fist, Tragedy, His Hero is Gone, At the Gates and Darkest Hour.
  • Heavy metallic Hard Core from Greece.
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    STRENGTH APPROACH: With Or Without You (LP) DRA 061

    Original price was: 11,00€.Current price is: 9,00€. incl. tax
    This record will be a new chapter in the S.A. history and definitely harder than their previous stuff. If you dig real Hard Core in the veins of Sick Of It All, Madball and the godfathers of HC, Agnostic Front
  • Originally released by JTTP and Surprise Attack in 2004, this definitive Deathwish version is a new pressing and boasts a brand new mastering job, revamped artwork and three bonus tracks never previously available on vinyl (including an Integrity cover).
  • Sweden's MYTERI team up with PROCRASTINATE from Greece for a split LP release. Hight quality Crustcore galore guaranteed!
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    DUKE NUKEM: s/t (LP) VARIOUS

    Original price was: 10,00€.Current price is: 8,50€. incl. tax
    Excellent mix of hardcore, punk and NWOBHM – Motorhead-driven hardcore punk with some Iron Maiden and Japanese hardcore influences served with a Russian energy and anger added with some spices of Scandinavian hardcore.
  • Dirty Wombs is bursting forth with their second LP. Japanese hardcore is the obvious starting point, we all love Death Side and Bastard, but Dirty Wombs throws in some pinches of Thrash Metal and Greek Crust to make for a more compelling emotional approach.
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    TOTENTANZ / OMEGA SS: split (7”) VARIOUS

    Original price was: 5,00€.Current price is: 2,50€. incl. tax
    Two masterpiece blastering songs from Totentanz the Crimea (ex-Ukraine) D-Beat machine varying from Stench Core to Metal with a Holy Terror touch vs three D-Beat/Punk songs from Omega SS from Russia.
  • Dirty Wombs are back with their first full length and a Euro tour. A mix of Greek and English lyrics and an amazing cover as usual!!! 300 lmtd.
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    DEATH TRAP: Full Moon Possession (7”) WF008

    Original price was: 5,00€.Current price is: 3,00€. incl. tax
    Death Trap are a Thrash Metal band from Athens/Greece and this is the first release of the band. Two killer songs and an intro in the vein of the early Destruction, Sepultura and Sodom days.
  • The four horsemen of the apocalypse unite to descent in total darkness!!! Featuring one unreleased track of each band! Limited to 500 copies!
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    CAST ASIDE: Overcome (7”) MAL08

    Original price was: 5,00€.Current price is: 3,50€. incl. tax
    Richmond Hard Core, featuring members of Dead Serious and Down To Nothing. Color vinyl.
  • AUTISTIC YOUTH drop three new smashers for their pretty succesful third European Tour. They continue the path of melodic Hard Core with a mature edge. First press is 500 copies on black vinyl.
  • The second album for the band ''Tombs Of Hell'' is Finally OUT NOW!! 12 tracks of Disgusting Grinding Crust Punk in the vein of Terrorizer, Doom, Extreme Noise Terror, Disrupt etc.
  • Limited Asia Tour Single! Greek Burning Spirits Hardcore "DIRTY WOMBS"! In August 2025, ASIA TOUR 7", a 2-song set in conjunction with the Southeast Asia~Japan tour, released exclusively by US/SPHC! A truly rough Japanese hardcore soul full throttle!! The sound makes you feel the traditional Japanese hardcore spirit more than Japan bands ! A hot-blooded hardcore punk that makes you think ! Dramatic and heroic guitar riffs are also thrown in, and the way it runs moderately metallic and powerful is Burning Spirits Hardcore itself ! The artwork is by Mr. SUGI, and the mix and mastering are finished by NOISEROOM, making it a perfect tour single! Burning Spirits ~ Japanese hardcore fans are by all means!
  • “The Force” is the second studio album by English metal pioneers Onslaught, originally released in 1986. Building on the raw intensity of Power From Hell, this release took their sound to new heights, earning its place as a classic among fans and critics alike. With relentless drumming, a diverse arsenal of razor-sharp riffs, and a commanding vocal performance, The Force delivered a defining statement of power and aggression. Its impact resonated across the scene, influencing bands like Exodus, Slayer, and Metallica, and leaving a lasting mark on the evolution of extreme music.
  • “Power From Hell” is the debut studio album by British metal pioneers Onslaught, originally released in 1985. It explored the same dark and aggressive terrain as early Slayer and helped shape a sound that would later evolve into something even more extreme. With its raw intensity and relentless energy, the album became an important part of heavy music history, influencing and shaping the early works of legendary bands such as Exodus, Slayer, and Metallica. Nearly four decades later, “Power From Hell” remains a defining statement of its era.”
  • Hailing from the former northern mining town of Wigan, between Manchester and Liverpool, the short-lived Electro Hippies were a band like no other, saluted as icons of crust punk and proto-grindcore. Following some cassette demos, a shared LP with Newcastle’s Generic and a Peel session, debut LP The Only Good Punk…Is A Dead One surfaced on Peaceville with twenty songs, all clocking in at under two minutes (around half being less than 60 seconds). Highly political, deeply ironic, and with a snatch of Black Sabbath in the mix, The Only Good Punk is the band at their blistering best, the peak that preceded their ultimate downfall.
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    In It For Life was the suitably titled 1989 LP by post-apocalyptic voltage mongrels Extreme Noise Terror and Filthkick, a Birmingham-based hardcore punk group, equally as championed by John Peel as ENT were. Work For Never and Damaging Noise performed here by the former to the same exhilarating degrees as Mount Vesuvius erupts is an unholy rumble of double-pronged vocal aggression and rampages of feedback that could burst boils not even formed yet. A vampire bullied into submission and burning in the sun. Filthkick follows with Cime Without A Name, an endless, ominous dirge before being mauled by a savage dog. Between The Lines jumping in and out of focus, but never losing any of its ferocity with blistering speed and sandblasting action.
  • Where do you go and what do you do when you achieve near legendary status with your debut album? In D.R.I.’s world, you release “Dealing With It!,” a record that infused their increasing technicality with a love of metal and the raw, fast as hell hardcore sound that they patented. Surpassing their debut was never going to be easy, but with their second album, D.R.I. managed to do just that in a maelstrom of vicious, catchy, cerebral hardcore and metal.
  • Mercenary is the sixth album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was recorded at Chapel Studios, Lincoln, England, December 1997 to January 1998. The album was produced by Bolt Thrower and Ewan Davis. It was released on Metal Blade Records in 1998. The cover painting is titled "Contact – Wait Out", which is also the first track on the next album, "Honour – Valour – Pride". "Powder Burns" is a continuation of the song "Embers" from The IVth Crusade, and leads into "The Killchain" on Those Once Loyal.
  • Reissue 2024, black/ grey galaxy effect vinyl, ltd 500, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover with high gloss lamination, insert, 2 x poster.
  • Testament is often credited as one of the most popular and influential bands of the thrash metal scene. Their debut album The Legacy immediately made an impact when it was first released in 1987. Music critic Alex Henderson of All Music gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars, praising the record for its “thrash circles” and for being “a relentlessly heavy and promising effort focusing on such subjects as the occult, witchcraft, nuclear war, and global destruction”. It made many year-end lists including those of renowned metal publishers Metal Injection. Loudwire lists the album among the ten best thrash records that weren't released by The Big 4. The album spawned one single release, lead-off track “Over The Wall”, which the band still plays live during nearly every show they play and remains one of the most popular songs among fans.
  • HELLSHOCK: s/t (LP) AG-131

    16,00 incl. tax
    22 years, several ep’s and splits, 3 full lengths and countless tours around the globe, HELLSHOCK are still standing relevant and still playing some of the heaviest riffs in the world wide punk scene. Where most bands of the crust genre seem to lose the fire and filth or simply break up before their prime, this band seems to get more powerful with each release and this long awaited LP is no exception! This recording features the addition of Robbie Chronic from RIPPER on guitar who adds some real sick fucking solos on top of the established rolling crust riffage that the original core group had perfected years ago. Neck aching tempos, sheer brutality, growled anguished vocals, and epic song writing without straying from pure unadulterated crust. For the seasoned HELLSHOCK fan, you know you will already love this album and it will only exceed expectations. For the newcomer, if they were to ask “what is this crust/stenchcore thing about?”, I would point them to AMEBIX, DEVIATED INSTINCT, AXEGRINDER, and HELLSHOCK. The name deserves to be right beside the creators and masters. In another 20+ years this record will be regarded as one of the best crust records of the 2020’s, just as we look back at “Only the Dead Know the End Of War” as a defining record of the early 2000’s.
  • Re-Issue des 2008 erschienen Albums "And Overdose of Death..." auf Custom Quad Color Vinyl Toxic Holocaust machen ihre Drohung wahr, auf ihrem Relapse-Debüt An Overdose of Death... den besten Metal diesseits des 21. Jahrhunderts zu entfesseln. An Overdose of Death... ist ein unaufhaltsamer Moloch aus ansteckenden Riffs, Punk-Attitüde und unvergesslichen Hymnen. Wenn du dich selbst als Fan von Metal, Punk oder einfach nur knallhartem Rock bezeichnest, dann ist dieses Album nichts weniger als ein Geschenk des Himmels.
  • But Wait, There's More is their first studio release in 15 years. D.R.I. is once again ready for Punk/Hardcore and Metal consumption!
  • This is the long out-of-print (on vinyl) LP that was made from the “Dirty Rotten EP.” The band realized, once they saw the prices on things, that to do their 22-song 7″ as a 12″ would only cost a little more. So, with that, D.R.I. did it and the “Dirty Rotten EP” became the “Dirty Rotten LP.”
  • Black vinyl, ltd 200, lyric insert, poster, mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony.
  • Reissue 2023 black vinyl of ltd 300 in 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, printed inner sleeve, poster, mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony, original 1986 sound.
  • Originally released circa 1999. Remastered by Brad Boatright. Essential, classic, crucial D-BEAT crust from the masters!
  • "Out of Hand" is the third album of these legendary Belgian crust punks and their first new recording since 1996's "self titled (the brain)" MLP on Skuld Releases. The album contains 12 new and one re-recorded track. and you can be sure that HIATUS did not lost any of their power and musical ferocity. Artwork by Ben.
  • Previously released as "Fuck Peaceville", this is a re-release of Doom's re-recording of their earlier work after they fell out with Peaceville Records. Contains no new songs! (but 37 great re-recordings of that classic Doom era!). A top notch whirlwind of great crust punk from the master themselves!!!
  • Crusher’s debut is a history printed on vinyl. In terms of intentions and driving evolution, the French Metal scene was never the same after that. This great country has given birth to so many huge bands like Sortilege, ADX, Blaspheme and many more but the extreme sound was kinda like walking on the sidewalks. "Corporal Punishment" changed this stereotype once and for all. With great intensity, excellent passion and talent more than obvious even to unfamiliar with extreme genres fans, Crusher's debut album is both effective and addictive in terms of brutality, energy and songwriting.
  • Four new songs of this Swedish Stoned crust d-beat institution! Musically in the same fashion as their previous 12" EP "Deserts of Ash" from 2019 High noon the crucial CRUST scale... as usual. Comes with with A3 poster and sticker.
  • Oxblood vinyl, ltd 250, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, insert, printed inner sleeve, poster, A5 photo, mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony, original 1984 sound.
  • Furthermore, and as a separate release, the band’s foreboding 1989 “Deny Your Destiny” demo and 1990 “Necrorgasm” EP have been compiled on a single LP to document the band’s early trajectory, which eventually led to the release of “Demise.” These two prior recordings include germinal versions of several songs from the first full-length, along with others such as “Necrorgasm,” “Mass Impalement,” and “Death Courier,” which were not included on “Demise.” This “EP and Demo” LP also includes four live tracks taken from the 1990 Molon Lave Festival and a 1991 gig at the Villa Amalias Squat in Athens. This unearthing and reanimation of Death Courier’s earliest scourging imprints erases a longstanding void in the availability of the most essential recordings from one of the most important pillars in the Greek black/death metal canon.
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    THE GREAT DECEIVER: Jet Black Art (MCD) TK30

    Original price was: 8,00€.Current price is: 5,00€. incl. tax
    Featuring Tomas from AT THE GATES on vocals, The Great Deceiver knock out sheer brutality in a style not compared to many.
  • "Relentless" is just an introduction to their album "Life On The Ropes". This single features one track from the aforementioned album along with two songs exclusive to this release only.
  • Punk Rock from Athens/Greece.
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    RUN DEVIL RUN: Sinking Deeper (CD) VR136

    Original price was: 10,00€.Current price is: 7,00€. incl. tax
    Old school Hard Core as most of the lyrics are very positive, dealing with self-realization and the like. Run Devil Run also do a pretty good cover of Gorilla Biscuits ''Stand Still'' and a Cro-Mags cover ''It’s The Limit''.
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    ONLY ATTITUDE COUNTS: Never Accept Defeat (MCD) FRONT 005

    Original price was: 6,00€.Current price is: 3,50€. incl. tax
    They call it Vienna Style Hard Core. 10 year anniversary maxi CD. Hard Core for fans of BACKFIRE, ANGEL CREW.
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    KISMET HC: Our Message Is Of Anger…Our Voices Are Of Pain (CD) VARIOUS

    Original price was: 9,00€.Current price is: 6,00€. incl. tax
    Late '80s UK Anarcho Hard Core/Punk legends. Both female and male vocals. An amazing release!
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    DAREDEVIL: Trippin’ The Scales Of Justice (CD) GSR009

    Original price was: 10,00€.Current price is: 5,00€. incl. tax
    Debut full length from this Dutch band whose sound can be described as brutal and metallic, but still keeping it very Hard Core. Blending heavy old school fast parts, crunching riffs and breakdowns. Think Hatebreed, 100 Demons, Born from Pain.
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    COSTA’S CAKE HOUSE: 555 (CD) FLIGHT #5

    Original price was: 5,00€.Current price is: 2,50€. incl. tax
    If you are into bands like Heaven Shall Burn, Faust Again, Caliban, Bleeding Through, Cataract. Brutal Death Core, with some melodic parts, from Germany.
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    CONSPIRACY: Crippled Invaders (MCD) ATA 04

    Original price was: 6,00€.Current price is: 3,00€. incl. tax
    Thrash/Crossover from Thessaloniki/Greece.
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    BLUE MONDAY: Rewritten (CD) B9R63

    Original price was: 9,00€.Current price is: 5,50€. incl. tax
    Vegetarian straightedge band from Canada. Angry Hard Core played the way it was meant to be, with a fast style and plenty of melody to give it some extra character.
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    ALL OUT WAR: Assassins In The House of God (CD) VR343

    Original price was: 10,00€.Current price is: 7,00€. incl. tax
    Inspired by late-'80s crossover bands such as Cro-Mags, S.O.D. and Slayer, All Out War rose out of the East Coast hardcore scene and trampled the world with its blend of scathing thrash metal and crushing hardcore. "Assassins In The House Of God" reaffirms their brand of speed metal riffs, chest-pounding blast beats and floor-clearing, pit-enducing breakdowns.
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    AGNOSTIC FRONT: Warriors (CD) NBA1931

    Original price was: 10,00€.Current price is: 7,00€. incl. tax
    A furious NYHC statement by one of the most legendary and influential bands ever.
  • From the void of misery, Warcollapse emerges with 5 new tracks of despair! The nauseating nightmare continues as we march towards the end, where nothing remains.......only DESERTS OF ASH!
  • Obscure metallic Crust/Punk from Switzerland, ex-PACK, BRUTAL MASSACRE.
  • Conceived as the band's tribute to their hometown, the eternal city of Roma, Italy, and produced by Mitts of NYHC's legendary Madball, the EP drops in time to celebrate 17 years of shredding stages worldwide, living and breathing Hard Core!
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    PARTiYA / AGATHOCLES: Crust ‘n’ Grind Protest (7”) VARIOUS

    Original price was: 5,00€.Current price is: 4,00€. incl. tax
  • Hardcore/Crust/Punk band from Tokyo, Japan. LIFE stands for Liberty Independence Freedom Equality. They're inspiring to world wide Crust/Punk - peaceful shouts and rebel sounds encourage for our/your mind and humanity.
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    HELLISHEAVEN / WEALD: split (7”) DSOP 2

    Original price was: 5,00€.Current price is: 2,50€. incl. tax
    HELLISHEAVEN is a Death Metal in vein of BOLT THROWER and ASPHYX from Lublin/Poland. WEALD create their own vision of dark gloomy Crust Metal like straight from greats STORMCROW, SANCTUM.
  • The Greek Death/Grind masters features 4 brand new songs of well played Grind, a must for fans of Napalm Death!!!
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    CRUEL FRIENDS: s/t (7”) MMR #005 / KR-025

    Original price was: 5,00€.Current price is: 3,50€. incl. tax
    The debut 7'' of this band from Karlsruhe/Strasbourg. This is some fast Hard Core, with lots of Grind parts and somehow it reminds a more grinding HIS HERO IS GONE. So here's some really fast and heavy stuff!
  • The UK's Broken Bones are back with an all new three song ear piercing EP of Punk Rock! Going back to their early '80s roots, this new release is raw powerful Punk rock with insightful lyrics. Fans old and new will love this one! Black vinyl.
  • The stoner bomb from Sweden! If you are into stoner don't waste your time, cause here is a masterpiece! Featuring Mr. Dim (the Greek voc/guitar, BORN OF FIRE etc.) plus Freddie (Terra Firma/Unleashed).
  • Μορμώ (Mormo) is not new to this game. All members used to play in the legendary Greek crust band Dyspnea from Tyrnavos and they still carry the flame of that scene where back in the day bands like them, Xamos, The Malloy's Kids, Legal Pain, Social Security and others made noise and disrupted the quite life of this small rural town of central Greece. "Δυστοπία" (Greek for Dystopia) is their second album. Τhey have started a unique take on crust that centers on a more dark, esoteric and elegant sound that has transcended the constant d-beat pounding, fast paces and seer aggression of the genre with longer song structures, slower tempos, more complex songwriting and lots of atmosphere while still winking at the sound and aesthetics of beloved crust bands of the past. It’s like combining “Darker Days Ahead” by Tragedy with “Crack the Skye” by Mastodon, some black metal influences, krautrock rhythmic segments and lots of pagan myths of Thessaly. Μορμώ (Mormo) is doing to crust, is what Joy Division did to punk.
  • THIS IS A PRE-ORDER! Your record will be available for pickup or will ship on or around mid April. This is where it all comes together! Greek street punk collides with Torgau Iro attacks. Honest, fast, melodic street punk. 2 songs per band on 300 copies limited vinyl.
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    THIS IS A PRE-ORDER! Your record will be available for pickup or will ship on or around late April. Nobody could have ever guessed the trajectory that hardcore would have taken back when this movement was first formed. And in the early 2000s, nobody would have guessed that a band like TERROR would still be one of the most influential bands in the subgenre, 24 years after their start. Their aggression, coupled with a love and appreciation for the scene that so many have come and gone from, or even forgotten altogether, has let them thrive- now unveiling their tenth full length record, STILL SUFFER, releasing April 24th on Flatspot Records. Originating from Los Angeles, California, during a time when hardcore needed a band to smash things back to center as the genre found itself falling off track, TERROR rushed in, immediately made their mark and never let go. Working with producer (and former guitarist) Todd Jones, the band created ten fast, aggressive, in-your-face tracks that embrace the themes that made TERROR so influential in the first place. Songs about self empowerment, survival and an unrelenting will to face challenges head on with the values and support found within these walls. STILL SUFFER was rounded out with engineering and some additional production by Taylor Young at The Pit Recording Studio, mixing by Jon Markson, and mastering by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, with additional vocal engineering by Jay Zubricky at GCR Audio, and drum engineering at Studio 606 by Taylor Young and Oliver Roman. Guest vocals on the album come from Jay Peta of Mindforce on “Beauty in the Losses,” Brody King of God’s Hate and Dan Seely of King Nine on “Deconstruct It,” along with Hot Water Music’s Chuck Ragan providing an assertive delivery on “Fear The Panic,” a song which was also co-produced by New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert. From the start, TERROR has never turned their back on the things that made this band so vital since its inception. With the release of STILL SUFFER, it’s clear that the band has no sign of letting up, continuing to succeed on their mission to deliver hardcore authentic to themselves and to show the world that this is much more than just music. This community and movement that nobody can truly put into words, is the exact place the energy comes from that fuels TERROR to continue to build and grow with STILL SUFFER.
  • Black vinyl, ltd 300, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, printed inner sleeve, poster, bonus track "Lesbians", original 1986 sound!!! Specially mastered for vinyl!!!
  • One of Britain’s most consistent and enduring death metal bands, Birmingham’s Bolt Thrower has weathered the best and worst of times in the extreme genre’s history without ever giving in to commercial temptations, or hardly even altering its sound. The fact that they were unusually blessed with a steady lineup throughout much of their career no doubt contributed to this stability, and though they were rarely bestowed wild praise for their efforts, with most of their competitors or contemporaries either adopting other styles or long retired, Bolt Thrower has gradually established itself as one of the best death metal bands ever to emerge from England. Those Once Loyal is the eighth and final album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was released in 2005. With Bolt Thrower deciding against releasing a follow-up to Those Once Loyal, it was Bolt Thrower’s final studio album before breaking up a year after drummer Martin Kearns’ death in September 2015. Like all of Bolt Thrower’s albums, Those Once Loyal deals with war, specifically World War I. The cover shows a World War 1 QF 18 pounder field gun and its crew in action and is based on an original WW1 photograph.The picture is also found on the back side of the Guards Memorial in St James’s Park in London.
    • Gatefold, including a poster
    • This color is limited to 500 pcs worldwide
     
  • Originally released in 1990, this is a highly sought after third studio album from genre-leading giants... Napalm Death. A totally revamped sound from the first two records (Scum & FETO). Harmony Corruption sees an evolution away from grindcore and blast beats towards a more expansive death metal sound. Recorded at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida famed for the recording of many classic death metal albums. Includes fan favourite ‘Suffer The Children’.
  • Formed in 1985, Oakland thrashers Vio-Lence helped define and refine what came to be known as the Bay Area sound. Eternal Nightmare originally debuted on June 27th, 1988, and is widely regarded as a thrash masterpiece in the world of heavy music. On 10/28/2022 Metal Blade Records is proud to reissue this seminal crusher.
  • Mercyful Fate EP is the band's debut released, isssued in 1982. Metal Blade Records, reissue 2020.
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    Technocracy is an EP by American band Corrosion of Conformity. It was released in 1987. Metal Blade Records, reissue 2022, black vinyl, 8 page booklet, download card.
  • Animosity is the second studio album by American band Corrosion of Conformity. It was released on October 25, 1985. The album cover art was done by artist Pushead. Animosity was nonetheless a crucial stylistic lynchpin in the bridge between metal and punk.
  • Life Knife Death, from the veteran Swedish hardcore punk band Wolfbrigade, is the follow-up album to 2019’s The Enemy: Reality. Formed in 1995 in the small Swedish city of Mariestad by key players from Sweden's legendary hardcore scene, Wolfbrigade (known as Wolfpack until 1999) remain among Scandinavia's most respected, influential and reliable purveyors of real-world brute-force hullabaloo. On this eleventh album, the niftiest skills honed to a fine edge over 30 years are dispatched with greater style and intensity than ever. Most immediately, there's the sheer velocity and barely-controlled rage pumping through dynamic d-beaten blood-shakers like Ways To Die and Your God Is A Corpse, the furious attack assisted to heart-fluttering greatness by a newly loosened sense of raucous spontaneity. "We didn’t really rehearse any of the songs on this album,"the band reveals. "We tend to overwork and overanalyze everything that we do, and sometimes we get lost in that process. This time we wanted to go rough, to capture the raw essence of the song when it’s just out of the womb. All the blood and gore." Mounting global chaos may have us all darkly fearing the end times, but it has also seemingly created the ideal circumstances for a hardcore punk LP as coruscatingly brutal as Wolfbrigade's “Life Knife Death”.
  • Life Knife Death, from the veteran Swedish hardcore punk band Wolfbrigade, is the follow-up album to 2019’s The Enemy: Reality. Formed in 1995 in the small Swedish city of Mariestad by key players from Sweden's legendary hardcore scene, Wolfbrigade (known as Wolfpack until 1999) remain among Scandinavia's most respected, influential and reliable purveyors of real-world brute-force hullabaloo. On this eleventh album, the niftiest skills honed to a fine edge over 30 years are dispatched with greater style and intensity than ever. Most immediately, there's the sheer velocity and barely-controlled rage pumping through dynamic d-beaten blood-shakers like Ways To Die and Your God Is A Corpse, the furious attack assisted to heart-fluttering greatness by a newly loosened sense of raucous spontaneity. "We didn’t really rehearse any of the songs on this album,"the band reveals. "We tend to overwork and overanalyze everything that we do, and sometimes we get lost in that process. This time we wanted to go rough, to capture the raw essence of the song when it’s just out of the womb. All the blood and gore." Mounting global chaos may have us all darkly fearing the end times, but it has also seemingly created the ideal circumstances for a hardcore punk LP as coruscatingly brutal as Wolfbrigade's “Life Knife Death”.
  • Voivod are a Canadian heavy metal band from Quebec that formed in 1982. They started out as a speed metal band, while adding a mix of progressive and thrash metal to create their own unique style. Highly influential Canadian prog. metal quartet continue to hone their distinctive blend of experimental speed-infused sci-fi to great effect on album number four. This definitive issue of Voivod's fourth album is a must-have item for any fan of this unique and ground-breaking Progressive Metal band.
  • Following the differences that saw the original group implode on the road in 1989, Cryptic Slaughter’s guitarist Les Evans moved to Portland, Oregon, where he formed a new band with former Wehrmarkt and Sweaty Nipples drummer Brian Lehfeldt, plus bassist Bret Davis and vocalist Dave Hollingsworth, both formerly in local hardcore band Crud. Now metal was much more prominent and hardcore on the wane, but there are still signature tempo changes, here within longer, more complex song structures, prefacing the industrial and post-thrash crossover acts to follow. An enduring swansong for all lovers of these metalcore innovators.