RottenYoungEarth: December 2012

These guys are probably the best local band from Springfield Missouri honestly. Extremely well written and thought out music. These two new songs trump over Something I'll Never Miss without even trying. So much more emotion, and you can feel how much they put into writing these songs. For Fans of Title Fight, Basement, and Merit. Its kind of hard to compare these guys to a lot of bands. They don't really sound identical to any of those. But don't sleep on this, also these guys are going on tour soon. Catch them in your town soon, here is the tour listing. Please check this out. -Jacob Rice

Monday, December 24, 2012

Die Ignorant - Demo

Genre: Hardcore/Sludge/Crust/Grindcore

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Surrounded

2. Jesus Brake

3. Fever Dreams

These guys are from Sydney, Australia and they play a very demented and dirty sounding style of hardcore. Mixing many genres into the blend to give anyone who enjoys something out of the extreme genres a chance to enjoy it. Found these dudes from a forum, very good find. For Fans of: Trap Them, Converge, Nails, Black Breath. -Jacob Rice

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Blackhole - Crostica

Bandpage Facebook

Genre: Hardcore/Powerviolence/Crust

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Crostica

These guys are from Neosho, Missouri which is pretty much local in Springfield considering they play here a lot. Anyways, this is a song from their upcoming 7", and I thought I would post this to help get their name out there. These guys play a very heavy, fast, and abrasive style of hardcore. Always putting on a good show as well. Definitely check this song out then get Ledges when it comes out soon! -Jacob Rice

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

BitterChupChupWeLose - Up Yours

Genre: Stoner/Doom/Sludge

Year: 2012

Check out the stream of this rad band here. Slinging out heavy as fuck riffs, and keeping the groove going forever. This stuff is catchy and rules. Not much to say about it, straight forward well done stuff that you should check out.

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Collide and Discord - The Restrained

Genre: Hardcore

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. As I Breathe Water

2. Pachyderm

3. Crowns & Hypocrites

4. Unrestrained I.

Hardcore from Stuttgart Germany. These guys submitted their music to me just recently, and its a passionate/heavy style of hardcore. These guys play in the style of bands like The Carrier, Comeback Kid, and Dead Swans. Its very solid, great recording. Check this one out! -Jacob Rice

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Lastletters - From Her and Here

Genre: Screamo/Hardcore

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Moment of Separation

2. Present Passing

3. Away

4. The Future is Fading/The Past is Still Begging

5. Crushing Petals

6. Just Outside the Reach

7. I Don't Want to Lie Here Anymore

This is honestly one of my favorite releases i've heard this year. These guys submitted their music to me and I am so happy they did because I probably never would've heard of them. These guys are oozing with emotional content in their music. It will give you goosebumps. In my opinion I guess I could say they play similar to Pianos Become The Teeth, Loma Prieta, and The Saddest Landscape, But not really though because these guys are putting their own twist on it. I don't know, you just need to listen to it for yourself. Don't miss out on this one -Jacob Rice

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Benchpress-Stay Hated

Genre: Hardcore

Year: 2012

1. Hellbound

2. Out of My Mind

3. Better

4. Grudges

5. Misery

6. Stay Hated

You don't need to lift to be pit-swole. Benchpress going in.

-Tucker

Vice-Get Down, Stay Down

Genre: Hardcore

Year: 2012

Bandcamp

1. Rat Race

2. Your Light

3. False Reality

4. Vice

Losin' It-Danger Zone

Genre: Hardcore/Youth Crew

Year: 2012

Facebook Bandcamp

1. Danger Zone

2. Fuck Off

3. Glory Days

4. Check Your Head

5. Use It or Lose It

Florida Youth Crew in full effect.

-Tucker

The Itch-The Courage to be Hated

Genre: Punk

Year: 2006

1. Another Juxtaposition

2. Shotgun Bob

3.Attack of the Social Chameleons

4. Josephine

5. Rock and Roll Messiah

6. Likely Story

7. Einz, Zwei

8. This Time

9. Fuck Face

10. Makin' It

11. Three Legged

12. Kitty's Scream

13. Jim's Final Ride on the Night Train

14. Hearing Aid

15. Overcoming Geographical Disadvantages

16. Hitting Bottom

17. County Jail Blues

18. Rectification of the Valdroni

Eighteen song release from Missouri Rockabilly-Punk band The Itch. I play this album when I'm in the mood for pogo-moshing in my dorm. There's some pretty groovy tunes on this album so check it out if you're looking for songs to skank in Doc Martins to.

-Tucker

Bone Dance-Snakecharmers

Genre: Hardcore/Metal/Sludge

1. Dirge

2. Devil's Arithmetic

3. Birds Singing (Wolves Licking Blood)

Pure nihilism from Boise, Idaho. This band uses elements of technical metal, hardcore, and sludge in their debut EP Snakecharmers. Bone Dance's discography has been in heavy rotation for me recently and I fervently back anyone's decision to listen to them.

-Tucker

Diversion - My Liberation

Genre: Hardcore

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Against The Void

2. Can't Hold Me Down

3. My Liberation

4. Right Here Right Now

5. Liberation

Hardcore band from Karlsruhe Germany. They submitted this to me not long ago. These guys play a pretty straight forward style of hardcore but can do it very well, and have it locked down. Their lyrics incorporate positive messages, and straight edge. Check these guys out! -Jacob Rice

Death Sentence - Demo

Genre: Hardcore/Powerviolence

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Memories

2. Dead to Me

3. Surrounded

4. Executed

5. Nothing Left

6. Track 6

7. Faded

Short little demo these guys from the Midwest put out. The recording of this demo is a little rough but keep in mind they are just starting out, but according to someone in the band they are working on new material and intend to record it soon with better quality. This is overall a solid release for a bands first effort, very heavy and very fast. Give this one a listen! -Jacob Rice

Illaroot Apparel

Illaroot Apparel is ran by a member of the band Reparation(Who I posted HERE a few months ago, great band). He emailed me about Illaroot so I checked it out. I'm not the most stylish person by any means but the design above is one of their designs and I think that looks pretty damn rad in itself. Very symmetrical, and simple but yet at the same time its at least something interesting. Also, I really like the artwork they have done on their designs. There are a few more designs you can check out on facebook, help this dude out!

Falter-Demo 2012

Genre: Dark Hardcore/Crust

Year: 2012

1. Betray

2. Desolate

3. Sellout

4. Deaf

5. Possessed

6. Choke

Sweet submission from the Milwaukee band Falter. FFO Torch Runner/Oathbreaker. Definitely check it out.

-Tucker Ross

Thought Crime-Thought Crime

Genre: Hardcore

Year: 2012

1.Failure
2.Tread Lightly
3.Sick Of It
4.Slampiece
5.Cop Song
6.Replica

Hardcore outfit from Oklahoma. I'm pretty partial to Hardcore with political overtones, so my favorite tracks have to be "Tread Lightly" and "Cop Song." A good addition FFO The Rival Mob/Never Again.
-Tucker Ross

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Jungle Juice-Involuntary Convulsions

Genre: Dark Hardcore/Powerviolence

Year: 2012

Listen

Bandcamp

If you've never heard Jungle Juice, then you should probably click here right now. This band from Little Rock, AR has continued to successfully meld cross-genre elements into their ruthless musical style. The band incorporates the fast breaks of modern Hardcore, as well as groovy Powerviolence riffs à la Man is the Bastard/Neanderthal. Earlier this year, they released a music video for their single "Constant Decay," which appears on this album.

Involuntary Convulsions is a pretty pleasing album from the perspective of any fan of Hardcore and similar sub-genres. For returning fans, Jungle Juice's trademark sound hasn't changed whatsoever since Bastard Sessions and other earlier works. For new listeners, Involuntary Convulsions features some of the most hammering and relentless songs the band has recorded to date. Some highlights of the album include a re-recorded version of "Blind" as well as the previously mentioned "Constant Decay." My personal favorite track is "Womb of Medusa," which acts as a brutal crescendo to the album precluded by the acoustic riffs of "Refractions." The rest of the album is pretty much standard Jungle Juice fare: fast, angry songs punctuated by Powerviolence-esque tempo changes. In summary, the album displays some new songs, while retaining the chaotic style that Jungle Juice put forth when they first emerged in 2010.

Jungle Juice will be on tour in early 2013 with Modern Pain and Afflictive Nature. As well as releasing copies of Involuntary Convulsions on vinyl and cassette mediums through Give Praise Records & Ourblock Distro respectively. Definitely look out for these guys and give this album a listen until you can buy a physical copy.
9/10

-Tucker Ross

Budd Dwyer-S/T

Genre: Powerviolence/Grindcore

Year: 2012

1. Aiokigahara

2.Denying God's Plan

3.Waking Up From A Failed Suicide

4.No Escape

5.Stagnant Presence

6.Learning Things The Hard Way

7.Shameless Fraud

8. Ostricized

9.Living Forever

10.Waking Up (...again)

Grind from New Brunswick/New Jersey. FFO Pig Destroyer, Insect Warfare.

-Tucker Ross

Spine-Subhuman

Genre: Hardcore

Year:2012

I don't usually hear the term "Hardcore supergroup," but if there was such a thing it would be Spine. Featuring members of Weekend Nachos, Harm's Way, Sorry Excuse, & Kicked In, Spine has been tearing it up for the latter part of 2012. The band has a rhythm that would make you think they were playing contemporary Youth-Crew, but Antonio Marquez' grinding vocals give the EP a jolt of unharnessed aggression. You would be missing out if you didn't give this album a listen.

-Tucker Ross

No Master-EP

Crust/Hardcore
2012

Get It
Bandcamp

1.Burning spirit
2.Natural selection
3.Self righteous termination
4.Pain
5.Enslaved
6.Noose
7.Ruthless future

Unrelenting release from Kansas City's No Master. The album reminded me of a sound reminiscent of some older Punk/Grind bands like Capitalist Casualties or Toxic Narcotic. Definitely worth a download.

-Tucker Ross

Men As Witches-Self Titled

Genre: Doom/Sludge/Powerviolence/Grindcore

Year: 2012

Get It

It's a little bit difficult to classify the genre of this drum-and-bass duo from Chicago. The alternating tempos of Powerviolence, the hellish vocals of Grindcore, the deathly-slow paced refrains of Doom or Sludge. All of these elements are present in this band's 2012 S/T EP. Men As Witches has dropped two other releases this year, so be sure to check those out if this album tickles your fancy.

-Tucker Ross

Bastard Deceiver-Normal Life Provides Nothing

Genre: Powerviolence/Hardcore

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Victimized Forever

2. Future Visions

3. Sick Nature

4. Normal Life?

5. The Void

6.Anguish

Get It

I saw this band last night at the Bad Haus in Kansas City. Super-impressed. Relentless grinds from Tampa, FL. This band is also female-fronted (think Katherine Katz from Agoraphobic Nosebleed.) This album is their most current and is an excellent addition to the collection of any fan of Weekend Nachos-esque grindcore-hybrid bands.

-Tucker Ross

Monday, December 10, 2012

Machinist! - Black List

Genre: Hardcore

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Keys

2. Of My Tongue

3. Tusk and Teeth

4. Teen Wolf

5. Prayed Upon

Get it! (soon)

Alright, i'm going to go ahead and say this early in the mini write up, this EP rules and everyone should just go ahead and download it. This EP is short and sweet, but anything but sweet because these guys play a nasty aggressive style of hardcore that I love. Crunchy guitars, pissed off vocals, and pounding drums. As well as very subtle hints of Thrash and Powerviolence. But honestly, the best part is probably the very truthful lyrics in this stuff, you can tell they are definitely very real. Do not pass this one up, DOWNLOAD THIS -Jacob Rice

Total Drowning - Drone, Doom, and Black Metal Compilation

Looking for something dark, evil, and atmospheric? Well this compilation is perfect, ranging from plenty of new to old bands of Drone, Doom, and Black Metal this compilation is perfect. Very talented bands. The bands featured on this compilation are; i AM esper, Wyrm, Outer Nothingness, SOL, Ainshval, and Omar Garita. I definitely advise giving this thing some attention!

Listen

Download

-Jacob Rice

Saturday, December 8, 2012

American Memories - EP

Genre: Screamo/Emo

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Free Big D

2. Ghost Town

3. Bridges

4. Driving All Night

5. Empty Houses

I posted these guys Live Demo about a month ago and it was very solid, well these guys got some actual DIY recording they did themselves and it is fucking awesome. Still just as alive and full of emotion as it was on the Live Demo. Very smart, and well written lyrics on this thing. I definitely enjoy this release. I will be listening to this one a lot. Please give this your attention -Jacob Rice

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Gatherer - Postcards

Genre: Post Hardcore/Hardcore/Screamo

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Wedding Bells

2. Postcards

3. Jones Beach

4. Brittle Bones

As I was curiously searching over Bandcamp I found this fantastic band. These guys play a very emotional filled style of hardcore, very brimming to be Screamo. With heart filled personal lyrics this stuff is very well written and you can relate to this. Lots of fantastic instrument work on here too, as I said before very screamo like. Definitely check this one out, well worth your time -Jacob Rice

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Malon - Reverie

Genre: Screamo/Emo/Twinkle

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Happy People

2. Under a Red Sky

3. Your Invitation

4. Chrysanthemum Sonata

5. Magnolia Cacophony

6. Orchid Requiem

7. In Life Or In Reverie

Emo/Screamo band from San Diego. These guys combine the clean noodly twinkly parts of emo while still bringing the aggression and unclean parts of screamo. BUT, at times they combine the noodly parts with the aggressive screamo vocals. Its a good combination, I know thats been done before probably plenty of times but these guys do it very well. These guys aren't lacking in any departments, very good stuff right here. Very emotional, definitely enough to give you them feels. I highly advise checking these guys out.

-Jacob Rice

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Ruin - End of the Rope

Genre: Hardcore/Dark Hardcore

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Intro

2. DHDE

3. End of the Rope

4. Seven Sorrows