Three years following the release of Darker Handcraft , crust/hardcore/grind outfit Trap Them emerge with a new album and an entirely new ...

All Hail the Void was a promising release for Enabler in 2012. The Milwaukee, WI (now Ohio, in general, no specific city listed) band so...

Rejoice, all ye thrash fans and revivalists. Toxic Holocaust has released a new record, and it is everything you’ve come to know (and hope...

Two years after their debut record for Relapse ‘Harhakuvat’ , Finland’s Unkind return with another vicious slab of crust-infused d-beat h...

Billed as a cross between Mogwai and Tragedy in their press materials, which, for some strange reason, really piques our interest, Finland’s...

Hardcore bands sure like to walk the walk and talk the talk, but when it comes to all out war, in many instances, sheer intensity is missi...

Circle Takes the Square - Decompositions: Volume Number One Savannah-based Circle Takes the Square impressed the heck out of me when I ...

Just a week before embarking on a new European trek along with Circle Takes the Square and Code Orange Kids , crust-grinders Full of Hel...

It's been a little over six months since The Secret ’s fourth album “Agnus Dei” was highly praised in these pages for its chaotic, no...

It is my distinct pleasure to present to you another pleasant or better yet unpleasant crust/grindcore surprise. Grind aficionados and a...

With “Bushcraft” , Vancouver metal/hardcore crew Baptists solidified themselves as a furious crusty-hardcore force. The Kurt Ballou produced...

I found about Better Not Born when Southern Lord Records tweeted about them, picking the Finns as the band of the day a few weeks ago....

Sometimes you look at a band and you just know they’re going to hit you hard and fast, and California’s Nails are exactly one of those ba...

Not even a year went by since Milwaukee’s crust metallers Enabler literally kicked my ass with their powerful sophomore album “All Hail T...

They call themselves Baptists , but don’t go thinking that these Canadians preach the word of Jesus. Their doctrine is a whole different o...

Hailing from Wisconsin, Warton are another bet from Southern Lord Records that once again confirms the label’s recent shift towards...

The press release states that crust-punkers Krömosom motto is: noisier, nastier and rawer.   And indeed it will be rather hard to fi...