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Razored Raw: Maced / PA Split - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/9lqhjno456jv283q83z3mvy1kq38tx monthly 0.5 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/709ded16-b6c3-40fb-95fd-84ace8d9777c/a0070889927_10.jpg Noise - ICWT: Roachleg Addendum - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/in-crust-we-trust-33 monthly 0.5 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/3815b665-aba5-42f9-be46-01b4847ed4bf/a3846933489_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust: 33 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/icwt-vol-32 monthly 0.5 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/952c8691-5e57-49bf-aca8-279af563a538/a0537772590_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust: 32 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/noize-zealand-down-but-not-out monthly 0.5 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/914c21d4-c2dc-4991-93b1-a9c142dda28e/Untitled+design+%2818%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/b615c23a-d5eb-4171-8225-fe6306cc14eb/Untitled+design+%2824%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5c1298d2-5dc6-46fa-8553-4e557aeba5c5/Untitled+design+%2811%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/cd415a8f-029b-46fe-b2fe-8d2710ac141f/Untitled+design+%284%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e1a74d2f-a1aa-4f32-98c4-ac8ceb64ed00/Untitled+design+%289%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f33e456b-450d-4dd3-a090-187cafda7e3f/Untitled+design+%2812%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/200d7580-a91f-4f43-95c1-f651190db1b2/Untitled+design+%2822%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/09369603-1ccb-4fda-b515-a641b85fbe50/Untitled+design+%2823%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/42c65dda-0834-442e-9837-c8a62d2eea48/Untitled+design+%2821%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9bc153a7-0f65-42fa-8219-660b0b9c9b1c/Untitled+design+%285%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/133d584f-618b-41cc-851d-6fd63e0a7112/Untitled+design+%2810%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/a6c80e5e-c0ab-40eb-84ed-79a80bdf0aed/Untitled+design+%282%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/444d756e-3a08-49c1-b621-a6726543a7fc/Untitled+design+%287%29.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f6e709d4-d8cf-4ef5-aafb-e193d56260e8/Untitled+design.png Noise - Noize Zealand: Down But Not Out. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/halftime-score-eps-demos-reissues monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1752383832644-ANG299TYO508HPCBZIO4/a3711087847_10-COLLAGE.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4410c19e-5222-4b1a-b7cc-147257576e72/a4042654849_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Fog: Spring Before I start listing releases from earlier this year, I want to mention Spring, the upcoming 7” from Aotearoa New Zealand band Fog. I’ve only heard Spring’s title track, but I’m spotlighting the 7” because Fog’s previous EPs – Absurdist Peace and A Black Cloud That Swallowed The Dove – were darkly brooding triumphs. From the sounds of it, Spring will be another creative coup. Anarcho-punk, peace punk, and ice-cold post-punk are Fog’s primary sources. But it’s the band’s imaginative mixing of their influences that ensures their songs sound so distinctive. Recommended for fans of the most artistically adventurous bands on the rosters of D4MT Labs or La Vida Es Un Mus. (R.I.P. Peace, Always Never Fun) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5c04264f-3903-4f9a-ac81-5810a3168545/a1486045488_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Frigöra: Fullständig Frigörelse Kawasaki City band Frigöra’s Dance of the Plague Bearer album is the bucket list LP for me. Realistically, it will be forever out of reach; it’s insanely pricey on Discogs, and last year, I visited dozens of Japanese record stores trying to find a copy, and I came up empty-handed. But now, General Speech has made all my dreams come true with another of the label’s superlative reissues. Frigöra’s Fullständig Frigörelse compilation collects the band’s entire studio discography, including their Dance of the Plague Bearer 12”. As all of those umlauts suggest, Frigöra often looked to Scandinavia for creative inspiration, and the band’s music is very much in the rapid, rabid, and raw-af mode of early Swedish hardcore. All hail Frigöra, and kudos to General Speech, once again. (General Speech) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/193f073a-9a61-4af7-8ac8-ea80b0404878/a3711087847_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Farce: Sights of War Sights of War is the fourth album from Finnish outfit Farce. (It’s also their third release for Italian label Sistema Mortal – home to the rawest raw punk bands.) Farce’s music is highly corrosive, and Sights of War is filled with waves of static, garbage-can percussion, and half-buried vocals. D-beat is slammed face-first into broken concrete – and stripped of much of its structure – while lyrically, Farce’s anti-militarist lyrics unpack the ceaseless suffering and unending political machinations of war. A total noise assault. Max-aggression. Max-audio violence. Max-devastation. (Sistema Mortal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/dd4214fd-f93a-48ca-a45c-632b8f041777/a3772115793_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Black Dog: Sewn Into Confusion Nova Scotia’s Black Dog describe their sound as a “D-BEAT RAW FUKKING NOIZE PUNK ASSAULT”. They also list their hobbies and interests as a “D-BEAT RAW FUKKING NOIZE PUNK ASSAULT”, and their most significant accomplishment as…you guessed it…a “D-BEAT RAW FUKKING NOIZE PUNK ASSAULT”. Black Dog’s Sewn Into Confusion EP features an avalanche of fuzz-throttled, head-splitting, super-negativite punk. Every track here is a savage sonic barrage, but therein lies the all-important catharsis. Liberation via flamethrowing NOIZE – fuckin’ A. Fans of Fragment, Framtid, Disclose, and Gloom, you know what to do. (Iron Lung Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/365c4226-cfde-403c-b47c-d6cd707c335b/a2248705275_10-1.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Death Side: The Will Never Die The Will Never Die collects all of the non-LP recordings from legendary Tokyo band Death Side. With 40 tracks gathered, the all-guns-blazing compilation is a boon for diehards and newbies alike. Back in the day, Death Side were one of the key bands to take Japanese hardcore to the next level. The band’s über-energetic/Burning Spirits stylings influenced untold homegrown groups, and Death Side albums like Wasted Dream and Bet On The Possibility have inspired metallic punk outfits the world over. Tune in for razor-blade riffage, breathless solos, and off-the-chain vocals. 10/10. A++. The perfect reissue. (La Vida Es Un Mus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ae273881-2b9c-45f8-bec8-3d92ad76ed0e/a0548201936_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Realm of Terror: Beneath The Soil Demo Realm of Terror’s third release, Beneath The Soil, is putrid, pummeling, and primordial – i.e. it’s prime fucking filth. Forget evolving or maturing, Realm of Terror’s antediluvian sound continues to hark back to the most abrasive works of Doom, Extreme Noise Terror, or mega-crusties Collapse Society. “Stench-filled crasher crust” sets the scene, with Realm of Terror delivering the gruffest, harshest and most troglodyte noise imaginable. Tip-top primitive crust. Grisly. Ugly. Foul. Superb sonic sewage. (Guttural Warfare Records, Rival Mist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8f6ad054-19b4-4160-85f6-49cc5743a46f/a1245600637_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Barren Soil: All Paths Lead to Darkness Celtic chain artwork ✓. Apocalyptic vibes ✓. Brooding synth ✓. Crushing caveman crust ✓✓✓. The three songs on Barren Soil’s All Paths Lead to Darkness EP were recorded back in 2021, when the Canadian trio were working on their excellent self-titled cassette. More recently, Barren Soil added soundscape and percussive elements to All Paths Lead to Darkness’ heavyweight tracks, deeming them ready for a public airing. Barren Soil’s sound is grim, grimy, and heavily armoured. Expect ten-tonne metallic punk that’s a shoo-in for fans of Zygote, Swordwielder, and Cancer Spreading, etc. Hulking stenchcore awaits! (Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/29ffabe7-d97f-45c6-9aa9-89753475f3b4/a0351367084_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Excrement: S/T Excrement were a short-lived noisecore band from Hokkaido, Japan. Go-to US label General Speech reissued Excrement’s recorded output on vinyl this year, and if you dig the bleeding-raw hardcore of Gai, LSD, or Confuse – or rabid noise-makers like Zyanose or Gloom – then Excrement’s similarly gut-driven racket will likely hit home too. All the songs on Excrement’s self-titled 12” have been remastered to maximise their strengths, but don’t panic, everything here is still caked in the cruddiest crust and oozes rancid hardcore. Unpolished. Instinctive. Hideous to behold. Pitch-perfect raw hardcore. (General Speech) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5c3d3b14-9200-4c67-921f-f26197dee5a4/a0430157874_16.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - No Sector: Mercury Poisoning Let me paraphrase what I wrote about Aotearoa New Zealand band No Sector’s Mercury Poisoning EP earlier this year: No Sector blast through six red-lining songs on their EP, mixing UK82’s stomp with Scandi hardcore’s snarl and protest punk’s sneer. No Sector’s vocalist, Caroline, has a unique mode of expression, which injects a dose of anarcho punk eccentricity into proceedings and offers a crucial contrast to all the sheet-metal noise. No Sector aren’t reinventing the wheel, but they do remodel familiar components to craft songs that sound both familiar and new. (It was great to see No Sector getting noticed offshore, too.) (Razored Raw) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c7d7be6c-e49c-4fc8-88c5-b4ca3756088a/a1880096810_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Aberrate: Grounded Demo Japanese label Punk Bastard Records released Aberrate’s Grounded demo in 2024. However, word of the demo’s quality/intensity quickly spread, and US label Acute Noise Manufacture reissued Grounded earlier this year. Aberrate’s members are linked to formidable bands like Frigöra, Abraham Cross, Life, and Unarm, and Grounded features classic (i.e. super-scuzzy, wildly distorted, and mega-bulldozing) Japanese crust. Fans of the bands above will love this mountain of noise, which is guaranteed to be crustier than your skankiest kecks. Howling madness. Chaos incarnate. So. Fucking. Good. (Acute Noise Manufacture) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/07d9edaa-e6ee-47d1-8e7a-8d7cefabc62b/a4094004342_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Condumb: S/T Philadelphia band Condumb’s lineup has ties to Sheer Mag, Kinetic Orbital Strike, Poison Ruïn, and Quarantine. That’s a relatively broad spectrum of punk right there, and Condumb slot into the ‘noise for noise's sake’ category. The band’s six-song 7” tips its hat to Confuse, Disclose, Chaos UK, and similar worshippers of frenzied noise. D-beat tears into bitter crust while raw hardcore thrashes and crashes on Condumb’s vitriolic songs. Expect lacerating guitar, pounding drums, and wretched howls as the world burns. Gruesome and gut-wrenching punk. Blargh. Ugh. Oof. (Stupid Bag Records, Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/d1df0c2b-af48-4857-9013-e31fa325aaee/a1276302743_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Fuckin’ Lovers: Crucifixion of the Masses It’s been a while since we last heard from Philadelphia noise punks Fuckin’ Lovers, but the band come roaring back on their Crucifixion of the Masses 7”. Formed from the ashes of Allergy, Fuckin’ Lovers’ follow a Confuse via Swankys via Disorder path that concentrates on buzz-sawing raw punk and ultra-distorted hardcore. Direct yet shambolic, and somehow chaotic yet focused, Fuckin’ Lovers’ latest tracks are like scorching hot sewage; blistering and filthy, for sure, but also a disgusting delight to imbibe. Crucifixion of the Masses was recorded at D4MT in NYC, and then mixed and mastered by Shige at Noise Room in Tokyo; how much more of a recommendation do you need? Fuckin’ Lovers, fuk yea! (General Speech, Discos Enfermos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/03056035-9f5d-4355-ad78-c769fdd12c42/a3071470067_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Ripcord: The Damage is Done Ripcord’s The Damage Is Done was originally released as a flexi via the band’s own Raging Records in 1986. The recording’s 2025 reissue – via A1 labels La Vida Es Un Mus and Quality Control HQ – added a couple of compilation tracks and a vintage live set. Mastered by Will Killingsworth, The Damage Is Done sounds great, and its crudeness and roughness remain essential components of its charm. If the idea of Discharge covering Siege sounds inviting, then Ripcord’s old-school mix of USHC and UK82 is a hard recommend. A stone-cold UK hardcore classic. (La Vida Es Un Mus, Quality Control HQ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1c36bb6d-0378-499c-9eba-f6433b0e9433/a1299782351_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Dukkha: S/T Youngstown/Pittsburgh trio Dukkha describe their music as “Funeral Crust from the Rust Belt”. Dukkha’s self-titled cassette is certainly as bleak as a burial, and the rough-hewn crust here is primitive and as raw as shattered lives. It’s great to hear the band mixing things up by setting dirge-like passages alongside the hammerings and batterings of lo-fi crust. Dukkha’s debut is a promising start, and fingers crossed, there’s more to follow. FFO of the most abrasive works of Doom, Disrupt, and Warcollapse, etc. (Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/74e666f6-caa4-4964-b026-335912424c9e/a4099387730_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Olho Seco: Botas Fuzis Capacetes Olho Seco were one of the first Brazilian bands to foreground the hostile aesthetics of hardcore. Influenced by groups like Tampere SS and Discharge, Olho Seco’s 1983 EP, Botas Fuzis Capacetes, is a genre classic; much like the famed Grito Suburbano comp, Botas Fuzis Capacetes is a formative text in underground Brazilian music. Label Morrer Discos’ remaster/reissue of Botas Fuzis Capacetes is flawless, and the EP’s primitive noise sizzles with unbridled energy and aggression. An essential addition to your stockpile of pioneering hardcore releases. (See also Morrer Discos’ recent reissue of Inocentes’ Miséria E Fome EP.) (Morrer Discos, Sub Discos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/672a218b-c749-43c1-8a2f-cd723739f77c/a0848343539_10-1.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - The Damage: Demo The Damage’s throat-gripping demo arrives fully formed and ready to take on all challengers. The Damage features most of the lineup of Quarantine (and a Kinetic Orbital Strike crew member for added oomph), and the band’s demo is as in-your-face as it gets. Tough as steel, speedy as dexies, and ugly as a car crash, the demo’s sub-2-minute tracks whiz by with red-lining levels of intensity and animosity. Everything on The Damage’s demo is dialled up for maximum impact, but there’s also fun flashes of more squirrelly muscality – see “Why Try”. Everything you want in a demo is here – ramping up the anticipation for The Damage’s next move. Perfectly punishing hardcore. (Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/31ee2180-a68f-45e5-b482-8f58dfd190f4/a2841164113_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - End State: Their System Won’t Be Fixed In many ways, End State’s Their System Won’t Be Fixed cassette is a giant fucking tease. Recorded at NYC’s D4MT Labs, Their System Won’t Be Fixed only features three songs, which feels manifestly unfair, because each of those songs is a stellar nugget of filthy New York crust. If you’re a fan of D4MT Labs-aligned acts like Tower 7, you’ll love End State’s similarly raw and ragged sound. As an amuse-bouche, Their System Won’t Be Fixed is extremely tasty – now bring on the main meal, as soon as possible. End State are a band to keep a close eye on. I can’t wait to hear more. (Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8b2d3b7a-a691-4243-b210-c2a7a300ea3f/R-33220164-1740260324-5851-1.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Cotgrave: Never Believe! EP Tokyo band Cotgrave crammed 10 songs onto their first 7” release, Never Believe! . Formed by former members of Voĉo Protesta and Crocodile Skink, Cotgrave’s 2019 demo got tongues wagging, and their self-produced 2025 EP is stacked with super-primitive hardcore. Nods to Scandi raw punk feature, as does the strapping sound of prime 90s Nippon crust, while abundant anti-war sentiments mix with plenty of ‘fuck the system’ attitude. Tune in for a total noise assault purpose-built for fans of Life, Framtid, Frigöra, Collapse Society, and more. All-fire! (Self-released, Broken Noise Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0566ef8f-5eab-4ec3-b749-c0db85fc2b6a/a1141784826_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Tramadol: S/T If you love peak-era Discharge, then prepare to clutch UK band Tramadol to your bosom. The West Yorkshire group’s self-titled 7” is a formidable blast of the hardest hardcore, and the EP’s four songs blend barrelling (read: Motörhead-worthy bass) with tandem six-string salvos, clobbering drums, and barking vocals. Think D-beat at heart, but plenty more vicious ingredients scattered within. Hooks? Yes, sir! – jagged, bloody, and dripping with venom. Tramadol’s breathless attack is perfect for when only the fiercest hardcore will get you through. (Donor Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5bb70118-3fbb-4f72-a788-4524d7bcebb2/a0531672734_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Karma Sutra: The Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker Karma Sutra’s sole full-length, 1987’s The Daydreams of a Production Line Worker, features the band’s most creatively diverse songs. Grounded in anarcho-punk, The Daydreams… sees catchier agi-punk and moodier post-punk playing more prominent roles. Capitalism’s ills, gender and class inequities, and the depths of the human condition are explored on ambitious songs. The Daydreams… is a magnificent coda to Karma Sutra’s short but captivating career. (Sealed Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/17313e43-bce8-47e8-a0aa-e530537aa449/a3669281430_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Total Con: Who Needs The Peace Corps? Total Con squeeze nine rapid-fire tracks onto their first 7” release, Who Needs The Peace Corps?. Every righteous is a neck-wrecking display of hardcore’s quintessential strengths. Hook-laden anthems, roiling instrumentation, raging lyrics, warp-speed tracks…it’s all here in spades. (And Who Needs The Peace Corps? features of the best covers of “Riders on the Storm” you’ve ever heard.) Total Con’s mantra – “MAXIMUM VOLUME. DEATH TO CAPITALIST HARDCORE!!!!” – is one for the ages. Always good to hear a band walk the walk. (Static Shock Records, Unlawful Assembly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/99874ba1-8055-418d-9f54-bcdc785ba78c/a0522844019_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Danse Macabre: S/T Japanese band Danse Macabre was formed by ex-Zouo frontman Cherry in the late-80s. NYC label General Speech released an excellent self-titled compilation of Danse Macabre’s early recordings this year, with every track remastered to maximise its metaphysical might. Danse Macabre aren’t a goth-punk band, but their sound is shadowy and sinister. The group’s songs feature deathrock-worthy hooks, and horror punk springs to mind occasionally, but Danse Macabre’s music is also heavy enough to tick many of metal’s boxes. Point being, Danse Macabre dwell in multifaceted darkness. Grim is good. (General Speech) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6fdffd4b-53cf-402c-b96e-2b0b2a1a203f/a3849903573_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Bad Breeding - Blood Manifest Bad Breeding have always released fierce recordings filled with rabid critiques of end-times capitalism’s endless/exploitative cruelties. The band’s Blood Manifest EP follows the same trajectory. The four-track 7” was recorded over a weekend, and from the sounds of it, the Stevenage-based hardcore crew were fuelled by smash ‘n’ grab energy. You get three face-melting songs, and just when you think you’ve got Bad Breeding all sewn up, they drop a 5-minute dirge that feels as annihilating as any of Blood Manifest’s faster tracks. As always, Bad Breeding expertly marry full-bore hardcore to equally impassioned lyrics. Blood Manifest is another knockout. (Standard Process) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/41da18a5-6b89-440d-a41d-0edd58b2be07/a1613847094_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Pray to be Saved: Demo Pray to be Saved’s label, Sex Fiend Abomination, sums the band’s demo up thusly: “SIX TRACKS OF EXTREME NOISE TERROR WORSHIP PLAYED WITH EXPERTISE. FOR FANS OF FAST DRUM BEATS AND THE BOSS HM-2”. That’s bang on, and in case you’re wondering, Pray to be Saved’s demo is definitely an all-caps kinda deal. The Washington, D.C, band – named, no doubt, after the first track off E.N.T.’s Phonophobia LP – have gathered a bunch of fans on Bandcamp, which isn’t remotely surprising, given Pray to be Saved’s demo hits like a runaway truck. Perfect for long-in-the-tooth crusties and whippersnapper scooter-hogs. A definite holocaust in your head. (Sex Fiend Abomination) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0bb4f377-1455-4f1d-bbf3-8cd56edb85c9/a0770048425_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Narcan: Demo II Atlanta, Georgia label Designated Moshers Unit has released some rock-solid music this year, including Exo-Gen’s rip-roaring demo and Baltimore band Narcan’s Demo II. Narcan’s second demo is a beast. Recorded and mixed by Luke Reddick and mastered by Arthur Rizk, Demo II sounds mean ‘n’ massive, and the hardcore within charges like a rhino. Narcan’s blown-out sound and fierce aesthetic are utterly jarring – in a good way, of course – and with seven songs delivered in 7.43 minutes, Demo II hurtles past at breakneck speeds. Demo II is a fucking monster. (Designated Moshers Unit) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/b99c06bf-283d-4c65-a6f5-247a134e81a5/a3848639517_10-1.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - IDX: Onslaught Within IDX’s Onslaught Within EP was released digitally at the tail end of 2024, but it didn’t see a physical release until March this year, so that qualifies the Onslaught Within for this listicle. Singaporean trio IDX dish out heavyweight stenchcore, and Onslaught Within is a big step up from the band’s 2020 debut, Stark Reality. Whether that has to do with the band’s rejigged lineup, I don’t know, but Onslaught Within is a lot heavier and it’s more thickly armoured, too. IDX’s guttural combination of UK, Japanese, and Scandi influences makes for a dense and super-dark stew of stinkin’ crust. Southeast Asian stenchcore is clearly in furious form. See you on the shieldwall, brethren. (Secret Records, Drunk Scum Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/420dba75-63e0-4fce-92e9-2a5449b724a8/a2567850713_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Corpse Gas: 4 Track Promo Los Angeles crasher crusties Corpse Gas are very much in the “Kill the Poser! Noise for Scum!!!” camp when it comes to crafting deafening ditties. The band’s 4 Track Promo cassette is a shit-fi fiesta, and with links to bands like Anguished Life, End Result, and Dust Collector, Corpse Gas’ raw punk credentials are in no doubt. Corpse Gas’ sound is exceptionally dark and extremely fuzzy; perfect for fans of Confuse, Shitlickers, Frigöra, or Gloom. Best thing: Corpse Gas’ demo is only four minutes long. So slap that rewind button and press play all over again. Gnarly nuclear blizzard noise; bring on the end times. (Self-released, Phonophobia Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8a733ada-53c2-4636-9338-a2896cec105e/a0570583636_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Nuclear Fear: Pantomine of Power Some folks argue that a 7” is the ideal format for punk rock releases. Nuclear Fear’s explosive Pantomime Of Power EP is proof of that concept. The six-minute EP is a wild ride, and to be honest, more than half a dozen minutes of Nuclear Fear’s thundering hardcore would probably kill an old codger like me. With members linked to NWOBHC heroes like Arms Race and The Flex, Nuclear Fear’s music is similarly blunt, brutal, and unrelenting (and the ultra-gruff vocals here seal the remorseless deal). Nuclear Fear’s guitar tone borders on the caustic buzz of noise-punk, dripping with corrosive distortion as it batters all comers. “No metal, no melody, no problem”. Expect to see this ripper on every EOY list come December. (La Vida Es Un Mus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/cfe74b2e-7967-45ec-ade5-3b575b2ff576/a2373560040_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Axon: S/T Axon’s self-titled 7” features four tracks of full-bore Japanese-influenced hardcore. With a lineup featuring members of Mutant Strain, Lethal Means, Reckoning Force, and Homemade Speed, Axon’s take on Japanese hardcore is on-point and riff-tastic. With shrieking guitars, sizzling solos, and growling vocals, the influence of groups like Gauze, Death Side and Nightmare is unmistakable. But Axon also syphon plenty of creative fuel from the blistering depths of US hardcore. If you’re currently hunting for a copy of Death Side’s The Will Never Die compilation, then add Axon’s debut 7” to your shopping cart, too. You will not be disappointed. (Not for the Weak Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/08af95da-576c-4169-b17f-11e7046d53a6/a2446975049_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Amerol: Demo Sometimes life can feel overwhelming, and if you’re feeling bewildered/befuddled right now (which is more than understandable), then great news: Amerol are here with a raging cure-all. The Perth band’s demo features straightforward early-80s hardcore; the kind of barelling punk that crushes your woes and worries and encourages you to feel at one with the raging beast within. It’s no criticism to point out that Amerol’s music is uncomplicated – it cuts through all the shit and gets right to the heart of what’s so great about sweaty, grimy, and extra-gritty hardcore. A brilliant demo, all round. (Helta Skelta Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/607926d7-0ffc-4c44-8f02-45dc552329cb/a4158590720_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Culture Shock: S/T There’s hardcore, and then there’s hardcore, and Culture Shock definitely fall into the latter category. The band’s self-titled EP is a lot; a lot of hate, a lot of hostility, and a lot of harsh opinions about humanity’s prospects. Backing up Culture Shock’s bleak estimation of society’s worth is a fittingly pitch-black torrent of feedback-fuelled (and often bass-blasting) hardcore. For all Culture Shock’s nihilism, though, their songs are still anthemic; grim, for sure, but blistering fun, nonetheless. If, as Culture Shock suggest, civilisation is collapsing, then hell, you might as well crank this misanthropic mayhem as everything implodes. (Youth Attack) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f872e0b2-5194-4012-92d6-08a79eac7040/a3502405194_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Criminal Assault: Demo Criminal Assault are from Austin, Texas, and the band’s demo is an awe-inspiring assault of chaotic, craggy, and entirely untethered hardcore. Criminal Assault are one of those bands that sound off-the-chain and yet, somehow, tight af. The seven songs on the band’s demo are stripped-down yet muscular bangers powered by spite and rage. On the one hand, there’s nothing groundbreaking here; on the other, fucking hell, Criminal Assault’s demo is so accomplished and ready to enter the fray that it hardly feels like a ‘demo’ at all. A rip-roaring success. One of the year’s best. (Sound Grotesca) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/20c5aebe-9f91-40b4-8e8c-b9295b554af4/a0353142628_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Auto Sear: Demo Handily, Richmond, Virginia band Auto Sear slap an accurate description of their sound on the cover of the debut demo: “Speed Noise Hardcore”. That’s spot on. As Auto Sear’s label, Sex Fiend Abomination, points out, the band sounds like Gloom – if they were from the suburbs of Virginia. (You can probably throw in influences such as Disclose, Zyanose, and every other Japanese band heavily invested in combining max-noise + max-distortion, too.) Auto Sear’s five-song demo hisses, screeches, carreens, and smashes, and if crasher crust or discore appeal, then this reekin’ shitnoise will no doubt float your boat. Great stuff. (Sex Fiend Abomination) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/a6e018fd-3066-44e5-afae-e13857af4251/a2718963410_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Burning Chrome: S/T Minneapolis/NYC band Burning Chrome formed after the break-up of Zero, who put out a tasty full-length back in 2016 (via Anomie, Desolate, and Farewell Records). Zero were heavily influenced by the blazing yet melodic arc of Japanese hardcore, and while Burning Chrome’s rocketing riffs tick many of the same boxes, the band’s self-titled EP is also a lot crustier and rawer. There’s still plenty of Burning Spirits guitar gymnastics here, and no one's denying Burning Chrome’s love of that magnificent milieu. Still, the band’s lower-fi sound adds a welcome layer of grit and gruffness to Burning Chrome’s debut. Kick-start this ripper, forthwith. (Desolate Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6ceb6a5e-3cad-40a9-ac6a-0c10d853f9d8/a0957767262_10-1.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Switchblade: Demo 2025 Switchblade deliver top-notch Philadelphian punk on Demo 2025. With former members of Psych War and Plague Dogs in the ranks, Switchblade’s all-fire debut sees Motör-charged D-beat careening headfirst into crusty metal-punk. Expect big hooks a-swingin’ and phat riffs a-blazin’ on Demo 2025’s three smokin’ songs. Gravel-garling vocals and sky-rocketing guitar histrionics ensure every steamrolling track is super-catchy and more than likely to drag you along. It’s only a matter of time before some smart-thinkin’ label snaps these fellas up. (Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/fa708bb4-1dd3-4be2-9359-6eb7fa68dc77/a0929107165_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Throat Lotion: Scheiß Kranke Welt Pogo punk doesn’t usually grab my attention, but I keep a close eye on LA label 1753, and if they’re releasing Throat Lotion’s high-octane Scheiß Kranke Welt EP, then I’m checking it out. (Scheiß Kranke Welt = shitty sick world, if you’re curious.) Throat Lotion are a multinational band; LA-based but featuring musicians from Germany, Ecuador, Mexico, and El Salvador. The group’s German-language songs mix snotty street punk with dumpster-diving (and ugly-as-an-abcess) hardcore. There’s plenty of that aforementioned pogo punch here, but it’s Throat Lotion’s rawer/crustier elements that hooked me. The band evoke the hopelessness of life on the edge, and there’s a fuck-ton of wretched vibes oozing from Throat Lotion’s six-song cassette. (1753) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4da77572-4c31-4bb2-ad87-c0d580519214/a3752825402_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Dismay/Dekrepit: Split EP I love scanning all the emails Bandcamp sends me to see what the people I’m following have been jamming. That’s how I discovered Dismay and Dekrepit’s self-titled split EP. Phoenix, Arizona’s Dismay drop three D-beat bunker busters in your lap, and there’s abundant heavyweight ordnance from the raw punk sphere here, too. Tacoma, Washington crew Dekrepit also deal in D-beat and raw punk, but their sound is more corrosive – more like being liquefied in a battery acid bath. What’s great about Dismay and Dekrepit’s split is that it shows that even in the most niche punk sub-genres, there’s still room for variance and difference. Rad! (Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/755d313c-0ea6-4179-9188-7d3e222ceaa8/a0681232773_10-1.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Cascades: Tyrannical Lust Montréal label Sore Mind has released some phenomenal music over the years, and Cascades’ excellent Tyrannical Lust EP is another prime slab of squalid stonk. Cascades’ mid-tempo bombardments/songs are replete with lo-fi, ultra-guttural crust and the fetid odour of stenchcore clings to everything here, too. There’s a real old-school crawl to Tyrannical Lust; a slow, steady, and deliberate desire to crush all comers, step by mind-mangling step. Amebix, Axegrinder, Zoe, Filth of Mankind – you know the deal. First-rate noisome noise. More, please, asap. (Sore Mind, Filth Holocaust Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/eda57bc5-c69a-448c-bea9-cac3866d9df7/a1121645081_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Sistema Obsoleto: Esmagado Pela Engrenagem Capitalista One of the reasons I love punk rock is that it inspires bands from every corner of the globe to reach out and share similar ideas and give voice to similar concerns. Sistema Obsoleto hail from Macedonia, but the band’s lyrics are in Portuguese (yet another reason to love punk – multinational mash-ups). You don’t need to speak Portuguese to understand what Sistema Obsoleto’s debut EP, Esmagado Pela Engrenagem Capitalista (Crushed by the Capitalist Gear), is all about. Sistema Obsoleto’s high-energy tracks radiate enough anger to power a small city, and the band’s relentless riffs and spitting vocals speak to punk’s universal truths. (Neon Taste Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4ebe4d12-f661-45d8-ac73-f7efda34599a/a0032091066_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Side Channel: Demo LA band Side Channel’s music is tagged, among other things, as ‘psycho-electronic mind warfare’. I like a band that appreciates that noise is a weapon, and in Side Channel’s case, their four-song demo is festooned with steel-tipped spikes and crusty raw punk hooks. There’s nothing better than twin-guitar D-beat either, with Side Channel doubling up the jagged riffs and saw-tooth racket. Yes, please, to more songs and a combat-ready 7” as soon as poss. Side Channel’s demo is a raucous good time. Unless they’ve skillfully mind-fucked me into thinking so. In which case, kudos to the band’s psycho-electronic warfare. (Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/7da858a6-3e6e-478e-ac67-7667f98ce6f4/a0963935958_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Katorga / Asocial Terror Fabrication: Split I am beyond excited to hear the upcoming split 7” from Katorga and Asocial Terror Fabrication. Three great labels are involved in releasing the EP: Doomed To Extinction (from the US), and Black Against Night Records and Feral Dog (from Oz). Only one song off the 7” is currently streaming online; “Tragedy”, which is a storming track from Australian crusties Katorga. Asocial Terror Fabrication are one of Japan’s mightiest stench/crust bands, and Katorga’s metallic crustcore is a heavyweight triumph, too. I wholeheartedly recommend that you keep an ear out for this split. That artwork has got me feeling giddy already. I’m pretty sure the actual music will be the end of me. (Doomed To Extinction, Black Against Night Records, Feral Dog) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/7d2e8692-c321-4233-bd8f-92ea01820fff/a2260484477_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #2 - Tokarev: 8 Track Kassette I’m sneaking this one in, after already hitting the publish button, no less. One of the YouTube channels I follow posted Rhode Island band Tokarev’s 8 Track Kassette today (thanks to Billy Crustie’s reliably on-point curating), and I thought the tape warranted a mention. 8 Track Kassette features raw punk, and when I say raw, I mean fuckin’ raw. The eight songs here are blown-out, speaker-melters with echo-smashed vocals, chain-sawing guitars, and unrelenting drums. That said, while everything here is unquestionably ravaged by raw punk, there’s also a ton of engaging musicality in the salvos of guitar, and a heap of avant-garde soundscaping is mixed into songs and let loose on grinding interludes. A definite recommendation. (Ragdoll Records) https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/halftime-score-25-full-lengths monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0eb04153-d6b8-4c91-abf3-e0cda0180c18/a4027783143_10-COLLAGE.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/46e11bbe-ddba-45ba-9c5b-f2d1bacf9a60/a1163466002_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Contrast Attitude: Discharge Your Noise Contrast Attitude’s Discharge Your Noise LP/CD is the Japanese band’s first full-length release since 2009’s ferocious Apocalyptic Raw Assault. Contrast Attitude’s discography is stacked with everything you love about the most virulent/chaotic strains of Japanese hardcore, and Discharge Your Noise sees the band amplifying the most abrasive elements of D-beat, raw punk, and crusty hardcore. Contrast Attitude’s frontman and guitarist, Gori, has been plying his trade for decades, but there’s no hint of exhaustion here. Contrast Attitude’s maelstrom sound continues to tear all comers limb from limb. (Desolate Records, Why Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/225c1f69-6d84-430a-95ec-6e0f7ad2f2eb/a0463219766_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Various: Still No P.E.A.C.E Still WAR There have been scores of benefit compilations in recent times. I guess that’s no surprise, given the world’s falling apart, and there’s no political will from the powers that be to help anyone aside from their wealthiest donors and/or favoured ass-kissers. In any case, the new-ish Still No P.E.A.C.E Still WAR comp is an absolute ripper. The comp features 22 bands from around the globe, with red-hot contributions from groups like Warthog, Muro, Bad Breeding, Sial, Rat Cage, and more. A great cause + great music = win-win for fans and, crucially, for those most in need. (Warbad Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/176c0afd-d43c-4515-a9cd-b0ddf8fb5bc4/a4027783143_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Kaleidoscope: Cities of Fear Kaleidoscope are one of NYC’s most captivating hardcore bands. It’s been a while since we’ve heard from them, too, meaning Kaleidoscope’s energetic Cities of Fear LP is a welcome return. Written and recorded at NYC’s D4MT Labs (always a sure-fire indicator of top-notch punk), Cities of Fear’s combination of live-wire anarcho-punk and acid-fried hardcore is utterly engrossing and often eccentric. Kaleidoscope ignore artistic limiters, reworking their expressive sound from tough to outré to anxious to seething, all within the space of a single song. Cities of Fear is an intense experience, musically and emotionally — pure creative magick. (La Vida Es Un Mus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4e76184b-c522-449d-9921-6d60a6287b0f/a4003313886_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Ultimate Disaster: For Progress… Richmond, Virginia band Ultimate Disaster’s For Progress… LP is a bulldozing release. Indebted to a roll call of definitive Dis-prefixed bands, Ultimate Disaster’s latest batch of bludgeoning songs sound huge, and they hit even harder. For Progress… brings the D-beat hammer down again and again in devastatingly heavy fashion. Ultimate Disaster’s approach is raw and relentless, but more than anything, it’s utterly obliterating. Ruthless. Remorseless. And downright homicidal. Primal hardcore at its best. (Grave Mistake Records, Kick Rock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6ffc9a0f-0bf5-499b-ab58-7caae5a0884d/a0386842892_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Lanquid: Shove Their System Up Their Ass The fourth full-length release from Canadian berserkers Lanquid is a masterclass in stripped-down, extreme-intensity D-beat. Every feral song on Shove Their System Up Their Ass LP feels like power-drilling your pineal gland. One belligerent track after another kicks the door in and then repeats the same punishing process. What more could you want? Expect lughole-smashing tracks that combine off-the-chart energy with incandescent rage. Best D-beat LP of the year? You betcha! Brute-force punk par excellence. (Desolate Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/546c067e-a9db-4a8f-badd-f542d77d8a67/a2042343441_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Malaise: S/T The self-titled cassette from the Olympia, Washington band Malaise features cut-throat crust. Malaise’s sound is dark and grim, and with dual singers howling their respective heads off – and excellent use of stepping on and off the gas – Malaise offer enough points of difference to stand out from the pack. Blistering guitars power filth-caked tracks, and all of the mangling mayhem here is as raw as an abscess. Primordial punk that’s purpose-built for bum-flapped crusties and fans of scabrous hardcore. Tasty stuff. (Desolate Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/25bbd5fd-a2ca-4bd7-99c3-e814342eea89/a3926436159_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Tàrrega 91: Ckaos Total Much like their prime musical inspiration – that’d be peak-era Discharge – Tàrrega 91 don’t waste a single second on any unnecessary fripperies or any masturbatory showboating. Tàrrega 91’s Ckaos Total LP features tried-and-true D-beat played with authentic passion. Distilled to their purest essence, Ckaos Total’s songs are all scorching blasts of rebellion and rage. The righteous sense that political bodies are actively punishing us for their failures is writ large right here. Tune in if pummeling protest punk is your jam. (La Vida Es Un Mus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e70412d5-c5e1-4862-aa50-d9b4f6251bdd/a3870195434_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Lifeless Dark: Forces of Nature's Transformation Lifeless Dark’s Forces of Nature’s Transformation album was released in mid-December 2024. However, like many fans, I didn’t secure an LP copy until early 2025. Forces of Nature’s Transformation is a triumph of apocalyptic stenchcore, although end-times crust or super-dark thrashcore work as apt descriptors, too. If you hold bands like Amebix or Sacrilege close to your heart, Forces of Nature’s Transformation will also satisfy your desires. In fact, anyone who loves listening to punk bands fully embracing metal will be awed by Forces of Nature’s Transformation. The album is a genuine tour de force. (Side Two Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/bfafd1b6-4fb4-4675-a3a8-55ffc71741ce/a1952834791_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Alienator: Meat Locker I’m a big fan of Portland, Oregon, label Black Water Records, and while I wasn’t familiar with Alienator’s previous releases, I took Black Water’s advice and secured a copy of Alienator’s Meat Locker LP as soon as it dropped. As Black Water said, “If you hear this record and it does not make your top 10 list for 2025, chances are you just don’t like hardcore, period”. True that, brothers and sisters. Meat Locker is a pit-fueled free-for-all where dive-bombing riffs, neck-snapping drums, and growling vocals boil in a vat of thrashin’ hardcore. Bonded by blood, indeed. Sonic slaughter, guaranteed. (Black Water Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/174908fb-f1d3-46eb-8012-5f9ac701689b/a1101087954_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Kürøishi: Egocide of the Warmad Egocide of the Warmad is the fourth LP from Finnish band Kürøishi. The Oulu-based group marries Burning Spirits guitar harmonics to epic – i.e. Tragedy/His Hero Is Gone-styled – hardcore. Egocide of the Warmad’s high-octane songs feature giant riffs, barking vocals, and rocketing solos (as well as plenty of sizzling pick-slides). Fans of mammoth-sounding crust and/or monster-sized D-beat should dig in, forthwith. Bonus points for the Akihiko “Sugi” Sugimoto artwork, too, of course. (Fight Records, SPHC Records, Break the Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6bfa6e2b-5f11-47af-92a8-eb8f1bb242bb/a0185003455_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Aftermath: The Cutting Begins Swedish stenchcore outfit Aftermath point to creative influences like Cancer Spreading, Swordwielder, and Plague Thirteen. Unsurprisingly, Aftermath’s The Cutting Begins LP is an intimidatingly heavy (and markedly brooding) album that sounds like it was crafted in the darkest and dankest dungeons of crust. Much like Aftermath’s Garbage Day 10″, The Cutting Begins’ songs mix gravel-gargling vocals and death metal guitars on dirge-like/doom-laden songs. Harsher than shattered dreams. Heavier than a woolly mammoth’s nads. The Cutting Begins is a colossus. (Phobia Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c83a549b-8380-4c69-9191-a70dfb8b9e08/R-32346483-1732687463-9254.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - The Massacred: Nightmare Agitators The Massacred’s Nightmare Agitators LP is about as hardcore as hardcore gets. It’s a nail-studded baseball bat hammered into your cranium, and an anvil-heavy experience all round. That said, while the Boston band unleash hell on their first 12” release, The Massacred also inject nuance into Nightmare Agitators’ violent songs. No question, Nightmare Agitators is a raging beast, but amongst all the gnashing of teeth and slashing of claws, there are hooks – and even goddamn melodies – ensuring the LP isn’t just a one-dimensional attack. There was a lot of hype around this release, all of it is well-deserved. (Active-8) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9ff03eda-249e-47b5-834a-defb85a8b8d1/a3962508230_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Nisemono 偽者: S/T NYC’s Nisemono features musicians who’ve played in well-known bands like L.O.T.I.O.N. and Warthog. Japanese hardcore – sprinkled with a heavy dose of kängpunk – is the primary focus for Nisemono 偽者. The band’s self-titled debut sounds (pretty much) how you’d imagine Death Side covering Totalitär would sound, with every driving element dialled up to 11. Blazing riffs and solos fire off in all directions while Scandi hardcore’s insanity battles it out with Japanese punk’s intensity – what’s better than that!?! Ferocious. Red-hot. Rapturous punk rock. (Toxic State Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e3fbf4ce-bbfa-4af9-8a71-0d821cf6899f/a2032103992_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Headsplitters: Curse of Life Released by the always interesting New York label Toxic State Records, Headsplitters’ Curse of Life LP features a lot of heavyweight ingredients. Headsplitters might be a raw hardcore band in taxonomic terms, but super-grimy metal adds abundant weight and density to Curse of Life, and all that heaviness is a key component of the album’s impact. Plenty of raw punk bands sound brittle, and they hardly leave a mark. But not Headsplitters. Curse of Life’s bass-blasting tracks bludgeon and batter with murderous intent. Curse of Life is a knockout. (Toxic State Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/655f975d-6ede-49ca-858c-865d4942e6a4/a1443994083_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - MEM//BRANE: S/T MEM//BRANE’s self-titled LP explores a host of the world’s ills, not least the never-ending assault on the trans and queer communities. MEM//BRANE deliver their urgent missives at maximum volume with maximum passion, and backed by a withering storm of classic metallic crust. The band mix harsh ‘n’ heavy stenchcore with hurtling D-beat, and there’s enough sociopolitical weaponry and instrumental armaments here to sink a battleship. (Self-released, District06 Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5143a394-7760-4316-97fb-743e24e29f84/a1752369782_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Destruxion Amerika: Gritos Norteño Destruxion Amerika features members of Nosferatu, Tower 7, Kaleidoscope, and Straw Man Army, and the band’s Gritos Norteño LP was recorded at NYC’s D4MT Labs. If that hot gossip hasn’t got you buzzin’, you must be dead inside. Destruxion Amerika play spiky and über-fuzzy hardcore, and while the band lean into their artier eccentricities, they still sound fierce and passionate. Gritos Norteño’s raucous songs are lean, mean, crude, and catchy. Perfectly pitched for those seeking a mix of woozy punk and bass-driven hardcore. Weird, wild and wonderful. (Unlawful Assembly, Planeta Destrozado) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/94ee3dd4-dff4-4ca4-b445-4f26973ecca7/a2873230969_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Electric Chair / Physique: Split 12” The 12” split from Electric Chair and Physique is touted as a “celebration of love, unity and noise”. Love and unity clearly play important roles here, but it’s the torrents of noise that’ll grab you. Electric Chair’s contributions sound as rough and tough as you’d hope, with the band threading quick-fire melodic hooks into helter-skelter tunes. Physique deliver some of their most strident tracks yet. The band’s foot-to-the-floor contributions feature wall-of-noise riffage and howling vocals that construct a rampart of stentorian D-beat. Brutal, thundering, unrelenting – the best of the best. (Iron Lung Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/05546427-2df6-44a8-b55b-bca20da8c624/a4223097650_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - War//Plague: The Rot Thickens Here’s what I said about War//Plague’s The Rot Thickens earlier in the year: “The Rot Thickens is heavier than a funeral – and angrier than a cut snake – but more than anything, the album reeks of War//Plague’s uncompromising integrity. In an age where social media fads and fleeting trends often govern a band’s next move, it’s heartening to tune into authentic music. In a world full of deliberate distractions and endless misinformation, it’s a huge relief to be able to put your faith in something honest and true. Sorry to sound so sincere. But fuck it, them’s the facts. Here’s to saying you give a shit and meaning it.” (Phobia Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/25e3775a-4821-46e1-9993-0f906e2b1caf/a0659158932_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Necron 9: People Die Necron 9’s People Die LP isn’t as lo-fi as their previous releases, but it’s still raw enough – and filthy enough – to sound like it’ll give you contact hepatitis. Necron 9’s latest tracks mix mid-paced and all-guns-blazing passages, but whatever the ultimate pace, every one of the band’s songs is a nasty nugget of ultra-coarse hardcore. Necron 9’s primitive/frenzied sound mirrors the tension, anxiety, and endless frustrations of these bewildering times. Grimy. Grity. Tasty. A rough-hewn gem. (Unlawful Assembly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/64617e9f-c2ca-4bca-9792-00b61b1cba40/a2334926222_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Nightfeeder: Live in Saint Etienne Seattle band Nightfeeder’s Live in Saint Etienne LP is part of a burgeoning ‘live series’ curated by French label Kick Rock. Nightfeeder features members who have played in groups like Disrupt, State of Fear, and Deathraid, and Nightfeeder’s fists-in-the-air tracks are similarly blunt, brutal, and as tough as steel. We’ve all listened to live punk recordings that sound far too tinny, but thankfully, Live in Saint Etienne is beefy and weighty. Throughout, D-beat batters crust, while crust bludgeons hardcore; Live in Saint Etienne’s ten-tonne tunes will leave you concussed for days. (Kick Rock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4ced7dcf-2c6b-4498-af26-c995786430fb/a0807980544_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Pisssniffers: S/T Do you want to take a punt on what Pisssniffers’ self-titled LP sounds like? It’s not a trick question – I’m pretty sure you’d guess right. The Athen’s band’s Disclose-worshipping raw punk is akin to battery acid – acrid, abrasive, and fittingly, Pisssniffers’ tracks sting like a UTI. Face-melting distortion and lashings of harsh feedback are the key components here, and even better, Pisssniffers’ tunes are heavy in all the right places. If you’re a follower of any of Kawakami’s other disciples, you’ll no doubt lap this noxious noise up, too. (Chaos & Anticonformity Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ce3616f6-33c9-4f14-8650-234ef5ff1106/a2849575091_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Forced Starvation: S/T Technically, Forced Starvation are a grindcore band. However, all of the group’s members hail from the underground punk scene in Aotearoa New Zealand, and they’ve all served time in heavyweight bands that’ve appealed to both punk and metal fans. Forced Starvation’s debut features 17 minutes of rabid sonic sewage that evokes wretched imagery and calls to mind a host of modern-day horrors. As I previously said about the band’s first release, “Forced Starvation’s debut oozes squalor while radiating anger…it’s a brutal onslaught – top marks for making such obnoxious noise”. (RSR Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/fa585056-2dd5-4ac4-aa58-d1f728d7126c/a1039563625_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Verdict: The Rat Race The sophomore album from “all-star” Swedish D-beat band Verdict ticks many of the same boxes as their first LP – but that’s no problem, my friend! Verdict includes members who’ve played in much-loved groups like 3-Way Cum, Meanwhile, Warcollapse, Dischange, Exploatör, No Security, Totalitär… are you getting the point? Experience counts, and Verdict put their mangel-ready skillset to excellent use on The Rat Race, delivering a non-stop barrage of pummeling kängpunk. Verdict might be old dogs, but The Rat Race proves there’s plenty of bite and bile still in ‘em. The band’s debut was great; The Rat Race is even better. (Phobia Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/165164f3-005b-40a6-b40c-07b4ea60fb8c/a4187141956_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Exploatör: Apokollaps Like Verdict above, Exploatör's who's-who lineup features lifers who’ve played in groups like Warcollapse, Totalitär, Meanwhile, Disfear, Krigshot, No Security, and more. Again, like Verdict, Exploatör’s members make excellent use of their years in the underground by crafting zero-bullshit tracks that foreground their fiercest features. Exploatör’s third full-length, Apokollaps, will be an instant hit with fans of the aforementioned Totalitär. Similarly, Exploatör’s latest warp-speed tracks are spiked with crucial, albeit blink-or-you’ll-miss-’em, hooks. Hot stuff. (Phobia Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/3f0c02a0-ecc5-43b4-a4fe-1335b528af6c/a2470756826_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Death Rites: S/T The second track on Los Angeles band Death Rites’ eponymous album is entitled “Heavy Artillery”, and that’s the perfect summation of Death Rites’ sound and vision. As the band states, Death Rites provide a soundtrack to the “hellscape that is the U$A, where its citizens starve and the military-industrial complex rules all”. Death Rites cite metal-powered punks like Sacrilege and S.D.S. as inspirations. Ergo, you can expect dive-bombing guitars, gravel-gargling vocals, annihilating drums, and lyrics exploring the insanity of the human condition and the madness of the war machine. Maximum firepower. Total devastation. (Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/575e6bfe-1e52-4c10-93a6-01e43051acf7/a0886474432_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Deathfiend: Dark Rising Deathfiend’s members have played in Doom, Police Bastard, and Cain, and much like those old schoolers, Deathfiend’s music is bleak and heavy. Deathfiend mix classic crust with doom and death metal, and while their second LP, Dark Rising, was originally released in 2024, it was re-released on vinyl in 2025, hence its appearance right here. Extremely grim in tone and texture, Dark Rising’s punishing modus operandi will catch the ear of any open-minded punk or metal fan. Mark "Barney" Greenway from Napalm Death adds extra vocal grit ‘n’ gristle on album track “Relieve The Torment”, underscoring Dark Rising’s crossover appeal. In a word, brutal. (Phobia Records, Anomie Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/fd784437-cd58-46cb-8a42-73f7a5a57aa1/a0098054410_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Crawling For Breath: S/T Deathcrust is a handy catch-all for Crawling For Breath’s musical methodology. There isn't a lot of information online about the Greek band, but I can confirm that Crawling For Breath’s self-titled album is a rock-solid chunk of metallic punk, with death metal leading the charge on some songs and crustier hardcore taking the reins on others. There’s nothing groundbreaking here, but Crawling For Breath’s music definitely cracks a few skulls and will inspire you to raise your fists in solidarity. If you enjoy the recent-ish works of Πυρ Κατά Βούληση or Plektani, or have a fondness for Sarabante’s heaviest releases, Crawling For Breath are well worth checking out. (Self-released) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/232b6ff9-cb22-4006-bffe-fb375d11cd49/a1552237629_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Hellknife: Flames Of Damnation Six years separate German band Hellknife’s last album, 2019’s Dusk of Doom, from their latest LP, Flames Of Damnation. Thankfully, the world was a shitstorm back in 2019, and it remains a shitstorm today, so Hellknife’s negativity-charged crust is still very much in the ‘right time, right place’ catagory. Flames Of Damnation is a runaway freight train – barrelling, intimidatingly heavy, and liable to decimate anyone or anything standing in its way. If you’re a fan of the Wolfbrigade school of hardcore, where the line between death metal and crust punk is erased in a rush of guttural growls and instrumentation, then Flames Of Damnation will definitely hit the spot. (Phobia Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8ea62e62-a3ea-48e4-93ac-974234f717ac/a3224458083_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Bombardment: Dans La Fournaise French D-beat band Bombardment have released a stack of engaging music over the past decade, and there’s no sign of the band lacking any inspiration or energy on their latest 12”, Dans La Fournaise. Once again, the key to Bombardment’s appeal lies in the way the band tweak the formula, adding catchier instrumental and vocal hooks (and plenty of those always glorious pick-slides) on otherwise classic D-beat tunes. It’s those extra flourishes that count, too. Listening to Bombardment step over D-beat’s borders while holding fast to the sub-genre’s primary attractors makes for a super-fun trip. Très bien, mon ami. (Symphony Of Destruction) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/fff5914d-0a2b-429f-9e2f-4776df8fb1e1/a0849607390_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Dishumanitär: S/T Swedish outfit Dishumanitär make one hell of a racket for a three-piece band. The group’s self-titled LP is built around a solid base of crust punk, but what’ll grab your attention is Dishumanitär’s additional mixing of heavier stenchcore dirges with lighter shadings of neo-crust. Dishumanitär’s vocalist Hannah (see Socialstyrelsen) howls like a banshee, her passion and rage imbuing every song here with even more throat-shredding emotional heft. This is only album #1 for Dishumanitär, and things bode (extremely) well for the band’s continuing endeavours. Impressive as hell. Guest vocals and cover art by Alex CF, too. (Global Help Records, Phobia Records, Loner Cult Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5651b7ac-8c03-4548-8013-0620aee374f7/a2544612012_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Asocial: Kolsvart Framtid Swedish d-takt veterans Asocial initially kicked into gear in the early 80s, but the band closed up shop for a fair few years. Since restarting their career in 2016, Asocial has been steadily releasing new material, and much of it features admirable levels of anger, animus, and gusto. Asocial’s high-powered Kolsvart Framtid LP features more breakneck käng with gruesome-sounding vocals, red-raw guitars, and crashing percussion. It’s blistering stuff. Unbridled and uncompromising. Mangel madness reigns supreme. (F.O.A.D. Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4592629f-ea5b-4282-beb1-bf9d9e980327/a1928047190_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Decade/Wolfcharge: Split 12” Decade and Wolfcharge’s 12” split sees Decade returning to their raw(er) punk roots. D-beat is still Decade’s primary fuel, but their latest tracks are more primitive and rougher-hewn – i.e. they’re harsher and more hostile, which is always a winner. Fellow Canadians, Wolfcharge, dish out classic crusty d-beat with plenty of ‘end of human existence’ vibes. Decade and Wolfcharge gnaw at the same bleak kernel of truth from different creative angles. However, both deliver scowling D-beat with similar levels of unrestrained aggression. (Phobia Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8ec0dac8-fd30-499f-b8f2-a645ea5763fe/a2831338178_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Siyahkal: Days of Smoke and Ash I don’t speak Farsi, but that doesn’t mean I don’t understand (or feel) the rage that’s fuelling Siyahkal’s frontman Kasra Goodarznezhad on Days of Smoke and Ash. Siyahkal mixes politics, religion, history, and culture on their first ferocious-sounding full-length, which was recorded and mixed by the Canada-based hardcore band and then mastered by Arthur Rizk. Days of Smoke and Ash sounds massive and utterly uncompromising. The vocals and instrumentation on Days of Smoke and Ash convey anguish as much as frustration and aggression. It is a deeply passionate album that proves, once again, that hardcore can transcend boundaries. (Static Shock Records) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/68ee272e-5552-4244-af83-b3de71c45214/a1176087542_10.jpg Noise - Halftime Score: Part #1 - Plasma: Mua Et Voi Omistaa Mua Et Voi Omistaa is the debut vinyl release from Finnish band Plasma. If you love Finnish groups like Kohti Tuhoa, you’re going to love Mua Et Voi Omistaa. Plasma’s volcanic energy is framed by tightly melodic (yet wildly savage) songwriting, volatile and vitriolic vocals, and an astute injection of catchy riffs and bass-heavy hooks. (And you can add in plenty of punk af attitude, too.) Mua Et Voi Omistaa is spiky, snappy, and reliably snarling, but most of all, it’s super-fucking-fun. Get some. (Nunchakapunk Records, Little Jan’s Hammer Records, Sorry State Records) https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/no-sector-mercury-poisoning monthly 0.5 2025-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1b2626fb-61d1-4f77-a42c-cf92c60b90e2/a0430157874_16.jpg Noise - No Sector: Mercury Poisoning - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/forced-starvation-st monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/504f9269-e2b5-415c-bf6e-bf1ded5771cc/a2849575091_10.jpg Noise - Forced Starvation: S/T - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/a0bec3c0-8dab-4081-84eb-dfa8df774c76/0038583497_100.png Noise - Forced Starvation: S/T - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/73ccd6d2-4d2b-4e1d-97d3-bfc07f740c40/0038583553_10.jpg Noise - Forced Starvation: S/T - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f6179989-799b-40f2-bf57-ddc6d0d10e76/0038583497_100.png Noise - Forced Starvation: S/T - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/warplague-the-rot-thickens monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1b32cf1e-58b0-462e-af0a-b5067646bff6/a4223097650_10.jpg Noise - War//Plague: The Rot Thickens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/13df6b30-088c-44e6-a9cb-61ab98450368/0021318508_100.png Noise - War//Plague: The Rot Thickens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6c6effbb-78d2-4450-96fd-40e50b54a79d/0021318508_100.png Noise - War//Plague: The Rot Thickens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c2b4c343-eff5-4534-a409-5b2735b1a380/0039789482_10.jpg Noise - War//Plague: The Rot Thickens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/in-crust-we-trust-23-full-length-lps monthly 0.5 2023-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/d3138c04-3c48-4704-a681-5607b0bb3082/a0373440319_10-COLLAGE.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/66fc6046-b378-4328-83a0-67e27be5bb94/a0373440319_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Various: Screaming Death North Carolina label Bunker Punks Discs & Tapes released the best split release in 2023. Screaming Death featured tracks from US ragers Destruct and Scarecrow, UK outfit Rat Cage, and Swedish bangers Dissekerad. Screaming Death’s avalanche of raw hardcore met Bunker Punks’ aim of releasing an “international bombardment of non-stop käng” that paid tribute to definitive hardcore comps like Eye Of The Thrash Guerrilla or Thrash ‘Til Death. Every band was in peak form, and Screaming Death’s killer artwork and design perfectly captured the intensity within. Screaming Death was a visceral reminder that a top-notch split remains a crushing means of expression. Screaming Death was an instant classic. Label: Bunker Punks Bandcamp: Screaming Death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/db951dae-4597-456c-aa8b-2b5d8578a180/a0367623882_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Trenchraid: War Mentality Trenchraid's bulldozing full-length, War Mentality, was bleak as fuck but fun as fuck, too. The Canadian band's songs combined the doom-mongering of Stoke-On-Trent's finest with the catchiness of Motörhead. Therein lay Trenchraid's strength; they sounded mean as hell but threw in plenty of röck 'n' röll hooks. War Mentality explored the traumas of global conflict and the endless frustrations of human existence. Rapid-fire d-beat with churning bass, sawtooth guitar, and barking vocals conjured abundant hate and hostility. Like the best high-powered punk, Trenchraid's ugly sound was wholly magnetic. Label: Blown Out Media Bandcamp: War Mentality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/69df9a30-2c2b-4529-bbc3-5611439e86d2/a1497196779_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Zorn: S/T The best thing about Philadelphia band Zorn’s self-titled LP wasn’t all the crashing hardcore within. Don’t get me wrong, Zorn’s bitter melodies and inferno-like instrumentation were a total blast. But Zorn’s full-length also displayed a thrilling intertwining of bone-chilling deathrock and d-beat; channelling peak Christian Death as much as Discharge at their most potent. Hard-out basement thrash also added a lot to the mix, with Zorn’s adventurous blend of influences carving out a more distinctive voice in the metalpunk league. Label: Sorry State Records Bandcamp: Zorn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0c1b2433-927a-4028-919a-d171e487826a/a1156142274_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Putrid Future: Nightmare Reality It seemed inevitable that like-minded DIY labels Razored Raw (Aotearoa New Zealand) and Sistema Mortal (Italy) would eventually co-release a torrent of bleeding-raw hardcore. So it was with Nightmare Reality, the max-mayhem cassette from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) noise-mongers Putrid Future. Much like the trio's previous split release with Australian raw punks Szkło, Nightmare Reality's d-beaten tracks drilled themselves into your brain while hammering nails into your chakras. Razored Raw released some great New Zealand noise this year, but Nightmare Reality was the best of the bunch. Über-abrasive. Harsh as Hell. And utterly eviscerating. Nightmare Reality featured back-to-back raw punk bangers. Label: Razored Raw, Sistema Mortal Bandcamp: Nightmare Reality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/7bee63a1-6cc2-4343-a23a-afb10c6baa0b/a2527012994_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Physique: Again Crusty ne’er do wells Physique’s latest dissonant release, Again, was a skull-smashing success. The 12” featured fifteen bleeding-raw tracks that did Framtid, Abraham Cross, and D-Clone proud. Physique further explored the horrors of war and the torments of late-stage capitalism, with their abrasive songs shaking with hemorrhaging distortion and foot-to-the-floor crasher crust. Physique surveyed grim terrain on Again, but the darkness never defeated them; another rip-roaring release from the band. Label: Iron Lung Records Bandcamp: Again PS: Physique have a six-song EP, Overcome By Pain, due for release on December 29th via Iron Lung Records. From the sound of the preview track streaming, you can expect more maelstrom-like noise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c86f0339-030b-47c5-9970-6e083871117b/a0279873571_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Svaveldioxid: V ä rldsel ände V ä rldsel ände was the latest all-fire release from the Swedish veterens Svaveldioxid. Like the group’s previous recordings, V ä rldsel ände featured an ear-splitting fusion of ’80s and ’90s käng, berserker råpunk, and max-grotty d-beat. Världsel ände was harsh and heavy, and while Svaveldioxid made an ungodly racket, the band’s ferociousness didn’t obscure the gruesome hooks buried in their songs. If you’re on the hunt for brutal, belligerent, and bull-headed punk, V ä rldsel ände provided all of that and more. Violent and volatile. Svaveldioxid doing what they do best. Label: Blown Out Media Bandcamp: V ä rldsel ände https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8f9a44f6-9fb4-4554-84e1-a9e498e41906/a4113404723_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Fog: A Black Cloud That Swallowed The Dove The lineup of Te Ika-a-Māui (North Island) four-piece Fog features musicians who've played in many well-regarded punk bands. The group's excellent debut, A Black Cloud That Swallowed The Dove, sounded exactly like an imaginative recording you'd find on the roster of a label like D4MT Labs or La Vida Es Un Mus. Fog mixed jagged anarcho-punk with angular post-punk, and then the band layered the lot with a thick coat of unorthodox creativity. A Black Cloud That Swallowed The Dove's dark tracks were powered by driving bass and ice-cold guitar, with Fog's sub-vocalisations, Sprechgesang mutterings, and roiling instrumentation offering a marked point of difference. If you enjoy the off-kilter sounds of Straw Man Army and kin, you'll love this. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: A Black Cloud… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/099b811a-e0f9-4136-98dd-0d5bbf2abcd1/a1997046881_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Geld: Currency//Castration Australian band Geld's third release, Currency // Castration, was their first for heavy-hitters Relapse Records. Currency //Castration's off-the-chain musicianship and brain-frying creativity saw Geld conjuring fevered visions on paranoiac tracks. The band twisted psychedelic weirdness around hardcore's bleeding-raw pyrotechnics, with Geld injecting more metal than ever into their songs. Another psy-ops maelstrom. Another dimension-splitting triumph. Label: Relapse Records Bandcamp: Currency // Castration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5b41117a-41e6-4184-b958-b9fde3caa224/a2698572236_10-1.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Farsa: S/T Berlin-based Farsa features members from Argentina, Venezuela, and Catalonia. The band's self-titled 2023 LP was a HUGE step up from Farsa's demo. The band's primitive d-beat and hardcore sounded significantly burlier and wielded a lot more armour, with Farsa's latest tracks showing an excellent balance between maximising their rawness and amplifying their heaviness. Farsa's first full-length struck like a battering ram. Label: Wild Wild East Records, The Little Jan's Hammer Rec, Kaos Diystro Records, Nunchakupunk, Aback Distribuce Records Bandcamp: Farsa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ad692d47-2fdd-4ca7-b145-1466600c9c9e/a1071150953_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Pubic Acid: Beat Session Vol 10 A red-lining mix of Japanese hardcore’s insanity and Italian punk’s primitivism are the base ingredients in Public Acid’s red-lining sound. The band unleashed more feedbacking torrents of noise on the tenth volume of Shout Recordings’ Beat Sessions. Like Public Acid’s previous releases, Beat Session Vol 10 was an uncontrollable firestorm and yet, somehow, also a pinpoint strike. That’s Public Acid’s genius, of course, miraculously corraling a firestorm. Maniacal riffs and demented solos warped songs and minds, while Public Acid shoved melodies aside to embrace the heart of chaos. Free your mind; you know what follows. Label: Shout Recordings Bandcamp: Beat Session Vol 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/911ec549-da17-4ac6-8fe9-7f6ac109d851/a1069422642_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Death Crusade: Znow Płonie Niebo Death Crusade features a couple of members from legendary Polish crusties Filth of Mankind in the ranks. Like Filth of Mankind, Death Crusade’s stampeding songs sounded ominous and intimidating on their Znow Płonie Niebo LP. Downbeat crust mixed with downtuned death metal, with grinding heaviness connecting both. Znow Płonie Niebo’s tracks were dense and destructive, powered by super-dark riffs. D-beat, blastbeats, and world-eating vocals delivered a hailstorm of ear-shattering metalpunk. Label: Nieroby Records, Throne Of Lies Records, Deviance, Helldog Records, DIY Koło, Hidden Beauty Bandcamp: Znow Płonie Niebo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/05c7ae4e-b36f-4434-8ff7-a6d02e5d5006/a1485435620_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Anguished Life: Shroud of Death Los Angeles band Anguished Life includes members from some other ripping West Coast noise-makers – see Tortür, End Result, and Dust Collector. Anguished Life’s punishing debut, Shroud of Death, featured crashing tracks that were as relentless as they were ferocious. Recorded at the well-known 1753 recording room, Shroud of Death’s Dis-charging d-beat and raw punk were scorching enough to spark a dumpster fire. Anguished Life’s music and message reeked of authenticity. It was no surprise to see label Blown Out Media’s name stamped on this red-hot röcker. Label: Blown Out Media Bandcamp: Shroud of Death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/a8c4dbb9-e57b-42db-bf6b-da0ba16d123c/a0981307183_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Scäretactic: A Plea For End The debut recording from North Carolina’s Scäretactic featured on the list of my favourite demos from 2023. The band’s full-length, A Plea For End, was released late in the year and included searing versions of most of the band’s demo tracks, along with a few extra raw punk bangers to flesh things out. Like the band’s demo, A Plea For End roared like a toxic inferno with the d-beat and jagged hardcore within being thick and crusty but still rabid as a junkyard dog. Virulent. Violent. Vicious. Nasty noise to stoke world-ending fires. Label: Subsidiary Technology Industry Electronics Bandcamp: A Plea For End https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/91a05f52-91a7-41ef-b54d-bf18efa11dcf/a3657103656_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Subordinates: Misery Misery, the second album from Birmingham, UK, hardcore crew Subordinates, was one of 2023's heaviest-hitting releases. How heavy? Phenomenally heavy. Subordinates unleashed a torrent of super-distorted hardcore on Misery, with the sledgehammering noise and screaming feedback therein overwhelming in its ferocity. A huge step up from the band's debut, Misery stamped Subordinates credentials down hard. How hard? Fucking hard. As hard as it gets. Label: Noise Merchant Records Bandcamp: Misery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8af9f801-c7d3-4fbc-a2c1-adc56d61b6dd/a2783300118_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Daydream: Reaching For Eternity Reaching For Eternity was Daydream’s third full-length release, and it found the PDX band further broadening their musical horizons. In one sense, Daydream set hardcore’s rulebook aside on Reaching For Eternity, yet the band and the album remained recognizably hardcore throughout. (Think Fugazi’s latter years; hardcore in spirit, if not always in sound.) Daydream’s songwriting and musicianship were impressive, and while the band didn’t reinvent themselves on Reaching For Eternity, Daydream were more exciting, unpredictable, and more alive with creative possibility. Label: Blackwater Records, Sabotage Records Bandcamp: Reaching For Eternity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f2518b76-d021-473b-8898-e47242c8d26b/a1579519201_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Fairytale: Shooting Star Recorded at D4MT Labs, New York City band Fairytale's Shooting Star LP featured a touch of the off-kilter artistry of D4MT co-conspirators like Tower 7 or Straw Man Army. Fairytale's singer, Lulu Landolfi, howled, growled, and often exhibited an almost Siouxsie Sioux-like etherealness. At the same time, the rest of the band brewed a lethal potion out of crust punk, raw hardcore and unyielding d-beat. Shooting Star's sonic savagery was dialled up to orc-slaying strength, and the more you listened, the deeper the nuance and rewards. Pure magick – a classic full-length debut. Label: Toxic State Records, Quality Control HQ Bandcamp: Shooting Star https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/867228a9-e269-4700-92a6-fa2f68b71c9d/a0404382189_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Rat Cage: Savage Visions Previous Rat Cage releases had seen the UK band mix Burning Spirits’s sizzle with grotty d-beat and raw hardcore’s bite with the snarl of UK82. However, Rat Cage’s 2023 LP, Savage Visions, went all-in on total audio destruction, focusing on full-bore mangel-styled rippers. Darker than ever but still catchier than a cold sore, Savage Visions was Rat Cage’s most brutal release yet. Industrial-sized problems at home fueled the band’s lyrical engine, while Rat Cage’s white-knuckle tracks mixed UK hardcore’s bolshiness with Scandi punk’s ferociousness. (Savage Visions + Rat Cage’s contributions to the excellent Screaming Death compilation = a hell of a year for the band.) Label: La Vida Es Un Mus Bandcamp: Savage Visions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e8470433-e9c1-41b7-bab4-2dd870a8b3c2/a1401614011_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Cancer Spreading: Deeper Down Once Again It had been several years since Italian titans Cancer Spreading had released a full-length album, but 2023’s Deeper Down Once Again proved the passing of time hadn’t eroded any of the band’s strengths. Cancer Spreading’s nihilistic tales have grown ever darker as their music has grown heavier, and Deeper Down Once Again duly featured mammoth blasts of gloom-ridden stenchcore. Death metal’s chugging riffs and guttural vocals mixed with crust’s bombarding stonk. A ten-tonne behemoth. A hate-spewing beast. It was great to hear Cancer Spreading vomiting torrents of negative noise all over again. Label: Future Gloom Bandcamp: Deeper Down Once Again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ea74801b-f0c9-4caa-ae72-4a03535f0b5b/a3529298031_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Step to Freedom: S/T Step to Freedom’s self-titled 2023 LP was rough, gruff, and tougher than steel. (The album’s artwork also perfectly captured the über-stench uproar within.) Step to Freedom’s heavy gauge crust crushed all challengers, with the Russian band dragging melodies and hooks through the sewers to add an even thicker layer of primordial crud. Step to Freedom’s tracks arose from the ashes of catastrophic ruin, reflecting a world where conflict endures, disparities increase, and the most vulnerable suffer. Misanthropy metastasizes in all of us, but Step to Freedom are here to help drain the pus. Press play and your torments will be trampled into dust. Label: Blown Out Media, Runstate Tapes, Chainsaw Distro Bandcamp: Step to Freedom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/b9f6b508-1eb6-452b-807f-693f24fa4fec/a3383660771_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Life Expectancy: Decline Life Expectancy’s Decline album was an ultra-brutal experience and one of this year’s most challenging (i.e. best) punk releases. The UK band blasted industrial noise and blown-out hardcore with even more radioactive static, mixing G.I.S.M.’s corrosiveness with Anti Cimex’s obnoxiousness. Decline’s speed-injected d-beat was 666% listener-unfriendly, and Life Expectancy’s music was blowtorch-like in intensity. Expect concussive dissonance and disordered sensations, disorientating one minute, nauseating the next: a super-harsh but highly recommended buzz. Label: Iron Lung Records Bandcamp: Decline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/38493365-9d65-4646-af80-eaf08a5a6e2d/a1228188963_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Scared Earth: Death Comes Tumbling Down Death Comes Tumbling Down was the second album from Stockholm-based d-beat band Scared Earth. The Swedish outfit features members who’ve played in ’80s groups like Svart Parad, Disaccord, and Dom Där. Unsurprisingly, Death Comes Tumbling Down featured old-school rumbling/roaring hardcore with an anti-authoritarian message and heavy-hitting musicianship. Even better, Scared Earth didn’t just repeat themselves over and over. Death Comes Tumbling Down attacked from different directions, with a mix of noisy sub-genres leading the charge on different tracks. A röck-solid blast of catchy/classic Swedish hardcore. Label: Phobia Records, Cimex Records, Pike Records, Anomie Records, Ryvvolte Records Bandcamp: Death Comes Tumbling Down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/a77ec6f9-406d-42fb-ac94-6f7f3d861f84/a3882443897_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Visions of War: The Lost Tapes Twenty years ago, Belgian crusties Visions of War recorded a quick-fire session in a grubby Amsterdam squat. Some of the songs recorded during that session ended up on a split release, but the rest sat rotting on a hard drive for a few decades until they were re-discovered and finally released this year as The Lost Tapes: A Bottle to Far – Session Re - noised 2002. Everything on The Lost Tape was recorded live, with no overdubs or post-recording tweaks, and the album’s lo-fi filthiness was pretty much key to its success. The Lost Tapes’ råpunk fucking reeked, and Visions of War still sounded great at their rawest and stinkiest. Putrid pleasures await. Label: Not Enough Bandcamp: The Lost Tapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/82713647-9c08-4e92-ac74-4100d0e16aff/a0594812788_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Flower: Hardly a Dream Flower’s Hardly a Dream full-length was a stone-cold classic. The New York City band’s LP was bursting with anarcho-crust that cut through the vacuous lies and distractions of modernity to unearth the festering sicknesses poisoning our weary souls. Flower’s tracks detailed dystopian hellscapes, with Hardly a Dream exploring a world torn apart by shotgun capitalism’s insatiable greed. Hardly a Dream was wholly pulverizing but also galvanizing. Flower scoured the rawest wounds, exposing society’s darkest ills, but the tools of resistance are here. Label: Profane Existence Bandcamp: Hardly a Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/884765fb-8fe1-4df7-8576-0f03771e04bb/a2446232914_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Destruct: Cries the Mocking Mother Nature Destruct's 2023 album, Cries the Mocking Mother Nature, was another knockout release from the Richmond, Virginia band. Framtid or Bastard are obvious reference points, with Destruct's furious musical alchemy sounding utterly massive yet blisteringly raw. Cries the Mocking Mother Nature's visceral bite was akin to a feeding frenzy. Thunderbolt tracks overflowed with bloodthirsty vocals, decimating riffs and pounding percussion, and Destruct dialled up their hot-blooded intensity while amplifying their cold-blooded ruthlessness. Cries the Mocking Mother Nature was a cranium-splitting tour de force. Destruct's creative powers grow ever stronger. Label: Grave Mistake Records Bandcamp: Cries the Mocking Mother Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4d4573eb-678a-4d91-a147-04cf9b6c38c3/a3933340939_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Warkrusher: Armistice Canadian band Warkrusher’s first full-length, Armistice, exceeded all expectations. Thickly armoured, sonically, and thick with the choking stench and the sweltering chaos of battle, Armistice unleashed a roaring assault on murderous tracks. Stenchcore’s rotten vapours enveloped death metal’s ironclad riffage throughout. And you can draw a line from Bolt Thrower’s earliest onslaughts to Armistice’s mightiest moments, with the intensity of both feeling like a steel band tightening around your chest. Warkrusher’s sewage-raw stenchcore was heavy as an M1A1. Armistice was a colossus. Label: Desolate Records, Agipunk Records Bandcamp: Armistice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/a47b0c92-4e9f-4091-a8d8-5d9059de81b3/a2460087176_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Extensive Slaughter: More Than A Nightmare Extensive Slaughter’s moniker is lifted from an Excrement Of War track, which is apt, given Extensive Slaughter’s ‘scorched-earth’ music ticks plenty of ’90s crustcore boxes. Extensive Slaughter’s heavyweight debut, More than a Nightmare, engulfed and then eviscerated. Bastard-worthy leads augmented virulent hardcore and thundering d-beat, with Extensive Slaughter’s gutter crust conjuring both festering and fist-raising crust. More Than A Nightmare was obliterating – a killer debut, through and through. Label: Neon Taste Records Bandcamp: More Than A Nightmare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e23e2f4e-ae0d-4b4f-9cb3-620ac42511c7/a0303348887_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Axxe Crazy: Black Winds Blowing, an Indifferent Sky Black Winds Blowing, an Indifferent Sky, was the second release from New Jersey miscreants Axxe Crazy. The über-guttural album mixed crust + crust + crust with noise + noise + noise. Fuzz and reverb got heavily involved, as did thrashing hardcore, with Black Winds Blowing, an Indifferent Sky’s delivering a barrage of filth-streaked metalpunk. Squealing solos tore through the battlefield haze, and Neanderthal vocals grunted and growled; Axxe Crazy’s concussive noise satisfied that twisted voice inside us all. De-fuxxing-licious! Label: Roachleg Records Bandcamp: Black Winds Blowing, an Indifferent Sky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ddc91375-dd3e-464a-85bc-b1a272d46cd3/a0625161751_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - See You in Hell: Do Smrti A Je š tě D á l The latest release from Czech Republic bruisers See You in Hell, Do Smrti A Je š tě D á l, underscored the long-running band’s commitment to the cause. With abundant fuel left in their creative tank, Do Smrti A Je š tě D á l saw See You in Hell mixing d-beat, crust, and hardcore with a heap of Burning Spirits’ oomph. See You in Hell sounded fully focused and burlier than ever with their heavy riffs and barking vocals backed by barrelling basslines. Do Smrti A Je š tě D á l was a prime example of See You in Hell’s core strengths. Rugged tunes for tough times. Perfect. Label: Insane Society Bandcamp: Do Smrti A Je š tě D á l https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/a0369431-abd3-45c2-99f9-bb91550abcbe/a0937251815_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Collate: Generative Systems Collate's Generative Systems LP kicked into gear with a riff paying tribute to the influence of Gang of Four. From thereon in, the Portland band shook, jangled, and shuddered their way across minimalist tracks, nodding to the finest exponents of off-kilter post-punk. Recorded on an 8-track cassette, Generative Systems was coarse and scratchy, and the album's lower-fi abrasiveness underpinned its authenticity. With intelligent lyrics, hypnotic basslines, and a captivating looseness, Generative Systems comes highly recommended. Label: Domestic Departure Bandcamp: Generative Systems https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/3f1c83e4-6938-41ae-a66c-72eade564053/a1867160824_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Sentinel: Age of Decay Sentinel features members from some of hardcore's heaviest hitters; see groups like Mindforce, Age of Apocalypse, Restraining Order, and Mutually Assured Destruction. Unsurprisingly, Sentinel's Age of Decay debut was as hard as steel. The band's stampeding hardcore syphoned some of classic thrash's juice, with Sentinel citing crossover kingpins like Corrosion of Conformity and Crumbsuckers as prime influences. Guttural, grimy, and with ripping guitars and barking vocals galore, Age of Decay was a rapid-fire free-for-all. The perfect album for only the most brutal riffs will get you through. Label: Convulse Records Bandcamp: Age of Decay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/99de62d1-bc24-4759-afc9-11d663424acc/a2006250952_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Death Knell: Taste the Bitter End of a Once Brilliant Dream Taste the Bitter End of a Once Brilliant Dream was the third release from Canadian outfit Deathknell. The eight-song LP launched the attack with a battering onslaught of the bleakest charged crust. However, Deathknell also locked into a punk 'n' roll groove numerous times, adding catchier hooks to their otherwise pitch-black sound. Mastered by Alan Douches, Taste the Bitter End of a Once Brilliant Dream sounded massive. Deathknell delivered a crushing torrent of the darkest punk around. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Taste the Bitter End… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/cda42436-1469-4e79-a3e9-37e2e5c6a5c0/a2448943547_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Guttered: Surfacing Perth band Guttered's full-length, Surfacing, is out via killer Western Australian label Televised Suicide. Guttered tagged their sound as 'metal - black metal - doom - punk - sludge', which meant their 10-song full-length featured a mongrel mix of snarling sounds purpose-built to maximise Guttered's spitefulness and squalidness. Surfacing was a bad trip, an overdose of the filthiest noisenik narcotics. Blackened sludge led the charge, but the rotten heart of doom punk sealed the deal. Label: Televised Suicide Bandcamp: Surfacing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/551958c0-160e-4b39-aa1f-2373ba24852f/a0575522084_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Fuerza Bruta: Contra Fuerza Bruta's Contra LP was a total blast. The Chicago Oi! band's latest album referenced more Spanish and South American influences, and Fuerza Bruta's anthemic tracks dangled a long line of catchy hooks. Fuerza Bruta's sound was brawny and barrelling, and Contra featured more nuance and cannier musicianship than ever before. Those creative tweaks meant Contra was Fuerza Bruta's most engaging – and instantly replayable – release yet. Packed with in-your-face grit and gristle, Contra was a punk rock riot. Label: Mendeku Diskak, Warthog Speak Records Bandcamp: Contra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0fef1acd-1354-4fd0-98a5-e152dbf73180/a1359130435_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Mutant Strain: Murder of Crows Mutant Strain’s latest release, Murder of Crows, was another top-notch display of punk’s sonic assaultiveness framed by more terrific art and design. Mutant Strain’s vocalist, Maryssa, was charged with energy, while the band’s incendiary instrumentation remained exhilarating throughout. Murder of Crows’ tracks were delivered at jaw-dropping speeds, and the skill required to balance their explosiveness with their tightness was wholly impressive. Mutant Strain’s debut LP was killer; Murder of Crows was even better. Label: Sorry State Records Bandcamp: Murder of Crows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c776031a-9ca2-4413-9bc5-d3b2e3505c4f/a2354739296_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Hiatus: Out of Hand Out of Hand was the first release from Belgian crusties Hiatus since 1996. That’s a long time between drinks. Long enough to lose your passion for making a furious racket. Long enough to lose your creative connection to today’s punk milieu. Luckily, Hiatus’ Doom-via-Anti Cimex sound remains entirely in vogue, and the world’s still a fucking mess. Thus, Out of Hand sounded as relevant as ever. Hiatus’ fired-up tracks were replete with musical muscle backed by raw yet bulldozing production. Out of Hand was up there with Hiatus’ best work yet. Label: Ruin Nation Records Bandcamp: Out of Hand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9efe542c-0fdb-48ea-9916-5d42e731cc76/a1417974615_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Turquoise: Sang, Larmes & R â les Turquoise’s Sang, Larmes & Râles LP served up more of the French band’s ‘hard-hitting raw rocking’ kängpunk. Turquoise’s action-packed tracks featured a Totalitär-like flavour and plenty of Infernöh’s bite. Sang, Larmes & Râles saw Turquoise loosening up by dropping in hookier riffs and more shout-a-long choruses. Sang, Larmes & Râles delivered eight ferocious songs in 16 electrifying minutes, with Turquoise underscoring what makes red-raw Scandicore such a raging good time. Label: Symphony of Destruction, Les Choeurs de l’Ennui Bandcamp: Sang, Larmes & R â les https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/540e702b-f3c0-4289-8f52-dbbf23e07ab6/a1710343869_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Avskum: En Annan Värld Ar Möjlig Long-lived d-beat band Avskum helped stamp hard-bitten Nordic punk on the map. The band’s fifth full-length, En Annan Värld Är Möjlig, displayed the same 100% hammering approach as Avskum’s best work. Therein, Avskum shouted about corruption, intolerance, far-right extremism, and resisting narrow-minded prejudice. The band remained plugged into their Discharge-inspired roots, while Avskum’s stocky sound and punchy production hit with full-force impact. En Annan Värld Är Möjlig proved there was plenty of life (and fired-up fury) left in Avskum. Label: Prank Records, Scrammel Records Bandcamp: En Annan Värld Är Möjlig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0dfbeccf-f578-480c-980d-6441425c9153/a2803639962_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Salvaje Punk: S/T The self-titled LP from New York City’s Salvaje Punk was described as the missing link between “No Security and Parabellum, with lyrics belted out in Spanish by a Colombian madman”. The earliest and rawest extreme metal made its presence felt in Salvaje Punk’s ultra-hardcore, with the band’s gut-driven tracks radiating an abundance of anger and heat. You didn’t need to speak Spanish to appreciate the intensity of Salvaje Punk’s message. Genuine punk like this cuts straight to the heart. Label: Toxic State Records, Burning Paradise Productions Bandcamp: Salvaje Punk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6b68d094-deb1-4794-ab5f-a237294a9607/a1750619400_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Enzyme: Golden Dystopian Age Enzyme's second full-length, Golden Dystopian Age, bristled with a buzzsaw blend of psych-punk and knuckle-dragging hardcore. (Imagine Confuse swallowing Hawkwind and then gargling with Disorder.) A new element raised its head on the Golden Dystopian Age, too, with the doof-doof and oosh-oosh of hard techno further mangling Enzyme's songs. Golden Dystopian Age was a shattered mirror reflecting an even more shattered society. Once again, Enzyme proved that you can sound primitive as hell and yet utterly ingenious. Label: Hardcore Victim, La Vida En Us Mus Bandcamp: Golden Dystopian Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/3db9020d-5422-448a-be7d-b835fcd502f9/a4215839732_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Stigmatism: Ignorance In Power The full-length debut from Stigmatism, Ignorance In Power, tipped its hat to the Rat Cage Records era of New York City hardcore. Drawing inspiration from such a hallowed era can result in ferocious-sounding music. But it can also produce music that sounds past its best-buy date. Thankfully, Stigmatism avoided the latter by injecting a mountain of energy and a shedload of swagger into Ignorance In Power's tracks. The album's heavy hooks and neck-snapping breakdowns conjured definitive NYHC, with Stigmatism's songs tackling corruption, bigotry, and the endless strife of big city life. Fans of Victim In Pain will lap this up. Label: Static Shock UK, Toxic State Records Bandcamp: Ignorance In Power https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/10e1e48b-de32-482e-82b7-1fad3e6447c2/a0165674821_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Stingray: Fortress Britain Stingray's Fortress Britain LP got plenty of fan’ juices flowing by mixing myriad strains of feral punk with equal amounts of mosh-charged hardcore. There was much to be mined from Fortress Britain’s ear-piercing depths, with Stingray's savage sound and punishing metallic punk calling to mind UK legends like Sacrilege or ENT. Stingray's latest tracks were their most challenging and electrifying yet. Fortress Britain was an incredible display of hardcore powered by scorching wrath and rage. Brutal – in every sense. Label: La Vida Es Un Mus Bandcamp: Fortress Britain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5cc9a697-63e4-4c4c-9521-c0cb388b04b3/a0954946333_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Exterminator!: You Need the Service? Exterminator!'s knuckle-dragging debut, You Need the Service?, was released in the very last days of 2022. (Which is basically 2023, right?) The Aotearoa New Zealand trio's stomach-churning sludge was cooked up in the depths of the Aotearoa’s capital city's punk scene. Much like the band's antecedent, Meth Drinker, Exterminator!'s doom-drenched dirges had crossover appeal for punk and metal connoisseurs hungry for down-tuned muck and low-gauge misery. You Need the Service? was filthier than a crustie's undies, with the album's cement-mixer bass, downer-buzz riffs, and trepanning percussion tightening the noose on suffocating tracks. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: You Need the Service? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/38ae546e-ec30-44bd-ab99-1e839696687a/a0904412448_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Dead Moon: Going South Dead Moon's Going South LP was recorded on the band's 1992 tour of Aotearoa New Zealand. (A legendary tour in the minds of Dead Moon's diehard Southern Hemisphere fanbase.) Going South captured the band firing on all cylinders in front of 40 fans. Of course, audience sizes never mattered to Dead Moon. They played their guts out regardless, delivering sweat-soaked garage punk, night after night, for decades. Going South evoked cherished memories for many, but more importantly, the album showcased why Dead Moon remain so revered. Label: Mississippi Records Bandcamp: Going South https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f314411b-2dda-418e-b46f-e73ec68c98d4/a3432469730_10-1.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Gel: Only Constant Gel’s much-anticipated (and instantly sold-out) Only Constant LP was a full-throated rampage. The band’s label, Convulse Records, said that Gel’s latest release featured “hardcore for the freaks by the freaks”, which felt/sounded wholly accurate. Gel’s two guitarists delivered a relentless deluge of hook-spiked riffs. But the band’s singer, Samantha Kaiser, sealed the deal with her roaring vocals. Only Constant’s anthemic tracks were driven hard by stacks of urgency and insurgency, and the album was deranged and deafening. Get your freak on – and on and on again. Label: Convulse Records Bandcamp: Only Constant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1dbefb24-a0be-42c4-a2b5-5e5795bcae38/a3289028211_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Electric Chair: Act of Aggression Electric Chair’s creativity and energy reached boiling point on their full-length debut, Act of Aggression. The band crammed 11 tracks into 15 minutes, giving you some idea of Act of Aggression’s throat-gripping approach. Volatile and violent are apt descriptors for Act of Aggression, but for all the album’s explosiveness, it also featured clever pivots, pull-backs, and crafty riff gymnastics. Act of Aggression’s full-force momentum captured the intensity of a sweat-soaked basement show. However, Electric Chair also buried subtle rewards in Act of Aggression’s whirlwind tracks. Label: Iron Lung Records Bandcamp: Act of Aggression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/80a707d5-2cc9-4707-9a7b-7a4a1578913f/a3084533597_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - ConSec: Wheel of Pain They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but you can ignore that advice when it comes to Consec’s Wheel of Pain LP. The ‘80s-styled cover art adorning the Athens, Georgia band’s Wheel of Pain LP perfectly captured the definitive hardcore within. Expect high-energy, brick-throwing, and face-punching noise. Wheel of Pain’s blown-out production was as raw as a root canal, and Consec’s divebombing riffs kept the album on the boil throughout. Picture a hammer smashing down on a fingernail. Again and again. Label: Not For The Weak Records Bandcamp: Wheel of Pain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c49bc01c-43f0-41ae-97fd-97b962831435/a1025971388_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Tozcos: Infernal Tozcos are based in Santa Ana, California, and the band's engaging second LP, Infernal, resounded with classic SoCal influences. That said, Tozcos' real brilliance lies in the band's passionate infusion of a raft of international inspirations, from Spanish-language punk to frantic Italian hardcore, UK82's velocity, and a nod to Norwegian noise-makers Svart Framtid. Rabid yet melodic, frantic yet catchy, and well-sculpted yet red-raw, Infernal was also crisply produced, capturing Tozcos' abundant live-wire energy. Five years on from their first LP, Tozcos sounded better than ever. Label: Quality Control HQ, Toxic State Records Bandcamp: Infernal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/49373521-0dde-47f7-b6c6-48edbab71f60/a2094956490_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Πυρ Κατά Βούληση: Θύματα Ειρήνης Four-piece Πυρ Κατά Βούληση (Fire At Will) was formed by members from several Greek punk bands, the most prominent being well-known crusties Sarabante. If you're a fan of Sarabante, Totalitär, or any of the latter's progenies, you'll be all over Πυρ Κατά Βούληση's all-fire debut, Θύματα Ειρήνης (Victims of Peace). Θύματα Ειρήνης’s volatile tracks featured muscular yet melodic riffs, throat-shredding vocals, and plenty of d-beaten action. Production-wise, Θύματα Ειρήνης delivered a hefty punch, but crucially, the album maintained a ragged edge, tethering Πυρ Κατά Βούληση to raw punk. A-grade Greek hardcore. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Θύματα Ειρήνης https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9b6ebd79-f135-4bef-828e-047bdf47530a/a0914757898_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Systemik Viølence: Negative Mangel Attitude Portuguese punks Systemik Viølence have released several fast and furious records that sound as nasty as rectal bleeding looks. The band’s 2023 full-length, Negative Mangel Attitude, was another pissed-off torrent of råpunk and black-hearted metalpunk. Negative Mangel Attitude’s heavier production added thicker armour to Systemik Viølence’s raw hardcore. However, the band still sounded uncompromisingly combative and abrasive – musically and otherwise. More badass badassery from Systemik Viølence. Label: RSR Records, Doomed Records, Ragingplanet, Regulator Records, Ring Leader Bandcamp: Negative Mangel Attitude https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0fbf4d25-8fa1-4d69-8678-595d12d13d60/a0026969621_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Quarantine: Exile Exile: a 45rpm MLP delivered at a million mph. The latest powerhouse release from hardcore band Quarantine was a wild ride. Quarantine's over-the-top intensity saw skull-splitting guitars, pounding rhythms, and vicious vocals delivered with remorseless relish. Studio kingpin Arthur Rizk ensured everything hit like a sledgehammer, and Quarantine's uncompromising music-making thrummed with intimidating energy. Quarantine also nailed plenty of sharpened hooks into Exile, making for another cacophonous triumph. Label: La Vida Es Un Mus, Damage United Bandcamp: Exile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/69fcd989-e773-43a4-b83e-2338b34b646f/a4167529102_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Society: Social Flies With its Sprechgesang vocals and weird and wonky riffs, Society's Social Flies album was a jittery, skittery, and wonderfully strange release. The one-person, Philidepheia-based project cited Crass, Flux of Pink Indians, and Straw Man Army as influences, but groups like Zounds and the Fall also got a nod. Society's second release was offbeat and rough 'n' ready, perfect for fans of anarcho-punk or lo-fi indie rock. Social Flies evoked a distinct '80s feel, while Society remained firmly plugged into contemporary avant-garde punk. Label: Spared Flesh Bandcamp: Social Flies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/2856b6a4-b4e0-4423-b56b-7256ea84f145/a2514788120_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Spirokete: Desert Earth Until fairly recently, NYC punk band Spirokete went by the name of Unknown Liberty. A name change didn’t signal a drastic change in Spirokete’s chaotic sound. Although, things were certainly more guttural on the band’s latest abrasive release, Desert Earth, especially vocally. Desert Earth featured everything you want in a filth-encrusted, subterranean cassette. The eight-song release featured max-maelstrom d-beat and apocalyptic råpunk and Spirokete’s songs were boiled alive in sizzling vats of distortion. Corrosive and crude, Desert Earth featured the kind of primitive crashing noise that would instantly appeal to Confuse, Disclose or Gloom fans. For lovers of ear-piercing feedback and tinnitus. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Desert Earth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/7c9c862d-6392-42e8-a47f-358c1ca1a524/a1039563625_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Verdict: The Rat Race Käng krew Verdict includes members who’ve played in well-known groups like Exploatör, Meanwhile, 3-Way Cum, and Dischange. Raw and fast mangel were the buzzwords for Verdict’s musical ventures, which is precisely what the band’s second LP, The Rat Race, delivered. You got growling, howling, and teeth-gnashing hardcore that went straight for the throat. The Rat Race’s super-tight, super-catchy, and super-speedy hardcore blazed with Swedish punk’s signature fury and ferocity. Label: Phobia Records Bandcamp: The Rat Race https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f63e7816-b557-4921-aac2-6b1e949ca748/a3120087968_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Rigorous Institution: Strange Harvest Rigorous Institution’s Strange Harvest LP was a reissue and a compilation. Strange Harvest corraled Rigorous Institution’s early EPs onto a single LP, meaning the 7” releases, which had been hard for European fans to source, were available in a one-stop format. Fans of Rigorous Institution’s acclaimed 2022 LP, Cainsmarsh, will find a lot to love about the band’s apocalyptic and atmospheric EPs. They also see mind-melting psych-crust, anarcho-punk, and stenchcore boiling in primordial ooze. Magick, innit. Label: Symphony of Destruction Bandcamp: Strange Harvest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4f861bd0-d0e2-400d-8fb6-e879b0f1a98f/a2467580278_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - The Last Survivors: 2001 - 2016 Out via US label General Speech, The Last Survivors’ 2001 - 2016 compilation gathered most of the Tokyo band’s 7″ releases, along with a scattering of rarer tracks. The Last Survivors are sometimes tagged as a raw punk band, which reflects their intensity and old-school Scandi influences. However, The Last Survivors’ sound isn’t a noise-core onslaught. UK82 and proto-punk also play prominent roles, meaning The Last Survivors sound raw and rabid but catchy as Hell. Even better, with 2001 - 2016 featuring remastered tracks, The Last Survivors have never sounded better. Label: General Speech Bandcamp: 2001 - 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1a962c23-2681-44c5-9028-f84d9253eb83/a3199080409_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Filth of Mankind: The Final Chapter The discography of Polish crust band Filth of Mankind is minuscule, but its influence on an ever-growing list of doomsday crusties is enormous. Ruin Nation Records’ reissue of Filth of Mankind’s discography on a double LP – combining the band’s stone-cold classic The Final Chapter LP with their Czas Końca Wieku EP – is long overdue. Remastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, the preview tracks from The Final Chapter sounded MASSIVE, with Filth of Mankind’s thundering songs driven hard by Amebix, early Bolt Thrower, and death-dealing inspirations galore. The Final Chapter features a formidable display of punk at its heaviest, both sonically and psychologically, and the album remains a crucial text in crust’s storied history. Label: Ruin Nation Records Bandcamp: The Final Chapter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f4487c1f-6bdf-4437-ad64-c1c686ed08eb/a3353294681_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Barrows: Discord and Society Malaysian label Black Konflik Records uploaded dozens of releases to Bandcamp in 2023. Many were reissues collecting the work of little-heard underground bands, and several were rip-roaring compilations highlighting obscure Japanese groups, like razor-edged trio Barrows. The band's Discord and Society compilation combined their Discord And Society 7″ with their Remote Place Attack demo. With bands like Discharge, Disclose, and early Anti Cimex listed as prime influences, it was no surprise that Discord and Society's piercing tracks comprised migraine-inducing raw punk, d-beat, noisecore, and crude hardcore. All the essentials for lovers of the finest shitnoise. Label: Black Konflik Records Bandcamp: Discord and Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/809db051-9d1f-470e-86f7-ca595e3f9d12/a1077802866_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Misery: The Early Years Misery's The Early Years contained exactly what it said on the lid. The compilation featured most of Misery's 7″releases, which Lasse at Copenhagen’s Ballade Studio remastered, meaning the 13 tracks within sounded gnarlier and beefier than ever. The Early Years delivered 40 minutes of pissed-off, gravelly punk that stank like a mound of burning tyres. The Early Years was also the perfect opportunity to grab a stack of Misery's classics in one fell swoop. Heavy on the distortion – and heavy on the soul – in crust we trust, ad infinitum. Label: Agipunk Records Bandcamp: The Early Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/a07180b3-434e-4ec6-b215-40ef273ec1af/a4021921041_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Jim Jones and the Kool-Ade Kids: Trust Me . . . Jim Jones and the Kool-Ade Kids' first release, Trust Me . . ., was originally issued by Wa Records in 1986. An original pressing sells for a hefty sum nowadays, so full credit to metal label Dark Descent Records for putting Trust Me . . . back within reach for most of us. Trust Me . . . exhibited plenty of cough-syrup heaviness, with raw thrash and proto-death metal supplementing the crossover hardcore within. Think Corrosion of Conformity's first metallic adventures or imagine Black Flag at their sludgiest, covering the entirety of Paranoid. Not every album lost in the mists of time warrants a repress. But Trust Me… thoroughly deserved the attention. Label: Dark Descent Records Bandcamp: Trust Me… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/7d2a2622-e75b-4fda-91a8-04179bc18300/a0102221955_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Мир: Mindecision Mindecision, the obscure 1985 cassette from long-defunct Virginian hardcore band Мир, was given a spit and polish and re-issued on LP by Beach Impediment Records in 2023. Dusted off and remastered, Mindecision sounded great – scrappy, angry, angsty, and packed with youthful energy. I won't insult your intelligence by guesstimating where Mindecision sits in the pantheon of North American hardcore. However, Мир's sole recording is well worth checking out, and it's on par with much-loved recordings from the same era. Мир certainly deserve to have the volume turned up on their contributions to the cause. Label: Beach Impediment Records Bandcamp: Mindecision https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9e063786-c6c0-4718-83d2-ada246eeb630/a2787125524_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Warhead: この想いを何処 Italian label F.O.A.D. Records has pumped out plenty of Japanese hardcore reissues over the years. (Often, those reissues feature stacks of bonus material and booklets packed with photos and intel about long-lost or long-revered bands.) F.O.A.D. Records’ 30th-anniversary reissue of Warhead’s first full-length, この想いを何処へ…, was mastered for vinyl and cut at 45rpm for maximum sonic impact. The legendary Kyoto band’s debut was originally released on CD by Blood Sucker Records in 1993, and three decades on, この想いを何処へ… has lost none of its intensity or attitude. Warhead’s debut remains an awesome display of the hardcore bristling with power and bursting with energy. Label: F.O.A.D. Records Bandcamp: この想いを何処へ… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/cf5840c4-f2b6-41d6-a609-742bc3e375d2/a4007488048_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Realm of Terror: Loss of Hope Realm of Terror’s 2022 demo, Loss of Hope, didn’t need reissuing, per se. The Michigan stenchcore band’s demo was a noisenik feast, and while I thought it sounded great, it was, admittedly, a gruesomely lof-fi release. This year’s remixed and remastered version of Loss of Hope was heavier and punchier, but crucially, it didn’t sacrifice any of Realm of Terror’s abrasiveness. The band’s sonic ties to Extreme Noise Terror, Doom, Sore Throat, and Deviated Instinct were still readily apparent, and raw punk’s stink still clung to Realm of Terror’s nihilistic tracks. A tinnitus-inducing triumph. Label: Guttural Warfare Records Bandcamp: Loss of Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/2c641190-e8b2-46fc-9bde-5cd777f266af/a1624688288_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Asbestos: Agonized Cry Last year, F.O.A.D. Records reissued the classic debut from Tokyo metallic crusties Asbestos. This year was the turn of Asbestos’ second full-length, Agonized Cry. Originally released on CD by Decontrol Records in 1996, the double LP reissue of Agonized Cry was filled with apocalyptic noise heavily influenced by Triple-A crushers Axegrinder, Amebix, and Antisect. Asbestos’ singer Kenshichi alternated between harsh barks and harrowing howls, while the band’s dark and grim riffs were fuelled by more thrash than before. Agonized Cry’s reissue was long overdue. Label: F.O.A.D. Records Bandcamp: Agonized Cry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/aec6ff50-aa7e-40cd-b01a-88b2e57b68b0/a3259145795_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Ahna: Crimson Dawn Canadian band Ahna's full-length Crimson Dawn was greeted with plenty of applause when it was released on CD and cassette in 2020. Thanks to the fine folks at Phobia Records, Crimson Dawn was reissued on LP in 2023, arguably the best format for appreciating Ahna's skill at combining stenchcore's weaponry with death metal's instruments of war. Mega-crusty, and super-filthy, Crimson Dawn still sounds powerful enough to put a dent in a fucking tank. Crimson Dawn is a stone-cold crust classic, easily Ahna's most crushing work thus far. Label: Phobia Records Bandcamp: Crimson Dawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/b951168b-427b-4360-961b-9d9944a07e35/CS924586-01A-BIG.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - State of Fear: Complete Discography Vol 1 & 2 Formed by ex-members of groups like Disrupt and Deformed Conscious, State of Fear’s politicised punk slotted right in during the heyday of Minneapolis crust. Sonarize Records released a two-volume set that compiled State of Fear’s complete discography in 2023. Remastered by Jack Control, Complete Discography Vol 1 & 2 sounded mammoth, with the two-LP collection perfectly showcasing State of Fear’s filth-caked strengths. Also included were large format booklets packed with biographic details, interviews, lyrics, and hard-to-find photos. Complete Discography Vol 1 & Vol 2 was a first-class release that showed due respect for an awesome-sounding (and still widely influential) band. Label: Sonarize Records YouTube: State of Fear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ac429f5e-ee20-49dc-a3b1-9e389cfa2347/a2667901744_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Inu: Don’t Eat Food! New York label Mesh Key Records specializes in unearthing underground and left-field releases from Japan. The label’s excellent 2023 reissue of Inu’s 1981 LP, Don’t Eat Food!, was another hidden gem. Long considered one of Japan’s most legendary punk releases, Don’t Eat Food! isn’t as well known outside of Japan as some of the nation’s hardcore classics. Don’t Eat Food! was crammed with youthful energy, and Inu’s mash-up of spiky punk and quirky post-punk still sounds super-fun and super-relevant. Inu disbanded three months after Don’t Eat Food! ’s release, but not before the band managed to catch lightning a bottle. Label: Mesh-Key Bandcamp: Don’t Eat Food https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6a4c0545-710a-402f-b0e3-4b32978ebef9/a0481523927_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Languid: Resist Mental Slaughter This year’s reissue of Resist Mental Slaughter, the 2017 debut from Canadian d-beat band Languid, was a prime opportunity to grab a physical copy of a previously limited-edition LP. Resist Mental Slaughter has a well-earned rep as one of Languid’s best releases, and remastered by Kenko at Communichaos Media, 2023’s reissue felt a magnitude heavier (and Languid’s riffs sounded deadlier than ever). Languid served up stomping raw punk that was berzerker-like in its intensity and yet surgical in its precision. This year’s reissue of Resist Mental Slaughter also came with a bonus 7” featuring Languid’s demo, which sounded all-killer, too. Label: Desolate Records Bandcamp: Resist Mental Slaughter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f423e85c-ab59-4036-93d9-d458ef93cbca/a1180411679_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - G.I.S.M.: Military Affairs Neurotic G.I.S.M.'s second album followed a different beat than their first. Instead of Detestation’s mix of extreme rawness and maxed-out distortion, Military Affairs Neurotic featured much more of guitarist Randy Uchida’s metal-fuelled shredding and skyrocketing solos. Uchida’s flashier acrobatics battled it out with snarling hardcore and proto-industrial soundscapes, adding to Military Affairs Neurotic's eccentric tone and temper. Everything from the album’s brittle production to its artwork and outré songcraft reinforced G.I.S.M.'s status as true subversives. Label: Relapse Records Bandcamp: Military Affairs Neurotic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/b12a94f7-b6f5-4831-aa1f-96952143db51/a2869273862_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Quicksand: Slip The 30th-anniversary edition of post-hardcore band Quicksand’s debut, Slip, was remastered for vinyl using the original album’s 1993 master tapes. (And man, did it sound great.) It’s tough nowadays, when multi-genre mash-ups are de rigueur, to describe Slip’s impact on hardcore. Slip opened the door to experimentation, linking ’80s NYHC to the ’90s alt-rock, with Quicksand carving out groundbreaking creative territory. A true classic, sounding better than ever. Label: Iodine Bandcamp: Slip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/62e10fa3-d422-4971-a011-dec85a67f410/a0184677154_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Autopsia: Sistema y Poder Peruvian group Autopsia existed from '84 to '85. (Following the band's demise, former members formed other outfits, including the legendary Ataque Frontal.) Spanish label Discos Enfermos collected the 16 songs Autopsia recorded – a few compilation tracks and the band's 1985 demo – on Sistema y Poder this year. For a band that had difficulty finding instruments to play, Sistema y Poder sounded awesome. Very much of its time, musically, Sistema y Poder was rawer than a gut wound and bled politically-charged Latin American punk. Autopsia's no-nonsense shout-a-long hardcore featured catchy (often almost post-punk) hooks. Label: Discos Enfermos Bandcamp: Sistema y Poder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/151de741-2c3e-4c4e-a41f-09a0e5a28a13/a0368680597_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Alternative: If They Treat You Like Shit - Act Like Manure UK label Sealed Records has reissued plenty of long-lost gems, and Alternative’s If They Treat You Like Shit - Act Like Manure 12” was another brilliant obscurity given a new lease of life. Crass Records sub-label Corpus Christi originally released Alternative’s 1984 album, and the Scottish band shares a few Crass-like attributes. If They Treat You Like Shit… featured fiercely passionate peace punk, but Alternative also wove urgent post-punk and melodic anarcho-punk around their rabble-rousing lyrics. Thanks again to Sealed Records for shining a light on another vintage treasure. Label: Sealed Records Bandcamp: If They Treat You Like Shit… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/02257d63-047c-4ce5-87ab-a9688cd01621/a0502388836_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust ‘23: LPs & Reissues - Cress: Monuments Originally released by Flat Earth Records in 1997, UK anarcho punk band Cress had their Monuments album reissued by a trio of labels in late 2023. Remastered at Enormous Door, the Bandcamp preview of Monuments displayed increased heaviness and crustiness, securing the album’s timelessness. Cress’ 1-2-1-2 punk sounded grim and grimy, with the band’s lyrical interests still pertinent in today’s crumbling world. Monuments’ gravelled vocals and gruff riffs sounded as relevant as ever. Label: Ruin Nation Records, Fight For Your Mind, Profane Existence Bandcamp: Monuments https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/in-crust-we-trust-23-eps-and-demos monthly 0.5 2023-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/64dfc3de-89d8-4f77-890b-e95bf0a77773/a2880499421_10-COLLAGE+%281%29.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/40c5a299-5905-44d7-929d-487575137851/a3147585423_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Street Gloves: S/T Montreal band Street Gloves’ self-titled EP delivered something different: “Eight tracks of anarchist e-beat hardcore”. Street Gloves’ techno crust was punishing, moshable, and a definite fist-pumping riot. The band welded a drum machine to shrieking guitars and mangled vocals to deliver wall-punching protest punk dialled up to an electrifying degree. If you’re a fan of L.O.T.I.O.N., you’ll want to plug right into Street Gloves’ voltaic noise. Label: Sore Mind Bandcamp: Street Gloves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/7adaabdb-6ba1-444e-b94a-db88bddaa50a/a2880499421_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Genogeist: Technophobia Genogeist's Technophobia EP only featured four songs, but every one of them was an absolute throat-ripper. Genogeist's post-apocalyptic aesthetic tips its hat to Japanese legends like S.D.S, Effigy, and Total Steel-era Sacrifice. Technophobia slammed sledgehammering stenchcore into grimdark cyber-crust, and all the distortion-smashed riffs and gravelled vocals within conjured cities crumbling into dust and ruin. Pitch-perfect end-times punk. Label: Black Water Records Bandcamp: Technophobia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/aa1044e0-22fb-4d83-96c8-af61b4c1111a/a2930278362_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - M.O.A.B.: Massive Ordnance Air Blast Seattle, Washington duo M.O.A.B. unleashed an aptly destructive debut this year. The band’s Massive Ordnance Air Blast EP was packed to the gunnels with rampaging noise. An explosive mix of dirty bomb d-beat and anvil-heavy riffage tore through feral tracks, with M.O.A.B. delivering precisely what you want in a maelstrom debut. Everything about Massive Ordnance Air Blast ramped up the excitement for more furious tracks ASAP. Label: Roachleg Records Bandcamp: Massive Ordnance Air Blast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c4be1165-59d5-4f1a-95e0-870adcaff201/a2223437826_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Black Dog: Overthrow Life gnaws at our equilibrium like an insatiable demon. That’s why hårdpunk bands like Black Dog matter. The Canadian group’s head-splitting Overthrow EP featured an avalanche of fuzz-fucked noisecore. However, while every track on Overthrow was a blizzard of darkness, salvation lurked within. Black Dog provided a brutal sonic exorcism with Overthrow taking to your woes and worries like a flamethrower. Label: Roachleg Records Bandcamp: Overthrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9c14856c-f3a7-4119-baa5-7d7289898d1a/a0556314764_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Swordwielder: Wielding Metal Massacre Swordwielder's Wielding Metal Massacre EP sounded like a thousand blood-soaked Vikings smashing through the ramparts. Like the Swedish band's previous releases, Wielding Metal Massacre saw Swordwielder brandishing the heaviest and the filthiest weaponry from both punk and metal's armouries. With grim riffs and gloomy atmospherics, Wielding Metal Massacre's primal tracks evoked god-forsaken scenes, with Swordwielder setting the bar for mammoth-sized crust once again. Label: Wielding Metal Massacre Records, Profane Existence Bandcamp: Wielding Metal Massacre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ab1e16cf-8d9c-4f81-9220-d8e5c8feef92/a3821483467_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Life/Fatum: Split Everyone Crosses the Border/End Time, the 2023 split EP from Tokyo colossus LIFE and Moscow titans Fatum, featured a formidable array of mind-crushing crust. LIFE’s wall-of-noise tracks overflowed with maximum filth, heaviness, and abrasiveness. Fatum’s heavyweight contributions were fuelled by putrid punk and driven hard by brute-strength metal. Together, both rowdy noiseniks delivered full-force Kawasaki-powered punk. Keep on röckin’ in the crust war. Label: Acclaim, Distro Rakkos, Punk Bastard Records, Price Of Grain Bandcamp: Life/Fatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/45030001-96ab-4ae2-9daa-c26e9e11b1c3/a1463871087_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - The Lousy: Another Lousy Tape Boston metalpunk crew The Lousy’s second release, Another Lousy Tape, was a veritable noise-fest. The three-song EP featured a barreling cover of Ambeix’s “Arise”, with The Lousy’s original tracks mixing more frenzied primitive punk with guttural speed metal. Neck-wrecking guitar and barking vocals evoked basement thrash’s sweat-soaked intensity. Think Age of Quarrel locking antlers with Kill ’em All. Another Lousy Tape’s hard-hitting tracks were fast, lawless, and spiked with hooks. Label: Sore Throat Bandcamp: Another Lousy Tape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ee3e97b3-bec3-4905-a122-07e871a14dbb/a1593319696_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Régimen de Terror: S/T Discharge disciples Régimen de Terror paid deafening tribute to their primary influence on their self-titled 2023 EP. The Basque band’s seven-song 7” echoed Discharge’s oeuvre (circa 80-81), and there’s no shame in mirroring that monstrous-sounding era. Régimen de Terror’s second release didn’t waste a second on subtle statements, delivering battering-ram d-beat primed to maximise its rawness and explosiveness. Blunt, brutal, brilliant. Label: La Vida Es Un Mus, Roachleg Records Bandcamp: Régimen de Terror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f55a4127-c26a-4ddc-ad2b-263d662dcfae/a1727972283_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Kinetic Orbital Strike: The True Disaster Recorded during the same all-fire sessions as their 2022 demo, the sophomore release from Pennsylvania’s Kinetic Orbital Strike, The True Disaster, also hit like a heatseeker. The influence of groups like Discharge, Disclose, and Framtid loomed large with Kinetic Orbital Strike’s apocalyptic tracks evoking irradiated wastelands for as far as the eye can see. Kinetic Orbital Strike conjure violence, death, and mayhem, with music that’s hot enough to cauterize an amputation. Truly pulverizing punk. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: The True Disaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/628cc5d6-b7ea-405a-aeb2-1f30e51b36a7/a4094754796_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Slan: Skiter I Allt Göteborg, Sweden, is where four-piece Slan call home. The band's super-tight yet wholly maniacal Skiter I Allt EP was released in the US this year by killer North Carolina label Bunker Punks Discs & Tapes. Skiter I Allt ticked all the käng, mangel, and råpunk boxes with the 7" slamming turbo-speed hardcore into crude AF punk. Slan's sound was a sanity-shredding mix of acid-rain guitar and mortar-like percussion. Sheer obliteration; fast, raw, ugly as sin. Mangel up your ass, indeed. Label: Bunker Punks Bandcamp: Skiter I Allt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c2ab507b-b1ed-46ad-bcc3-b26b50d88666/a3906295756_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Secretors: Comparing Missle Size Vol.1 Like Secretors’ previous flexi, Antidote For Civilization, the New York band’s 2023 EP, Comparing Missle Size Vol.1, was a fucking mönster. All of Comparing Missle Size Vol.1’s mangling instrumentation and bellowing vocals felt out of control, yet Secretors hit the target dead centre on every one of their latest EP’s tracks. Primitive ‘80s hardcore fuelled Secretors’ engine, and while the band’s latest EP was steeped in anti-war sentiment, Secretors were armed to the teeth creatively. Label: Roachleg Records Bandcamp: Comparing Missle Size Vol.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c7ef12c6-a605-4fd8-bb8a-db84e29d710f/a3660426321_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Warcycle: Manifesting Barbarity If you think that Japanese colossuses D-Clone and Framtid are among the greatest punk bands to have walked this scorched earth, then you’ll love Warcycle’s Manifesting Barbarity EP. The Western Australian band’s second EP was, in a word, crushing. Warcycle’s brute-force raw crust was heavier, uglier and more distortion-driven than ever, delivering a wall-of-noise assault. Manifesting Barbarity did precisely what the EP’s title suggested: demonstrating max-brutality. Label: Televised Suicide, Desolate Records Bandcamp: Manifesting Barbarity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/097ce7db-9126-44fe-bd58-1ec932328297/a0848518917_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Soul Void/Brainwave: Horrifying New Form Horrifying New Form was an all-killer split release from Aotearoa New Zealand metallic hardcore band Brainwave and like-minded Aotearoa death metallers Soul Void. Brainwave's super-heavy contributions featured buzzsaw riffs, pounding percussion, and vocals that burned like sulphuric acid. Soul Void mixed the icier tones of Dismember with the pungent groove of Obituary, resulting in grisly tracks crammed with bloodthirsty vocals and gruesome instrumentation. Horrifying New Form was bone-chilling and spine-crushing – a #hardrecommendation. Label: Elimination Records, Razored Raw. Bandcamp: Horrifying New Form https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9e8e1558-6337-42d0-9d67-0a980da293b8/a1914252572_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Mock Execution: Circle Of Madness Recorded – bloody-raw – on 8-track tape, Mock Execution’s Circle Of Madness EP provided a feast of disease-ridden noise. The ‘Shitcago’ band combined a haul of influences from Scandi-core and the depths of label Crust War’s catalogue, with Circle of Madness’ inferno-like crasher crust sounding like Doom and Gloom brawling with Gai and Kaaos. Once again, Mock Execution manifested a thundering tribute to the Godz of sonic belligerence. Label: La Vida Es Un Mus Bandcamp: Circle Of Madness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6b0ee1fe-7795-40b9-8679-bfde79ab5e72/a2546483215_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - War Effort: Path To Glory War Effort’s powerhouse second EP, Path to Glory, was a brawler and a bruiser. War Effort delivered in-your-face tracks that offered sure-fire catharsis as the hopes and dreams of far too many collapsed all around us. War Effort entered the fight with their fists raised high, cutting to the core of what makes brute-force Dis-charging hardcore a crucial weapon in our emotional armouries. Label: Warthog Speak Records Bandcamp: Path to Glory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/539805e1-84bf-458c-87d7-8e319197d5d8/a3739175476_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - HOPE?: Your Perception is Not My Reality Humanity is in meltdown mode and fired-up PDX band HOPE? explored a long list of the world’s woes on their Your Perception is Not My Reality 7″. Inspired by artists from the Profane Existence and Skuld Release school of hulking crust, HOPE?’s thickset sound featured plenty of old-school punch. HOPE?’s harsh d-beat might sound bleak to untrained ears, but noise like this fuels our resilience and powers our resistance. Label: Desolate Records, Fight For Your Mind Records, Symphony of Destruction Records Bandcamp: Your Perception is Not My Reality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/13ca7441-5891-487b-8997-36d1ef4f6644/a0099942189_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Dispösal: Illusion of Control Dispösal’s Illusion of Control EP started with a sustained blast of ear-piercing feedback before razor-wire riffs arrived, and things got real grim, real fast. Dispösal’s second release was more intimidating than their first, with Illusion of Control featuring heavier density, mass, and momentum. Dispösal’s tone was also much darker, sonically and psychologically. Meaner than a stick in the eye. Label: Slow Death Records Bandcamp: Illusion of Control https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f9494e76-222c-41eb-9171-64dc4df11df7/a0466200741_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Voltage: Claustrophobia Voltage's Claustrophobia EP hit with a Discharge uppercut and followed that up with plenty of Motörcrust wallop. Voltage's second release was weightier and burlier than their first, but while brute-force hardcore raged within, Voltage didn't forget to scatter in catchier punk 'n' roll hooks. A cyclone of noise one minute, a headbanging hurricane the next. Made for instant-repeat listening, Claustrophobia was a knockout release. Label: Blown Out Media Bandcamp: Claustrophobia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0f19caab-63f7-41b8-90ca-e3d8571dce89/a0004213462_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Szkło/Putrid Future: Split The degenerate noise-fuckery found on the split release from Naarm (Melbourne) outfit Szkło and Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) bruisers Putrid Future was a feast for audio masochists. The trans-Tasman split saw the two DIY or DIE bands tearing bloody chunks off the rotting carcass of raw punk. Putrid Future proved to be artisans of extra-caustic and wholly assaultive noise, while Szkło's mangel-driven primitivism underscored their mastery of muck 'n' murder. A raucous split from two stubbornly obnoxious southern hemisphere bands. Win-win. Label: Feral Dog, Razored Raw. Bandcamp: Szk ł o / Putrid Future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1d669043-b5c2-46ea-87b6-4e39ba43f55b/a2822849264_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Pyrrhic‎: At What Cost? Californian hardcore maniacs Pyrrhic recorded their knuckle-smashing At What Cost? EP at Los Angeles bunker/studio 1753. A mountain of murderous music has emerged from 1753’s doors, and those four numbers are a sure sign of quality d-beat and raw hardcore. That’s precisely what At What Cost? contained. Pyrrhic never took their foot off the gas, with At What Cost? ’s jagged hooks and gut-driven punk stripping skin from bone. Awesome. Label: 1753 Recordings Bandcamp: At What Cost? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8a39ae14-3748-454c-9b05-c4480f148c62/a4005711489_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - 偏執症者 (Paranoid): S.C.U.M. S.C.U.M., the blistering 2023 EP from Swedish råpunks 偏執症者 (Paranoid), was a salute to the band's foremost inspirations. Featuring Japanese guest musicians, S.C.U.M. blazed with the intensity of Japan’s best underground hardcore. D-takt’s crude and crusty madness was assailed by even more fuzz and distortion, with Paranoid’s noise-shredding songs sounding like Framtid devouring Kriegshög. S.C.U.M. was one of Paranoid’s best and most brutal-sounding releases yet. (Hell, maybe even the best.) Label: Not Enough Records, Beach Impediment Records Bandcamp: S.C.U.M. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9a1b5215-dbaf-48bf-9dbf-591877163c53/a0952055069_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Skitkrimes: Skitzedout Skitkrimes' Skitzedout EP was a co-release from two of Aotearoa's most constantly rewarding DIY labels: Razored Raw and Limbless Music. (The founders of both Te Whanganui-a-Tara [Wellington] labels also feature in Skitkrimes' ranks.) Skitzedout served up fittingly Skitklass-like råpunk, and much like Japanese mischief makers Skitklass, Skitkrimes' tracks adhered to a 'one minute of max-violence' mantra. Add in that sweet-sweet ear-fucking sound of a blown-out four-track recording, and Skitzedout duly delivered pissed-off Wellington-via-Tokyo käng for the – well, maybe not the masses – but definitely for the diehard few! Dope af. Label: Razored Raw, Limbless Music Bandcamp: Skitzedout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/d1650ff4-ffb8-4569-b628-f76ec3190984/a3437028967_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Sanitisers: S/T The self-titled cassette from the Denver-based Sanitizers was crammed with chaotic hardcore. Disorder and disarray were the keywords here, with migraine-inducing feedback evolving and devolving on acid-puking tracks. Sanitizers’ face-melting noise was akin to a powerful dissociative experience, with every second more abrasive and explosive than the next. A harsh but tasty buzz. Label: Convulse Records Bandcamp: Sanitisers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/01cb4ad9-7834-4073-91be-50d8607d55fa/a0012340627_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Deformed Existence/Visions of Chaos: The World at War The split release from Deformed Existence and Visions of Chaos, The World at War, featured two maestros of horrible noise. Japan’s Deformed Existence served up Doom-indebted crustcore that was rancid-smelling and gutter-dwelling. Visions of Chaos provided nerve-grating raw punk, heavy on lo-fi static and with a numbing chill. The World at War was super-abrasive in tone and texture, with Deformed Existence and Visions of Chaos delivering a thick slab of mind-mangling punk. Label: Sistema Mortal Tapes Bandcamp: The World at War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/283e1ee9-6920-4082-9856-77a6540eec63/a3402414559_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Unruly: Hominid Hominid, the second release from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) doom punks Unruly, stuck to the band's previous creative recipe: maximum wretchedness + equal quantities of obnoxiousness. Hominid got elbow-deep into humanity's unstoppable slide into ruin, with Unruly's strident songs framing the bleak realities many endure. Praise be to the prophets of doom, though. Hominid reminded listeners that you're not alone in thinking the world is a dumpster fire. Misery loves company, so snuggle up to this 'fuck you' fiesta. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Hominid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/42b51b96-080b-405f-bf1a-b5e901063937/a2858368627_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Socio La Difekta: Promo 2023 Tokyo five-piece Socio La Difekta sound ferocious and primitive but the band are also equally precise. Socio La Difekta’s tight musicianship and dual vocal setup were as impactful as ever on their Promo 2023 EP. Promo 2023 saw Socio La Difekta working to their savage strengths, combining raw crust with rawer hardcore on songs with Esperanto lyrics. As rabid and riotous as their previous work, Socio La Difekta’s Promo 2023 was another instant success from a super-engaging band. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Promo 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/74d5ad53-24c5-4de9-92ce-ac47f5f63289/a0096970332_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - B.O.R.N.: Belligerent Onslaught Relentless Noise Birmingham, Alabama punks B.O.R.N. made a harsh and heavy racket on their dissonant Belligerent Onslaught Relentless Noise EP. The EP delivered 10 minutes of chainsawing d-beat, and B.O.R.N.'s pressure-keg blend hardcore’s most bloodthirsty strains being ruthlessly executed. Like the best high-speed collisions of crasher crust and primitive hardcore, B.O.R.N.’s visceral rawness amplified their ear-splitting strengths. One of the best/ugliest EPs of 2023. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Belligerent Onslaught Relentless Noise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/cda11e2b-63dd-4b9e-8c8e-d071af55fa4a/a0729834339_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Lexicon: Poison Head Seattle band Lexicon honed their 'hardcore-infused noise-crust' to an even deadlier degree on their Poison Head EP. "The perfect meld of Japanese noise, British chaos and American muscle" is how Iron Lung Records sold Lexicon's sound, and the much-respected label wasn’t wrong. Lexicon's latest tracks were off-the-chain and yet, as always, tighter than a gnat's ass. The band pushed every slider into the red, and once again, Lexicon's crasher crust and max-distortion raw punk radiated solar-flare intensity. Poison Head was the best release yet from Lexicon. Label: Iron Lung Records Bandcamp: Poison Head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/2f4f4855-4a1e-49a7-a5e4-c3231e3f4769/a0846415837_10-1.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Bloody Flag: S/T The cacophonous debut from Pennsylvania buccaneers Bloody Flag featured skin-flaying tracks. The Disclose, Disbones, and Disaster school of ear-piercing d-beat was a prime source of inspiration. However, the wicked-looking goat on the cover of Bloody Flag’s self-titled EP nodded to our lord and saviour Hideki Kawakami’s harsher noise project, Goatworshipper, which Bloody Flag honoured by ensuring their EP featured fuzz and distortion that burnt like fucking battery acid. A triumph of abrasiveness. Label: Bunker Punks Bandcamp: Bloody Flag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/734531cf-3206-407f-8890-6b0237639826/v600_No-front_cover.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Nō: Punk Is A Message Every member of the Japanese band Nō plays in another excellent outfit (see C.F.D.L., Why?, Result, Disgust, Reality Crisis, and more.) No surprise, then, that Nō's Punk Is A Message EP was an absolute belter. Authenticity sat at the heart of Nō's mission, with vocalist Takeshi spitting out super-politicized lyrics. There was no mistaking Nō's meaning, even if their message was buried in a blizzard of heavyweight anarcho-punk and crust-smashed hardcore. Raw, raging, and DIY to its very last breath. Great stuff. Label: Self-released, Chaos Control YouTube: Punk Is A Message https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f74e3189-5f97-4654-8861-01265c79cab5/a3201423272_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Visions Of War/Simbiose: S/T Belgian crusties Visions of War could shit in a bucket, and I’d probably call it a masterpiece. Biased? Guilty as charged! I love Visions of War’s putrid aesthetic. The band’s 2023 split with Portuguese metal/crust outfit Simbiose featured more grim and grubby tracks, with the steadfast filthiness and heaviness of Visions of War’s sonic arsenal being a definite highlight. Expect dumpster-scrounging noise that’s rotten enough to spark gastrointestinal troubles. Delicious. Label: Loner Cult Records, Not Enough Records, Phobia Records, Scream Records, Deviance, Breeding For Extinction, Up The Punx, Profane Existence, Missing The Point Bandcamp: Visions Of War/Simbiose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/71693af8-28d7-442b-bd7c-350270bdf69d/a3041337484_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - A.T.E.R./Tormentum: Split Mexican stenchcore band Tormentum released a promising EP, Stench of Hell, in early 2023, and then the band followed that up a few months later with a split release with Québec deathcrust outfit A.T.E.R.. Tormentum and A.T.E.R.’s split was a violent meeting of minds. Tormentum’s Neanderthal noise noded to Bolt Thrower, Deviated Instinct, and Stormcrow, while A . T . E . R.’s sonic ordnance was rough, gruff, and built for brutal stenchcore skirmishes. Cavernous crust and gravel-gargling death metal battled it out on thundering tracks. Connoisseurs of squalid and storming metalpunk, take note. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: A.T.E.R. /Tormentum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9919b134-30e0-41b8-adb1-23c61094dce3/a0769396360_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Repression: War Comes Home Repression’s 2022 demo sold out in the blink of an eye. The trio’s 2023 War Comes Home EP underscored precisely why. War Comes Home dug deeper into Repression’s “Burning Spirits-by-way-of-Boston” sound, with crashing bass, face-smashing drums, and uranium-tipped riffs raining down like artillery. War Comes Home was a significant step up from Repression’s demo, with the band’s barrelling thrashing hardcore and metalpunk fleshed out by a heavier and more swaggering sound. Label: 11 PM Records, Total Peace Bandcamp: War Comes Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/b8d4f2f3-f928-4be6-ae2c-49ea0278ec6d/a3998498787_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Squander: The Western Nightmare Continues Squander’s The Western Nightmare Continues… EP featured nine minutes of bludgeoning d-beat that tipped its hat to the old guard while sounding chock-a-block with the latest audio ammunition. The Canadian band tagged their sound as “Anarcho/D-Beat/UK82/Crust” and Squander’s Western Nightmare Continues… duly launched Discharge-fuelled missiles heavier than an ICBM. Barreling and brutal, The Western Nightmare Continues… promised great things to come. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: The Western Nightmare Continues… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ae232d35-b620-4823-8946-0515ef661a7a/a2148937337_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Nukelickers/Bipolar: Death by Desperation The first 7" release from the usually cassette-focused Italian label Sistema Mortal was a co-release with killer Australian label Fuzzed Atrocities. Nukelickers and Bipolar's vortex-like Death by Desperation split featured ultra-primitive d-beat that gave rise to cognitive dysfunctions. Any niceties and melodies were shunted aside, with Nukelickers and Bipolar embracing Kawakami levels of noise-wrecked insanity. Shitnoise ahoy, my hearties. Label: Sistema Mortal, Fuzzed Atrocities Bandcamp: Death by Desperation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/821122a2-fbf6-40f6-99e4-9167b8736cef/a1354198652_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Thatcher’s Snatch: White Collar Man Australian louts Thatcher’s Snatch delivered more UK82-inspired hooliganism on their White Collar Man 7″. Thatcher’s Snatch’s latest cider-fuelled tracks were a two-fingered salute to ye olde days of UK street punk when labels like Riot City, Clay Records, and No Future sold stacks of records to unwashed fans. Thatcher’s Snatch put their love of classic boots and braces punk to first-class use on White Collar Man. Label: Hardcore Victim Bandcamp: White Collar Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4e91b9b9-1305-4639-9896-ada85c6d142a/a0946149936_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Crow: 眼 眼 (Eye) was Tokyo legends Crow's first release in a dozen years. Released on CD in late 2022, Eye experienced a renewed surge of interest after Prank Records re-released the EP on 12" vinyl this year. Within, a couple of experimental noisescapes sat alongside driving metallic hardcore, with Eye ending on a "hi-tone" version of the EP's title track that did Pooch-era Discharge proud. Crow's harsh and heavy hardcore sounded as blistering as ever. Label: Prank Records Bandcamp: Eye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/32d3cde8-4a8b-42f3-86ec-176ec90ad9b3/a1132660533_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - B.L.I.S.S.: Ignorance is... B . L . I . S .S. Ignorance is . . . B . L . I . S . S. was the debut EP from Portland stench-crust duo B.L.I.S.S. (aka Blindly Led Into Systemic Slaughter). Some folks might prefer to remain ignorant, given the depressingly long list of problems plaguing this planet, but not B.L.I.S.S.The band dug into a raft of hot-button issues, with police brutality, racism, and poverty of hope on their lyrical agenda. If you enjoy the steel-clad/red-raw flavour of PNW hardcore, see within. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Ignorance is . . .B . L . I . S . S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1f129fdd-1b8c-4192-8b34-d7dd5750e750/a2228344280_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Phantasm: Conflict Reality Australian label Hardcore Victim cited bands like Crucifix, Antisect and Anti-Cimex when describing Naarm (Melbourne) band Phantasm's Conflict Reality EP. Those were all 100% accurate references, too. Phantasm ratcheted up the barotraumatic pressure on breakneck tracks that encapsulated this dark time in human history. Fierce lyrics and fiercer riffs mixed with anarcho-punk basslines and blunt and brutal percussion. Phantasm combined roiling rage with boiling punk, delivering another certified Naarm-born scorcher. Label: Hardcore Victim Bandcamp: Conflict Reality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/7474d51e-135c-4f19-bed5-608952a875a3/a3878441168_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Intention: Brand New Story Japanese band Intention’s Brand New Story EP was pitch-perfect for fans of the Burning Spirits school of hurtling yet hook-heavy hardcore. Much like Tetsu-Arrey or Death Side, Intention’s squealing guitars, roaring vocals, and foot-to-the-floor velocity were as captivating as they were cacophonous. Fast, furious, and unafraid to foreground super-catchy riffs and solos, Brand New Story featured a thrilling array of scorching yet melodic hardcore. Label: Break the Records, Beach Impediment Bandcamp: Brand New Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9f297cb1-53f4-4b30-a5a2-53608f77a7fb/a1371551474_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Tàrrega 91′: Fill De La Merda Spanish band Tàrrega 91’s Fill De La Merda EP was one of those self-released Bandcamp recordings that got a much bigger push when re-released on 7" (in this case, by much-loved UK label La Vida Es Un Mus). Tàrrega 91′ wouldn’t sound out of place on a classic punk compilation like Maximumrocknroll’s Welcome to 1984 or R Radical Records’ International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit. Fill De La Merda's raw-boned sound buzzed with the gut-driven punch of early 80s hardcore, and the EP’s short, sharp, and spiky tracks were packed with serrated hooks. Label: La Vida Es Un Mus Bandcamp: Fill De La Merda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e69451aa-a23d-4a72-a1ac-28a26a0a565b/a2908913302_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Cream Soda: Fiction Fiction was the third release from the Australian band Crêam Söda. Fronted by Japanese (now Aus-based) bassist and vocalist Danny Sano, Fiction‘s blazing sound drew from Japanese heavy-hitters like Death Side, Bastard, Gauze, and Systematic Death. However, Fiction also featured plenty of Scandicore oomph and thrashing metallic hardcore. Releases from Geld and Enzyme grabbed the Australian punk headlines this year, but you should also add Crêam Söda to your shopping list. Fiction was a blast. Label: Chaotic Thoughts Records Bandcamp: Fiction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f70f399e-8b41-447d-af41-83a4df457268/a1740399790_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Wreathe: The Land Is Not An Idle God Wreathe is another neo-crust band fronted by the busy vocalist, writer and illustrator Alex CF (see also Morrow, Anopheli, Fall of Efrafa, Archivist, and many more). Unsurprisingly, Wreathe's The Land Is Not An Idle God EP featured an enthralling mix of emotional crust and brooding hardcore that was melodic, muscular and dynamic. At its heart, a call to defend nature, The Land Is Not An Idle God's concept, lyrics, and artwork were all based on Alex's tone, The Book Of Venym; An Egalitarian Demonology'. Ⓐ//Ⓔ Label: Persistent Vision, Alerta Antifascista Bandcamp: The Land Is Not An Idle God https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/59f0e0c2-57b9-4bd1-80b5-89c8d261e090/Screenshot+2023-12-11+at+2.24.53%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Rigorous Institution: Lords of Misrule Rigorous Institution's Lords of Misrule cassette was recorded to 4-track tape in the Portland band's practice room and featured three original tracks and a cover of "Horrible Eyes" by Italian metallers Death SS. Originally recorded as a stopgap when the band thought their (now-acclaimed) 2021 LP, Cainsmarsh, might be delayed due to the usual pressing plant chaos, Lords of Misrule was eventually released in early 2023. Coarse and gruff, befitting its lower-fi recording location, Lords of Misrule was another slab of stench-ridden brilliance. At their roughest and scruffiest, Rigorous Institution still sounded incredible. Label: Dogs of Altamont Bandcamp: Lords of Misrule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5dafc3a7-6242-478e-9315-ec73496f0fc1/a1955093755_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Empart: Speedfuckingnoiseattack Empart’s gut-punching EP, Speedfuckingnoiseattack, was the perfect release for anyone with a few masochistic kinks to work out. Speedfuckingnoiseattack’s blowtorch tracks were constructed from d-beat and raw punk compressed into a singular squall of mind-rupturing – and brutally un-listener-friendly – noize. One of the most (((intense))) EP’s from 2023, Speedfuckingnoiseattack was akin to footage of a feeding frenzy played at 1000 times its normal speed. Un-fucking-real. Label: Self-released, Pogo Till You Drop Bandcamp: Speedfuckingnoiseattack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/345d950d-fc57-450d-8ca4-d8a98b0db644/a2931534992_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Lethal: Lethal’s Hardcore Hit Parade Lethal’s 2023 EP, Lethal’s Hardcore Hit Parade, was a neck-wrecker. The NYC band’s EP featured classic boombox hardcore, with the five tracks within propelled by a driving bass and metal-strength riffs firing on all cylinders. That was only the starting point for Lethal’s gutter hardcore adventures, though. The stench of the sewers also featured. As did more crustiness and abrasiveness than your standard roid-rage hardcore. Lethal’s Hardcore Hit Parade featured a great blend of chest-pounding swagger and subterranean slaughter. Label: 11 PM Records Bandcamp: Lethal’s Hardcore Hit Parade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6a5f07cc-2cf5-4c1b-9e62-552e95526fbe/a4246591100_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - AWR: Fresh Meat for the Fucking Pigs The lineup of Attack Warning Red (AWR) features musicians from a raft of well-known raw punk outfits. Unsurprisingly, all the piss-and-vinegar noise on AWR’s Fresh Meat for the Fucking Pigs debut was delivered in the most punishingly abrasive fashion possible. If nails on a chalkboard are a turn-on, you’ll love this. AWR’s corrosive tracks were caked in crust and lashed by static, and Fresh Meat for the Fucking Pigs crackled with the kind of sizzling distortion that makes noisecore nerds weep. Label: Noise Itch Cassettes Bandcamp: Attack Warning Red https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1ff5d848-9128-4018-8ccc-57a3c4233f8f/a0915454967_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Earth Crust Displacement/Kritik At the time of writing, the 7" split from Earth Crust Displacement and Kritik is still at the pressing plant, but all of the tracks from the split are streaming online. Once again, German crew Earth Crust Displacement delivered massive slabs of head-splitting dis-noise, with the band's acrid inferno as crushing as ever. Swedish band Kritik also served up migraine-inducing bedlam on their ultra-dissonant tracks. Dis-gusting, Dis-orientating, Dis-ease-ridden punk. Perfect. Also on the horizon are two split releases featuring Earth Crust Displacement and Minnesota trio Hellish View, and Kritik and Hellish View. Both splits are at the pressing plant, and while Hellish View's tracks aren't streaming online, Earth Crust Displacement and Kritik's contributions are. Again, mind-mangling noise is the dish of the day. Keep an ear/eye out. Label: Burning Anger Bandcamp: Earth Crust Displacement / Kritik Bandcamp: Earth Crust Displacement / Hellish View Bandcamp: Kritik / Hellish View https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/95a55e0d-3248-4c81-b3bd-cff4c62df813/a3576993005_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Various: Noise Not Money Volume 1 The Noise Not Money Volume 1 7" featured half a dozen unreleased tracks from bands that've had their music released by Western Australian label Televised Suicide. Perth crusties Territory served up an all-killer cover of Sepultura's "Troops Of Doom" on the 7", while heavyweights Warcycle, Semtex 87, Gaoled, and others delivered more face-smashing tracks. Noise Not Money Volume 1 is an excellent gateway into Televised Suicide's catalogue, which includes plenty of hard-hitting punk and hardcore releases. Noise Not Money Volume 1 is up for pre-order at the time of writing, but all tracks are streaming online. Label: Televised Suicide Bandcamp: Noise Not Money Volume 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/fe6279e0-5e67-4b7a-8b95-bff272c6fc02/a3066480982_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Global Thermonuclear War: Seeking Mastery The brains behind doom ‘n’ gloom crusties Global Thermonuclear War include Rigorous Institution member Shite and Suck Lords and Crucified Class drummer Kyle. (Shite also founded Global Thermonuclear War’s label Dogs of Altamont.) Global Thermonuclear War’s filth-encrusted Seeking Mastery demo oozed end-times murk, with the tactical-nuke tracks within evoking the feral primitivism of Doom or Extreme Noise Terror. Seeking Mastery captured the tone of our current dystopian era. However, while Seeking Mastery’s tracks were a wretched trawl through humanity’s failures, Global Thermonuclear War kept the means of resistance on the boil. Easily one of 2023’s best demos. Label: Dogs of Altamont Bandcamp: Seeking Mastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0c075c5b-7527-4f61-8e6c-d01a6e148df4/a4025701303_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Cross: No Begining, No End New York City band Cross' No Begining, No End demo was one of the most promising releases from the past 12 months. No Begining, No End featured super-distorted guitars, inferno-like vocals, and a heap of concussive percussion. Call it mangled hardcore, call it fucking hard crust. Call it whatever you want, really. Ultimately, all that matters is that No Begining, No End was a mind-trampling triumph. Pitch-perfect pulverizing punk. Label: Roachleg Records Bandcamp: No Begining, No End https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/00ad16c9-4838-4767-a624-42d0186af0d4/a0802345312_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Myconid: Demo 2023 Myconid’s Demo 2023 was a tour de force of colossal-sounding stench-crust that reeked of desolation and decay. The first release from the Portland, Oregon, band was spine-crushingly heavy and featured scorching solos, battering riffs, and grunts and growls from the bowels of Hell. Myconid’s planet-pounding production values were hugely impressive, and Demo 2023 featured suffocating levels of darkness. Myconid hit a phenomenal home run straight out of the gate. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Demo 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8c448109-213d-498f-bf5b-a1b14e046560/Screenshot+2023-12-11+at+2.48.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Consumed: War Business Mexican stenchcore trio Consumed's War Business demo was gruffer-than-gruff and tougher-than-tough. The band's raw tracks were as heavy as a mortar barrage and featured rough-edged instrumentation and rasping vocals. Consumed explored stenchcore's usual array of apocalyptic anxieties with all the expected gravity and grimness. Throw on your flak vest and strap on your bullet belt; the frontlines of the crust war beckon. Label: Self-released YouTube: War Business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/84e2831d-8f7c-43e6-ab46-cb384b53ee1a/a1698917051_16.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Dust Collector: Demo 2023 Los Angeles band Dust Collector’s Demo 2023 fed Disorder’s Under The Scalpel Blade into the jaws of Gai’s Extermination, then sprinkled the result with Confuse’s Spending Loud Night. Demo 2023 featured primitive, distorted and pogo-friendly punk, and much like Dust Collector’s excellent debut, the band displayed a gift for slipping in a throbbing bassline or tweaking their tone to add creative flesh to the bones of their tracks. Super-fun raw punk. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Demo 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e5455a03-b6df-478c-9687-418e287eda03/Screenshot+2023-12-11+at+2.53.47%E2%80%AFPM.png Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Axefear: Demo Seattle band Axefear features members who’ve played in Cerebral Rot, Deconsecration, and Anoxia. That makes perfect sense, given the sheer hope-smashing heaviness of Axefear’s 2023 demo. The band’s thrashing three-song demo was extremely promising, with every crustcore-fuelled song therein being a stampeding success. WAY more fans of hefty-sized metalpunk need to hear Axefear’s demo ASAP. Label: Self-released YouTube: Demo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/bbaea599-56e9-49a3-bb87-c411c1452dd9/a2690447093_16.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Nuclear Man: Demo Nuclear Man's first release was one the harshest, heaviest, and most ferocious demos I heard all year. Like the best demos, the high-yield production values on the Canadian band's six-song debut far exceeded the raw power of many of 2023's full-length releases. Nuclear Man's shock-wave sound combined crashing d-beat with scything hardcore, and the band's demo hit like an A-bomb. One of 2023's best releases, demo or otherwise. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Demo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/679657b9-e705-431c-a62d-3c54b22d508a/a1325018534_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Zeal: Demonstration 2022 Canadian label Runstate Tapes released Ottawa band Zeal’s Demonstration 2022 cassette in early 2023. Sold out in the blink of an eye, Zeal’s debut featured “Svart Parad-esque crust” that combined king-hit riffs with howling vocals and withering levels of distortion. Zeal’s shout-along tracks were highly acidic but also tough as steel. You got heavy, heaving, headbutt-a-wall hardcore, dripping with caustic crust. Mosh hard or GTFO. Another all-guns-blazing release from Runstate Tapes. Label: Runstate Tapes Bandcamp: Demonstration 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0d644665-3300-4825-a882-a867eeed1162/a3075889367_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Ordinance: Demo The ultra-violent 2023 demo from Richmond, Virginia, band Ordinance seriously tested your mettle. Ordinance’s d-beat was drenched in distortion and brain-frying static, and the band’s demo was a blast of noxious noise with reverb-fucked vocals and demolishing guitars. Unrelenting. Unrepentant. Unreal. Challenging, to say the least. Brilliant, obviously. Label: Dynastic Yellow Star Bandcamp: Demo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/84be69c9-538c-484c-97be-e94b7dc03afe/a4099469896_16.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Dente-Canino: Demo Dente-Canino reside in the teeming metropolis of São Paulo, Brazil. The four-piece band self-released their six-song demo in June this year, but NYC’s finest, Roachleg Records, gave Dente-Canino another bump, re-releasing the group’s demo in late November. All the high-temperature hardcore (and even higher social tensions) of South American punk were present. Dente-Canino’s demo featured plenty of muscle with a strong sense of Brazil-via-Boston punch and pummel. Thumping. Crashing. Smashing. Hot-hot-hot. Label: Roachleg Records Bandcamp: Dente-Canino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/01d5ecbd-60db-41fe-aea8-8d1291133da9/a1073995882_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Crucified Class: Promo Tape 23 Portland, Oregon, "Hard Punk" crew Crucified Class delivered a face-smashing fusion of UK82's violence and Poison Idea's viciousness on their Promo Tape 23. The cassette and digital release promised great things, and you can follow that trail right to the door of underground Portland label Whisper in Darkness, who released a self-titled 7" from Crucified Class in the last days of November '23. (My advice is to order a copy immediately.) Promo Tape 23 was a brain-basher. All signs point to Crucified Class' latest release being a veritable skull-cracker, too. Label: Fresh Squeezed Bandcamp: Promo Tape 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8087b520-4e9f-4e4b-a623-3379245e7ab9/a3414392181_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Krigssystem: War Profit? Krigssystem hail from Thessaloniki, Greece, and the band’s War Profit? demo sounded like a red-hot spike being hammered into your skull. War Profit? ’s acidic tracks were recorded rough and ready in Krigssystem’s rehearsal room, and like plenty of raw punk, Krigssystem’s self-styled ‘Total D-beat Noise Punk Massacre’ was eviscerating. This bleeding-raw punk is some of the best no-fi noise you’ll hear all year. Label: Self-released, Aspects Of Noise Bandcamp: War Profit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9a953dc1-e9dd-4f59-886f-db2a93411bd4/a0358613090_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Psych-War: Demo ’23 Released by top-notch Canadian label Sore Mind, Pennsylvania band Psych-War’s ear-wrecking Demo ’23 featured crushing d-beat and lacerating hardcore. Demo ’23 sounded tougher and heavier than many pro studio recordings, with Psych-War’s Anti Cimex-via-Bastard (via-Sacrilege, too) sound featuring a mountain of primitive, pummeling power. Label: Sore Mind, MF Records Bandcamp: Demo 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5d7c8e93-7de4-4295-8bf9-2a5108c746b5/a3995386074_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Scäretactic: S/T Raw punk comes in many forms. Sometimes, it sounds like a wall of corrosive noise. Other times, it hits like a nail-spiked baseball bat. North Carolina band Scäretactic’s demo featured a bit of both. Crank the volume, and the demo’s pressure wave was eardrum-bursting in intensity, with Scäretactic hurling d-beat and garbage dump crust onto a roaring bonfire. Label: Subsidiary Technology Industry Electronics Bandcamp: Scäretactic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/bcc33659-f2a6-41d9-8635-6fd6b0cfd0f0/a1437437576_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Kato: Demo '23 Roachleg Records summed up the first recordings from St. Louis outfit Kato perfectly: “Imagine your favourite Finnish punk band you never heard being buried alive in ’83 then crawling out from the muck in ’23 to record this demo.” Kato’s demo was ice-cold but red-hot, filled with Propaganda Records-worthy hardcore that was as fuzzed-out as a blizzard. Pure chaotic intensity. Label: Roachleg Records Bandcamp: Demo ’23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/d0dc7f81-66ed-4ecd-b2ce-f5c97e05c9c7/a2126538344_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Iron Warning: Demo XXIII Iron Warning is the solo project of Extensive Slaughter member Ian Schram (FYI, Extensive Slaughter released one of my favourite LPs this year). Iron Warning hit many of the same super-dark crust markers as Extensive Slaughter, but Iron Warning's demo also dug deeper into the grave, with death and black metal rumbling and grumbling on Demo XXII‘s four tracks. Riffs upon riffs. Howls upon howls. Annihilating abrasiveness all round. Label: Neon Taste Records Bandcamp: Demo XXIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/493293bc-a847-4854-922b-e429fa0a5175/a3077311906_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Kläpträp: Songs about Wrongs Kläpträp describe themselves as “drinkers, thinkers, and stinkers”. The German/UK band features members from crust kingpins Doom and Visions of War, and Kläpträp released two demos in 2023, The Bullshit Continues . . . and Songs about Wrongs. Both demos were filthy, seeing Kläpträp mixing anarcho-punk with road-rash-raw crustcore. Kläpträp's demos will be right up your garbage-strewn alley if you're a fan of truly putrid punk. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Songs about Wrongs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f1baeb5f-4761-4875-b4b7-fa9a8902caa3/a3408624823_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Crone: Demo Crone’s demo started with an acoustic intro and ended with a noisenik-like outro. The cover art to The Floridian band’s demo likely rings true for many; it certainly captures the hobgoblins who visit me every night. Crone’s demo was resoundingly nasty with the abrasive vocals within running from wild shrieks to blown-out barks and ghoulish growls. Crone mangled and mutilated every song on their demo with abundant glee. Butchering raw hardcore, through and through. Label: Bellicose Records, Richter Scale Bandcamp: Demo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/2c5c80d2-3907-4067-aeb5-d950f9a913ca/a0432801854_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - MEM//BRANE: Demo The first recording from Bellingham, Washington band MEM//BRANE was another demo that sounded gnarlier and burlier than plenty of 'pro' full-lengths. The five-piece band's crusty d-beat and raw punk were coarsely textured, but MEM//BRANE were razor-sharp in their focus. "Trans Rights are Human Rights" was the rallying cry here. Like the best protest punk, MEM//BRANE delivered their message at maximum volume with maximum passion. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Demo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/d9bef15a-d502-4049-9f7c-de391831f04c/a1715414177_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Asinin: Demo Norwegian band Asinin’s demo featured remorseless music that hit hard from the get-go. Most of the band’s tracks whizzed past at neck-breaking speeds, but while Asinin’s hardcore was fast and relentless, the band didn’t leave you behind. Asinin’s captivating tracks were full of sharp riffs but even stronger hooks. Asinin’s songs were made for throwing your arm around someone’s shoulder and howling at the moon together. Label P.M.T., Roach Leg Records Bandcamp: Demo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/3b072d75-39a6-4ea3-a4e6-00229cd19627/a1951158167_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Suffocating Madness: Promo Tape New York’s Suffocating Madness released an amp-melting teaser for their upcoming full-length this year. The band’s promo tape featured four covers that provided an excellent summation of Suffocating Madness’ influences, plus a couple more stampeding originals. (The flipside of Suffocating Madness’ promo tape featured their 2021 self-titled EP.) I’m sure many look forward to having their collective minds crushed by Suffocating Madness’ first full-length. In the meantime, here’s an excellent place to get your motor revving. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Promo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/cb83ff04-f2db-478c-8ecf-1de273485d61/a0289878383_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Vida Muerta: Demo 1 Vida Muerta features members from Nukelickers, Visions of Chaos, and Oväsen Frontera Kollaps, who’ve all released bloody-raw cassettes via Italian label Sistema Mortal. Vida Muerta’s Demo 1 featured four ear-piercing – and often metal-barbed – trawls through the bowels of d-beat, crust, and super-dark hardcore. Hellhound vocals sat alongside disembowelling riffs, with Vida Muerta delivering evil noise for the wickedest days. Fiendish raw punk. Label: Sistema Mortal Bandcamp: Demo 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f495d02c-5d43-42f0-b6a3-898ea73bd750/a0903276246_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Anomaly: Demo 2023 Sometimes, a demo sells itself via its sheer unpleasantness. Such was the case with Birmingham, Alabama, band Anomaly's Demo 2023. Much like fellow Birmingham band B.O.R.N, Anomaly's strengths lay in the band's ability to deliver an overwhelming onslaught of crust-slathered d-beat and throat-slit hardcore. The total mass of Anomaly's demo outweighed its constituent parts, with the band's five-song release being a face-melting screed of nuclear warhead noise. Label: Self-released Bandcamp: Anomaly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ed4c864c-7f35-4bf4-a586-22f98e9e22c9/a2700370208_10.jpg Noise - In Crust We Trust '23: EPs & Demos - Arrogants: Demo Arrogants' demo was the first release for Richmond, Virginia, label Core Strength. The rough 'n' ready cover art of Arrogants' demo – a xeroxed illustration of a soldier in a gasmask and a bombed-out building – perfectly represented the radioactive racket within. Arrogants dealt in blown-out Negative Approach-like noise, delivering tracks that felt like a baseball bat splintering your skull. Label: Core Strength Bandcamp: Demo https://www.sixnoises.com/noise-1/down-underground-aotearoa-23 monthly 0.5 2023-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/8f1414d4-0cda-4eb1-a456-36c99235a564/a4113404723_10-COLLAGE.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/dfd068ef-94a7-4a30-9a05-e343a8f85cf9/cc556c5b-7d29-4538-8b53-624faa70b21d.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/fa4865b4-8d18-4274-8052-a002df31d1e9/a4113404723_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Fog: A Black Cloud That Swallowed The Dove The lineup of Te Ika-a-Māui (North Island) four-piece Fog features musicians who've played in many well-regarded punk bands. The group's excellent debut, A Black Cloud That Swallowed The Dove, sounded exactly like an imaginative recording you'd find on the roster of a label like D4MT Labs or La Vida Es Un Mus. Fog mixed jagged anarcho-punk with angular post-punk, and then the band layered the lot with a thick coat of unorthodox creativity. A Black Cloud That Swallowed The Dove's dark tracks were powered by driving bass and ice-cold guitar, with Fog's sub-vocalisations, Sprechgesang mutterings, and roiling instrumentation offering a marked point of difference. If you enjoy the off-kilter sounds of Straw Man Army and kin, you'll love this. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/24f9daf7-afc2-4c48-b90b-bd8b0f6b5d18/a1156142274_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Putrid Future: Nightmare Reality It seemed inevitable that like-minded DIY labels Razored Raw (Aotearoa New Zealand) and Sistema Mortal (Italy) would eventually co-release a torrent of bleeding-raw hardcore. So it was with Nightmare Reality, the max-mayhem cassette from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) noise-mongers Putrid Future. Much like the trio's previous split release with Australian raw punks Szkło, Nightmare Reality's d-beaten tracks drilled themselves into your brain while hammering nails into your chakras. Razored Raw released some great New Zealand noise this year, but Nightmare Reality was the best of the bunch. Über-abrasive. Harsh as Hell. And utterly eviscerating. Nightmare Reality featured back-to-back raw punk bangers. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f16b79f3-351c-4389-a4f7-2d949457d480/a4170491108_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Plague of the Fallen: Amongst the Rats The obliterating full-length debut from Ōtautahi (Christchurch) death metallers Plague of the Fallen was one for the ages. Long-awaited by New Zealand metal fans, Amongst the Rats wasn’t just staggeringly brutal and heavier than a funeral. Like several other metal releases below, Amongst the Rats was also a face-smashing example of how Aotearoa’s extreme metal scene births berserker bands whose sonic savagery and levels of aggression exceed comparable groups from overseas. With sledgehammering percussion, hostile yet hook-laden riffing, and gravel-gargling vocals, Amongst the Rats delivered an annihilating assault of railgun death metal. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/769c41e6-1497-4e2c-80f5-0c0dd78d3b3a/a0954946333_10-1.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Exterminator!: You Need the Service? Exterminator!'s knuckle-dragging debut, You Need the Service?, was released in the very last days of 2022. (Which is basically 2023, right?) The Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) trio's stomach-churning sludge was cooked up in the depths of the capital city's punk scene. Much like the band's antecedent, Meth Drinker, Exterminator!'s doom-drenched dirges had crossover appeal for punk and metal connoisseurs hungry for down-tuned muck and low-gauge misery. You Need the Service? was filthier than a crustie's undies, with the album's cement-mixer bass, downer-buzz riffs, and trepanning percussion tightening the noose on suffocating tracks. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/5d106d44-18c3-4ea9-8530-a8a9e511147f/a0892747519_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Various: Hairy Palm Vol. 4 – Misery Guts Hairy Palm Vol. 4 – Misery Guts was the latest compilation from the on-point Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) label Hairy Palm. The crème de la shit(noise) of NZ punk gathered, with Hairy Palm Vol. 4 offering fans from afar— or curious kids closer to home — an ideal gateway into Aotearoa's underground. Hairy Palm Vol. 4 spotlighted bands like Bordger, Knifed, DAHTM, Radium, Manic Aggression, Spiteful Urinator, Displeasure, and Distant Fear. All were uncompromising noiseniks, and many stomped all over musical boundaries, mixing feral subgenres to amplify their aural onslaughts. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f4b2779a-5f49-4e39-b628-d93e61f0a3e3/a3402414559_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Unruly: Hominid Hominid, the second release from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) doom punks Unruly, stuck to the band's previous creative recipe, combining maximum wretchedness with equal quantities of obnoxiousness. Hominid got elbow-deep into humanity's unstoppable slide into ruin, with Unruly's strident songs framing the bleak realities many endure. Praise be to the prophets of doom, though. Hominid reminded listeners that you're not alone in thinking the world is a dumpster fire. Misery loves company, so snuggle up to this 'fuck you' fiesta. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4a1fc1c1-14bc-48f9-b577-6dfd301eb406/a1237546995_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Mandate: S/T Ōtepoti (Dunedin) band Mandate features members from groups like Long Distance Runner, Cuck, and Electric Mayhem. High-powered fastcore and frenzied hardcore powered Mandate's self-titled debut. "Fast, visceral, and straight to the point" is how Mandate described their music, which accurately matches their turbo-speed guitars, cyclonic percussion, and vicious vocals. Mandate's debut delivered breakneck hardcore for backbreaking days. Get over the hump with this super-charged/supersonic racket. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/6b89d6e5-a78b-44bf-86fb-8fd350e29bd2/a3893848085_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Various: End Greyhound Racing New Zealand End Greyhound Racing New Zealand was a 31-track compilation from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) label Limbless Music that aimed to raise awareness around the horrors of greyhound racing in Aotearoa. All proceeds from the comp went straight to the Greyhound Protection League of New Zealand, and End Greyhound Racing New Zealand featured a long list of punk, hardcore, and metal bands untied in opposition to profiting off the suffering of animals. Loud, proud, and rabble-rousing. Punk AF. Support! Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/71d91338-0ab7-45f4-8358-a493165add98/a0521385692_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Methchrist: Pestilential Warfare Of The Black Flame Disciples of Methchrist's hate-driven scriptures had waited expectantly for the Ōtepoti (Dunedin) group's first full-length release. It's safe to say the band's dedicated parishioners were more than satisfied with Pestilential Warfare of the Black Flame's sinister sermons. The album's more-evil-than-evil exhortations saw Methchrist celebrating filth and disease while championing the nihilist in all of us. Methchrist's profane psalms explored uncomfortable truths with the band's bestial black metal cataloguing humanity's long list of cruelties and failures. Methchrist tap into the poison that infects us all; fitting then, that Pestilential Warfare of the Black Flame exuded such nightmarish intensity. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9805188c-6b7e-4488-9f64-f0737a1ebe61/a0684997373_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Soul Void/Brainwave: Horrifying New Form Horrifying New Form was an all-killer split release featuring Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) metallic hardcore band Brainwave and like-minded Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) death metal outfit Soul Void. Brainwave's super-heavy contributions featured buzzsaw riffs, pounding percussion, and vocals that burned like sulphuric acid. Soul Void mixed the icier tones of Dismember with the pungent groove of Obituary, resulting in grisly tracks crammed with bloodthirsty vocals and gruesome instrumentation. Horrifying New Form was bone-chilling and spine-crushing; a #hardrecommendation. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/b0f98e68-f149-4b77-9721-10a603abbfa0/a0769026729_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Dick Move: Wet Wet was the super-catchy second LP from Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) 'party-punk agitators' Dick Move. Wet sounded fiercer and more volatile than the band's popular debut. Packed with quick-fire anthemic tracks, Wet saw Dick Move tearing into neoliberalism's failures while detailing many of this era's struggles. However, as always, Dick Move also threw in a few hard-partying tracks with great big hooks. Raise your fist and speak truth to power, for sure. But don't forget to take time out to shake your ass, too. Life is tough. But it's worth living. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/40406130-b60b-4072-bcb0-74056ef702db/a3622726053_16.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Swallow The Rat: South Locust At one point, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) trio Swallow The Rat were a post-punk band. But, these days, they are so much more. Swallow The Rat's third full-length, South Locust, saw the band further expand their creative parameters, blending post-punk's motorik propulsion with shoegaze's woozy distortion and hardcore's screaming guitars. Lyrical explorations of personal, political, and global issues all featured, and South Locust was another imaginative step up for Swallow The Rat. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/76568db2-e1aa-48ae-8e06-de559d0b8259/a2162835680_16.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Nervous Jerk: Ugly Losers Club Ugly Losers Club was the best release thus far from Ōtautahi (Christchurch) trio Nervous Jerk. The band's usual power-pop punk was supplemented by jangling Flying Nun-ish riffs, rawer garage punk, and, at times, a new-found '90s slacker vibe. Nervous Jerks' ridiculously catchy songwriting crackled with energy on the band’s short, sharp, and snappy tracks. Nervous Jerks are sounding better and better, and Ugly Losers Club is the perfect point to jump on board. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9fd83c16-0d27-4836-9d84-d7df16e20c75/a2654247509_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Bloody Hell: Blood Metal Ōtautahi (Christchurch) band Bloody Hell's debut, Blood Metal, mixed Steve Harris-worthy basslines with guttural growls and thrashin’ riffs. So far, so metal. But there was plenty of punk rock attitude sizzling on Bloody Hell's latest tracks. The band's accent was old-school; think the snarl Bathory, the bite of Venom, and the gutter metal of Nuclear Assault. First-wave thrash, death, and black metal underpinned Blood Metal, but Bloody Hell served up a feast of boiling noise that satisfied the darkest desires of dumpster divers and rivetheads alike. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e304d57c-6dda-497e-9b68-0edc96eb5bbc/a0952055069_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Skitkrimes: Skitzedout Skitkrimes' Skitzedout EP was a co-release from two of Aotearoa's most constantly rewarding DIY labels: Razored Raw and Limbless Music. (The founders of both Te Whanganui-a-Tara [Wellington] labels also feature in Skitkrimes' ranks.) Skitzedout served up fittingly Skitklass-like råpunk, and much like Japanese mischief makers Skitklass, Skitkrimes' tracks adhered to a 'one minute of max-violence' mantra. Add in that sweet-sweet ear-fucking sound of a blown-out four-track recording, and Skitzedout duly delivered pissed-off Wellington-via-Tokyo käng for the – well, maybe not the masses – but definitely for the diehard few! Dope af. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/d2acd405-6762-43d2-bf1b-29929fa24283/a2446024543_16.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Ave Teth: A Riven Pap of Summer Ave Teth's A Riven Pap of Summer cassette was released by the always-interesting Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) label Wrought Material. A Riven Pap of Summer collected Ave Teth's final recordings, with the band's enigmatic sound drawing from experimental, industrial, and gothic rock realms. Like the rest of Ave Teth's oeuvre, A Riven Pap of Summer's four tracks featured a hypnotic sense of gravity, with the band's unsettling soundscapes conjuring an atmosphere of fathomless dread. Psyches were twisted, and souls were shattered, and Ave Teth bid farewell with their mesmeric gloom and arcane darkness enveloping all. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/408d408d-ce3f-44bd-bdb6-e4ade7a92e2f/a1611212719_16.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Piss Baby: Rest in Piss Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) band Piss Baby's Rest in Piss debut sounded exactly like you’d imagine it would. At least, it does if you're thinking nine minutes of spin-kicks, windmills, and "chugga chugga whoop whoop". All the crudeness and harshness within was an absolute bonus, with Piss Baby pounding gruesomely raw hardcore right into your third eye. Tooth-rattling noise that's supposed to hurt. Ugly. Horrible. And hideous. Recommended, obvs. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/27d3a7cd-38f1-4cb1-bde7-5090ef62bdfe/a2323393399_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - BALTTW: Rejecting Obliteration I lost count of the rave reviews I read on overseas websites for Blindfolded and Led to the Woods’ latest release, Rejecting Obliteration. The Ōtautahi (Christchurch) band operate in a sphere unto themselves nowadays, with BALTTW’s technical death metal morphing into an even more forward-thinking blend of avant-garde and progressive creativity. Rejecting Obliteration featured a jaw-dropping assemblage of complex yet catchy songwriting, with rawly honest lyrics and heavy-hitting riffs fused in an emotionally charged cauldron. Devastatingly heavy in every sense, Rejecting Obliteration was an instant classic. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/fa8e909b-1fc7-4c22-91ec-6fcfe09f8049/a0290573973_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Standover: No Space is Safe Heavyweight Aotearoa crew Standover deal in chest-thumping metallic hardcore. It was no surprise, given the band's moniker and the title of their No Space is Safe demo, to discover Standover's dark debut was locked and loaded with plenty of 'fuck around and find out' attitude. Standover features veterans from a host of homegrown hardcore/metal bands in the ranks (including folks from Bible-thumpers Saving Grace and death metallers Forced to Submit). Standover's first release featured hefty production values and roid-raging riffs aplenty. The band's mammoth-sounding NZHC promises great things. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/b16f3d06-eb39-4749-bb40-49b3a23f2569/a3824156419_10-1.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Bear Trap: Not a Matter of Opinion The third release from Ōtautahi (Christchurch) trio Bear Trap was the band's most aggressive-sounding yet. Not a Matter of Opinion featured five tracks born from the womb of garage punk, but Bear Trap delivered those tracks with all of the speed and passion of hardcore. Bear Trap's high-energy punk sounded darker and angrier than ever. But no matter how fast or furious things got, there were also plenty of hooks to hang on to. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e867786b-4c73-4d96-b58a-eb57606939c6/a3956716033_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Hecotonchir: Venerations of Vexation I-III Hecotonchir is another monolith-sized project from long-serving Ōtautahi (Christchurch) musician Kris Stanley (see Witchrist, Stone Angels, Sinistrous Diabolus, Salient, and more). At the time of writing, Hecotonchir has released three EPs in 2023 – Venerations of Vexation I-III – and each slithered, crawled and smashed its way through the Stygian caverns of death and doom metal. Like all of Stanley's previous creative endeavours, Hecotonchir's EPs were devastatingly heavy in both sonic and psychological terms. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/0b38812c-2a3c-48b9-8b39-721f0e52fcd9/a3901061351_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Putrid Future/Szkło: Split The degenerate noise-fuckery found on the split release from Naarm (Melbourne) outfit Szkło and Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) bruisers Putrid Future was a feast for audio masochists. The trans-Tasman split saw the two DIY or DIE bands tearing bloody chunks off the rotting carcass of raw punk. Putrid Future proved to be artisans of extra-caustic and wholly assaultive noise, while Szkło's mangel-driven primitivism underscored their mastery of muck 'n' murder. A raucous split from two stubbornly obnoxious southern hemisphere bands. Win-win. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f35f53cf-c327-49d8-acbb-e2e0a95a9a01/a4288923255_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Half/Time: Scary Stories To Tell When You're Dark Kirikiriroa (Hamilton) trio Half/Time released two EPs in 2023, Scary Stories To Tell When You're Dark and Black Union Jack (The Vault Sessions). Both releases filtered post-punk through a te ao Māori lens, with Half/Time's waiata intertwining English and te reo Māori lyrics addressing New Zealand's legacy of colonisation, institutional racism, and the resilience of Māori culture. The evidence of all that Half/Time spoke about is in front of you, splashed across your news screen. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/b642f192-0016-474d-8651-ff2bdf2f88b0/a2543222762_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Dole Bludger: Demonstration Tape Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) band Dole Bludger's demo was a lo-fi stew of sewer crust, doom punk, and blackened sludge. (Think Dystopia or Eyehategod recorded on a flip-top phone.) Dole Bludger smashed out their four-song demo in a couple of hours, and unsurprisingly, the contents therein were as acidic as cystitis, ugly as a skid mark, and wincingly raw. Of course, that was the point. Maximum obnoxiousness was the key component. Horrible noise for horrible days. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/3f2afd33-167e-4752-acb1-cb23f71a1aa6/a3131418310_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Vorsen: A World on Fire John Halvorsen (aka Vorsen) has played in three of the most crucial noiseniks in Aotearoa's musical history – see The Gordons, Skeptics, and Bailterspace. A World on Fire collected three decades' worth of previously unreleased solo work from Halvorsen, recorded in New York and at home in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington). Influenced by "retro-futurist" sci-fi, A World on Fire mixed brooding alt-rock with space rock, wrapping shoegaze's melodicism around grungier riffage. Like Halvorsen's previous bands, A World on Fire soothed the soul and energized the spirit via silvery-toned yet heavyweight sonics. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/72e46dd6-ee3f-4e1b-a8a0-7bffb93a5344/a3545902115_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Smokin' Daggers: Hot Cuts Smokin' Daggers are fronted by Aotearoa garage punk legend Andrew Tolley (Bloodbags, The Hasselhoff Experiment), and the Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) band's debut, Hot Cuts, was recorded to tape on a "single afternoon in the basement of a run-down Kingsland villa". Hot Cuts slapped together sewer punk, sizzling soul, and red-raw rhythm 'n' blues, with the album featuring classic tracks, deep cuts, and originals. Max-authenticity met max-primitivism on scorching songs. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1b119b60-ccb5-4596-afcf-60fbfdc1442f/a3127095613_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Blood Cauldron: Infernal Patterns Ōtepoti (Dunedin) ne'er-do-wells Blood Cauldron mixed fiendish creativity with hellish amounts of fun on their Infernal Patterns LP. The album was made by musicians as well-versed in obscure 70s prog and acid rock as they were in lo-fi black metal. Addictive earworms abounded as Blood Cauldron's "dad-rock for Satan" piled on the Anti-Kosmik Magick. Infernal Patterns was a blast of diabolic rock, with the evil incantations throwing a cheeky wink at listeners, too. Heavy on unearthly symbolism and otherworldly subversion, Blood Cauldron's sinister melodies lured you into their nefarious web. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/21f3819c-a2f7-4ee8-8e2d-f61e8ae4032d/a3765121099_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Magic Factory: Deliver the Goods Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) rockers Magic Factory feature members from groups like Vietnam War, Drab Doo-Riffs, Raw Nerves, and more. Magic Factory's second LP, Deliver the Goods, was a throwback to the sounds of the '70s. (Specifically, Sticky Fingers, Toys in the Attic, Burrito Deluxe, and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.) Deliver the Goods strutted its way across genres, mixing country, boogie, a ditch-weed rock. A woozy, cruisey, and red-eyed stroll down the highways and byways of authentic songcraft. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/7a2d1c85-7ae7-4858-a060-ac76bc0dae19/a0602085237_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Sewage: S/T Sewage's self-titled double LP featured tracks recorded at Ōtepoti's None Gallery back in 2017. The wildly creative duo (and trio on a few tracks) saw mainstays – saxophonist, violinist, and vocalist Ro Rushton-Green and drummer Gabriel Griffin – deliver an unrestrained feast for noise fans and free Jazz aficionados alike. Ecstatic experimentation built to frenzied heights, and Sewage dove into a few mesmerizing sonic caverns, too. Sewage's mind-wrecking artistry was as challenging as it was unpredictable – and as provoking as it was entrancing. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/35d03268-643f-4ae7-b222-c33a4da313a5/a0947364316_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Vor-stellen: Parallelograms If we're playing favourites, this is the Aotearoa-born album of the year for me. Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) three-piece Vor-stellen features members from Flying Nun alums avoid!avoid and The Subliminals, and the trio's double LP, Parallelograms, was an engulfing journey across vast kosmische soundscapes. The thrum and strum of Krautrock melded into the open-ended pastures of improvised experimental rock, with Vor-stellen constructing ghostly songs from guitars, drums, looped electronics, and haunting vocals. Parallelograms was a triumph of hypnotic minimalism. A dark, spellbinding well of long-form transmissions. True musical magic. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f98d217c-22b2-4e18-b384-ea4caf840f98/a1524805497_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - RIOT 111: 1981! RIOT 111's 1981! LP collected the long-defunct Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) band's two self-released 7-inches from the early '80s. RIOT 111's protest punk – born from the anti-apartheid street battles during the 1981 Springbok tour – still felt relevant today, with prejudiced institutions and racist politicians as prevalent as ever. Championed by the Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra (and once playing with The Fall on their legendary New Zealand tour), RIOT 111's raw passion still felt relevant and vibrant decades after the band’s demise. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/17feeabb-fcb1-4547-bfc6-83d002fdc686/a2987592456_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - The Dud Uglys: Death by Doomsday Recorded in around 40 minutes at the Ōtepoti (Dunedin) trio's third band practice, The Dud Uglys' Death by Doomsday's EP featured four short, scrappy tracks that were, unsurprisingly, as raw as a prolapse. Released by UK label Noise Merchant Records, Death by Doomsday's primitiveness was its finest attribute. Crude af – obviously. Fun af – definitely. Snotty-ass hardcore for shit-ass days. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/f4170946-c1c4-489b-8b0a-b04086842e06/a4185474487_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Weedian: Trip to New Zealand It would be a lie to say I like every band on Weedian's epic-length Trip to New Zealand compilation. However, in terms of gathering a host of Aotearoa's mightiest stoner, sludge, and doom metal bands together for international or local fans to sample, you can't fault Trip to New Zealand's breadth or heaviness. There's a lot of variety here, too: hard-psych outfits, fuzzed-out stoner bros, punk-metal bruisers, and full-metal warriors. Like every Weedian comp, quality varies, but overall, Trip to New Zealand was an ear-splitting exhibition of some of Aotearoa's dirtiest and dankest rockers. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1c01d4ed-de3b-4e7a-bd95-212157cb8a1b/a2702690554_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Total Violation: Mr Plow Total Violation's crossover thrash was born from gutter punk and hardcore fusing with eviscerating speed metal. Produced by members of Stalker, Putrid Future, and Beastwars, The Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) band's Mr Plow cassette called to mind old-school ragers like Nuclear Assault, Razor, and Whiplash. Total Violation's 'metal up your ass' ferocity reeked of poser-free authenticity; total commitment to total destruction. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/9bf38a41-fdb8-49b8-ba24-c98983c65b04/a2256763472_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Mermaidens: S/T Mermaidens' 2023 self-titled LP had been slowly cooking since 2019. The Phoenix Foundation's Samuel Flynn Scott lent production and mentoring support on the band’s latest LP, which was Mermaidens' most creative yet. Shimmering indie pop met shoegazing alt-rock, while sublime harmonies nestled amongst unorthodox post-punk. Easily the band's most sonically diverse release thus far, Mermaidens sounded open to pushing their artistic boundaries, incorporating inspirations from near and far. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/7dfde5d7-1b3f-43aa-b02b-e3a5848cfaec/a2974470668_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Demons of Noon: Death Machine Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) band Demons of Noon tagged themselves as a cult doom band. However, the group's full-length debut, Death Machine, exhibited greater artistic ambitions and offered a much broader scope of atmospheric music. Demons of Noon's heaviness was assured, but the band were also as acid-fried as they were shroom-inspired, sounding influenced by experiences beyond the usual all-metal gamut. Death Machine was as dark as the witching hour. However, Demons of Noon lit up the night with mammoth yet melodic music that was as skull-cracking as it was heart-gripping. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/ccd057df-fa9c-4910-8941-5abaaa72a9f7/a0831916725_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Beastwars: Tyranny of Distance Beastwars' released their strongest album a decade ago, with 2013's Blood Becomes Fire being the perfect summation of the Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) band's finest attributes. This year's Tyranny of Distance was a massive return to form. The LP saw Beastwars reinterpreting tracks from Aotearoa artists like The 3Ds, The Gordons, Snapper, Nadia Reid, Marlon Williams, Julia Deans, and more. Beastwars' powerhouse covers boiled over with due reverence while the band turned every song into their own. Heavy as hell, sludgier than a tar pit, and with distorted riffs and howling vocals galore, Beastwars sounded on fire and alive with the flaming passion of old. Fvkin awesome. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c4ed4646-f63a-4c63-9574-21d038a67e2c/a2373112408_10-1.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - The Spectre Collective: Neuro Death The first new recording in three years from Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) sound explorers The Spectre Collective was a kosmische triumph. Neuro Death featured doom-laden robo-psych, sci-fi synth-scapes, and all manner of apocalyptic imaginings. Again, The Spectre Collective plucked from myriad alternative and avant-garde genres to create highly imaginative tracks that drew you into their paranoic depths. Neuro Death was The Spectre Collective's best release yet. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/2f62b43f-d203-4f4d-a9b1-b7687958a243/a3402024439_16.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Playthings: S/T Ōtautahi (Christchurch) band Playthings formed in 1980, and the band's self-titled 2023 release collected remastered versions of their two early '80s 7-inch releases – plus a previously unreleased country punk track. Released by Christchurch label Leather Jacket Records (who had a very busy year), Playthings' six-song 12" featured jittery tracks that jingled and jangled like the best 80s post-punk. Angular, energetic, and lo-fi. A perfect archival re-discovery. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/1ce37bc5-f583-44af-91e4-e55363a422e0/a3120897992_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Starving Millions: VII Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) four-piece Starving Millions have been serving up solid hardcore for a decade. (And that’s well beyond many local punk bands’ lifespans or artistic capacities.) Starving Millions’ VII EP was the band’s first release for a few years, but there wasn’t any sign of rustiness on the band’s behalf. If anything, Starving Millions sounded more creative than ever, venturing deeper into post-hardcore territory on VII. There’s a lot to be angry about out there. Here’s your soundtrack for punching through walls. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/dab28a62-1564-496e-9f73-e9154602c236/a3771344182_10-1.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Abysm: Neuroses It’s hard to nail down Aotearoa metallers Abysm's abrasive sound. But that's also the best thing about the band. Abysm hunt and kill across varied sonic terrain. The band’s Neuroses album was packed with hyper-speed riffs and saw death metal shoved down the throat of grindcore and then spat out by mathcore. Listen to extreme metal long enough and you become desensitised to its intensity. However, Neuroses was one of those ultra-violent releases that re-sensitised all of your nerves, neurons, and psychological kinks. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/e2ba3609-2dc8-4cd4-aa32-0d773a80d7e1/a3257670984_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Bulletbelt: Burn it Up A dozen band members later, Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) outfit Bulletbelt finally found the sweet spot between crunchy contemporary hooks and classic metal choruses. In many ways, the band’s fifth full-length, Burn it Up, was the album Bulletbelt founder and drummer Steve Francis had been working towards since 2009. Bulletbelt had never sounded more open to commercial success, but Francis and co still held tight to the band’s powerhouse aesthetic. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/76d6ca77-a053-4797-b73d-59262bcd9581/a1671961120_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Thee Golden Geese: Bird of the Year 2023 Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) "supergroup" Thee Golden Geese released their Bird of the Year 2023 debut in late October. The band reconsidered their plan to disband if they didn't immediately reach #1 on 95bFM's Top Ten. But they did hit the coveted top spot soon after. As Thee Golden Geese said, the group combined "dumbass lyrics" with "catchy rawk 'n' rawl", with Bird Of The Year 2023 featuring middle-aged blokes making "comedy punk" for fans of all ages. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/c02af269-a053-4b0e-9617-92c4028ec0fe/a3424253992_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Mammuthus: Imperator Imperator, the full-length debut from the bong-friendly Mammuthus, received plenty of praise this year. The Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) band's sound was aptly mammoth, seeing Mammuthus sprinkling psychedelic ingredients into an otherwise super-thick and equally heavy brew of stoner, sludge, and doom metal. Everything you needed to know about Mammuthus' creative MO was right there on Imperator's cover: a tusked purple skeleton with shrooms sprouting underneath. Smoke 'em if you got 'em. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/913b0c5f-c818-4768-9636-3c4485233b05/a0989987919_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Brawler N.Z.H.C: Hard Truth Kirikiriroa (Hamilton) outfit Brawler N.Z.H.C specialise in the kind of beatdown hardcore where the word 'motherfucker' serves as a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb. Brawler N.Z.H.C's Hard Truths EP featured guttural tracks that dialled up every thick-necked, chest-kicking attribute to red-lining levels. Super-brutal noise for when the hardest hardcore is required. (See the Hard Truths’ cover art for confirmation of that.) Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ea5d827154d801d64d3163/4eb7eade-7adf-4ee8-a547-cfdba85f4e6f/a2029525862_10.jpg Noise - Down Under(ground): Aotearoa ‘23 - Infinity Ritual: EP II Ngāmotu (New Plymouth) trio Infinity Ritual caught the attention of plenty of fans with their first EP. The band's EP II increased their creative diversity, although Infinity Ritual still ticked all the groove, stoner, and psych-metal boxes. Kiwi fans lap this kind of heavyweight weedian metal up, and Infinity Ritual's gargantuan songs are precisely what devotees of ‘The Riff’ desire. Check out EP II's massive 18-minute closing track, "Stones", to see how far Infinity Ritual have come. 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The band's Bridge City Crew EP featured shout-a-long tracks that diehard fans of the peak years of Victory or Revelation Records will lose their veritable shit too. Drop Off Point’s stripped-back songs encouraged the wildest pit pile-ons, with Bridge City Crew's windmilling, mosh-ready tracks combining a solid sonic punch with electrifying energy. FYI, members of Drop Off Point also run the popular New Zealand Hardcore Past and Present project, which supports, promotes, and chronicles the aforementioned. You can find their Facebook page right here. 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