HEAVY RUNNER - Life Music

Location: Województwo dolnośląskie, Polska

Release: Ratel / Ugly and Proud Records, 2019

New music is hitting us daily, for those who keep it open minded and possess a good sense of what's real, your next favorite thing can come from anywhere. Based in the Province of Lower Silesian (Poland) comes HEAVY RUNNER with a surprising 10-song LP, freshly out!

In "Life Music" you can expect a full dose of heavy groove hardcore very reminiscent of CROWN OF THORNZ and even The Mongoloids to a certain extent, specially when the singer switch vocal styles. Two references that scores high on my book!

Their affinity with RAP is displayed in the best way possible, adding great flow to the singing and music which also shows small traits of Polish beatdown in times. All in all, taking in consideration the seemingly positive approach on life matters lyrically this turns out to be one of my personal fav hardcore albums of 2019!

Get down with the real, Heavy Runner is here to move things around and with Life Music they just got what it takes! Limited pressing of 300 Lps.

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FACE REALITY - Strong Survive

Location: Detroit, USA

Release: Back To Back Records, 2012

A true classic of recent years, from 2008 to 2012 FACE REALITY showed what they came here for, not another generic revival Youth Crew group! Each release came out stronger than the previous, making this 2012 EP Strong Survive their pinacle and final offer.

They took their name from a HARD STANCE song, making them one of the biggest influences in their sound and by 2012 some of the band members started FREEDOM (which recently called it quits as well), two of the raddest bands to ever come out from Detroit for quite some time hands down!

Here we have everything they've put out in high quality except their DEMO (which was posted here) plus their contribution track for the Ghoul Gang collective comp.

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Today's bonus is this beauty here, FREEDOM Until Now... Mixtape!! Pure Confront nostalgia.

HOTHEADS - Promotional Heat

Location: NYC

Release: Just A Audial, 2016-2018
Artwork: Emma Hendry

With members playing in NYC Headhunter and Krimewatch you can't expect anything soft coming from a side-project by them.

Short-lived projects like HOTHEADS very often appeals to me, especially if they play obscure 80's styled hardcore, so it was an easy pick to be featured here on the blog, even though is not fresh news anymore.

They formed in 2016, released 3 tapes, recording a total of 10 tracks (including a Rolling Stones cover) and then broke up last year. Some merch are still available in their bandcamp, don't sleep!

Members can now be found on Super Natural Psycho and Born Sinner.

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It's bonus time!! Both NYC Headhunters releases added in the download link fellas, mosh to the Piece of Crap Stomp!

 

HIGH COMMAND - The Primordial Void

Location: Worcester, US

Release: Haftvad Records, 2018

As we wait for HIGH COMMAND's highly antecipated debut full-length on Southern Lord here's the 6 tracks of thrash phenomena they have put out so far.

Most recently the 2-track "The Primordial Void" EP and the 4-track Secartha Demos Cassette tape both out by Haftvad Records and recorded by Bostonian underground all-star Chris Corry (No Tolerance, Magic Circle).

If you haven't heard try to picture Iron Age's Sleeping Eye and Sodom's Agent Orange mixed musicianship with King Diamond on steroids fronting the whole thing, ripping everything on its way! If the new LP drops this year, it will most likely figure on my top thrash/crossover releases for 2019 alongside Lowest Creature's new album!! 

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SOCIAL DECAY - Sick Society

Location: Jersey Shore

Release: To The Point Records, 2015
Artwork: Dave Gutierrez

27 years in the making, the lastest from SOCIAL DECAY, fierce NJ unit repping crossover since 1983!

First released as a limited tape then officially on 10-inch vinyl in 2015, "Sick Society" is a collection of newly recorded versions of 9 old songs written as far back as 1983 to 1986, 4 brand new songs and a Mental Abuse cover.

This album is incredibly hard to find in any format -- even digital! -- but very worth checking, all elements preserved from before they first broke up around 1991, thrashy blast parts and breakdowns plus incendiary lyrics! Their previous and killer material can be found on Blogged And Quartered here.

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RAW BREED - Collected

Location: Denver, US

Release: Trip Machine Laboratories, 2019
Artwork: Pete Maria

Hailing from Colorful Colorado comes RAW BREED, which I believe is already known to many due their off the hook tapes released last year: the demo and the summer tour promo, 8 tracks in total that got pressed into vinyl a few months back by Trip Machine Labs!

Their music was once described as the result of a cross between Breakdown and Think I Care. Short and sharp hardcore, rawness to the fullest!



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These recordings by Raw Breed were mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth (Dead Air Studios) whose skills were also requested in Pete Maria's band (WORN) latest release "Not Your Game" EP out on 12forty Records, a going-for-the-throat styled hardcore! Both bands are set to hit the road in July!

GET A GRIP - Running Out Of Time

Location: Arizona, US

Release: Criminal Records, 2019
Artwork: Gera Vega

Out 2 weeks ago "Running Out Of Time" the new 5-song EP by Tucson's GET A GRIP, a band that has been on my radar since day one!

Their unpretentious yet infectious 80's skate-punk influenced hardcore gets tighter and more authentic by each release, treading a path in harcore where very few are up to these days. For fans of The Faction, early McRAD, Attitude Adjustment, and A.N.S.

7" release party was strategically scheduled for April 20th, the record plus some shirts are up online in their store.

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