PAURA / CLEARVIEW - Rage Through Integrity

Location: São Paulo, Brasil

Release: Caustic Records/HeartsBleedBlue, 2012

PAURA means dread/fear. CLEARVIEW.. comes to mind a chemical product, you mix both you get KABOOM!

Thats why they chose a fallen Maguila for the cover (or George Foreman, dunno), you get knocked out by this soundtrack!

Round 1 you get 4 strikes by Paura, all in the face, heavy as hell. Round 2 comes Clearview, coached once again by Mr. Nick Jett, in 5 hits with crossover twists that makes any combatant dazzling around.

My favourite tracks are TIME OF DISTRESS and NO TURNING BACK, be sure to listem 'em.

Paura's tracks:

THE OTHERS - Sun and Sea

Location: Perth, Australia

Release: Supression Records, 2012

Now that im from free from college for the next 2 months, I have some time to update this crap. It's summer time in the southern hemisphere bitches!!!

Feels good to hear news from a band you thought didnt last, but The OTHERS is still around and kicking. Made a post years ago about their first EP here.

Sun and Sea marks their return, just out on Supression Records and they don't disappoint, what a comeback! They are also touring with Miles Away and Cruel Hand RIGHT NOW in the down under continent, sounds fun!

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SURVIVAL - Spirit Unchained PROMO

Location: Manchester, UK

Release: Carry the Weight, 2012

Release show TOMORROW!! I'm talkin about SURVIVAL's debut EP "Spirit Unchained", 6 groove edge jams sure to leave everyone bouncing. Mr. Big Phil showed me this band and I went nuts! Lace your kicks and show what your 2-steps are made of. 

If you missed their demo, check it in Arty's blog. 

Tomorrow takes place the CTW Fest III in Margate Town, awesome showcase with: BREAKING X POINT, BROKEN TEETH, NEW MORALITY, FINAL RAGE, VIOLENT REACTION, WAYFARER.. among others. Most of them has a new record out, this is the cream of the UK crop!

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NO SWEAT - Demo

Location: Rochester, NY

Release: Endwell Records, 2005

Can't remember how I got to know this one but it was a really good demo! NO SWEAT shared members with Hit The Lights (Reaper Records), that later formed Black SS.

This record is about five tracks of pissed yet fun youth crew hardcore, youngblood style. Endwell Records made a 7" out of their demo tape named "no shirt, no shoes, no sweat!" to celebrate their reunion show in January 2006.

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HARDCORE NEWS 7 "Quickstrike"

Allright, quick update about some new bands im listening to that you might enjoy.

Belgium GET WISE has just dropped their debut EP on Reality Records, 6 songs that sounds beautifully old school!

OVERLOOKED (North Carolina) has an amazing new EP split with Another Mistake, top notch fastcore!! Can't listen enough.

Yet in North Carolina comes a new demo by newcomers RIPTIDE. A tape will be released shortly by Chain Link Records, ffo: Wrong Side, Mental, Righteous Jams. Vibrant hardcore!!

Another new project, this time from Atlanta, called BAD released their debut EP "Odd One Out" on Downside Records, 7 songs in the vein of Lights Out and Carry On. They are also offering the whole EP for download, check it and spread it!




San Antonio own's AFFLICTIVE NATURE brings 5 thrashy hardcore tunes, very fast and furious! Check their EP in its entirety here. Hope to hear more from them!

Austrian's DEMONWOMB are keeping things agitated up there, new EP "Cursed" out now by Powertrip Records, heavy as hell!! Download their demo here.

Rihanna is from the hood y'all

HARDCORE NEWS 6 "The comeback"

New split LP by these 2 promising swedish bands: Chain Reaction and Hårda Bud soon on Monument Records, both sides are available for stream in their bandcamps:

Spanish WE RIDE has a new album entitled On The Edge released by german The Farewell Records (Risk It!, Something Inside). They are about to tour Europe to support the new album, WR CREW!!


From the ashes of The Effort and No Harm Done comes a new boston hardcore outfit, Test Of Time. They remind me of early Bane, check their catchy 11-tracks-demo named Inclusion:


My good friends at Clearview just put two new songs from their upcoming album split with Paura for streaming.
They took a new direction adding some thrash elements which set them apart even further in the South American hardcore scene. (Produced by Nick Jett and Mastered by Matt Hyde)

Speaking of Nick Jett and South America, the cool dudes at Your Fall has a new surprise for us late this month.. THE START OF THE END EP, behold: 

STILL X STRONG EURO TOUR '12

Artwork: Ribas @ Corpo Fechado Tattoo

Begins tomorrow the Still x Strong european tour!!
It's great to see another local band going abroad and spread their work that began 2007 and has evolved so much since than.

A new brutal EP was accomplished specially for this occasion named GIRL, check em out:

This weekend the IEPERFEST takes place in Belgium, a 3-day festival like no other, they will be there, what about you?

www.facebook.com/stillxstrong

REMAIN - As Sharp As Knives

Location: Nederlands

Release: Not Just Words, 2005 (out of print)

Another Not Just Words Records release (#13), lost in time.. a co-release with Light The Fuse Records.

Featuring ex-members of The Dead Scenestars and Spirit 84. REMAIN delivers a solid, honest, pissed off and anger fueled hardcore. Expect no hypes, expect no fake poses on this debut 8 song 7".

Strongly recommended for fans of Floorpunch, Judge and A Chorus of Disapproval.

While you are here don't forget to check their full-length "Out Of Anger". 

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RALPH MACCHIO / VENDETTA EURO TOUR

Two local bands are touring europe for the next 30 days, so if you have the chance go check 'em out!!







HARDCORE WORLDWIDE, ONE SCENE UNITY

DIEHARD YOUTH - 4 Years The Hard Way

Location: Tehachapi, California
Release:  Specimen 32, 2004 (out of print)

You can't talk about IN CONTROL without mentioning DIEHARD YOUTH... actually you can. The fact is that they were tourmates, made guest appearances in each others songs, they were around the same period (1999-2004) and so on.. I believe Tehachapi is near Oxnard.

Other similarity is their music composition and writing, fast posi-core with some melodic thrown in here and there. Fun Fact: Andy Diehard had an obsession with a '99 motion picture called Boondock Saints, a movie about a righteous bodyhunter duo, which were used as skits on their records.

In Four Years The Hard Way you can check all their out of print vinyl releases, demo versions of some songs that were re-recorded in their last and best album "Without The Kids We Would Be Dead", songs from compilations, splits, a slew of covers (Cro-Mags, Gorilla Biscuits, 7 Seconds, INFEST, Minor Threat and... YOUNG MC) and a few Boondock citations, total of 35 songs:

1-4 [split 7" with Line of Scrimage]
5-11 [self titled 7"]
12-14 [split 7" with Flames Still Burns]
15-18 [split 7" with UpSide Down]
19  [Anger Management 7" comp]
20 [Prevent This Tragedy 7" comp]
21-35 [Demos and COVERS - Andy's selection]

DIEHARD YOUTH WAS:
Andy Diehard - vocals
Dave-hard - guitar
Rick or Without You - guitar
JJ - drums
Mike Warrior - bass

After 2004, Andy began a new hardcore project called With or Without You, which is also done. He also used to run a brand called BUST! Streetwear, supported by several cali bands.

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