HEVN.

Some solid d-beat-ish rockin' crusty hardcore from Oslo, Norway.

Somewhere along the way they gained a female singer from Seattle, WA who has a thick wail throughout - take that, guy who whined 'cuz I didn't post bands with women in them - here's yet another...

Really nice stuff; at times it gallops like Motörhead, and at others it breaks down into a "heavy-with-melody" kind of thing, reminding me a bit of old Germanic thrash-rippers like Inferno.

Yeah, it's good, and they packed it in before their time if you ask me.

Dig around on the 'webernet a little bit & you can track down all their goodies straight from their own site, I believe.

Check it out.



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Hevn - What Goes Around... Comes Around




Now playing: Shrum - Tears of a Marionette
via FoxyTunes

SELFISH.

You know, when it comes to the whole D-Beat/Crust thing, I am a true fan.
I really am.
The problem is, most bands of said genre don't bring anything new or original to the table.

I guess that's part of the formula - and that's fine and all - but there are a few bands that do set themselves apart from the rest of the back-patch bands.

Selfish is one of them.

These Finlandia rockers mesh creatively heavy riffs, sick leads, and rad "gang-along" choruses.
On top of that, they break away from the pack with COLOR IMAGERY - and it works!



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Selfish - Cause Pain

(If you have anything else by them besides this or the "Tear Silence Into Pieces" Split, PLEASE SEND ME A D/L LINK - thanks!)




Now playing: Darkside NYC - Clawing & Tearing
via FoxyTunes

AVSKUM.

Tight, heavy and relentless "D-Beat" - what a pussy-sounding name for such a tough-guy genre of punk, huh?) - from Sweden.
These guys have been at the forefront of the crustcore scene since 1982, and are still killing it today.

(This record was sounding really fucking good tonight during "beer drinking practice", so I thought I'd share)...



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Avskum - Crime & Punishment




Now playing: Raw Power - Start A Fight

FROM ASHES RISE.

I highly doubt that I need to tell you much about these guys - not that it's my style to give a history lesson - there's a lot more blogs out there that do that better than me.
Members of this band have done time in Tragedy, His Hero is Gone, Deathreat, World Burns To Death, & Hellshock.

Here's the final release from these kings of dirt-punk ...

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.
Jade Tree.

D/L From Ashes Rise - Nightmares right here.