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
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MANGE.

A side project of various members of such heavyweight acts as Phobia & Dystopia, Mange somehow create dark& sludgy grindcore - is it possible to be heavy whilst also blasting-the-fuck-out?

Indeed it is, and these guys are proof!

While I'm at it, I have to mention the harmonic-ness that is this post alongside my good friend Batguano over at Fugitive Equilibrium.
The man always has stellar taste, and if you dig this Mange stuff make sure you visit FE to grab the also-bad-assness that is the Mange - "Junkie" Demo.



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Mange - Disillusioned




Now playing: Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
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CHRIST ON A CRUTCH.

Balls-out hardcore from the era before metal influence hit the scene, these guys started in D.C. in the early eighties before eventually ending up in Seattle.
What I find most interesting is that they don't "sound" like a Seattle or D.C. hardcore band to me - they have a unique sound all their own.

I always thought they were from Texas for some reason, like San Antonio or Corpus Christi - why? I'm not sure...
Anyways, enjoy this fine collection of quality rockin' hardcore that is power-fuckin-packed from beginning to end.



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Christ On A Crutch - Spread Your Filth: The Doughnut & Bourbon Years




Now playing: Nailed Down - Broken Glass
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JONITHIN CHRIST, R.I.P.

I just found out that Jonithin Christ died on March 5th. due to complications (I'm assuming from the brain tumor he had removed a while back).

The news of his passing saddens me, as his various bands' music always had a profound effect on me - still does.

When I first heard the split Code of Honor did w/ Sick Pleasure back in 1985 whilst living in small-town Michigan, it completely blew me away on every level.
I hadn't heard hardcore be so emotive without being "pussy", and as musicians, they certainly weren't hacks.

This record became a daily anthem to me, I skated to this on a daily basis for years to come, I made a sick-ass t-shirt as well that I certainly wish I still had...

When I moved to SF in 1992, I was well-versed in SF/Bay Area HC & Thrash, and Maximum Rock and Roll & Thrasher Magazines' were my fucking bible for years prior, so I was pretty much set - all I had to do was get to SF & I would find my true home.

That formula for the most part still works for me; MRR & Thrasher pretty much suck these days, but the attitude/outlook I gained in my formative years from said publications has groomed me in a way that still hold true in my daily life.

I wrote to Jonithin for awhile a few years ago; I had done an interview with him for one of the many failed blogs I had before this one, and he was nothing but kind in his words that he had for others and his outlook for life was one of compassion - far more than I could ever have for humanity.

Take a moment to listen to one of the best hardcore bands that ever was.

Thanks, Jonithin.

R.I.P.

Code of Honor - The Complete Studio Recordings: 1982 - 1984

KORO.

First off, thanks for hanging in there while I took a little time off.

Had a great time hanging out with my brother, road trippin' to Santa Cruz, eating decadent meals nightly, and I think the thing I really enjoyed the most was being able to drink fine beers at 10am on a Monday - haven't done that since I was a dirthead scumbag, i.e., "pre-fatherhood"!

Koro was a shooting-star of hardcore fury straight out of The Marble City - Knoxville Tennessee.
While their name may sound like they are Japanese, the only semblance of that would be in the energy & power they put into their music.

You can't go wrong with this, folks...



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Koro - Speed Kills +