Kerouac - Cold and Distant, Not Loving

 listen to A Sheep. A Well by Kerouac, as a preview to this album

Kerouac is a post-hardcore band from the UK (Myspace), with a bunch of chaotic hardcore influences.

when randomly shuffeling, I once mistook a song by them for a song by The Chariot. my bad. because the only thing I found they had in common, after checking the album in its entirety, was a bunch of guitar-feedback wherever they could fit it in and the recurring start/stop music structures. the transitions from one part to the other is always very fluent (not the copy/paste structures like most chaotic hardcore-ish bands) and seem to have a lot of thought put in them, because it's all killer no filler on Cold and Distant, Not Loving!

Last fm tags this as chaotic hardcore, hardcore, screamo, british, venice ahoy

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Accept The Change - Changing Lanes

listen to Beyond The Masses by Accept The Change, as a preview

from all the posts so far, and possibly for a long time to come, this is the least well known release posted. but the point to this and every other post, will always be that it deserves more attention. Accept The Change (Myspace) is a Belgian hardcore band with an interesting approach in between straight-forward and melodic influences. not the kind of influences where you would pinpoint what bands they like best, but they grasp and display the sheer foundation of its sound.  I haven't seen them live very often, but I hope that will change in the near future.

I hope to update you about their next release very soon!

no tags on Last fm yet

I think you'd have to be lucky enough to catch them live, to be able to buy the record.

or, you can always contact the band by e-mail

Combatwoundedveteran discography

 listen to The Party Asteroid Apocalypse by CombatWoundedVeteran

After my favorite album, I present to you my favorite band. Combatwoundedveteran (Myspace) was an American band with members from Reversal Of Man that combined hardcore, screamo/emoviolence and powerviolence into the most raunchy and noisy pile of sonic chaos and beauty I have come across, to date.

in this post you can find their only full album, and their discography with songs from every release BUT their full album, like their splits with Orchid, Scrotum Grinder and Reversal Of Man (1996-2003). 

I remember that I read on the blog of Steak Mtn (graphic designer ex-member of the band) that there was supposed to be another release, with this artwork by him,  but haven't heard from that ever again. come to think of it, I can't find any info about it on his own blog. maybe it was just a beautiful dream in which they were reunited.

"They remind me of a combo of Spazz's song titles w/ a charles bronson sound. Which is excellent of course."

Last fm tags as  grindcore, powerviolence, power violence, screamo, hardcore

I know a Girl Who Develops Crime Scene Photos (their only full album)

This Is Not An Erect All-Red Neon Body (discography of every other song)

click the image beneath to buy stuff from this band, and support No Idea Recods. 

still one of the most brilliant record labels active, because of both their releases and organising THE FEST!

Amanda Woodward - La Decadence De La Decadence

 listen to On est un con by Amanda Woodward, as a preview to this album

To this day, this is probably my favorite record. Amanda Woodward (Myspace) was a French band, with members that went on to form the wonderful Aussitot Mort and Karysun, and is still the climax of the brilliant French Screamo sound. instrumentally they create an amazing atmosphere with twinkly guitars, a jazzy bass that holds its own and breathtaking vocals with political lyrics (or so I'm told, my french is horrid) tamed by thight drums to make it harmonious. I have allways kept a good eye on other French bands in the genre and have seen genious arrengements in it come and go, but still find that this single release tops them all. and that's saying a lot.
Last fm tags as  screamo, hardcore, french, emo, real screamo

buying the record somewhere will be no easy task, nowadays... sorry.

Duke Nukem Forever - discography

 listen to Slow Animals, Fast Music by Duke Nukem Forever as a preview

the band > the game. Duke Nukem Forever, from the US of A (Myspace), hits hard. throwing puns as quickly as the complete songs race by. random and ironic song titles with rawk ahn rawwl riffs make you wish the song would last more than 1:15 tops, but then again the brevity is the icing on the cake. 

I love me some powerviolence.

Last fm tags as powerviolence, hardcore, thrashcore, thrash metal, power violence

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King Terror/Agathocles split

 listen to Voice Your Fucking Opinion by king terror, as a preview to this album

King Terror (Myspace) and Agathocles (Website), both from Hellgium, play superfast punk music that is based around tons of their social and political ethics. King Terror is a fresh band with ex-VUUR and ex SL27 members that plays a hardcore punk variant under the motto 'making hardcore punk again', while Agathocles is an antique band that plays self-proclaimed mincecore. which kinda maybe sounds like (gore)grind but distinguishes itself by the aforementioned ethics.

Last fm tags as  grindcore, mincecore, goregrind, grind,hardcore, punk, powerviolence

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Light Bearer - Beyond The Infinite, Primum Movens, Lucifer's Monody

 listen to Primum Movens by Light Bearer

Light Bearer (Myspace), is a band from the UK with members from Fall Of Efrafa and Dungeons and is my first down-tempo music post.

awaiting this band's first release, I present to you a compilation of 3 of its songs.

like Fall Of Efrafa, this band is loosely based around a concept. this time around Lucifer, and his fall from heaven (I can't help but think of Deathspell Omega). I think it's safe to say you can compare Light Bearer to FoE's latest release, only with a lot more soundscapes and atmosphere, classical instruments and twinkly post-rock structures that build up to Alex CF's signature roar, accompanied by more profound guitar arrangements than his former band's post hardcore and epic crust style. this is like a logical sequel to that band, who I found to grow into a beter band with every step they took toward it's last album. 

Light Bearer's first release will be a 6-song double LP and may be even more to my likings than these people's previous musical projects, judging from what I've only heard so far.

Last fm tags as post-metal, experimental, post-rock, hardcore, sludge

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Worst Case Scenario - songs from Split with Nada X Liberar

(songs by WCS only, sorry)

listen to They who condemn by Worst Case Scenario, as a preview to this album

The labels redirected to this, now defunct, Swedish band (Myspace), are usually what it takes for a band in the crust habitat to get my personal attention. usually, I then proceed by checking song for song with not too high expectations. what can I say, I find the majority in it to be very decent at best. only once in a full moon, I get acquinted with bands like this and GOD-DAMN that's the kind of band that rejuvenates my faith in music all-together! swamping with sociopolitical views I take to heart in combination with fleshripping melodies. the only flaw to this band is that it had a far too short lifespan or number of releases in that lifetime.

Last fm tags as neocrust, crust, dark hardcore, hardcore,hardcore punk

Birds In Row - Cottbus

listen to Words Of Astaroth by birds in row, as a preview to this album


Birds In Row, from France, (Website) is no easy listening. Awkward to me, at first listen of previous releases, I now believe this band has molded the blueprint to its own sound 100% succesfully. dark and eerie sounding with surprising structures, this is no longer a band you can pick out what obvious bands you want to compare them with. too raunchy be 'just' a pawn in the breed of passionate hardcore bands and too heartful to be a mentioned beside straight-forward metalpunk, you need to hear it (all the way through), to believe it.
Las fm tags as hardcore, screamo, hardcore punk, french, emo

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I Create - All We Are Is Now

 listen to Bring Me Back by I create, as a preview to this album

'Merican band I Create (Myspace) is a though nut to crack. tempo's jumping from mid-tempo to downtempo in combination with emotionally tormented talking/whining/shouting vocals. sounds familiar? I find it hard to express how this band appeals to me, so greatly. the post-rock in combination with post-hardcore structure  with screaming thing has been done before, but I create brings more to the table. I get the feel I used to from classic down-tempo skramz bands in place of the melodic hardcore model that other bands in it adapt. nevermind my ranting. check for yourself, I recommend it to great extent.
Last fm tags as screamo, post-rock, emo, real screamo,american

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