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Faucheuse: Bordeaux Adult Oriented D-Beat Returns With Comme Un Poignard
Besides countless demos, niche labels, and bands self-releasing their own records in small runs, I’ve always kept an eye on a couple of established imprints that consistently put out things…
À Qui La Liberté? UZU’s Dark Punk in Arabic Turns Exhaustion Into Resistance
For UZU أوزو, exile is not a metaphor but a condition. On their second album À qui la liberté?, the Montreal-based quartet inhabit that state completely, tracing the uneasy line between…
Hekátē: Μαύρη Τρύπα Burns Brighter in the Bleakness (Album Premiere)
It’s been five years since Hekátē stepped out of the shadows with their debut full-length, Μέρες Οργής (Days Of Wrath), released by La Vida Es Un Mus. That record captured the bleak urban…
Clan dos Mortos Cicatriz: Brazilian Nekropunx Meditate on Death & Despair in “Máscara da…
Brazilian four-piece Clan dos Mortos Cicatriz have been making a name for themselves in the underground metal-punk circuit since their first EP in 2017. With an incendiary amount of extreme…
Proteststorm: Swedish Kängpunk Duo Drops Debut LP Den Typ Som Överlever
We don't often feature "supergroups" or side projects, as these bands tend to get more hype and attention from other music outlets. Swedish punks Proteststorm, however, have kept a low…
Human Needs: Rome Post-Punk Band Uncovers Debut Album Concrete//Generic
Human Needs’ debut album, Concrete//Generic, is a tightrope walk between chaos and clarity. Dropping December 6, 2024, and crafted by Gabor Wiltner (mixing and mastering), this record dives…
xCHOKEx: Bulgarian Straight Edge Band Drops Debut Album and Chats with Gabriel Kuhn
If proof was still needed for the global spread of straight edge, look at all the places that celebrate Edge Day (October 17). The autonomous social center Fabrika Avtonomia in Sofia,…
Track Premiere: Brazilian Metal Punks Obsoletion Reveal “Abominable New World”
Few bands manage to capture the essence and magic of punk and metal quite like Brazil’s Obsoletion. Formed in 2018 in São Paulo, they caught the attention of local label Thinking Straight…
Remdik: Antifascism Should Be an Essential Part of Every Thinking Person
Hailing from the northwestern Slovakian town of Žilina, Remdik began around 2022 as an idea of two brothers to form a skinhead-hardcore band with an explicit message of standing up against…
Diploid: Battling Emotional Vultures and Isolation on “Denial Defensive” (Track Premiere…
Since 2010, Diploid have been making ripples in the Australian underground with their chaotic and violent sound. Hailing from Naarm (Melbourne), this trio delivers a relentless assault of…
Betonwelt: Hamburg’s Anarcho-Punk Trio Release Their Debut Album (Premiere)
Within the all-consuming maw of our urban landscapes, concrete stretches endlessly, devouring the horizon. The natural world, once a sanctuary of verdant plants and animals, now lies buried…
CarlxJohnson: Full Health, Armor, and Powerviolence
CarlxJohnson is a powerviolence band from the quaint town of Postojna in southwestern Slovenia, drawing heavy inspiration from the video game GTA: San Andreas. Their latest offering,…