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Profan “The Bestial Awakening” CD

5.27.2009

"The Bestial Awakening" (released by Bubonic Productions) is billed as the "debut album" from Portugal's Profan, but seeing...

One Hidden Frame “Giant Steps” LP

5.26.2009

The third release from Thug Free Records is also the third full-length from One Hidden Frame ("Giant Steps"), and the band...

Edge of Sanity “Crimson” CD

5.22.2009

I can't believe I've never written about this album before, as Edge of Sanity's "Crimson" is one of my favorite metal...

Robots and Empire “Color Touches” CD

5.21.2009

The latest from Robots and Empire is the four-song "Color Touches" EP (once again on the great Trip Machine Laboratories...

Eibon “s/t” CD

5.19.2009

Released at the very end of last year by Aesthetic Death, this self-titled, two-song EP marks the debut solo release from...

Make Do and Mend “Bodies of Water” CD/one-sided 12”

5.18.2009

Originally released as a free download before being wisely snatched up by Panic Records, "Bodies of Water" is the second...

Drift “Stalkin’ Like Killers” CD

5.14.2009

There were actually a surprising number of absolutely raging hardcore albums coming out of Europe in the early part of this...

Bolt “Behind Obstacles Lies Truth” CD

5.13.2009

It's been an astoundingly long six years since the last full-length release from Finland's Bolt, but "Behind Obstacles Lies...

Casting Curses “Heartificial” CD

5.12.2009

"Heartificial" is an extremely brief two-song "teaser" EP from Syracuse, NY's Casting Curses (released by Tuned to You...

Unreal City “Masks” CS

5.11.2009

"Masks" is a limited edition cassette (you read that right) containing six new tracks from Pittsburgh, PA's Unreal City in...

All State Champion “Is it Nothing to You” CD

5.6.2009

"Is it Nothing to You" turned out to be the sole full-length from Canada's All State Champion (released by Five One Inc....

Hiretsukan “End States” CD

5.4.2009

I was a big fan of Hiretsukan's debut EP, "Invasive//Exotic", when it hit the streets in 2002, but the band broke up...

Damn the Machine “s/t” CD

5.1.2009

I wrote about Damn the Machine's lone self-titled CD many years ago on the first version of my site (in fact, if I'm not...

Lord by Fire “s/t” 7”

4.30.2009

From right here in Richmond, VA and formerly known as simply Sword (whose sole release was titled "Lord by Fire"), Lord by...

Awesome band needs label: Solstice

4.29.2009

Back in 2005 I wrote about Solstice's "Pray" album, which was—at the time— their final release (from 1995), so I was both...

Pulling Teeth “Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions” CD

4.28.2009

"Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions" is the latest five-track EP from Maryland's increasingly intriguing Pulling Teeth...

Acme “...To Reduce the Choir to One Soloist” CD

4.24.2009

Acme was a short-lived but highly regarded metallic hardcore act from Germany that formed in 1991 and called it quits in...

First World “An Extinct Way of Life”

4.23.2009

Hailing from Memphis, TN and featuring current and former members of Dead City and That Was Then, First World has just...