DEMONSTRATION OF STYLE: 2013

Hardcore band from São Paulo, Brazil.
Inspired by bands like: No Warning, Guns Up!, Bitter End and Alpha & Omega.

If you happen to be from Brazil or stay there in January, check them out on tour with Rotting Out

More info on their Facebook

01. Blindness

02. Enemy Within

03. Why are we here?

04. End of Line

Various Bitrates

Human Bodies - Demo MMXIII

get in touch with the band for a limited edition tape

Nothing like a bit of venomous black metal into our hardcore, hein!

Human Bodies is a 2-piece, raw, punk-infused black metal band from Boston.

01. Segments, Nevermore

02. Stygian Reverie

03. Dregs

04. While the Others Wait

Various Bitrates

"Groove metal/hardcore crossover from Glasgow, featuring members and ex-members of: Eviscerate AD, Rough Justice, Senzafine, MAIR and Insomniac.

Influences: Merauder, Pantera, Biohazard, Leeway, Sepultura, Madball, Life Of Agony, Beastie Boys, S.O.D, Wu-Tang Clan, Strife, Cold World, Hatebreed, yada yada...

We are going to absolute decimate a venue near you very, very soon."

01. Former Glory

02. Choking Dust

03. Bitches Leave

Various Bitrates

Sunday, December 15, 2013

No Crosses - Demo

Frantic hardcore from Denver, Colorado, featuring members of Negative Degree.

Lo-Fi and abrasive, like hardcore should be.

01. Nothing

02. Why Try?

03. Untouched

04. No Standards/Anxiety

05. Dead Awake

Various Bitrates

The Fanboys - Enter The Fanboys Promo Tape

The Fanboys are getting ready to release their first LP, Enter the Fanboys.

If you want to get a taste of what's to come, do check out their promo tape.

01. Microchip

02. Coffee Shop

03. Special Person In Christ

Various Bitrates

Bonestorm - Demo 2013

Soundcloud

Fellow neighbours Bonestorm are a hardcore punk from Tenerife, Canary Islands. Formed in December of 2012 and influenced by Ceremony, Trash Talk, Punch, DNF, Mind Eraser, Let It Die…

01. Intro

02. Slammed Head
03. Kings of Decadence
04. In Ruins
05. Jailed
06. Dead Men
07. The Biter Beast

Various Bitrates

High Card - Demo 2013

Hardcore Punk from Long Island, NY.

They are playing the Backtrack record release show Jan. 10, so get there soon to check them out.

01. Save Your Breath

02. Cut It Quick

03. High Card

04. See Through The Lies

05. Venom

Various Bitrates

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Manipulate - Demo MMXIII

"New York Hardcore's new breed, MANIPULATE. Full of veterans in the game featuring current/ex members of Terror, The Promise, Backtrack, Carry On, Internal Affairs, and Dead Wrong. This demo is a new testament of the future of New York."

Check out Flatspot Records for Cassetes.

01. Warning Signs

02. Living Lie

03. Look The Other Way

04. Loose Link

Various Bitrates

Wild Life - Demo 2013

Coming from Belgium was already suspicious, Wild Life bring us one of the best demos released in Europe this year, quoting influences from "New hardcoreband from of Stop And Think, Rampage, Face Reality, etc.

Get copies at Open Up Records or at the Band's Page.

01. Intro & Through

02. Efforts In Vain

03. C.T.F.

04. The Golden Rule

VBR

Slag - Demo 2012

SLAG is a Hardcore Punk band from Chicago IL.

If you like it, don't forget to check out their newest 7''.

01. (A)(a)

02. Collected

03. Elevation

04. Gut Rot

05. Customer Bullshit

06. S.L.A.G.

07. Balance

08. Push

Various Bitrates

Measure X Up - Demo 2013

New Halifax Straight Edge Hardcore Band.

They are releasing a new demo soon and further packaging everything into a neat tape, so keep an eye for it.

01. Don't Give In

02. Say What You Will

03. Use Your Head

Various Bitrates

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Raw Justice - We Don't Need Your Friends

On topic of Straight & Alert and awesome French bands, heres another great S&A release.

"RAW JUSTICE is a young band hailling from Nantes, western France, featuring ex and current members of No Solution, Black Page and Regarde Les Hommes Tomber. Formed in the fall of 2012 they recorded their debut 7″ in february 2013. They play no frills and pissed off hardcore, taking influences from the current Boston Scene ( The Rival Mob / No Tolerance / Boston Strangler) or late 90′s youthcrew (Floorpunch)."

Apparently these S&A copies are all sold out (which is great) , so if you still want a copy, Life to Live Records still have a few copies.

01. Intro / No Tolerance

02. Take A Pill

03. Raw Justice

04. Weak Minded

05. Enough

06. No Friends

Various Bitrates

Also link at Mediafire

PASS:S&A01RAWJUSTICE

Cut Loose - Demo 2013

"CUT LOOSE brings Youth Crew back in Paris ! New band featuring paris hardcore / Straight Edge veterans who play or used to play in Get Lost, First Failure, Last Quiet Time, Black Spirals, Jack Move or DIG.
They started to play at the begining of 2013 and just dropped their first demo tape.
If you are into Youth Of Today, Step Forward or Minority Unit you have to check them out !"

If Tapes are already sold out at Straight & Alert Records, spam Alexis's mailbox begging for more.

01. Peace Within My Mind

02. Falling Down

03. Going Around

04. Life On Tracks

Various Bitrates

Also available through Mediafire

Pass:S&A02CUTLOOSE

Sunday, November 3, 2013

DisXease - Demo 2013

"A deadly encounter between São Paulo in 2013 with Boston 83 and Cleveland 88."

Awesome new Straight Edge blood from São Paulo, Brazil.

Check Thinking Straight Records for tapes.

01. No Escape

02. Burning Flags

03. The Few

04. Regret

05. Authority

Various Bitrates

Common Ground - Injustice EP

Bancamp

Common Ground, one of the newest Lancaster, PA, hardcore acts.

Also take your time to check out their Self Titled EP.

Get in touch with the band for physical copies.

01. The Last Days

02. To The Grave

03. A.T.W.A.R.

04. Injustice

05. Demise of Humanity

Various Bitrates

Shitmouth - The Revenge Of Hot Nuns

"4 kids that needed to say a lot of stuff to some people and they thought of using music to say those things sounded better."

Hardcore Punk like you forgot existed!

01.Shitmouth

02. Jesus Is Watching You Masturbate

03. Cadilhe

04. I Laughed

05. Your Pussy Stinks

06. Online Punx

07. 2 Girls 1 Cup

08. Society's A Herd

Various Bitrates

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Awake - Demo 2013

It's good to see straight edge gaining momentum again, specially in my little corner of the world.

This is Now is the debut demo from Lisbon, Portugal's Awake.

Keep them on your radar, and check out their tapes, available for pre-order at Salad Days Records.

01. Intro/Empty Words

02. Is there any reason?

03. Time To Change

04. Don't Need

Various Bitrates

Ratpack - Ciudad Maldita

Bornn in 2010 2010 with members of xEl Valor de Lucharx and Billy the Kid.

01. Despertar de los Muertos

02. Ratpack

03. Furia

04. Plagas (Feat. Eddy from Billy the Kid)

05. Ciudad Maldita

Various Bitrates

M.O.R.A. - M.O.R.A. EP

From Helsinki, Finland, M.O.R.A. has been playing with the existing line-up since 2008. Angry hardcore with two female vocalists, mixture of old and newschool. Members are/have been in bands such as Black Betsy, Spoiled Betty, Confusa and Aurinkokerho

01.Intro

02.Feikki

03.Neulan alla

04.Liika on liikaa

05.Mun jutut

06.S.O.S

07.Sika V.I.P

08.Nollatoleranssi

09.Suorittajat

WAV

(The zip file contains our 9 song EP, low resolution version of artwork and roughly translated lyrics from finnish to english. for the mp3 version, get it at their bandcamp)

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Clean Break - Demo 2013

Faro Straight Edge back on the map, from the same place that brought you bands like Critical Point, Pressure and Broken Distance, to name a few, comes another SxE hardcore attack from the usual suspects.

you won't get disappointed.
If you want a tape, act fast, there are just a few on the bandcamp page.

01. Cut And Run

02. Save Face

03. Thick As Thieves

04. Behind The Times

Various Bitrates

Lost Cause - Demo 2013

Formerly What's Right, but still Straight Edge commited, from Fargo, ND.

Also take some time to check their previous demo.

01. Empty Soul

02. Delusion

03. Scorn

04. Stranded & Senseless

Various Bitrates

So Stressed - Attracted To Open Mouths

So Stressed from Sacramento, California play a weird, noise rock/punk using drums, guitar, keyboard/sampler, and voice, since 2010.

The band released a tape of the record, which is also available on CD by Music Ruins Lives (and features a bonus track).

Check it!

1. Adults
2. A Fisherman's Feast
3. Little TV

4. Secret Breasts
5. Animals Seeking Political Asylum
6. Hairstyles
7. Molly
8. The Astronomical Horse

Various Bitrates

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Trenches - Demo

Trenches is a new oldschool vibe hardcore band from Oakland.

The demo will be available in tape, so if you want one and can't be at their 2nd October show in El Rio, SF, get in touch with the band.

01. Enemy

02. Blackout

03. Gas Rag

04. Safe in Shadows

05. A.F.S

Various Bitrates

Victimized - Demo 2013

Talk about fresh, Victimized from North west cumbria, UK just released their first demo.

Check it out.

01. Intro / Make A Move

02. Volatile

03. Twisted World

04. Break These Chains

Various Bitrates

Sunday, September 8, 2013

A Thousand Words - Vivre Sa Vie

A Thousand Words, already posted several times in this blog (although never enough), just released a new EP.

Good, as always, and available through Salad Days Records in two awesome colored 7''.

"The Portuguese juggernauts are back with a killer release. 2 songs of heavy and heartfelt Hardcore that will make your ears bleed and hit you like a punch to the stomach. FFO Rise And Fall and Unbroken.

THIS RECORD IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION."

01. Vivre Sa Vie
02. Gutters

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Overreact - EP 2013

Srasbourg based Overreact are about to drop their first release in 7'' vinyl. In the meantime, check out their EP at their bandcamp.

"Coming from the most northeastern part of France and formed in fall 2011 by members of acts like SPITFIGHT, SOLSTIS, COLD STEEL, AIM FOR DA HEAD or J’AURAIS VOULU, Strasbourg’s OVERREACT distilling a furious metal-rooted hardcore transcended by personal influences. Crossing genders of both punk and metal, the five-pieces outfit draws inspiration from 90’s crossover bands such as ALL OUT WAR, CRO-MAGS, NEGLECT and INTEGRITY. In reaction of the grim assessment of a crumbling modern world in which terror and illusions reign, the band delivers a raging blend of cathartic rhythms, purgative melodies and intense breakdowns.
Aiming to demonstrate their abilities to provide the most sincere and meaningful music, OVERREACT is about to release its first EP on Paris based KNIVES OUT RECORDS. It will be out on a hand numbered limited black vinyl 7 inch edition containing a surge of powerful riffing and committed anger."

01. Look and laugh...

02. Endless

03. Icebreakers

04. Overreact

Various Bitrates

Negative Rage - Does Yours? (Tape)

Negative Rage is a one man punk band from Halifax.

If you like it raw, give it a go. Also, check out the Figure It Out and Don't Wanna Talk Tapes.

Get it touch via email for tapes.

1. Does Yours?
2. Can't Reember
3. The Living End (The Jesus and Mary Chain)

Download

320kbps

Friday, August 16, 2013

Revengeance - Complacent Complacency EP

Revengeance just made their latest EP available for free download. Don't sleep on one of the best bands to come out from Portugal last year.

And if you wanna piss of the neighbours with some loud powerviolence/grind/hardcore, don't

forget to grab a copy in 7''!

01. The Model Citizen

02. Drunken Dialects

03. Inaugurate The Warfare

04. (R)helix

05. Lex Talionis

06. Nihilistic Circus Parade

07. Controlller (Void Cover)

08. Bloodshot Vision

09. Army Of None

10. Jockcore Mentality

11. A Screwdriver In The Ass Of Capitalist Hardcore

12. Pictorial Representation of Faith

Various Bitrates

Bricks - Forfeit

Bricks just released their new tape, new stuff, same poison!

Get in touch with the bandthrough their email for tapes .

01. Habits

02. Forfeit

03. Identity

04. Secrets

05. At A Loss

06. Deluded

07. Wasted

Various Bitrates

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Presence Of Fear - Demonstration 2013

"Presence Of Fear is a new band out of West Michigan that plays a metallic/heavy style of hardcore with some hints to beatdown, quoting influences from bands like All Out War, Ten Of Swords, etc."

1. America's Pastime
2. Forever The Neglected
3. Smoke And Mirrors
4. Hatred Within
5. Sworn In

Various Bitrates

Blare - Blare

80's influenced hardcore punk from Richmond VA.

01. I'm You
02. Reasons
03. Verbally Empty
04. Know
05. Bad Dreams
06. Hollow
07. Kids
08. Problems

Download
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Hollow Truth - Prometheus Bound EP

Dublin's Hollow Truth, previously featured with their demo, just released their new EP.

If you like a good dose of oldschool thrash crossover, don't let this one slip by.

01. With Sword & Salt

02. Prometheus Bound

Various Bitrates

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Puig Destroyer - Puig Destroyer

Facebook

"PUIG destroyer is a baseball themed grind/hardcore project from Riley Breckenridge (Thrice), Mike Minnick (Curl up and Die), Ian Miller (Kowloon Walled City) and Jon Howell (Tigon, Kowloon Walled City), with obvious influences (new baseball phenom Yasiel Puig). Preorders at The Ghost Is Clear Records."

01. One Man, Five Tools

02. Dat Hat

03. Destroyer of Baseballs

04. Nine and Never Apart

05. Basebrawl

06. Stop Fucking Bunting

Various Bitrates

No Thanks - Demo '13

Youthcrew Straightedge from Oklahoma with members of Thought Crime.

FFO: HARDCORE

Keep an eye on the facebook page for news about physical copies.

01. Intro

02. Here For The Show

03. No Thanks

04. Not Alone

05. My Mistakes

06. A New Chapter

Various Bitrates

Red Scare - Demo 2013

"Hardcore punk band from Seattle, WA.
redscarehc@gmail.com for booking."

01. Marked

02. Sheep

03. Fifteen

04. Neanderthal

05. Beg

Various Bitrates

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

As It Hurts - Demo 2013

Stereokiller

Beatdown Hardcore from Liege, Belgium.

01. This mad world

02. Not ready to stop

03. You will Suffer

128kbps

Chelsea Smile - Survival of the Innocent

Website

"Chelsea Smile was formed with a group of friends who have a big heart for hardcore music. With
some line-up changes in the past Chelsea Smile now has a solid team and their debut album ‘Survival
of the Innocent’ is released in the summer of 2013. The album reflects their vision on life and
how they see the world. With a mixture of hardcore such as Terror, Trapped Under Ice and Expire
combined with some Nasty and Shattered Realm beatdown influences, Chelsea Smile packs one hell of a punch. Expect some rough mosh and 2step on the dance floor with this set of fresh Dutch hardcore fanatics."

01. Last Night a Beatdown Saved My Life

02. Last Breath

03. Rhytm of Your Heartbeat

04. Abandon Ship

05. Tidal Waves

06. Survival of the Innocent

07. Wide Awake

08. Stray Away

Download

Various Bitrates

Monday, July 8, 2013

Chained Down - Crossroads

Salt Lake City Hardcore Punk with a lot of youthcrew vibe.

The recording is a little ruff on the edges but don't let that stop you from checking it out.

01. Doubt

02. Sham Life

03. Impact

04. Vile

05. Identity

06. Strength Within

07. Set Aside

08. Held Back

Various Bitrates

Professor - Publish Or Perish EP

Professor, whose demo i had posted just a few weeks ago, just released a new EP.

Keep an eye for the 7'' coming out on Scum Bros Records later this summer.

01. Froshario Stomp

02. Tuitionage

03. Academic Integrity

04. Men's Rights

05. Hüsker Düde

06. Nat Interner Rebellion

07. Semester At C#

Various Bitrates

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Piece Keeper - Demo 2013

Stereokiller

Baltimore still on the map!

Piece Keeper is a 5 piece hardcore band out of Baltimore, Maryland, and is just what Baltimore is getting us used to!

If you're in the area, try to see them live with Fire & Ice The Upper Hand and Over and Out, or with Incendiary and Crosscheck.

01. Crush Proof

02. Collapsing The Barriers

03. Lacking Love

04. Attention Deficit

05. Mask

Various Bitrates

UNCLE - Primata

Two piece powerviolence/hardcore/punk from Prince Edward Island, Canada.

If you're a fan of Orchid, The Locust etc. do check it out!
Tapes available at their bandcamp

01. Knots

02. Caged Ape

03. Dump Run

04. Hunter//Gatherer

05. Generalissimo

06. Flight Response

07. Louse

08. Fossorial

09. Takers

Various Bitrates

Saturday, June 15, 2013

True Love - A Floral Note

Don't be fooled by the cover and title, these Michigan natives hit hard!

Straightedge hardcore for the fans of Carry On, Sworn In, Right Brigade, Panic etc.

01. Intro/TLC

02. Midnight People

03. Out In The Streets Pt. I

04. American Tears

05. Chained Melody

Various Bitrates

Big Content - Demo 2013

"4 song demo tape by Big Contest - Boston and Wilkes-Barre join forces again to make hardcore music for the people. Music in the vein of Warzone, Negative Approach, Krakdown, and Breakdown with lyrics confronting the issues of everyday life. Members of Intent and Disengage. "

Get tapes!!

01. In Too Deep
02. Consumed
03. What Will You Do?
04. Running In Circles

VBR (m4a)

Selfish Ways - Demo 2013

"Hardcore band from Visalia, CA."

Groovy hardcore with NYHC influence.

01. Seven

02. Empty

03. Waste

04. Outlook

05. Years

Various Bitrates

Monday, June 3, 2013

One Last Struggle - Demo

"We are four kids, we aren't musicians, we are all very different, but together we make this. We go by the D.I.Y. and anti- capitalist ethics in hardcore-punk and our lives! We want to teach, learn, meet people, talk, sing, shout and scream! We want rebellion, we want freedom, we want liberation! This is our last struggle in a world that doesn't care!"

01. Trapped In A Fold

02. One Last Struggle

03. Apathy

04. Same Old Everyday

05. Pointing Fingers

Various Bitrates

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Break 'Em - Demos

Break 'Em are a fairly recent band from Lindesberg/Örebro, Sweden, that just released their new demo.

Also, take the chance to check out their first demo, and get in contact with the band for copies.

Demo 2012

01. Class War

02. Armageddon

03. Get Out

Various Bitrates

Demo II

01. Intro/Erased

02. Worthless

03. Caught in a Nightmare

04. Soul Trip

Various Bitrates

Enlightenment - Propaganda Of Desires EP

Leipzig's Enlightenment, whose demo i had already posted just released their new EP. If you missed them the first time and are a fan of melodic hardcore, don't skip it.

01. Endgame
02. Enfants Perdus
03. Power Of The Imagination
04. Principle Of Hope

Various Bitrates

Sunday, May 26, 2013

IRATE - Demos

Myspace

"In 1995, five young aspiring musicians gathered together in the Bronx, NY. They were drawn to each other for two reasons: a love of heavy music and the disillusionment created by urban adolescence. Nick (guitar), UV (drums), Nando (guitar), Phil (vocals) and Jayson (bass) became known as Irate and established themselves as one of New York City’s most brutal metal bands. Their music exemplified through sound and lyrics the harsh realities of growing up in a city (as well as a world) of apathy and indifference, a place where you must scream to be heard. "

Demo 96

01. Malintentions

02. Step to My World

03. Straight Up

320kbps

Demo 1999

01. Supremacy

02. Malignant

03. C.P.R.

192kbps

Demo 2003

01. Vendetta

02. Blasphemy

03. Depression

04. Fallen