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Hardcore / Punk Cd's 2

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4 WAYS ONE THOUGHT (Int.) Great compilation for all those into New York Hardcore/ old school Hc ! 16 tracks/42 minutes by 4 international
bands with a good production : Never Face Fefeat (Germany) + No More Fear (Italy) + More Than Ever (Germany) + White Minority (Indonesia).
Mostly personal lyrics. (Luciferz Legion Records, 2002) Fans of modern Hc try this ! 8€
A POSITIVE OUTLOOK RECORDS COMPILATION (Int.) Sampler 2001 (no unreleased tracks) 20 tracks/ 71 minutes by 4 international labels,
all into melodic sounds : indie pop, emo-pop, pop-core. Very beautiful layout, big booklet and good sound quality. Featuring : The Green Acre, Boda,
Evil Macaroni, Morning Before, Eterna Inocencia, Lightyear, Serotonin, Carnated, Mend this Tear, Outbreak, Wei Ji, etc. 8€  

ACHTUNG ! MADE IN ANARCHYA (Int.) Nice 60-minutes Cd compilation featuring 8 melodic punk bands : Revolution Time (F),
Apocalypse Babies (UK), Swoons (Ger), Invain (F), Terrorgruppe (Ger), Unborn SF (Fin) Madels no Madels (Fin), Swindle (Nl)
3 tracks each, good sound quality (Trisomik Records 1999) Pretty cool stuff. 8€

AGAINST ALL ODDS (U.K.) 14 bands, 19 tracks, 55 minutes of mostly melodic Hardcore. Good sound quality. On Noo Noo records, 2002.
Featuring : Black Eye Riot, Nozzle, Chemical Reaction, Dead Letter Dept, Closet Monster, Longfellow, Exit Wound, Closer than Kin, etc. 8€

ADELHELD STREIDEL EXPERIENCE "Radikal in Portugal" 18 tracks, 28 minutes, fast-ish punky Hardcore from Germany (that sounds a lot like
A Alower Go !) Political lyrics, good sound quality (Per Koro/ Gags’n’Gore, 1995) 8€

ADJUDGEMENT (G) "At Two O’Clock" 13t/ 33 minutes ; German tight New York Hardcore who have progressed into their own sound,
with a few noisy influences (maybe reminiscent of Snapcase, but more Hc). 3rd album ? Good production, socio-personal lyrics (PCS 2003) 8€

ADRIFT (F) "To the Void" 10 tracks/28 minutes. New band from Besançon, playing punk-hardcore with a modern crust touch, quite similar to
Tragedy or His Hero is Gone. Good sound quality, socialy aware lyrics (Mass Prod, 2005) 8€

AJENOS A LA TRAGEDIA/ NECESIDAD DE LUCHAR (Sp) Split Cd + Ep !! 5 track Ep + a full Cd (19 tracks/47 minutes !) including bonus
songs and Necesidad’s first album from 2001. Tight hardcore-punk/oldschool with a few melodies and a good production, and political lyrics.
Ajenos have female vocals. Both bands are excellent, even live. Don’t miss this ! La revuelta records, 2005. 8€

AL KE NO LE GUSTE (Sp) "Ke se Joda" 17 tracks/30 minutes : basic and typical Spanish punk-Hc, with political lyrics.
Good sound quality (Chinaski Records, 2003) 8€

ALIEN SQUAD (Pr) "From Alienation to an Alien Nation" 18t/38", Political punk-Hardcore sung in English..
The sound is good, the music is fast, influences range from GBH, Poison Idea, to Mass Murderers(Anti-Corpos DIY records, 1992) 8€

ALIENATION MENTAL (Cz) "Ball Spouter" 10t / 30" Grindcore with guttural vocals, and -may be- some kind of Death
Metal influences too. Good sound (Khaaranus Rds 2002) 7€

ALL DAY (USA) "Nobody Likes a Quitter" 17 track-compilation of their Eps + bonus tracks, great powerful melodic Californian Hc featuring one
Pennywise member (but more powerful than Pennywise, Vision, etc) ! Good production, (Know Records 1996) 7€

ALLORAR ALA IGLESIA (Sp) "1992-1996" Complete discography by this early Hardcore band. Ex-Nocivo people playing original mid-tempo
punk/ Hardcore/ crust with a good sound quality and political lyrics (big booklet). They toured Germany and probably influenced, or were influenced,
by bands like Naytia, Obni, Anarcrust, Scatha, Contropotere, etc... 8€
ALONE IN THE CROWD
(Mex) "El Triste Muro de la Sociedad" 12 tracks/ 30 minutes of modern emo-crust. Good sound quality, typical lyrics,
and a typical sound similar to Tragedy, Remains of the Day, Life Extinction or Antimaster (Exabrupto Records, 2008) 7€

AMERICA’S HARDCORE (USA) Four different bands, but all in the "new school" (read : metal/Hc/grunge/emo/melodic/Nu-metal) vein :
Waking Kills the Dream, Last Year, Hamartia and Horse. Good sound quality, 12t/44" (Good Life rds 2001) 7€

AN OLD FASHIONED GRINDCORE ASSAULT (Int.) Brilliant compilation of grindcore bands ! 100% Pure grind here !
Several tracks for each band !! Lots of famous names : Agathocles, Ulcerrhoa, Needful Things, Demisor, Entrails Massacre, Rot,
Bizarre X, Fubar, Denak,... 60 tracks !!! (Cooperacion Records) 8€

ANAL THUNDER (Fin) "Cheap Wine and Quality Time" 6t/15". The drunk Finnish are back ! Tight melodic Hc / Punk-rock,
good production, quite social lyrics. Sounds a lot like No Fx, Millencolin, Propagandhi (Hell’s Tone, 2003) 8€

AND THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS (Int.) "Worlwide Hardcore Compilation" limited to 500 copies with 25 international bands.
Good sound overall, and mainly NyHc/ mosh-core stuff, with a couple more melodic or more old school bands : Bounz the Ball, Woof, New Ground,
Never Face Defeat, Hardboiled, Not Enough, Jason, Swellbellys, Seko, etc. No lyric sheet provided. 74 minutes of music (European Nightmare rds) 8€

ANNALISE (U.K.) "Tour Issue : A Compilation of Singles and Unreleased Material" 11t/28" ; nice & tight pop-punk/melodic Hc with personal lyrics,
good production, (Boss Tuneage, 2000) 8€
ANTI REGIMEN
(Sp) "Anos del Kaos" Discography Cd. 21 tracks : one demo from 1986, one demo from 1990 + live tracks. This band was from the
Basque area (the first raw & basic demo was recorded by a Kortatu member !), and will appeal to fans of the 1980’s "chaos punk" sound 7€

ANTIGAMA (Pl) "Discomfort" 13t + video, Polish grindcore (Self Made God rds 2003) 7€

ANTIGAMA/ THIRD DEGREE/ HERMAN RAREBELL (Pl) Split. 3 super-powerful grindcore bands on. Great production, and some noisy /
technical riffs on some tracks (a la Submerge a bit, but more grind). No lyrics sheet provided (Self Made God records, 2005) 7€

APOLOGY (G) "Pass you By" + “Grave Goods”. Two bands, 2 eps from 1988 playing melodic positive hardcore with acoustic guitars and personal lyrics.
Good production, very poppy /folksy. 8 tracks/ 19 minutes (Lost & Found Records) 7€

ARCHAGATHUS/ KERENANEKO (Can / Malaysia) "Mince to Death" split MCD 14 tracks/ 16 minutes !! Pure grindcore. Not really metal nor crust,
just grind in an Agathocles way for example. Good sound quality & good bands ! 7€

ARDATXO(Sp)"Por Diox" 19t/38" Varied & tight punk-rock, with melodic lines, ska parts and faster parts (sounds like La polla records
or even Kortatu at times), good sound, social lyrics... This is a pretty good record. (WC records, 2000) 5€

ARRACH (F) "Alternatives" 10 tracks/25 minutes. New band, 1st album, French hardcore-punk from Toulouse, with a good sound quality
and very slightly metal guitars. Reminds me a tiny bit of Tagada jones or Disruptive element maybe ? Social lyrics. (Trauma records, 2004) 5€

ARSCHMUSIK, vol 3 (G) Compilation of German punk-Hardcore bands on Horror business records. From melodic Hardcore to punk-rock, punk-Hc.
Good sound overall, and decent bands. A couple famous names like : Not Enough, Woof, Weekly Carouse, Mars Moles, The Vageenas, Bez Panike, etc
(30 bands/ 70 minutes !!) 8€

ASIDE FROM A DAY (F) "Maieutics" 7t/24" Powerful and well-produced modern metal/metal-core/emo/noisy, from Besancon, with metaphorical lyrics, on
Art senic records 2001. Reviews compared them to Converge, Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch, Cult of Luna, Breach or Keelhaul. 5€

ASIDE / SHORTCUT (F) Split digipack, 32t/44" Two raging bands from Rennes : fast old school Hardcore and fast Hc-crust ; good sound quality,

political lyrics, 32 page full-colour booklet !! Reviews mentioned Disrupt, Nations on fire, HHH, Infest... (Boisleve / Mass Prod, 2002) 6€

ATROFIA CEREBRAL (Peru) "Matanza Extrema" 59 tracks in 54 minutes !!!! Insane noise/grind from Average sound quality, that fits quite well to the music style.
Complete discography. For fans of 7" of nausea, 7" of chiasse, early Fear of God, later Olho Seco, etc. Socially aware lyrics (Impulso Ruin Records, 1989) 8€

BABIES THREE "The luzhin defence" 6 tracks/22 minutes. Emo with melodic, indie rock influences + introspective lyrics. Released two other albums + several eps.
Good sound quality. For fans of Planes Mistaken for Stars, Boy Sets Fire, Fugazi, Hot Water Music, Song of Zarathustra... (Engineer Records, 2004) 8€

BAM !! [DTG] (F) "Wipe my Butt" Cd-r demo, 3 tracks from 2008 by this band from Lille, playing grunge/punk’n’roll with female vocals in

the vein of Hole, L7, The Distillers, Babes in Toyland... 3€

BASTARDOS DEL METAL (Sp) "Historias de Amor" 16 tracks of good & fast metallic thrashcore/ crossover from the early 90’s !
Bringing to mind Intolerance, Subterranean Kids, Heresy, Forca Macabra, Beer Mosh, Puagh, and metal stuff like Excel, Suicidal Tendencies, Accused.
Good sound, includes one tape + compilation tracks. (Impulso Ruin Records) 8€

BBS PARANOICOS (Chile) "The History of" 1995-2000 "best off" Cd featuring 17t/40" taken from their four albums. Excellent tight melodic Hc from
(like a punker Bad Religion, Burning Heads), nice digipack (Paranoia Records) 8€

BLITZ BABIES (Aus) "Feel This" MCD 5t/20" Tight and great melodic punk/Hc with awesome female vocals, mostly personal lyrics, on.
Good sound (Kangaroo Rds) 4€

BLOCK’O (U.K.) "Oimo" 5t miniCd, 21 minutes, tight melodic Hc (Epitaph/ Fat Wreck style), no lyrics provided, good production.
For fans of Leatherface, Broccoli, Jawbreaker, Senseless Things, Hüsker-Dü... (Boss Tuneage, 2001) 4€

BODA / ETERNA INOCENCIA (F/ Ar) Split Cd, 14t/36", This is two great, tight and passionate melodic Hardcore bands.
The sound quality is good, the lyrics deal with social matters, fans of Bad Religion / Fat Wreck take note ! (Sanjam Records 2000) 5€
BOLLWEEVILS
(USA)"Stick Your Neck Out" 12 tracks. One of the best melodic Hc bands that ever existed ! (maybe one of the most under-rated, too). Really tight and melodic, but still really powerful Hc from Chicago (Doctor Strange) 7€
BOLLWEEVILS
(USA) "Weevilive" 16t/35" live album with a good sound quality. One of the best melodic Hc bands that

ever existed ! (Dr Strange, 1996) 7€
BOLLWEEVILS (USA)"History Part 2" Discography : ep’s/ comp°/ Lp’s" : 24t / 50 minutes of classic, energetic melodic Hardcore !

(Dr Strange Records) 7€
BOLLWEEVILS / THE FREEZE (USA) Split MCD, two fast & tight melodic American Hardcore bands on 8 energetic songs in 18 minutes,
great production for both, I believe this is Bollweevils’ best songs ! And the Freeze’ ones are great too ! (Doctor Strange, 1996) 7€

BONEHOUSE (G) "The Fuse is Lit" 16 tracks/48 minutes. Their latest album ! Long-running & tight punk-Hc band with metal overtones,
in the Motorhead/Poison idea vein. Good sound quality & good lyrics (Mass prod records, 2004) 8€

BREIZH DISORDER #3 Compilation featuring 28 punk, Hardcore, metal, reggae and rock bands from Brittany (west of France).
Good sound, nice digipack + booklet : Docteur Popol, Kanibal Striker, Utra Vomit, Les Femmes, Big Brothers, Six 8, Les Glochos, Field of Illusion,
The Wanted, Askida, Les Animals, 44 DTC, Shortcut, etc... (Mass prod,2004) 7€

BUD JUNKEES (Fin) 12 tracks/18 minutes. More grind than their previous release ; metallic grind with obvious stoner-rock influences.
Good sound quality, and an obsession with marijuana ! (Hemp House Records) 5€

BURNPILE (USA) 13 tracks in 15 minutes ! Thrashcore from California, two recordings : one sound a lot like Charles Bronson, quite original
Thrashcore with screaming vocals, the other is more traditional and more powerful (Boston / Siege style). On Six weeks records. 4€

BY MY FISTS (F) Demo Cd-R. 6 tracks/ 15 minutes of tight, raging and anthemic old school New York Hardcore from Nancy.
Good sound quality and great powerful stuff, with social . Recorded in 2003. They put out a split Cd after that. 3€

BY MY FISTS/ IN PROGRESS (F) Split Cd ; 14 tracks/25 minutes + 3 bonus video tracks. 2 French old school Hardcore bands (from nancy and Nevers).
BMF sound a bit more "new york", and IP a bit more "old school". Featuring ex-members of Hate PM and FTX. Good sound quality, no lyric sheet included.
(On Way of Life Records, 2003) 5€

CALIMOTXO (Puerto-Rico) Self-produced pro-Cd-r demo with a full-colour cover. 12 tracks with a pretty decent sound quality.
1st demo by this punk-rock band, featuring one ex-Cojoba member. Not bad. No lyric sheet included. 4€

CASTET (Pl) "Punk Side of the Moon" 13 tracks/ 17 minutes. Old style Hardcore, tight and well produced, for fans of Shackled down, 1125, Only Way Out, Warzone, Sick of it All, Stalag 13, 7 Seconds, Stupids... with sarcastic/ironical lyrics. Not bad ! (Pasazer records, 2008) 4€

CATHETER (USA) "Do You Love Grind ?" Excellent Cd compiling the band’s early Ep’s, 4 of them, with a pretty good sound quality. 21 tracks, 37 minutes of grindcore / crustcore that reminds Disrupt a lot. Great ! 7€

CATHODE (Nl)"A Machine That Never Falters" 8t/23" of modern crust / "emo-crust"(Terrotten Rds) 6€

CEASE (USA) “S/T” 10t / 55" Quite heavy and quite slow moshcore. For fans of Earth crisis, Brother’s Keeper, Chokehold, Bloodlet. Dark personal lyrics, good sound quality, Monument rds) 7€

CHANGES (Ru) "Alone" 1st MCD by this russian modern old school Hardcore band. 7 tracks, 17 minutes, pretty good stuff that sounds like other Old skool kids records’ stuff : Devil shoots devil, Only way out, Thumbsdown, Hold on, Brigada Flores Magon (guitars), etc. Good sound (Old Skool kids) 5€

CHAOZE ONE (G) "Rapression" 12t/45" quite melodic, political rap sung in German. (Twisted Chords rds) 6€

CHAOZE ONE (G) "Koppstoff" 5 tracks/18 minutes digipack + video. German political and melodic rap. Good sound quality.

(Twisted Chords Rec., 2003) 4€

CHINESE HAPPY (USA) "Rampage" 9t/37" This is their second album. Tight & well-produced melodic hardcore with a few accoustic tunes
(Propagandhi ? Against me ? Epitaph ? Fat wreck ?). Personal & social lyrics (Waiting for Lunch Records, 2006) 6€

CIDER BREAKFAST (F) "Anti Patriotic Frankenstein" 15t/35" French 100% pure spikey punk from St Etienne ! Quite good sound, 1st album, ex-Ironix members, social lyrics.) For fans of Mass Murderers, Casualties, Unseen... (Dirty Punk, 2002) 8€

CIRCLE (B) "The Day Elvis Shook His Ass" 5 tracks/ 17 minutes of modern raging Hardcore. Tight and well produced, with a strong Refused influence ! Nice stuff. Mostly personal lyrics (Genet Records, 2001) 4€

CIZANA (Sp) "Algun Dia" 12t/35" Nice and tight typical punk-rock, with social lyrics and a good production, on. This is their 2nd album, and still sounds like La Polla records. (W.C. rds 2001) 5€

CIZANA (Sp) "Como Esta El Patio" 9t / 23" Typical Spanish 100% punk-rock (sounds like a slower La Polla Records), with political lyrics and a good production (W.C. records, 1998) 8€

COCKROACH (Nl) "Take Four" 11 tracks (their first album ?) of fast Hardcore, with some thrash parts and some more Hc-punk ones. Good sound but fairly poor production. Interesting lyrics (On Kaz Rec, 2004) 7€

COHESION (I) "Lovely Hate" 7 tracks/19 minutes. Powerful vocals over modern old school Hardcore, on an English label. Good powerful production, nice stuff for fans of Inside Out, Bane, Grade, Stretch Armstrong, Sick Of It All, American Nightmare, Comeback Kid, Kafka, etc ! (Engineer records, 2003) 4€

COJOBA (Puerto-Rico) "Mas Alla Del Cielo" 3rd or 4th album by this quite famous punk-Hc band from 15 new tracks/ 33 minutes with a pretty good sound quality, female vocals, and socially aware lyrics. (Anaconda Records, 2007) 7€

COJOBA (Puerto-Rico) "Sin Excusas" 15 tracks/ 32 minutes. Their 2003 album (3rd album) back in stock ! Female fronted punk-Hardcore with some melodies and political lyrics. Good sound quality. (Boisleve Records) 6€

COJOBA (Puerto-Rico) "jugando con fuego" 14t/25", Good political Hc/punk from, with great female vocals ! This Cd sounds a bit more Hc than their previous one, still DIY, the production is a bit poor but the sound is decent. Released in 2001. 8€

COJOBA (Puerto-Rico) CD-R 26t/53 minutes : this awesome cd-r compiles their two awesome first demos, with a big professionally printed booklet on recycled paper ! Puerto-rico tight punk-Hc with killer female vocals, political lyrics, and a good sound quality. 6€

COLLAPS MACHINES (F) "In Gold we Trust" mCd 7 tracks in 20 minutes. New band from Rennes playing New York Hardcore with a few metal guitar riffs, double bass drums, but quite uptempo rhythm. Some old school and melodic Hc inflences probably too. Personal and socially aware lyrics. Interesting. Fans of Cro mags, Crumsuckers, Sick of it All, Spermbirds or even Verbal Assault check it out. (Mass prod, 2010) 6€

COMBAT SHOCK / ANAL BEARD (U.K.) Split miniCd 6t / 12" British good & tight 100% punk with female vocals + goofy punk-rock (imagine the Toy Dolls with synthesizers). Good sound quality, mostly goofy lyrics (Beat Bedsit, 2002) 5€

CONQUEST FOR DEATH (USA) "Front Row Tickets to Armageddon" 13 tracks in 13 minutes !! First album by this San Francisco fast Hardcore band, ex-What happens next. They actually sound like WHN, but more metal, and with a few more technical parts too. Good sound quality & socially aware lyrics (Wajlemac records 2007) Includes a bonus video ! 4€

CONTRA / SPLURGE (USA) 12 tracks / 24 minutes split CD. Nice and snotty melodic punky-Hc (in the Propagandhi / I Spy / Crimpshrine vein), no lyric sheet but they are political, good sound quality (Traffic violation Records, 1999) 4€

CORPORATION FONOGRAFICA AUTONOMA #1 (Chile) 14t / 41". 7 bands from, 2 songs each, good sound for all. Mostly tight melodic punky-Hardcore bands : Fiskales ad Hox, Insuficiencia Radial, Vadca, Desenlace Fatal, La Mosca Travesty, Supersordo, Politicos Muertos. (C.F.R. Records) 8€

COSTA’S CAKE HOUSE (G) "Lighting Up the Night Sky" very cute minidisc in a Dvd case. Second effort by this good German band. 3 tracks in 10 minutes, powerful, and metallic modern hardcore. Lyrics in german. Good production. (Firefly records) 4€

COSTA’S CAKE HOUSE (G) “S/T” 6t/16" Interesting band mixing new school hardcore and grindcore, with a couple emo influences. It’s quite technical, with a good sound quality and political lyrics, on Per koro records, 2001. They have been compared to : Morser, Catharsis, Converge, Ananda, Entombed, At the Gates... 4€

COVER WHATEVER YOU WANT #2 14 Australian Hardcore bands covering famous Hc/ thrash/ punk songs (Infest, Madball, DRI, Los Crudos, Siege, Impact Unit...) : Arms Reach, Age of Distrust, Bleeding Face, Mugshot, Ceasefire, Pitfall, Fallout, Forward Defence... 8€

CRASHED OUT / ISTUKAS OVER DISNEYLAND (Indonesia / Philippines) Split Cd 20 tracks/ 42 minutes. Istukas are Oi! / punk, Crashed Out’s a bit more punk/crust. Socially aware lyrics, good sound quality for both. Nice stuff ! Comes with a history of Indonesia + scene report. (Maloka) 7€

CRY FOR CHANGE (B) "Broken Hearts, Broken Trust !" 6t/15" miniCd. Modern hardcore, recorded in 2000, with a good production. Half-way between metalcore and old school hc, with moshparts and heavy breakdowns. Sounds like early Congress a bit. Typical lyrics, Could have been on Genet or Good Life but they’re on Evilsheep Records 4€

CYNIC 19 / THE ACT WE ACT / AT LEAST I SPEAK (Jap / Malaysia) "On the road Malaysia Singapore tour 2006". Split Cd, 3 Asian bands playing crazy Hardcore with rock’n’roll, emo and modern hc roots. 10 tracks in 14 minutes ! Wild stuff here. Good sound quality for the 2 first, average for the last. Brings to mind Minutemen, Youth Enrage, Jerry Roll Rockheads, When my Authorities Fall, Swing Kids, Jr Ewing, Tokyo Sex Destruction, etc. Cactus records. 3€

CZOLGOSZ/ CRITICA RADICALA (Ro / USA) "So Mai Cares" Split Cd. 13 tracks of good original punk-Hardcore/punk. Both bands are very political. Both have a good sound quality. Critica radicala remind me of Dead kennedys, Terminus, Haymarket, Strawman. Czolgosz have a little bit more typical american punk-Hc sound. 8€ DAISY CHAIN (G) “S/T” 14 tracks/ 31 minutes. Ex-Scatterbrain people, female fronted and socially aware, good punk along the lines of UXA, Gits, Naked aggression and more. Good sound quality (Emancypunx Records, 2005) 5€

DANCING ON ASHES (Mex) "Despair Anthems" Emo-crust-punk with a huge dose a metal, a good sound quality, and dark negative suicidal lyrics. Nice stuff ! On Exabrupto / Criptas Records. 7€

DANDARE (NL) "Uncritical Mass" 9 track digipack, in about 15 minutes. Fast hardcore from 2903, with a good sound quality, coming in a nice digipack ! A bit more chaotic and original than their first album, but still sounds a bit like early MDC.5€

DAVERIO (F) "Pulsar" MCD 5 tracks/19 minutes. Band from Besancon, playing tight metallic / new school / noisy / emo, well, modern hardcore (a la Converge), with a good production and introspective lyrics. (Artscenic rds, 2004) 4€

DEADBOLT (Nl) "The Mandark Ep" 5t/18". Original, strong, insane and progressive noisy-hardcore. Good sound quality, personal lyrics, heavy bass lines, lots of chaos, and some metal too. Brings to mind Poison the Well, Converge, Hydra Head & H8000 Crew bands ! Featuring members of Mainstrike ! (Hectic Records, 1999) 5€
DENEBH (F) Demo CD-R, 4 tracks recorded in 2001 by this band from Paris featuring members of Ananda. Strong and heavy Emo-metal in the Systral / Acme / Per-Koro style. Low sound quality, short socially aware lyrics. (Domaine rds, 2001) 3€

DEPARTMENT OF BULLSHIT / CARN Split MCD 2 bands from St Etienne, France, 3 tracks in 13 minutes. Modern Hardcore / moshcore for both, reminding stuff like Ricochet, Unbroken, or other mid 90’s bands. Recorded in 1998. Good sound quality. (Sauf Imprévu Records) 4€

DEROZER (I) 144" 7 tracks/ 17 minutes of typical melodic hardcore/punk-rock on Mad Butcher records. This is the band’s first Ep from 1993, with 4 bonus tracks ! For fans of Frammenti, Bocca Chiusa, but also Bad Religion, Screeching Weasel or Ramones. Good sound quality. 5€

DESARME (Peru) "Es tu Error" 10 tracks/23 minutes of punk-Hc, with thrashcore influences ! Powerful stuff, pretty good sound and short political lyrics. (Discos de Hoy Records, 2006)  5€

DESPARRAME (Sp) "Un Mundo de Perros" 10 tracks/26 minutes of political punk-rock with a good sound quality, some melodies, and even dual vocals. They’re pretty good, and sound like many French & Spanish bands : Les Rats, Brigitte Bop, Heyoka, La Polla Records, etc. (W.C. records, 2000) 5€

DESTELLOS DE UN NUEVO DIA (Sp) Compilation : 5 Spanish (Basque) bands recorded in 1999, with a very nice DIY packaging : Ariadna (emo), Fallen (modern Hc), Psychotropic (grunge), Ganja (NyHc), Handplant (fast punk). 22 tracks in 59 minutes ! Ok sound quality overall. 7€

DESTROY NATE ALLEN (USA) split Cd. From Portland), 1 guy + a girl + 1 acoustic guitar or acoustic banjo. Folk music, with personal lyrics about daily life. Good sound quality. 20 tracks/ 47 minutes (Self-released 2009) 6,5€

DEZES (F) "Sac’h Kaoc’h" 13 tracks / 45 minutes, second album for this Breton band. Still some Tagada Jones influences, but also other Mass Prod bands like Steroids, Sleazy Joke,... Powerful, well produced, fast punk with various influences : punk-rock, HC, ska, fusion... Committed lyrics (Trauma Social, 2009) 8€

DIE DUKES OF THE MIST (G) "Hervorragen" 16t/47" 2nd album. Punk / HC / Metal / Rock (a la Poison idea or Mötörhead a bit, but more rock) Lyrics in German, good sound quality. (Volxdroge, 1999) 8€

DIE DUKES OF THE MIST (G) “S/T” 15t/40" punk/Hc with metal & rock’n’roll influences Socio-personal lyrics in German.(Volxdroge, 1997) 7€

DISCORDE (F) "Seconde Demo 1996" Powerful Hc-punk with a very slight metal or even crust touch from Reims. They put out a split Ep before that, and now play in Submerge. Great stuff with a pretty good sound quality, nice artwork, and good socially aware lyrics. A bit close MST or even Heimatlos 5€

DISFUNZIONE (I) "Kompagni Di Merenda" 15t (+ bonus tracks), typical punk-Hc with melodies, sung in Italian, with political lyrics. For fans of Frammenti, DDI, Affluente, Belli cosi, etc. Ok sound quality. 8€
DISPLASIA
(Sp) "Hasta la Victoria Siempre" 14t/50" Fast and slightly linear, energetic punk. Good sound quality and political lyrics.

(WC records, 2000) 7€

DISQUIETED BY (I) Demo CD-R 7t/22" Emo, with some rock’n’roll or melodic Hc influences. Ok sound quality, social lyrics (?), recorded in 2001. I think they sound a lot like Amanda woodward, but reviewers have also compared them to : Hot Water Music, As Friends Rust, Grade, Hives and The International Noise Conspiracy ! 4€

DIVERSIFIED KAOS (Int) 22 US Punk / HC bands, some more melodic, some more NYHC, some more punk : Brom Bones, Horace Pinker, Sleepasaurus,
Buford, This End Up, Violent Society, Brine, Hellbender, Useful Idiot, Oxymorons, Sanity Assassins... Pretty good quality overall. (Motherbox Records) 9€

DIVIDE & CONQUER + LEE MAJORS + JUGGLING JUGULARS + ETERNA INOCENCIA (Int.) Excellent compilation for all those into melodic hc with a punch ! 4 international bands, 70 minutes of music !! Good sound quality, nice layout, political lyrics (Sanjam records, 1997) 7€

DOBERMANN CULT (SW) “When the Shit Hits the Fans” Hardcore Ex-Tötalitär (Mass Prod.) 8€

DOBLE GOTA (Sp) "Tu Misma" 11 tracks / 23 minutes of tight and well-produced punk-rock, with socio-personal lyrics, reminiscent of classic Spanish
punk-rock bands like La Polla Records (WC Rec) 6€

DOOM KOUNTY ELECTRIC CHAIR (USA) "Cuban healed killers" 2xCd ! (One Cd 15 tracks/ 43 minutes + One miniCd 5 tracks/ 14 minutes).
Rock’n’roll/punk-rock/grunge from the USA. Good production, recorded in 2002. Influenced by MC5, Stooges, 75-77 era punk and later punk’n’roll +
grunge stuff. They play good covers of Heartbreakers, 999, Misfits... 12€

DRAGBODY (USA) "Flip the Kill" 10 tracks/34 minutes, heavy, chaotic, noisy, metallic, technical & powerful Hardcore ! Personal lyrics,
produced by Steve Albini, on Overcome records, 1999 ! For fans of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Indecision, Converge, EyeHateGod,... 6€

DRAIN BRAMAGED (USA) "Happy Drunx" 15 tracks of tight, snotty and raging Californian punk-Hardcore, on Know records, 1997.
Good production, fast and melodic at the same time, with funny & serious lyrics. Great record ! 9€

DRONGOS FOR EUROPE (U.K.) "Hotline to Hades" 12 tracks/ 34 minutes. Pure Uk-82 punk (recorded in 2005) in the vein of In the Shit, One Way System, etc. Good sound quality. (Punk Shit Records, 2005) 6€

DUSK (I) "Quake" DIY CD-R (but official, I believe) ; 11 tracks / 38 minutes of melodic Hardcore from 1997. Famous & classic Hc band that turned
 to more post-Hardcore sounds. Good sound quality, personal lyrics, sound like Kina a bit, Slap of Reality, Shelter, etc. 6€

DYSFUNCTIONAL BY CHOICE (F) "Foudzik" (their first Cd) 6 tracks/26 minutes of French nu-metal (fusion/metal/mosh-core/etc), recorded in 1999,
good production... For fans of bands like Black Bomb A, Korn, Limp bizkit, Tool, Faith no More... 5€

EASTFIELD (U.K.) "Keep it Spikey" 18t/38" Tight punk with a typical British sound ! Reminiscent of The Ramones, Wat Tyler, Les Sheriff, maybe even the Toy Dolls. This is an early discography of all their Ep’s from 1997-99, with a good sound quality, dual vocals, quite social lyrics,on Ruptured Ambition Records. 7€

EAT THIS McKINLEY (USA) "Records and Gasoline" 11 tracks/ 30 minutes. Louisville) indie pop-rock that will appeal to fans of
emo-rock like At the Drive in, Hot Water Music, Against Me or even Crimpshrine. Good production, nice digipack, personal lyrics. Self released in 2006. 5€

EESCH (U.K.) "Candy Store" 42" / 16 tracks of tight Pop-Punk / Pop-Core (a la Gameface, Green Day, HDQ, later Samiam, etc).
No lyric sheet, great production, nice poppy stuff (Boss Tuneage, 2000) 7€

EFECTOS SEKUNDARIOS (Sp) "Punkamina" 18 tracks / 28 minutes. Uptempo & raging punk-rock, 100% punk stuff !
No lyric sheet included, good sound quality. Funny but sexist cover artwork… (W.C. Records, 1998) 5€

EMPINADA (Sp) "A Punto Siempre de Estallar" 18 tracks/50 minutes of spanish typical but good punk-rock Good sound quality, political lyrics + fairly big booklet. Think : Sheriffs, O.T.H., Andanada 7, Parabellum... and other bands from the 80’s (W.C. records, 2001) 8€

END OF APRIL (G) "Divided by numbers" 6t/20" German tight, powerful, well produced Hardcore / Nu-metal / Punk-rock reminiscent of
Sick of it All, Tagada jones, Helmet, or even Strike anywhere. Introspective lyrics. Featuring an ex-Spermbirds member (Seamen Records, 2003) 4€

ENDSTAND (Fin) "Fire Inside" 11 tracks / 29 minutes. Hardcore with a great production. Rockin’ hardcore quite similar to later Refused or later
Sick of it all. On Combat Rock, 2001, with socially aware lyrics. 5

ENVIDIA & KOTXINA (Sp) "Kampos de Exterminio" 18 tracks of political punk-rock, one of the best bands on WC Records ! Sounds like Parabellum /
La Polla Records / Systema Criminal a bit (1998) 8€

EPSILON (F) "Dreaming" MCD 7 tracks, by this good but short-lived Hardcore band from the East, featuring members of Pitfall/Ahimsa/Bridewell hospital... Good mix of Hc / Emo / SxE / Melodic Hc, DIY & political attitude, good sound quality, Self released in 1999, includes a Berurier Noir cover... 5

ERANTZUN (Sp) "Burmuinak Astindu" 10 tracks/19 minutes miniCd. Nothing groundbreaking here, but well-done and raging uptempo punk-Hc from the Basque area. Good sound quality, lyrics in basque, makes me think of a much faster Kargols, Kortatu or Negu Gorriak. 5€

EROSION (G) "Down" 11 tracks/45 minutes.Famous crossover band from the late 80’s, early 90’s. strong metal/Hardcore mix (maybe a bit like Prong ?), good sound quality, personal lyrics (We Bite Records, 1995) 7€

ERPICE (I) "I Mostri" mCd 4t/15" Nice packaging. Traditional melodic punk-Hc sound mixed with noisy and rock elements. Good sound (DIY 1999) 3€

ERRÖR (Sp) "La Condena Merecida" MCD 8 tracks from 2006. Band playing modern crust with a few metal and noisy influences (His here is Gone, Catharsis, Remains of the Day,...). Good production, lyrics in spanish. 5€

ESCAPE (F) "Gears of Modern Society" 12 tracks/ 42 minutes. 2nd LP Tight Hardcore-punk with a modern sound, bringing to mind bands like Rancid, Good Riddance, Refused. Good sound quality. (Trauma social records, 2008) 8€

ETERNA INOCENCIA (Ar) "A Los que se ham Abapado" 12 tracks/ 34 minutes. Nice & tight melodic Hc, with social lyrics. Good sound quality.
This Cd fetures their "diy" album on Sanjam + 1 ep (Fragment Records) 5€

ETERNA INOCENCIA (Ar) "Recycle" 12 tracks/35 minutes. Excellent melodic Hardcore, tight & political with a good sound quality and a DIY packaging ! Reminiscent of Bad Religion (1999) 5€

EVENTIDE (USA) "One Word Title" 7 tracks / 25 minutes of melodic, quite slow and rocking / guitar-driven US post-Hc featuring ex-members of Up front and Hatebreed ! Good sound quality, personal lyrics, on Smorgasbord records, 1997 (Up Front’s label). Sounds a bit like Split Lip. 4€

FACE OF CHANGE (Jap) "Keep the Balance" 13 tracks / 33 minutes, tight positive Hardcore, quite similar to Ignite, this is their album on Soulforce records, 1999, after their early stuff was reissued on 625 records. Good ! 5€

FALLEN (Sp) "Eight Ways of Domination" 8 tracks/ 31 minutes. Modern original hardcore from Basque Country. Nice stuff, with a rather melodic voice (Crickbat’s singer) and a good production. A bit like Framework and other early 90’s bands, but more varied. 5€

FAR TO CLOSE (B) "True Ways" 11 tracks/27 minutes of Belgian spikey punk with some Oi ! thrown in, and good lyrics too (Filth Ear / Rude Boi Records, 2002) Good sound 5€

FARMER’S BOULEVARD(G)"Still Four" 10 tracks/21 minutes of powerful old school HC with mosh parts/ NyHc influences. Good sound quality and ok lyrics too (RCS records, 2002) Nice stuff. 5€

FEUD (Philippines) "Battling Bastards of Freedom" 16 tracks/25 minutes. Awesome political old school SxE Hardcore. This is their first album, from 2003, after they released several demos and put out tracks on many international compilations. The production could be more powerful, but the sound is good (you can hear all instruments). Co-released on 625 records/ Boisleve. 5

FICTION ROMANCE (F) "Le Luxe ne Connaît pas la Crise" 12 tracks, 34 minutes, new 2010 album (their third one). Typical French punk-rock with socially aware lyrics, on a whole lot of labels like Mass Prod, Trauma social, Kanal hysterik, etc. 8€

FIGHT THE WORLD NOT EACH OTHER 18 tracks/35 minutes. 18 famous international Hardcore bands paying tribute to one of the most famous Hc bands of all times : 7 seconds ! Reinforce, Better than a Thousand, Degradation, Good Clean Fun, 97A, Bloodpact, For the Living, Veil, Upfront, Insist, Morning Before, Fast Times, etc. (Reflection Records, 1999) 6€

FINE DAY (USA) "January" 7 tracks/29 minutes. Discography 1989-1993 by this American band from Washington Dc, with a sound similar to Dischord bands. Personal / metaphorical lyrics. Good sound quality on all tracks. Features pre-members of Hoover. 5€

FIRST TIME RIOT (U.K.) "Shooting the Fallen" 13 tracks/ 26 minutes. Nice english punk band with a strong ’82 sound reminiscent of The Ejected or One Way System a lot. Quite social lyrics. Good sound (Dead Lamb Records, 2009) 5€

FIVE FOOT NOTHING (Can) "Pretty Nuclear" 16 tracks / 35 minutes. Old melodic Hardcore recorded in 1990. Good sound quality, love songs, they sound like many early Boss Tuneage bands, and also like Lifetime, Burning defeat, Split lip... (Boss Tuneage records) 5€

FOOTNAILSUCKERS (F) "Angel of Dance" 6 tracks/ 21 minutes. Well done mix of melodic Hardcore / Old School / Emo / Thrashcore. Some Propagandhi, I Spy, No Time to Lose, No Use for a Name influences, but more varied, and with a sense of humour too. Good sound quality (Craze records, 2008) 5€

FOR THE DAY (G) "Sofa so Good" 11 tracks/36 minutes. Tight melodic Hc / pop-punk / emo with raucous vocals (a la Jawbreaker, Leatherface, The Jones), Good production (Bunts studio), personal lyrics (Samuel Rec, 2003) 7€

FOR THE LIVING (USA)"Bridges Burned" 14 tracks/29 minutes. Awesome US melodic old school Hardcore ! This is their second album, a bit more melodic than the 1st, US tight SxE old school with personal lyrics, on Good Life Record, recorded at Battery’s studio ! 6€

FORCED TO DECAY (G) 11t/38" Emo-Hardcore with heavy influences (reminds me of Acme a lot !) and faster "screamo" parts. Great production, typical Per Koro Records sound, personal lyrics in German. Will appeal to fans of grind, emo, metal, and noisy stuff alike. File somewhere between Neurosis, Unsane, Orchid, ABC Diabolo, Stack and Mörser ! 7€

FOUR IN ONE (Sw) "4 classic Umea hardcore eps on one Cd". Separation, Purusam, Shield, Saidiwas.20 swedish Hardcore tracks on Desperate Fight /Victory records, just when Hardcore was leaving  from "old school" to more "modern", "emo" sounds. Pretty good stuff ! + booklet. Over one hour of  fast music ! 8€
F.P.O.
(Macedonia) "The Only Dead end is Refusing to See a Way Out" 21 tracks/ 17 minutes. Another discography of the band, compiling more Ep’s and comp tracks. Fast powerful raging old school HC / thrashcore. Good sound quality, raucous vocals, political lyrics 5€

F.P.O. (Macedonia) "Sham Neka ja Typam Bntkata" (Znam deka ja gubam bitkata) 19 tracks, great fast hardcore (old school/Thrashcore mix) with a good sound quality, political lyrics. This is a discography featuring 2 split eps, compilation tracks, one ep, one cd-r. (Refuse records) 7€

FREE YOURSELF (Int.) 19 band punk-rock & punk-Hc compilation (no unreleased Tracks, but lots of great bands from the early 90’s) : Detonators, Subway Arts, Necracedia, Richies, Upright Citizens, Lagwagon, Apostates, Left Nut, Submachine, Social Outcats, Resist + more. (Ox magazine, 1991) 8€

FTX / WOOF (F/G) 4 tracks by each band, 8t/ 16 minute split MCD. Two modern old school Hardcore bands from Nevers and Germany, with a good sound quality and mostly personal lyrics. Good stuff on Come dancing records, 2004. Both bands have put out another mini-CD before this split record. 5€

FUERA DE JUEGO (Sp) "Hoy es el Dia" 6 tracks in 20 minutes. Tight old school Hardcore with a modern sound or even post-Hc bent. Good production and socio-personal lyrics, reminiscent of Ensign, Right for life, Poiting finger, Nine Eleven,... (Fragment records, 2002) 4€

FUERZA DE LUCHA (Sp) "Entre las Llamas" Old school Hardcore with a modern touch, Reminiscent of Onward, Cita Akietsme, For the Living, Better than a Thousand. Good sound quality, 8 tracks (Dias de Juventud records, 2004) 6,5€

G-WHIZ (USA) “Pop-Punk Singles Collection 1989-2002" 23 tracks/56 minutes by this quite famous pop-punk band, reminiscent of Green Day or Samiam. All their Eps (Boss Tuneage records) 9€

GAIDHLIG NA LASAIR (U.K.) Compilation of bands singing in Gaelic ! 41 minutes/ 15 tracks (3 tracks per band), and different music styles : Oi Polloi (punk), Atomgevitter (punk-hardcore), Mill a Huile Rud (melodic punk-rock), Nad Aslingean (electro-pop), The Things Upstairs(rock) (Dp or not Dp records, 2006) 8€

GAMEFACE (USA) "A Day in June/ Fun / Thrift" 3 tracks in 6 minutes. Nice miniCd by this famous Californian melodic Hc/ pop-core band. Personal lyrics (Dr Strange records, 1995) 3€

GANGWAY, MAN ! (I) "Muri di Virtu" 8 tracks/22 minutes. This band’s mixing punk, hardcore and metal. Varied stuff, hard to classify. Good sound quality, socio-personal lyrics. (Del Delirio Records, 2002) 5€

GASTEL7O (Ru) "Indivnd" 8 tracks/ 30 minutes. Nu Metal / Post-Hardcore/ Moshcore / Rock band with a modern sound + some samples. No lyric included. Weel-done stuff for fans of Rage Against The Machine, Downset, Limp Bizkit, System of a Down, Tool, etc. 5€

GATO APLASTADO (Sp) Great stuff ! 15 tracks of tight & raging thrashcore / fastcore / Hc-punk, with even some synthesizers ! Good sound quality. Benefit to the ALF. Includes an HHH cover ! (Tpz Shit Records, 2002) GET IT ! 8€

GENERACION PERDIDA (Peru) "Contra toda autoritad, resistencia anarkopunk" 8 tracks in 19 minutes. Pretty basic punk with long & very political (anarchist) lyrics and a good sound quality. Like a much more basic Conflict maybe. 2002. 5€

GENETIC MUTATIONS, vol. 1 CD compilation. One hour with 17 big european Rock / Punk-rock bands. Lots of varied style, good sound quality for all : Punishment Park, Los Fastidios, Ex-Cathedra, Grimskunk, Guttersnipes, Twigs, Bad Preachers, Derozer, Rwa, The Tubs, Freakeasy, etc 7€

GENOCIDE (M) "We Rape the Sky, We Rape the Hell" 12 tracks / 30 minutes of excellent, strong & fast grindcore. This is their 2nd album from 2003, a bit more metallic than the first. Powerful sound and strong political lyrics. (Magnicidio records) 6€

GERMENES (Sp) "Dejharme Vivi !" 10 tracks/27 minutes. Good Spanish political punk-rock, with a typical spanish sound that reminds me Soziedad Alkoholica (WC Records, 1999) 6€

GIVE US BARABBAS (USA) "Luke 2318" 9 tracks / 23 minutes. Fast thrashy punk, with some slower experimental intros. Good production, very political (anti-religious) lyrics. (Ever Reviled Records, 2001) 6€

GOD FORGOT (USA) “S/T” MCD 3 tracks of noisy post-Hc by ex-members of 411 and Helmet, and featuring Dan O mahoney : No for an Answer, Speak 421... Between Cross 411 & Helmet to get an idea of their sound (On Allied Records, 1995) 2,5€

GOLDEN DISTRICT (F) "Enter the District" MCD 8 tracks/ 17 minutes. New York Hardcore band from Nantes, not really metal, sounds a lot like early NY HC bands (Earth Crisis, Stormcore, Backlash...) Good sound quality and decent lyrics (Trooper Rec, 2006) 6€

GOT A MINUTE ? (USA) Pretty good compilation featuring a lot of Punk / HC and melodic HC bands. 28 bands/44t !! This compilation is from 1998 and includes : Discount, The Unknown, The Martians, Chalkline, Abalienation, Peration Cliff Clavin, Stripped Bastards, Suburban Core, etc, etc. One hour of music 8€

GREEN BERET (USA) “S/T” 17 tracks / 20 minutes. Crazy American grindcore, with samples and a synthesizer !! Good sound quality, influenced by stuff like Locust, or Massick, etc. Goofy gore lyrics, good sound quality ! Emergence records, 2002 6€

GREENLAND WHALEFISHERS (Nw)"Streets of Salvation" 12 tracks, more "paddy punk" as they call it (folk / celtic punk similar to The Pogues). Mostly personal lyrics about life in general. Good production. (Punk Shit Records) 8€

GRINDING IS NOT A CRIME (Int.) Grind / thrashcore compilation with 2 tracks by Cumshot (France), Obliteration (Italy), Bile, Grizzly Adams, PTAO (Czech), Wilbur Cobb (Germany). Unreleased tracks (Emergence records, 2001) 5€

GRITOS DE RABIA (Mex) “S/T” 15 tracks/ 31 minutes of slightly basic punk / punk-rock/Punk-Hc, with a nice booklet, political lyrics and a good sound. Brings to mind all those bands on WC Records, but also Andanada 7 and La Polla Records. (Akracia records, 2008) 5€

GROSSMEMBER (Pl) "Leave us Alone" 24 tracks/ 32 minutes. Grindcore with a very strong (early) Napalm death sound ! Good sound quality. No lyric sheet included (but they’re political), on Bizarre leprous records, 2002. 7€

GROUND ZERO (F) "Violent Music for Terrorist" Cd-R demo 2004. 16 tracks in 16 minutes ! Band from Metz, basic crust/punk/grind/Hc with very political lyrics, good/ok sound quality. + booklet and a Pariapunk cover. 4€

GUARDIA NEGRA (U.S.) "Adrenalina" 12 tracks / 31 minutes. This is a good hispanic redskin band from the USA, singing in French & Spanish ! Oi!/punk-rock with strong Brigada Flores Magon influences and a couple ska parts too, good sound, anarcho-communist lyrics. (Coche Bomba Records, 2003) 6€

GUERILLA (Qc) "Plus Question de Reculer" Cd 12 tracks/48 minutes. Nu-metal on Enragés productions, with a strong Rage Against The Machine influence, and political lyrics in French. Good sound quality. 8€

GUERKA (F) "Psycopains" 6 tracks / 25 minutes Cd. Rock with horns, with ska & punk-rock influences. Good sound quality. Self produced in 2002 5€

GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION (USA) "A California Hardcore Compilation". Good stuff from 1995, back when "post-hardcore" was really popular and all the old school bands started to slow down and mellow out. Good sound quality for all these famous bands, and a couple unreleased tracks too. 1134, Mean Season, Triggerman, Kill Holiday, Blackspot, 2nd Coming, Ignite, Redemption 87, Parades End, Palefire, Within a Lie..(Indecision rec) 8€

HACHAZO (Sp) "La Ley des Oeste" Their 4th album already, 2006. Good punk-rock with multiple influences, including faster parts, melodic parts, and political lyrics. Good production and nice layout. They remind me Zabriskie Point and Argies (Grito primal records) 8€

HANGIN’OUT (B) "In Common Solitudes" 12 tracks/ 34 minutes. Well-done melodic hardcore similar to Propagandhi, Lagwagon, No Use for a Name and more modern sounding bands. Good sound quality and personal lyrics (Craze records, 2008) 7€

 

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