Band: Manøver Release: Taken Genre: Crust Country: Germany Release Date: April 3rd, 2023 Released via Santa Diabla, Fucking Kill Records Cover Artwork Manøver These are the best days of the year. There is a release you’ve eagerly been waiting for for weeks or months, yet the release is still quite far away. Out of the blue, you scroll through your Instagram feed and see that the band received their physical copies of their latest release more than a month earlier. When being able, why not just drop the album without any bigger announcement? You think that stuff like this doe ..read more

Band: Deaftrap Release: Deaftrap Genre: Hardcore, Sludge Country: Germany Release Date: 16th of July, 2020 Released via Holy Goat Records (Vinyl) Lower Class Kids Records (Tape) Cover Artwork © Deaftrap, 2020 With their full-length release of the self-titled album via Holy Goat Records and Lower Class Kids Records, Erfurt Hardcore and Sludge combo Deaftrap definitely found strong resonance showcasing an aggressive blend of the aforementioned genres. In order to find out some more about the background of the band, live experience and more subjects, Nino asked vocalist Tobi som ..read more

Band: Abanglupa (Upcoming) Album: Of Rats and Swine Genre: Crust / Grind Country: Philippines Release Date: 22nd of February, 2022 Released via Lower Class Kids Records Nuclear Family Records Ugly and Proud Records Audacious Madness Records Bent Window Records Esagoya Records Cover Artwork © Abanglupa, 2022 Pretty much out of nowhere, Filipino Grinders Abanglupa hit you right in the face with their upcoming release Of Rats and Swine that is planned to be released on the 22nd of February. In order to ease the time until the official release, we are glad to be able to offer an ..read more

Bands: Rană Release: Richtfeuer Genre: Crust, Black Metal Country: Germany (Hannover) Release Date: 16th of June, 2023 Released via Breath Sun Bone Blood Cover Artwork: Skullcult Hello, this is late-to-the-game Roman, coming back with yet another review that arrives pretty damn late. This still remains quite a difficult state, since it is not very easy to write a review about an album that has been discussed widely already. In fact, this is way more difficult when taking into consideration what we are going to talk about in this review. This album has received a massive amou ..read more

Bands: No Shelter., Menschenstaub Release: Split Genre: Crust, Death Metal Country: Germany (Emsdetten, Dortmund) Release Date: 28th of October, 2023 Released via Santa Diabla DIY, Raccoone Records, SM-Musik, Lower Class Kids Records Cover Artwork No Shelter. I am very stoked to be able to announce that we are going to premiere one of the wildest splits to be released in 2023! Both having put out full-length releases not too far in the past, the combination of these bands return with new tracks on this upcoming split! Emsdetten-based No Shelter. released their previous full ..read more

Bands: Godmorgon Release: Out of Spite Genre: Sludge, Crust, Death Metal Country: Germany (Dortmund) Release Date: 13th of April, 2023 Released via Self-Released Cover Artwork: Godmorgon There are some albums that just leave you baffling when taking a look at the artwork trying to find out what this is about. Sometimes, you could guess a certain sound from the style of the artwork and sometimes you get a hint from whatever you can see happening on the cover. When you drop an album that is entitled “Out of Spite” with a person holding a knive in its hand, you might guess that ..read more

Bands: Godmorgon Release: Out of Spite Genre: Sludge, Crust, Death Metal Country: Germany (Dortmund) Release Date: 13th of April, 2023 Released via Self-Released Cover Artwork: Godmorgon Over the course of the last year, there was a band that crossed my attention repeatedly. With a rather unique style of combining the filth of Sludge and the pressure of Death Metal, Godmorgon presented their full-length debut with Out of Spite this April. With a decent deal of politically charged lyrics, I was interested in asking a few questions in order to find out some more details about ..read more

Band: menschenstaub. Release: FÄULE Genre: Punk, Crust Country: Germany Release Date: 7th of July, 2022 Released via Self-Released Cover Artwork Teresa M. Next year, we already know that there is gonna be at least one huge show by Shogun Konzerte that is going to take place at the JunkYard in Dortmund on the 6th of February. Singapore Grind masters Wormrot are going to be back in Germany on their Season of Violence Tour 2023 with their latest full-length that once again surpassed all expectations. At their show in Dortmund, the support act will be covered by Crust outfit Men ..read more

Band: Abanglupa (Upcoming) Album: Of Rats and Swine Genre: Crust / Grind Country: Philippines Release Date: 22nd of February, 2022 Released via Lower Class Kids Records Nuclear Family Records Ugly and Proud Records Audacious Madness Records Bent Window Records Esagoya Records Cover Artwork © Abanglupa, 2022 “I miss the old days” is a phrase that can sound familiar yet awfully annoying at the same time. When talking about politics, this is a statement that most obviously outs you with a drastically conservative stance that is predominantly not my cup of tea. When talking about ..read more