The debut by this Long Beach band. Socio-political hardcore punk in the vein of Black Flag and Circle Jerks.

15 records of our choosing for $15. Great way to find out about new bands, some AOTU releases and other great labels as well!

The long awaited 7" by 7000 Dying Rats - forced boat. America's #1 "straight up comedy grind" band unleashes holy hell once again and the recording of this unleashing is now available from Scenester Credentials. 7000 Dying Rats' brand of comedic grindcore can be summed up with many key marketable terms; diversified, mitigating, volatile, efficient, etc. When explaining the 7KDR sound to an unnamed photographer, screamer Toney Vast-Binder explained, "we kinda sound like this pizza that I'm eating, I guess you can classify us as garbage grind". The groups penchant for delivering extremely eclectic music while holding on to their comedic roots has confusingly scored the group a well-attentive audience (blood) thirsty for a new record. Limited to a ONE TIME PRESSING of 440 copies all on pink vinyl.

With the long awaited follow up to 2004's debut self-titled 7" E.P., 86 MENTALITY are finally back at your jugular with six brand new tracks of tough as nails, skull splitting hardcore. You should know exactly what to expect, raging early 80's influenced hardcore punk, with a healthy dose street punk/oi thrown into the mix for good measure. Guaranteed not to disappoint anyone who was into their first 7" EP, these new tracks could arguably be their best material to date.

DC’s Terror Boys are BACK with their third slab of wax entitled ‘Final Exit’. Both their earlier 7"s on GRAVEMISTAKE records are absolute shredders and this new 7" entitled ‘final exit’ follows in the same vein of oi inspired hardcore punk. These six new tracks are full of crushing power that won’t let down fans of tough early American like Negative Approach and S.O.A and early BLITZ.

Two great Japanese bands on one 7". For fans of melodic hardcore punk.

This includes all Nine Shocks Terror's recorded output up to 2002 with the exception of the Sound Pollution lp "Paying Ohmage." You get the material from "Zen and the Art of Beating Your Ass" lp (Havoc Mix), "Mobile Terror Unit" 7", Nine Shocks Terror / Killers split 7", Tomorrow Will be Worse Vol. 2 comp., Nine Shocks Terror / Devoid of Faith split 7", four live tracks from "Speakin' Tongues", "Earth Wind and the Sheik Throwing Fire" 7", Spanking Nurse comp., one song live on a radio show and one song from a Suburban Voice comp. Since a lot of this material is out of print, this is your chance to catch up with some critical early Nine Shocks stuff. And for everyone who keeps asking for "Zen" on cd, here it is.

Texas thrash

Here's a double dosage of punishing German metal, featuring four tracks each by two excellent bands. Six Reasons to Kill are up first, with their crushing metalcore sound that takes no prisoners and just beats your ass relentlessly. SRTK have a lot more going for them than your standard issue Swedish death inspired metalcore sound that you can't seem to shake these days. These guys are much more entrenched in death/grind territory with their ever-changing vocal delivery that ranges from a guttural growl to a high-pitched scream that just totally decimates the listener. There's some grind sounding parts to the music along with the more traditional breakdowns and even some precision death metal riffing that keeps you on your toes over the course of their four songs. This is some really solid stuff and I hope to hear more from these guys in the future. Absidia make up the second half of this disc and open things, with a beautiful piano instrumental. Their remaining three tracks kick into a powerful combination of At the Gates style melodic thrash with some quiet acoustic moments that remind me of older In Flames records. The guitar work possesses the Swedish death metal flair but the melodies and riffs are far above average and the overall sound is a bit more rugged and dirty, than most bands of this ilk. They also are good at incorporating some moody acoustic guitars from time to time that really give their sound an extra edge. Vocally they employ a harsh sneer, in the vein of Tomas Lindberg's work with ATG and it works well with what they've got going on. Overall, this is a damn fine split that introduces us to two great bands that are well worth checking out. Sadly, Absidia are no more but they left us with a great contribution on this split and Six Reasons to Kill show great promise with these tunes. All an all, an A+ split with some killer artwork. (Daredevil.de)