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Tú tan de crush y no tan de crust
Contorture - love in a hopeless place
https://contorture.bandcamp.com/track/love-in-a-hopeless-place
#JuevesPunk #Punk #Crustpunk

Tú tan de crush y no tan de crust
Contorture - love in a hopeless place
https://contorture.bandcamp.com/track/love-in-a-hopeless-place
#JuevesPunk #Punk #Crustpunk

Tú tan de crush y no tan de crust
Contorture - love in a hopeless place
https://contorture.bandcamp.com/track/love-in-a-hopeless-place
#JuevesPunk #Punk #Crustpunk

Tú tan de crush y no tan de crust
Contorture - love in a hopeless place
https://contorture.bandcamp.com/track/love-in-a-hopeless-place
#JuevesPunk #Punk #Crustpunk

KNIVAD (Suècia) presenta nou àlbum: "Lilla vackra människa" #Knivad #BlackMetal #CrustPunk #Setembre2026 #Suècia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

KNIVAD (Suècia) presenta nou àlbum: "Lilla vackra människa" #Knivad #BlackMetal #CrustPunk #Setembre2026 #Suècia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

Serotonin Zero / Social Crisis / User

🗓️ Start: 8 listopada 2026 19:00
⏳ End: 8 listopada 2026 23:00
📍 Location: ADA Puławska, Puławska 37, 02-508, Warszawa, Poland

Warszawa! Koncert Alert!
8 listopada (niedziela) trzy mocne składy na scenie ADA Puławska.

Serotonin Zero – metal z mocnym crust punkowym backgroundem. Dla fanów The Secret, Wake, END i God Mother.
bandcamp · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube

Social Crisis – białopodlaska d-beatowa maszyna, przedstawiać nie trzeba – d-beat crust w najlepszym wydaniu. Chodzą plotki, że będzie można usłyszeć nowy materiał.
bandcamp · Facebook

User – brudny i wściekły hardcore punk. Koniecznie do nadrobienia dla tych, którzy jeszcze nie widzieli ich na żywo.
bandcamp

ADA Puławska, ul. Puławska 37
8.11.2026, godz. 19:00

Wydarzenie na Facebooku

https://adapulawska.org/wydarzenie/serotonin-zero-social-crisis-user/

Serotonin Zero / Social Crisis / User

🗓️ Start: 8 listopada 2026 19:00
⏳ End: 8 listopada 2026 23:00
📍 Location: ADA Puławska, Puławska 37, 02-508, Warszawa, Poland

Warszawa! Koncert Alert!
8 listopada (niedziela) trzy mocne składy na scenie ADA Puławska.

Serotonin Zero – metal z mocnym crust punkowym backgroundem. Dla fanów The Secret, Wake, END i God Mother.
bandcamp · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube

Social Crisis – białopodlaska d-beatowa maszyna, przedstawiać nie trzeba – d-beat crust w najlepszym wydaniu. Chodzą plotki, że będzie można usłyszeć nowy materiał.
bandcamp · Facebook

User – brudny i wściekły hardcore punk. Koniecznie do nadrobienia dla tych, którzy jeszcze nie widzieli ich na żywo.
bandcamp

ADA Puławska, ul. Puławska 37
8.11.2026, godz. 19:00

Wydarzenie na Facebooku

https://adapulawska.org/wydarzenie/serotonin-zero-social-crisis-user/

"Se huele el grito que viene, se oye el odio que crece" (Split EP)
by ARRASTRADXS BAJO UN CIELO / CIUDAD DEL KAOS #HC-punk y #crust libertario
collectorseriesdiy.bandcamp.com/album/cs-013...
#garage #hardcore #metal #punkrock #crust-punk #punksky #metalsky #music #contracultura #punk #diy #bandcamp

"Se huele el grito que viene, se oye el odio que crece" (Split EP)
by ARRASTRADXS BAJO UN CIELO / CIUDAD DEL KAOS
collectorseriesdiy.bandcamp.com/album/cs-013...
#crust #garage #hardcore #metal #punkrock #crust-punk #punksky #metalsky #hardcorepunk #press #prensa #contracultura #punk #diy #bandcamp

[CS-013] / "Se huele el grito ...

Unyielding Love / Maldacht / The Listener / Kathexis @ Batiment 7 - Monday, October 12th, 2026

Batiment 7, Monday, October 12 at 07:00 PM EDT

Viridian Cult Productions presents:

A night of unholy brutality! Irish blackened sludge metallers Unyielding Love and Toronto crust metalpunks Maldacht will be joined by local black metal conquerors The Listener and Kathexis at Batiment 7 on Monday, October 12th!

Monday, October 12th, 2026
@ Batiment 7
1900 Rue Le Ber
Doors @ 7:00 PM
Show @ 8:00 PM
$20
All Ages

Poster by Artemis Tratnik (@plantgenitals).

Unyielding Love:
https://unyielding-love.bandcamp.com/album/flesh-of-the-furnace

Maldacht:
https://maldacht.bandcamp.com/album/maldacht

The Listener:
https://thelistenermtl.bandcamp.com/album/where-hatred-reigns-supreme

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/unyielding-love-maldacht-the-listener-kathexis-batiment-7-monday-october-12th-2026

Torpor, Bastard Idol, Pearl, Cascades MOVED TO EXHIBIT A

Exhibit A, Wednesday, August 12 at 07:00 PM EDT

CRIMINAL TRAP VOL.4

"SECRET BEACH OR BUST"

AUGUST 12 @ EXHIBIT A (4981 AV DUNN)

TORPOR - vintage hardcore

https://torporsanglante.bandcamp.com/album/wasted-innocence

BASTARD IDOL - weekend punk

https://brokenskull.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2025

PEARL (Baltimore) - rock of love

https://pearl-music.bandcamp.com/album/love-grief

CASCADES - tyrannical crust

https://likeweeds.org/cascades/

$10-15 PWYC / NOTAFLOF

ALL AGES - BYOB

7PM / 19H

flyer by Alex Apostolidis

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/torpor-bastard-idol-pearl-cascades

La banda cordobesa Desgarro, está preparando una K7 que hará saltar por los aires las pletinas del planeta #dBeat & #Crust

collectorseriesdiy.blogspot.com/2026/06/la-b...

#metalpunk #punk #crustcore #crustpunk #d-beat #metalsky #crossover #press #music #underground #diymusic #diy #counterculture

Die neue ACCION MUTANTE LP "The Time Machine" kommt edel im Klappcover mit Booklet, Patch und Aufklebern. Würde dieser junge Herr hier nicht selbst in der Band spielen, hätte er sich die Platte gekauft...

#AccionMutante #Plattenladen #Stuttgart #CrustPunk #StuttgartWest

One more purchase for Bandcamp Friday, last minute - this ridiculously good new LP 'Until Every Flag is Burned' by Brighton And Hove's HEMPITERA. Crust punk and cello. Unreal. What a record. Contender.

https://hemiptera.bandcamp.com/album/until-every-flag-is-burned

#punk #CrustPunk #2026Albums #2026Records #UKPunk #BrightonAndHove #Hempitera @Defiance @FeloniousPunk @NMYCMBTNT @wendigo @rtw

20 aniversari del Queens of Steel Fest

Espai Jove Palau Alòs, dissabte, 7 de març, a les 17:00 CET

SEREMOS MUY PUNTUALES:

🕒 17:00 – APERTURA DE PUERTAS
🎤 17:30 – CHARLA: "Ruptura: Metal frente al fascismo"
🎸 18:15 – IMPÍA
🎸 18:55 – SAYÓN
🎸 19:35 – TUGURIO
🎸 20:15 – MATER TENEBRARUM
🎸 20:55 – SACROSANTA DECADENCIA OCCIDENTAL
🛠️ MERCADILLO: Durante toda la tarde tendremos puestos de material DIY y colectivos.

🍻 A partir de las 22 seguimos fiesta en el Bar Morsa
📅 7 de Marzo | 17:00h | Palau Alòs (BCN) 💸 5€ (Aportación sugerida - taquilla Inversa)

🌐 Toda la info detallada en: www.queensfest.org (Link en la bio 🔗)

📢 ¡DIFUNDE LA PALABRA! Comparte este post en tus historias y ayúdanos a que el 7 de marzo el Palau sea una auténtica trinchera. ¡Nos vemos allí!

📸 Cartel de @latararanana

https://bcn.convoca.la/event/20-aniversari-del-queens-of-steel-fest

Some ripping new anarcho crust punk outta London, this is Röt and 'The Harvest':
https://rotukcrust.bandcamp.com/album/the-harvest

#punk #PunkRock #CrustPunk #AnarchoPunk #London #LondonPunk #UKPunk @c0m4 @flockofnazguls @Defiance @kevin @FeloniousPunk @Tim_Eagon

SPEEDTRAP Vol. II

Piranha Bar, Friday, April 10 at 05:00 PM EDT

Viridian Cult Productions presents:

SPEEDTRAP Vol. II

After thememorable night of ripping speed metal that was SPEEDTRAP Vol. I in 2025, the event returns in 2026 for our second edition, even bigger, badder, and more shred-tastic! We've got bands coming from all over the country for this year's fest, ensuring this is one weekend you won't want to miss!

Taking place over two nights, Friday, April 10th and Saturday, April 11th, here's our lineup for this year!

Friday, April 10th:
- Spirit Unbound (MTL)
- Samurai (MTL)
- Black Absinthe (Toronto)
- Killotine (Hamilton)
- The Scepter (Ottawa)
- Castle (San Francisco / Toronto)

Saturday, April 11th:
- Drowning in Blood (MTL)
- Shroud (MTL)
- Zero Tolerance (Hamilton)
- Saccage (Quebec City)
- Ritual Warfare (Halifax)
- Tower Hill (Edmonton)
- Lycanthro (Toronto)
- Freeways (Brampton)

Poster and logo by the one and only Ghastly McNasty!

Tickets on sale now at the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speedtrap-vol-ii-tickets-1982479158530?aff=oddtdtcreator

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/speedtrap-vol-ii

https://www.europesays.com/uk/417215/ Motherless – Do You Feel Safe? Review #2025 #4.0 #AmericanMetal #BlackSheepWall #CrustPunk #DoYouFeelSafe? #DoomMetal #Entertainment #indian #LordMantis #Motherless #music #ProstheticRecords #Review #Reviews #Sep25 #Sludge #TheAtlasMoth #Thou #UK #UnitedKingdom #WithoutWaves

Motherless – Do You Feel Safe? Review

Sometimes, you don’t need nuance. Sometimes you don’t want prog-soaked journeys through inner turmoil, or post-whatever atmospherics that…
#NewsBeep #News #Music #2025 #4.0 #AmericanMetal #BlackSheepWall #CrustPunk #DoYouFeelSafe? #DoomMetal #Entertainment #Indian #LordMantis #Motherless #ProstheticRecords #review #Reviews #Sep25 #Sludge #TheAtlasMoth #Thou #UK #UnitedKingdom #WithoutWaves
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/130967/

Motherless – Do You Feel Safe? Review

By Samguineous Maximus

Sometimes, you don’t need nuance. Sometimes you don’t want prog-soaked journeys through inner turmoil, or post-whatever atmospherics that whisper about pain instead of screaming it in your face. 1 Sometimes you just want music to sound like the goddamn world is on fire. Featuring members of Without Waves and site favorites The Atlas Moth, Chicago’s Motherless might have just that with their debut Do You Feel Safe? 2 Promising a slab of riff-driven sludge metal with “driving intensity that reflects both personal darkness and industrial urban weight,” Motherless seems poised to deliver a batch of vile tunes for the end times. Can these scene veterans succeed in making a compelling and punishing debut, or will they find themselves crushed under the fuzz-drenched weight of their own riffs?

The brand of sonic violence Motherless specializes in owes just as much to the depraved lineage of crust punk and d-beat as it does the virulent brand of blackened sludge from fellow Chicagoans Lord Mantis and Indian. Do You Feel Safe? eschews the aimless downtuned wandering often found in the style, instead careening between powerlifting-ready sludge killriffs and mosh-inducing hardcore parts at a breakneck pace. The result is a riffstorm that hits with the immediacy of Thou’s Umbilical, but cranked to about double the RPM (that’s riffs per minute, naturally). Even on longer songs, Motherless keep things interesting by injecting a slice of post-metal shimmer (“Darling, You Don’t Look Well”) and the serrated edge of Black Sheep Wall’s post-hardcore abrasion (“The New Romance”). Do You Feel Safe?’s brisk 33-minute runtime blows by in a way that sufficiently encourages drywall-punching, but its 8 tracks mix things up just enough as not to grow stale.

The core aggression of Do You Feel Safe? is driven by its formidable guitar work. The bludgeoning force of Anthony Cwan and Stavros Giannopoulos is as delectable as it is vile, adapting the expansive three-pronged guitar attack of The Atlas Moth and condensing it for maximum destructive capability. When they’re not blasting ahead on punkier cuts like “Reptile Dysfuntion” or the blackened aggression of “Abrupt Violence,” Motherless’s core riff flavor is that of sinister groove; built on open string intervals and syncopated chugs. Tracks like “You Seem So Damn Sure,” “Christian Math” and “Insect Politics” all center around devilishly infectious riffs, downtuned appropriately and engineered to ensure maximum headbangability. Bassist Alex Klien sticks close to the guitars, augmenting their effectiveness with a massive bass crunch. The central riff package is expanded with consistent lead guitars, which add atmosphere and textural nuance to the mammoth sludge on display.

This twisted display of aural decimation is matched by an equally punishing production job. Do You Feel Safe? features an all-star mix by Sanford Parker (Eyehategod, Yob, Darkthrone) and master by Brad Boatwright (Sleep, Obituary, Kylesa), whose impressive abilities are on full display. 3 This ensures that every palm-mute and distorted power chord from Motherless hits with the sonic impact of a freight train and ensures that everything feels as massive as the compositions demand. Giannopoulos’s powerful shriek is given enough space to shine, which lets his caustic delivery and repeated lyrical declarations of vitriol explode with a deserved venom. Drummer Gary Naples boasts a commanding drum tone, with enough modern punch across the kit for his tasteful gallops and tom work to shine through, while preserving a raw attack that serves the band well. Overall, the mix allows Motherless to sound like a cohesive unit, readymade for aural annihilation.

With Do You Feel Safe?, Motherless have released one of the strongest sludge metal albums of the year, one that lives up to band member’s impressive pedigrees. It’s a record which is as aggressive as it is addictive, that beckons repeated descents into its depraved sonic labyrinth. It’s a perfect soundtrack to a year where it’s felt like everything has gone wrong and all you can do is scream into the void as a response. If you need something to encapsulate the anguish of our modern era, Motherless are here for you, waiting with walls of distortion and clad in urban decay. When they shout “Do You Feel Safe?” you’ll whisper back “no.”

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s CBR MP3
Label: Prosthetic Records
Websites: motherlesschicago.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/Motherless-Chicago
Releases Worldwide: September 12th, 2025

#2025 #40 #AmericanMetal #BlackSheepWall #CrustPunk #DoYouFeelSafe_ #DoomMetal #Indian #LordMantis #Motherless #ProstheticRecords #Review #Reviews #Sep25 #Sludge #TheAtlasMoth #Thou #WithoutWaves

Motherless – Do You Feel Safe? Review

By Samguineous Maximus

Sometimes, you don’t need nuance. Sometimes you don’t want prog-soaked journeys through inner turmoil, or post-whatever atmospherics that whisper about pain instead of screaming it in your face. 1 Sometimes you just want music to sound like the goddamn world is on fire. Featuring members of Without Waves and site favorites The Atlas Moth, Chicago’s Motherless might have just that with their debut Do You Feel Safe? 2 Promising a slab of riff-driven sludge metal with “driving intensity that reflects both personal darkness and industrial urban weight,” Motherless seems poised to deliver a batch of vile tunes for the end times. Can these scene veterans succeed in making a compelling and punishing debut, or will they find themselves crushed under the fuzz-drenched weight of their own riffs?

The brand of sonic violence Motherless specializes in owes just as much to the depraved lineage of crust punk and d-beat as it does the virulent brand of blackened sludge from fellow Chicagoans Lord Mantis and Indian. Do You Feel Safe? eschews the aimless downtuned wandering often found in the style, instead careening between powerlifting-ready sludge killriffs and mosh-inducing hardcore parts at a breakneck pace. The result is a riffstorm that hits with the immediacy of Thou’s Umbilical, but cranked to about double the RPM (that’s riffs per minute, naturally). Even on longer songs, Motherless keep things interesting by injecting a slice of post-metal shimmer (“Darling, You Don’t Look Well”) and the serrated edge of Black Sheep Wall’s post-hardcore abrasion (“The New Romance”). Do You Feel Safe?’s brisk 33-minute runtime blows by in a way that sufficiently encourages drywall-punching, but its 8 tracks mix things up just enough as not to grow stale.

The core aggression of Do You Feel Safe? is driven by its formidable guitar work. The bludgeoning force of Anthony Cwan and Stavros Giannopoulos is as delectable as it is vile, adapting the expansive three-pronged guitar attack of The Atlas Moth and condensing it for maximum destructive capability. When they’re not blasting ahead on punkier cuts like “Reptile Dysfuntion” or the blackened aggression of “Abrupt Violence,” Motherless’s core riff flavor is that of sinister groove; built on open string intervals and syncopated chugs. Tracks like “You Seem So Damn Sure,” “Christian Math” and “Insect Politics” all center around devilishly infectious riffs, downtuned appropriately and engineered to ensure maximum headbangability. Bassist Alex Klien sticks close to the guitars, augmenting their effectiveness with a massive bass crunch. The central riff package is expanded with consistent lead guitars, which add atmosphere and textural nuance to the mammoth sludge on display.

This twisted display of aural decimation is matched by an equally punishing production job. Do You Feel Safe? features an all-star mix by Sanford Parker (Eyehategod, Yob, Darkthrone) and master by Brad Boatwright (Sleep, Obituary, Kylesa), whose impressive abilities are on full display. 3 This ensures that every palm-mute and distorted power chord from Motherless hits with the sonic impact of a freight train and ensures that everything feels as massive as the compositions demand. Giannopoulos’s powerful shriek is given enough space to shine, which lets his caustic delivery and repeated lyrical declarations of vitriol explode with a deserved venom. Drummer Gary Naples boasts a commanding drum tone, with enough modern punch across the kit for his tasteful gallops and tom work to shine through, while preserving a raw attack that serves the band well. Overall, the mix allows Motherless to sound like a cohesive unit, readymade for aural annihilation.

With Do You Feel Safe?, Motherless have released one of the strongest sludge metal albums of the year, one that lives up to band member’s impressive pedigrees. It’s a record which is as aggressive as it is addictive, that beckons repeated descents into its depraved sonic labyrinth. It’s a perfect soundtrack to a year where it’s felt like everything has gone wrong and all you can do is scream into the void as a response. If you need something to encapsulate the anguish of our modern era, Motherless are here for you, waiting with walls of distortion and clad in urban decay. When they shout “Do You Feel Safe?” you’ll whisper back “no.”

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s CBR MP3
Label: Prosthetic Records
Websites: motherlesschicago.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/Motherless-Chicago
Releases Worldwide: September 12th, 2025

#2025 #40 #AmericanMetal #BlackSheepWall #CrustPunk #DoYouFeelSafe_ #DoomMetal #Indian #LordMantis #Motherless #ProstheticRecords #Review #Reviews #Sep25 #Sludge #TheAtlasMoth #Thou #WithoutWaves

Motherless – Do You Feel Safe? Review

By Samguineous Maximus

Sometimes, you don’t need nuance. Sometimes you don’t want prog-soaked journeys through inner turmoil, or post-whatever atmospherics that whisper about pain instead of screaming it in your face. 1 Sometimes you just want music to sound like the goddamn world is on fire. Featuring members of Without Waves and site favorites The Atlas Moth, Chicago’s Motherless might have just that with their debut Do You Feel Safe? 2 Promising a slab of riff-driven sludge metal with “driving intensity that reflects both personal darkness and industrial urban weight,” Motherless seems poised to deliver a batch of vile tunes for the end times. Can these scene veterans succeed in making a compelling and punishing debut, or will they find themselves crushed under the fuzz-drenched weight of their own riffs?

The brand of sonic violence Motherless specializes in owes just as much to the depraved lineage of crust punk and d-beat as it does the virulent brand of blackened sludge from fellow Chicagoans Lord Mantis and Indian. Do You Feel Safe? eschews the aimless downtuned wandering often found in the style, instead careening between powerlifting-ready sludge killriffs and mosh-inducing hardcore parts at a breakneck pace. The result is a riffstorm that hits with the immediacy of Thou’s Umbilical, but cranked to about double the RPM (that’s riffs per minute, naturally). Even on longer songs, Motherless keep things interesting by injecting a slice of post-metal shimmer (“Darling, You Don’t Look Well”) and the serrated edge of Black Sheep Wall’s post-hardcore abrasion (“The New Romance”). Do You Feel Safe?’s brisk 33-minute runtime blows by in a way that sufficiently encourages drywall-punching, but its 8 tracks mix things up just enough as not to grow stale.

The core aggression of Do You Feel Safe? is driven by its formidable guitar work. The bludgeoning force of Anthony Cwan and Stavros Giannopoulos is as delectable as it is vile, adapting the expansive three-pronged guitar attack of The Atlas Moth and condensing it for maximum destructive capability. When they’re not blasting ahead on punkier cuts like “Reptile Dysfuntion” or the blackened aggression of “Abrupt Violence,” Motherless’s core riff flavor is that of sinister groove; built on open string intervals and syncopated chugs. Tracks like “You Seem So Damn Sure,” “Christian Math” and “Insect Politics” all center around devilishly infectious riffs, downtuned appropriately and engineered to ensure maximum headbangability. Bassist Alex Klien sticks close to the guitars, augmenting their effectiveness with a massive bass crunch. The central riff package is expanded with consistent lead guitars, which add atmosphere and textural nuance to the mammoth sludge on display.

This twisted display of aural decimation is matched by an equally punishing production job. Do You Feel Safe? features an all-star mix by Sanford Parker (Eyehategod, Yob, Darkthrone) and master by Brad Boatwright (Sleep, Obituary, Kylesa), whose impressive abilities are on full display. 3 This ensures that every palm-mute and distorted power chord from Motherless hits with the sonic impact of a freight train and ensures that everything feels as massive as the compositions demand. Giannopoulos’s powerful shriek is given enough space to shine, which lets his caustic delivery and repeated lyrical declarations of vitriol explode with a deserved venom. Drummer Gary Naples boasts a commanding drum tone, with enough modern punch across the kit for his tasteful gallops and tom work to shine through, while preserving a raw attack that serves the band well. Overall, the mix allows Motherless to sound like a cohesive unit, readymade for aural annihilation.

With Do You Feel Safe?, Motherless have released one of the strongest sludge metal albums of the year, one that lives up to band member’s impressive pedigrees. It’s a record which is as aggressive as it is addictive, that beckons repeated descents into its depraved sonic labyrinth. It’s a perfect soundtrack to a year where it’s felt like everything has gone wrong and all you can do is scream into the void as a response. If you need something to encapsulate the anguish of our modern era, Motherless are here for you, waiting with walls of distortion and clad in urban decay. When they shout “Do You Feel Safe?” you’ll whisper back “no.”

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s CBR MP3
Label: Prosthetic Records
Websites: motherlesschicago.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/Motherless-Chicago
Releases Worldwide: September 12th, 2025

#2025 #40 #AmericanMetal #BlackSheepWall #CrustPunk #DoYouFeelSafe_ #DoomMetal #Indian #LordMantis #Motherless #ProstheticRecords #Review #Reviews #Sep25 #Sludge #TheAtlasMoth #Thou #WithoutWaves

Motherless – Do You Feel Safe? Review

By Samguineous Maximus

Sometimes, you don’t need nuance. Sometimes you don’t want prog-soaked journeys through inner turmoil, or post-whatever atmospherics that whisper about pain instead of screaming it in your face. 1 Sometimes you just want music to sound like the goddamn world is on fire. Featuring members of Without Waves and site favorites The Atlas Moth, Chicago’s Motherless might have just that with their debut Do You Feel Safe? 2 Promising a slab of riff-driven sludge metal with “driving intensity that reflects both personal darkness and industrial urban weight,” Motherless seems poised to deliver a batch of vile tunes for the end times. Can these scene veterans succeed in making a compelling and punishing debut, or will they find themselves crushed under the fuzz-drenched weight of their own riffs?

The brand of sonic violence Motherless specializes in owes just as much to the depraved lineage of crust punk and d-beat as it does the virulent brand of blackened sludge from fellow Chicagoans Lord Mantis and Indian. Do You Feel Safe? eschews the aimless downtuned wandering often found in the style, instead careening between powerlifting-ready sludge killriffs and mosh-inducing hardcore parts at a breakneck pace. The result is a riffstorm that hits with the immediacy of Thou’s Umbilical, but cranked to about double the RPM (that’s riffs per minute, naturally). Even on longer songs, Motherless keep things interesting by injecting a slice of post-metal shimmer (“Darling, You Don’t Look Well”) and the serrated edge of Black Sheep Wall’s post-hardcore abrasion (“The New Romance”). Do You Feel Safe?’s brisk 33-minute runtime blows by in a way that sufficiently encourages drywall-punching, but its 8 tracks mix things up just enough as not to grow stale.

The core aggression of Do You Feel Safe? is driven by its formidable guitar work. The bludgeoning force of Anthony Cwan and Stavros Giannopoulos is as delectable as it is vile, adapting the expansive three-pronged guitar attack of The Atlas Moth and condensing it for maximum destructive capability. When they’re not blasting ahead on punkier cuts like “Reptile Dysfuntion” or the blackened aggression of “Abrupt Violence,” Motherless’s core riff flavor is that of sinister groove; built on open string intervals and syncopated chugs. Tracks like “You Seem So Damn Sure,” “Christian Math” and “Insect Politics” all center around devilishly infectious riffs, downtuned appropriately and engineered to ensure maximum headbangability. Bassist Alex Klien sticks close to the guitars, augmenting their effectiveness with a massive bass crunch. The central riff package is expanded with consistent lead guitars, which add atmosphere and textural nuance to the mammoth sludge on display.

This twisted display of aural decimation is matched by an equally punishing production job. Do You Feel Safe? features an all-star mix by Sanford Parker (Eyehategod, Yob, Darkthrone) and master by Brad Boatwright (Sleep, Obituary, Kylesa), whose impressive abilities are on full display. 3 This ensures that every palm-mute and distorted power chord from Motherless hits with the sonic impact of a freight train and ensures that everything feels as massive as the compositions demand. Giannopoulos’s powerful shriek is given enough space to shine, which lets his caustic delivery and repeated lyrical declarations of vitriol explode with a deserved venom. Drummer Gary Naples boasts a commanding drum tone, with enough modern punch across the kit for his tasteful gallops and tom work to shine through, while preserving a raw attack that serves the band well. Overall, the mix allows Motherless to sound like a cohesive unit, readymade for aural annihilation.

With Do You Feel Safe?, Motherless have released one of the strongest sludge metal albums of the year, one that lives up to band member’s impressive pedigrees. It’s a record which is as aggressive as it is addictive, that beckons repeated descents into its depraved sonic labyrinth. It’s a perfect soundtrack to a year where it’s felt like everything has gone wrong and all you can do is scream into the void as a response. If you need something to encapsulate the anguish of our modern era, Motherless are here for you, waiting with walls of distortion and clad in urban decay. When they shout “Do You Feel Safe?” you’ll whisper back “no.”

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s CBR MP3
Label: Prosthetic Records
Websites: motherlesschicago.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/Motherless-Chicago
Releases Worldwide: September 12th, 2025

#2025 #40 #AmericanMetal #BlackSheepWall #CrustPunk #DoYouFeelSafe_ #DoomMetal #Indian #LordMantis #Motherless #ProstheticRecords #Review #Reviews #Sep25 #Sludge #TheAtlasMoth #Thou #WithoutWaves

Trying to expand my network and find more interesting stuff to follow on here. Any tips? Also, feel free to turn yourself in if you're into any of the same things as I am!

I've got the whole Linux/FOSS side covered pretty well already, but I feel like I'm lacking in some other areas:

Music: #sludge #hxc #beatdown #powerviolence #crustpunk #dbeat #hardcorepunk #deathmetal #warmetal #grindcore #goregrind #noisemusic #gorenoise #dsbm #rabm

Visual art/design: #punkart #darkart #graffiti #xeroxart

More wake-up music #NowPlaying. Who all likes d-beat and crust punk? I know @lola and @Violette do, maybe one of ya'll has heard of this one.

Just stumbled across this LP 'Taste the Bitter End of a Once Brilliant Dream' from 2023 by Calgary, Alberta's DEATH KNELL, and it's KILLER. Yet more great Canadian punk. Starts with a Nausea-esque intro, then the ripping begins. Some Motorhead in there, too.

https://deathknellpunk.bandcamp.com/album/taste-the-bitter-end-of-a-once-brilliant-dream

#punk #dbeat #CrustPunk #Canada #CanadianPunk #CanadianBands #DeathKnell #Calgary #Alberta @wendigo

More wake-up music #NowPlaying. Who all likes d-beat and crust punk? I know @lola and @Violette do, maybe one of ya'll has heard of this one.

Just stumbled across this LP 'Taste the Bitter End of a Once Brilliant Dream' from 2023 by Calgary, Alberta's DEATH KNELL, and it's KILLER. Yet more great Canadian punk. Starts with a Nausea-esque intro, then the ripping begins. Some Motorhead in there, too.

https://deathknellpunk.bandcamp.com/album/taste-the-bitter-end-of-a-once-brilliant-dream

#punk #dbeat #CrustPunk #Canada #CanadianPunk #CanadianBands #DeathKnell #Calgary #Alberta @wendigo

More wake-up music #NowPlaying. Who all likes d-beat and crust punk? I know @lola and @Violette do, maybe one of ya'll has heard of this one.

Just stumbled across this LP 'Taste the Bitter End of a Once Brilliant Dream' from 2023 by Calgary, Alberta's DEATH KNELL, and it's KILLER. Yet more great Canadian punk. Starts with a Nausea-esque intro, then the ripping begins. Some Motorhead in there, too.

https://deathknellpunk.bandcamp.com/album/taste-the-bitter-end-of-a-once-brilliant-dream

#punk #dbeat #CrustPunk #Canada #CanadianPunk #CanadianBands #DeathKnell #Calgary #Alberta @wendigo

More wake-up music #NowPlaying. Who all likes d-beat and crust punk? I know @lola and @Violette do, maybe one of ya'll has heard of this one.

Just stumbled across this LP 'Taste the Bitter End of a Once Brilliant Dream' from 2023 by Calgary, Alberta's DEATH KNELL, and it's KILLER. Yet more great Canadian punk. Starts with a Nausea-esque intro, then the ripping begins. Some Motorhead in there, too.

https://deathknellpunk.bandcamp.com/album/taste-the-bitter-end-of-a-once-brilliant-dream

#punk #dbeat #CrustPunk #Canada #CanadianPunk #CanadianBands #DeathKnell #Calgary #Alberta @wendigo

More wake-up music #NowPlaying. Who all likes d-beat and crust punk? I know @lola and @Violette do, maybe one of ya'll has heard of this one.

Just stumbled across this LP 'Taste the Bitter End of a Once Brilliant Dream' from 2023 by Calgary, Alberta's DEATH KNELL, and it's KILLER. Yet more great Canadian punk. Starts with a Nausea-esque intro, then the ripping begins. Some Motorhead in there, too.

https://deathknellpunk.bandcamp.com/album/taste-the-bitter-end-of-a-once-brilliant-dream

#punk #dbeat #CrustPunk #Canada #CanadianPunk #CanadianBands #DeathKnell #Calgary #Alberta @wendigo