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DEVIATED INSTINCT (Regne Unit) presenta nou EP: "Scavenger Gospel" #DeviatedInstinct #CrustPunk #DeathMetal #ThrashMetal #Setembre2026 #RegneUnit #NouEp #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

DEVIATED INSTINCT (Regne Unit) presenta nou EP: "Scavenger Gospel" #DeviatedInstinct #CrustPunk #DeathMetal #ThrashMetal #Setembre2026 #RegneUnit #NouEp #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

4/4.

Zum Abschluss (natürlich) noch mehr #StenchCore -iger #CrustPunk. Diesmal von Vertretern der alten, englischen Garde - aber weiterhin mit ausreichend rostigem Stacheldraht, wütendem Blutgespucke und Motörhead im Gekröse ->

Bandcamp-Link zum Album "Scavenger Gospel" von Deviated Instinct -> https://deviatedinstinct.bandcamp.com/album/scavenger-gospel

4/4.

Zum Abschluss (natürlich) noch mehr #StenchCore -iger #CrustPunk. Diesmal von Vertretern der alten, englischen Garde - aber weiterhin mit ausreichend rostigem Stacheldraht, wütendem Blutgespucke und Motörhead im Gekröse ->

Bandcamp-Link zum Album "Scavenger Gospel" von Deviated Instinct -> https://deviatedinstinct.bandcamp.com/album/scavenger-gospel

4/4.

Zum Abschluss (natürlich) noch mehr #StenchCore -iger #CrustPunk. Diesmal von Vertretern der alten, englischen Garde - aber weiterhin mit ausreichend rostigem Stacheldraht, wütendem Blutgespucke und Motörhead im Gekröse ->

Bandcamp-Link zum Album "Scavenger Gospel" von Deviated Instinct -> https://deviatedinstinct.bandcamp.com/album/scavenger-gospel

1/4.

So. #BandcampFriday isses. Da wollen wir mal nicht lange labern. Sondern besser größtenteils garstigen Krach machen, was?

Zuerst stinkwütender, scheppernder #Hardcore -iger #CrustPunk aus Duisburg. Schön roh, schön hässlich, schön zack-za-rack. Wie sich dat gehört ->

Bandcamp-Link zum Album "Betonmonotonie" von Kalasche -> https://kalasche.bandcamp.com/album/betonmonotonie

1/4.

So. #BandcampFriday isses. Da wollen wir mal nicht lange labern. Sondern besser größtenteils garstigen Krach machen, was?

Zuerst stinkwütender, scheppernder #Hardcore -iger #CrustPunk aus Duisburg. Schön roh, schön hässlich, schön zack-za-rack. Wie sich dat gehört ->

Bandcamp-Link zum Album "Betonmonotonie" von Kalasche -> https://kalasche.bandcamp.com/album/betonmonotonie

1/4.

So. #BandcampFriday isses. Da wollen wir mal nicht lange labern. Sondern besser größtenteils garstigen Krach machen, was?

Zuerst stinkwütender, scheppernder #Hardcore -iger #CrustPunk aus Duisburg. Schön roh, schön hässlich, schön zack-za-rack. Wie sich dat gehört ->

Bandcamp-Link zum Album "Betonmonotonie" von Kalasche -> https://kalasche.bandcamp.com/album/betonmonotonie

1/4.

So. #BandcampFriday isses. Da wollen wir mal nicht lange labern. Sondern besser größtenteils garstigen Krach machen, was?

Zuerst stinkwütender, scheppernder #Hardcore -iger #CrustPunk aus Duisburg. Schön roh, schön hässlich, schön zack-za-rack. Wie sich dat gehört ->

Bandcamp-Link zum Album "Betonmonotonie" von Kalasche -> https://kalasche.bandcamp.com/album/betonmonotonie

Crust punk won’t end capitalism, but it can still stab and cut through the apathy, isolation, and manufactured misery it creates.

Our latest list digs into 11 records from the first half of 2026. Featuring Black Aubergine, Culture Shaping Violence, Death Knell, Hemiptera, Heretgia, Malatesta, Morde, Plague Thirteen, Recvrse, and splits with Terminal Filth, Axefear, War//Plague, and Svaveldioxid.

Link: https://diyconspiracy.net/crust-punk-list-2026/

#punk #crust #crustpunk

Crust punk won’t end capitalism, but it can still stab and cut through the apathy, isolation, and manufactured misery it creates.

Our latest list digs into 11 records from the first half of 2026. Featuring Black Aubergine, Culture Shaping Violence, Death Knell, Hemiptera, Heretgia, Malatesta, Morde, Plague Thirteen, Recvrse, and splits with Terminal Filth, Axefear, War//Plague, and Svaveldioxid.

Link: https://diyconspiracy.net/crust-punk-list-2026/

#punk #crust #crustpunk

Crust punk won’t end capitalism, but it can still stab and cut through the apathy, isolation, and manufactured misery it creates.

Our latest list digs into 11 records from the first half of 2026. Featuring Black Aubergine, Culture Shaping Violence, Death Knell, Hemiptera, Heretgia, Malatesta, Morde, Plague Thirteen, Recvrse, and splits with Terminal Filth, Axefear, War//Plague, and Svaveldioxid.

Link: https://diyconspiracy.net/crust-punk-list-2026/

#punk #crust #crustpunk

Crust punk won’t end capitalism, but it can still stab and cut through the apathy, isolation, and manufactured misery it creates.

Our latest list digs into 11 records from the first half of 2026. Featuring Black Aubergine, Culture Shaping Violence, Death Knell, Hemiptera, Heretgia, Malatesta, Morde, Plague Thirteen, Recvrse, and splits with Terminal Filth, Axefear, War//Plague, and Svaveldioxid.

Link: https://diyconspiracy.net/crust-punk-list-2026/

#punk #crust #crustpunk

Crust punk won’t end capitalism, but it can still stab and cut through the apathy, isolation, and manufactured misery it creates.

Our latest list digs into 11 records from the first half of 2026. Featuring Black Aubergine, Culture Shaping Violence, Death Knell, Hemiptera, Heretgia, Malatesta, Morde, Plague Thirteen, Recvrse, and splits with Terminal Filth, Axefear, War//Plague, and Svaveldioxid.

Link: https://diyconspiracy.net/crust-punk-list-2026/

#punk #crust #crustpunk

Dystopiate – IHN015 // Dystopiate - Filth Film
#Amebix #Electronic #Mayhem #Motorhead #blackmetal #crustpunk #dbeat #discharge #indie #noisepop #noiserock #postrock #psychedelicrock #rawpunk #voivod #Boston
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/ihn015-dystopiate-filth-film

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

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

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

RIPPING DEATHTERROR Vol. II @ L'Hemisphere Gauche - August 8th, 2025

Hemisphere Gauche, Friday, August 8 at 07:00 PM EDT

Viridian Cult Productions presents:

RIPPING DEATHTERROR VOL. II

Following in the footsteps of a legendary show from 2023, Ripping Deathterror returns two years later with a maniacal offering of brutality and darkness on the night of Friday, August 8th, 2025 at L'Hemisphere Gauche.

Coming from Ontario, the war metal onslaught of Abysmal Whore and the death metal demolition of World Eaters will crush, kill, AND destroy.

They’ll be joined by the powerful deathviolence of Ratpiss, the thick and groovy riffing of Insade, and the blackened oozing sludge of Pine Tar!

Don’t miss it!

Abysmal Whore:
https://abysmalwhore.bandcamp.com/album/sadistic-urge

World Eaters:
https://worldeaters.bandcamp.com/album/hounds-of-blood

Ratpiss:
https://ratpissmtl.bandcamp.com/album/four-humors

Insade:
https://insade.bandcamp.com/album/human-obsession

Pine Tar:
https://pine-tar.bandcamp.com/album/burial

Friday, August 8th, 2025
@ L’Hemisphere Gauche
221 Rue Beaubien Est
Doors 7:00 PM
Show 8:00 PM
$15
18+

Poster by Jose-Gabriel Bazan Gauthier.

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/ripping-deathterror-vol-ii-lhemisphere-gauche-august-8th-2025

Akira – Demo 2008
#BlackenedCrust #Experimental #ambient #blackmetal #blackenedhardcore #crust #crustpunk #darkhardcore #drone #hardcorepunk #neocrust #noise #punkrock #screamo #sludge #Saratov
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://boilyourangel.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2008

Kapitur, Show of Bedlam, Ratpiss @ The Purple Room - February 22nd, 2025

PURPLE ROOM, Saturday, February 22 at 07:00 PM EST

An eclectic mix of curated heavy music featuring Kapitur, Show of Bedlam, and Ratpiss, at The Purple Room in Saint-Henri, presented by Black Dawn Productions.

Kapitur:
https://kapitur.bandcamp.com/track/altar-of-sanity

Show of Bedlam:
https://showofbedlam.bandcamp.com/album/transfiguration

Ratpiss:
https://ratpissmtl.bandcamp.com/album/four-humors

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/kapitur-show-of-bedlam-ratpiss-the-purple-room-february-22nd-2025

Apes – Penitence Review

By Dear Hollow

In the preface of Herman Hesse’s Faust-inspired novel Steppenwolf, an unnamed narrator (simply called the Nephew) details a series of encounters with main character Harry Haller. Haller is described as extremely intellectual and arrogant, but ultimately alienated by and disillusioned with the bourgeois-dominated society of twentieth-century Germany. Hesse’s narrative culminates in a scene in which the narrator and Haller, now friends, attend a lecture from a philosopher, one of Europe’s brightest minds. Haller gives a fleeting glance at the narrator: his expression is described as cutting through the pomp and pretense of human society, a look that is described as melancholic, dismissing the words and their speaker. “It said: ‘See what monkeys we are! Look, such is man!’ and at once all renown, all intelligence, all the attainments of the spirit, all progress towards the sublime, the great and the enduring in man fell away and became a monkey’s trick!”

Apes is a six-piece from Montreal, having released one LP and a series of demos and EPs since its inception in 2012. 2017 debut full-length Lightless introduced the band’s now-signature sound, a blend that continues in its sophomore effort Penitence seven years later: a blend of black metal and grindcore. While easy comparisons would be the sinister cutthroat attack of older Anaal Nathrakh or the unhinged intensity of Siberian Hell Sounds, Apes resides in a blackened interpretation of Nails, Trap Them, or Mammoth Grinder. Crusty riffs and blazing blastbeats are the backbone of Penitence, atop which elements of atmospheric black metal, doom, and noise are introduced. An unbearably suffocating and filthy listen that hits hard, fast, and menacingly, Apes seamlessly offers riffs and grimness in equal measure through an animalistic intensity, its lyrics and atmosphere a constant hopeless reminder of humankind’s futility.

For all of twenty-five minutes, Apes does not waste a single second, thanks to its impressive contributors. Vocalist Alexandre Goulet offers a hardcore-inspired bark that collapses into a primitive howl, further emphasizing the themes present on Penitence, guiding a swarming triple-guitar beatdown that descends into blackened suffocation and climactic solos throughout that settles into a doom-inspired groove periodically, while blastbeats, powerful kicks, and tom-heavy buildups hit at just the right moments. Painted across the album at large is a tapestry of noise, adding a density and rockiness that feels like the suffocation of confession and shame – covered in the darkness of misanthropy. It lacks the clarity of Nails or Trap Them, but its suffocating aims are far better served in this palette.

“Coffin” is a good opener with its filthy crust, amplified by guest Madi Watkins from Year of the Knife, but the track almost serves as a misdirect in its upfront gooey slam-inspired breakdown and thunderous grooves: meatheadedness before the storm, if you will. While the riffs and chugs are present throughout Penitence, they serve as elements among many to Apes’ dynamics. The best examples of this are “Bottom Feeder,” “Shadow Walker,” and “Echoes,” through which moments of clarity offer relentless beatdown, but otherwise focus on down-tuned riffage and tremolo while atmosphere pervades. The title track is likewise a stellar offering because it features an unshakeable riff before slowing the tempo incrementally to a nearly death/doom Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire-esque crawl by its conclusion, achieving a nearly unbearable density in closer “Pillars” alongside a scathing melodic motif. “The Great Fire” and “Closure” are more forgettable pieces in comparison, but undeniably crucial to the soundscape that Penitence builds: less a scenic vista and more a path to get to the outlook.

Closer “Pillars” looks out upon the scorched earth of man’s futility with a punishing and animalistic grind-inspired, crusty, blackened, and riffy take on grind. Apes wears its theme firmly on its sleeve, as portrayed in the Werner Herzog sample at the end of “Closure” best summarized in this: “there is no harmony in the universe.” Penitence is a heavy album, balancing bouncy riffs, chugging guitars, and an evocative atmospheric prowess alongside its blackened tendencies – a slowly unfolding album with plenty of secrets to unveil in spite of its extremely brief runtime. While comparisons to Anaal Nathrakh, Nails, and Outergods are fair, they are ultimately incomplete, favoring riff or atmosphere. In this way, Apes soars in an album that’s unafraid to whisk you away to a place dark and unsettling only to kick you to the curb while laughing maniacally at mankind’s achievements. See what monkeys we are, truly.

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Secret Swarm Records
Websites: apesqc.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/apesqc
Releases Worldwide: June 14th, 2024

#2024 #40 #AnaalNathrakh #Apes #AtmosphericBlackMetal #BlackMetal #BlackenedHardcore #CanadianMetal #ClingingToTheTreesOfAForestFire #CrustPunk #DeathDoomMetal #Grindcore #Jun24 #MammothGrinder #Nails #Noise #Outergods #Penitence #Review #Reviews #SecretSwarmRecords #SiberianHellSounds #Slam #TrapThem #YearOfTheKnife

Apes – Penitence Review

By Dear Hollow

In the preface of Herman Hesse’s Faust-inspired novel Steppenwolf, an unnamed narrator (simply called the Nephew) details a series of encounters with main character Harry Haller. Haller is described as extremely intellectual and arrogant, but ultimately alienated by and disillusioned with the bourgeois-dominated society of twentieth-century Germany. Hesse’s narrative culminates in a scene in which the narrator and Haller, now friends, attend a lecture from a philosopher, one of Europe’s brightest minds. Haller gives a fleeting glance at the narrator: his expression is described as cutting through the pomp and pretense of human society, a look that is described as melancholic, dismissing the words and their speaker. “It said: ‘See what monkeys we are! Look, such is man!’ and at once all renown, all intelligence, all the attainments of the spirit, all progress towards the sublime, the great and the enduring in man fell away and became a monkey’s trick!”

Apes is a six-piece from Montreal, having released one LP and a series of demos and EPs since its inception in 2012. 2017 debut full-length Lightless introduced the band’s now-signature sound, a blend that continues in its sophomore effort Penitence seven years later: a blend of black metal and grindcore. While easy comparisons would be the sinister cutthroat attack of older Anaal Nathrakh or the unhinged intensity of Siberian Hell Sounds, Apes resides in a blackened interpretation of Nails, Trap Them, or Mammoth Grinder. Crusty riffs and blazing blastbeats are the backbone of Penitence, atop which elements of atmospheric black metal, doom, and noise are introduced. An unbearably suffocating and filthy listen that hits hard, fast, and menacingly, Apes seamlessly offers riffs and grimness in equal measure through an animalistic intensity, its lyrics and atmosphere a constant hopeless reminder of humankind’s futility.

For all of twenty-five minutes, Apes does not waste a single second, thanks to its impressive contributors. Vocalist Alexandre Goulet offers a hardcore-inspired bark that collapses into a primitive howl, further emphasizing the themes present on Penitence, guiding a swarming triple-guitar beatdown that descends into blackened suffocation and climactic solos throughout that settles into a doom-inspired groove periodically, while blastbeats, powerful kicks, and tom-heavy buildups hit at just the right moments. Painted across the album at large is a tapestry of noise, adding a density and rockiness that feels like the suffocation of confession and shame – covered in the darkness of misanthropy. It lacks the clarity of Nails or Trap Them, but its suffocating aims are far better served in this palette.

“Coffin” is a good opener with its filthy crust, amplified by guest Madi Watkins from Year of the Knife, but the track almost serves as a misdirect in its upfront gooey slam-inspired breakdown and thunderous grooves: meatheadedness before the storm, if you will. While the riffs and chugs are present throughout Penitence, they serve as elements among many to Apes’ dynamics. The best examples of this are “Bottom Feeder,” “Shadow Walker,” and “Echoes,” through which moments of clarity offer relentless beatdown, but otherwise focus on down-tuned riffage and tremolo while atmosphere pervades. The title track is likewise a stellar offering because it features an unshakeable riff before slowing the tempo incrementally to a nearly death/doom Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire-esque crawl by its conclusion, achieving a nearly unbearable density in closer “Pillars” alongside a scathing melodic motif. “The Great Fire” and “Closure” are more forgettable pieces in comparison, but undeniably crucial to the soundscape that Penitence builds: less a scenic vista and more a path to get to the outlook.

Closer “Pillars” looks out upon the scorched earth of man’s futility with a punishing and animalistic grind-inspired, crusty, blackened, and riffy take on grind. Apes wears its theme firmly on its sleeve, as portrayed in the Werner Herzog sample at the end of “Closure” best summarized in this: “there is no harmony in the universe.” Penitence is a heavy album, balancing bouncy riffs, chugging guitars, and an evocative atmospheric prowess alongside its blackened tendencies – a slowly unfolding album with plenty of secrets to unveil in spite of its extremely brief runtime. While comparisons to Anaal Nathrakh, Nails, and Outergods are fair, they are ultimately incomplete, favoring riff or atmosphere. In this way, Apes soars in an album that’s unafraid to whisk you away to a place dark and unsettling only to kick you to the curb while laughing maniacally at mankind’s achievements. See what monkeys we are, truly.

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Secret Swarm Records
Websites: apesqc.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/apesqc
Releases Worldwide: June 14th, 2024

#2024 #40 #AnaalNathrakh #Apes #AtmosphericBlackMetal #BlackMetal #BlackenedHardcore #CanadianMetal #ClingingToTheTreesOfAForestFire #CrustPunk #DeathDoomMetal #Grindcore #Jun24 #MammothGrinder #Nails #Noise #Outergods #Penitence #Review #Reviews #SecretSwarmRecords #SiberianHellSounds #Slam #TrapThem #YearOfTheKnife

ACxDC – G.O.A.T. Review

By Dear Hollow

If you don’t know ACxDC, then what are you doing with your life? Like listening to actually good metal? Too bad for your sorry ass. The LA natives are back in black for their own highway to hell, and it’s too good to be true. For the woefully uninformed and uncultured, don’t even think alternate or direct current and Brian Johnson, you swine. It’s Antichrist Demoncore, and the peanut butter cup moniker of divine apathy is so sweet and gummy. ACxDC’s EP The Second Coming was introduced when I first got to college, and if I’d had my way, debut full-length Antichrist Demoncore would have been blaring when I graduated. Well, maybe not, because they’re really fuckin’ obnoxious.

Now, I know I’m supposed to be the knower of all things and genres, but ACxDC was my first powerviolence experience, and only later did I delve into the grind-adjacent beatdowns of Weekend Nachos, Nails, or Mammoth Grinder.1 Only when the inimitable Dolphin Whisperer crooned sweetly, explaining that powerviolence is actually grindcore’s degenerate and inbred little cousin did I understand that powerviolence is actually fundamentally better. Just as its two full-lengths, bevy of splits and EPs since 2003 suggest, ACxDC is about as meatheaded and tempo-abusing as they come, with hints of thrash, groove, and crust, with a forked tongue implanted heavily in cheek. It’s fun. It’s obnoxious.

Oh look, you’re still here. ACxDC tears you a new one across twenty-four minutes and seventeen tracks of insanity hastily garbed in Satanic gym clothes for the second coming of the hot new PE teacher.2 The riffs get hot and heavy fast, with tracks like “Boxed In,” “Greatest of All Time,” “Definition of Insanity,” and “Thot Police” dragging their crusty balls across unassuming listeners’ ears, while the relentless blastbeats and grindy sanders of “Wanna See a Dead Body?,” “Flying Pigs,” and “Vested Interest” are sure to warrant some facial reconstructions. Vocals are all over the place, shrieks and growls taking the piss, as tracks like “Fairweather,” “Clout Chaser,” and “Goatcore” take a bite straight outta that death metal buttcheek. The abilities of the guitars to shift from crusty hardcore a la Amebix to the thick slogs of Entombed A.D., and the manic attack of the drums and its formidable tone? Boy howdy.

Now, the chugs are a different story. And by a different story, I mean we go from Eclipse to Breaking Dawn, okay? I guess the chugs and stank make powerviolence not grindcore but I ain’t a gatekeeper – hell, I don’t even know anyone who keeps gates (what is that, for pets?). If you’re like, “oh Dear Hollow talks about the shit he doesn’t like in this section,” think again, bitch. The chugs of ACxDC are trying to be your friend, with tracks like “Karoshi,” “At Midnight” and “Cloud Chaser” clawing their way into your pants once and for all. Cuts like “Fairweather,” “Thot Police,” and “Expired” are necessary listening if you like music, but otherwise the rest of G.O.A.T. is the most obnoxious din ever, guaranteed to get your parents calling the pastor while clutching pearls and a copy of the ESV New Testament. Because that’s how ACxDC do.

I have a method (for once) for grading ACxDC. I take how many stank faces have I made through the course of this album, then take that number and divide it by, like, twelve or maybe eight. Whatever. Then I add a solid sixty-nine, then take the integral of that shit.3 My point is that I made a lotta stank faces with G.O.A.T. and I perturbed a lot of student work by blasting this in class. It’s ACxDC for the true G.O.A.T., IYKYK.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 4 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Prosthetic Records
Websites: acxdc.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/ACxDC
Releases Worldwide: April 26th, 2024

#2024 #30 #ACxDC #AmericanMetal #Apr24 #CrustPunk #DeathMetal #GOAT_ #Grindcore #MammothGrinder #Nails #Powerviolence #ProstheticRecords #Review #Reviews #WeekendNachos

ACxDC – G.O.A.T. Review

By Dear Hollow

If you don’t know ACxDC, then what are you doing with your life? Like listening to actually good metal? Too bad for your sorry ass. The LA natives are back in black for their own highway to hell, and it’s too good to be true. For the woefully uninformed and uncultured, don’t even think alternate or direct current and Brian Johnson, you swine. It’s Antichrist Demoncore, and the peanut butter cup moniker of divine apathy is so sweet and gummy. ACxDC’s EP The Second Coming was introduced when I first got to college, and if I’d had my way, debut full-length Antichrist Demoncore would have been blaring when I graduated. Well, maybe not, because they’re really fuckin’ obnoxious.

Now, I know I’m supposed to be the knower of all things and genres, but ACxDC was my first powerviolence experience, and only later did I delve into the grind-adjacent beatdowns of Weekend Nachos, Nails, or Mammoth Grinder.1 Only when the inimitable Dolphin Whisperer crooned sweetly, explaining that powerviolence is actually grindcore’s degenerate and inbred little cousin did I understand that powerviolence is actually fundamentally better. Just as its two full-lengths, bevy of splits and EPs since 2003 suggest, ACxDC is about as meatheaded and tempo-abusing as they come, with hints of thrash, groove, and crust, with a forked tongue implanted heavily in cheek. It’s fun. It’s obnoxious.

Oh look, you’re still here. ACxDC tears you a new one across twenty-four minutes and seventeen tracks of insanity hastily garbed in Satanic gym clothes for the second coming of the hot new PE teacher.2 The riffs get hot and heavy fast, with tracks like “Boxed In,” “Greatest of All Time,” “Definition of Insanity,” and “Thot Police” dragging their crusty balls across unassuming listeners’ ears, while the relentless blastbeats and grindy sanders of “Wanna See a Dead Body?,” “Flying Pigs,” and “Vested Interest” are sure to warrant some facial reconstructions. Vocals are all over the place, shrieks and growls taking the piss, as tracks like “Fairweather,” “Clout Chaser,” and “Goatcore” take a bite straight outta that death metal buttcheek. The abilities of the guitars to shift from crusty hardcore a la Amebix to the thick slogs of Entombed A.D., and the manic attack of the drums and its formidable tone? Boy howdy.

Now, the chugs are a different story. And by a different story, I mean we go from Eclipse to Breaking Dawn, okay? I guess the chugs and stank make powerviolence not grindcore but I ain’t a gatekeeper – hell, I don’t even know anyone who keeps gates (what is that, for pets?). If you’re like, “oh Dear Hollow talks about the shit he doesn’t like in this section,” think again, bitch. The chugs of ACxDC are trying to be your friend, with tracks like “Karoshi,” “At Midnight” and “Cloud Chaser” clawing their way into your pants once and for all. Cuts like “Fairweather,” “Thot Police,” and “Expired” are necessary listening if you like music, but otherwise the rest of G.O.A.T. is the most obnoxious din ever, guaranteed to get your parents calling the pastor while clutching pearls and a copy of the ESV New Testament. Because that’s how ACxDC do.

I have a method (for once) for grading ACxDC. I take how many stank faces have I made through the course of this album, then take that number and divide it by, like, twelve or maybe eight. Whatever. Then I add a solid sixty-nine, then take the integral of that shit.3 My point is that I made a lotta stank faces with G.O.A.T. and I perturbed a lot of student work by blasting this in class. It’s ACxDC for the true G.O.A.T., IYKYK.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 4 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Prosthetic Records
Websites: acxdc.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/ACxDC
Releases Worldwide: April 26th, 2024

#2024 #30 #ACxDC #AmericanMetal #Apr24 #CrustPunk #DeathMetal #GOAT_ #Grindcore #MammothGrinder #Nails #Powerviolence #ProstheticRecords #Review #Reviews #WeekendNachos

ACxDC – G.O.A.T. Review

By Dear Hollow

If you don’t know ACxDC, then what are you doing with your life? Like listening to actually good metal? Too bad for your sorry ass. The LA natives are back in black for their own highway to hell, and it’s too good to be true. For the woefully uninformed and uncultured, don’t even think alternate or direct current and Brian Johnson, you swine. It’s Antichrist Demoncore, and the peanut butter cup moniker of divine apathy is so sweet and gummy. ACxDC’s EP The Second Coming was introduced when I first got to college, and if I’d had my way, debut full-length Antichrist Demoncore would have been blaring when I graduated. Well, maybe not, because they’re really fuckin’ obnoxious.

Now, I know I’m supposed to be the knower of all things and genres, but ACxDC was my first powerviolence experience, and only later did I delve into the grind-adjacent beatdowns of Weekend Nachos, Nails, or Mammoth Grinder.1 Only when the inimitable Dolphin Whisperer crooned sweetly, explaining that powerviolence is actually grindcore’s degenerate and inbred little cousin did I understand that powerviolence is actually fundamentally better. Just as its two full-lengths, bevy of splits and EPs since 2003 suggest, ACxDC is about as meatheaded and tempo-abusing as they come, with hints of thrash, groove, and crust, with a forked tongue implanted heavily in cheek. It’s fun. It’s obnoxious.

Oh look, you’re still here. ACxDC tears you a new one across twenty-four minutes and seventeen tracks of insanity hastily garbed in Satanic gym clothes for the second coming of the hot new PE teacher.2 The riffs get hot and heavy fast, with tracks like “Boxed In,” “Greatest of All Time,” “Definition of Insanity,” and “Thot Police” dragging their crusty balls across unassuming listeners’ ears, while the relentless blastbeats and grindy sanders of “Wanna See a Dead Body?,” “Flying Pigs,” and “Vested Interest” are sure to warrant some facial reconstructions. Vocals are all over the place, shrieks and growls taking the piss, as tracks like “Fairweather,” “Clout Chaser,” and “Goatcore” take a bite straight outta that death metal buttcheek. The abilities of the guitars to shift from crusty hardcore a la Amebix to the thick slogs of Entombed A.D., and the manic attack of the drums and its formidable tone? Boy howdy.

Now, the chugs are a different story. And by a different story, I mean we go from Eclipse to Breaking Dawn, okay? I guess the chugs and stank make powerviolence not grindcore but I ain’t a gatekeeper – hell, I don’t even know anyone who keeps gates (what is that, for pets?). If you’re like, “oh Dear Hollow talks about the shit he doesn’t like in this section,” think again, bitch. The chugs of ACxDC are trying to be your friend, with tracks like “Karoshi,” “At Midnight” and “Cloud Chaser” clawing their way into your pants once and for all. Cuts like “Fairweather,” “Thot Police,” and “Expired” are necessary listening if you like music, but otherwise the rest of G.O.A.T. is the most obnoxious din ever, guaranteed to get your parents calling the pastor while clutching pearls and a copy of the ESV New Testament. Because that’s how ACxDC do.

I have a method (for once) for grading ACxDC. I take how many stank faces have I made through the course of this album, then take that number and divide it by, like, twelve or maybe eight. Whatever. Then I add a solid sixty-nine, then take the integral of that shit.3 My point is that I made a lotta stank faces with G.O.A.T. and I perturbed a lot of student work by blasting this in class. It’s ACxDC for the true G.O.A.T., IYKYK.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 4 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Prosthetic Records
Websites: acxdc.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/ACxDC
Releases Worldwide: April 26th, 2024

#2024 #30 #ACxDC #AmericanMetal #Apr24 #CrustPunk #DeathMetal #GOAT_ #Grindcore #MammothGrinder #Nails #Powerviolence #ProstheticRecords #Review #Reviews #WeekendNachos