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SUB POP USA: The Sub Pop 2016 Loser Scholarship Deadline Approaching!

As detailed in his SUB POP USA: The Subterranean Pop Anthology 1980–1988, Bruce Pavitt spent the formative years of Sub Pop at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, basking in the opportunities the town and school presented a self-professed music geek. Bruce did shows at the community/college radio station KAOS-FM, and while there he availed himself of the massive wealth of music amassed by OP publisher John Foster, leading to the creation of Subterranean Pop magazine. Pavitt thrived in tha...

SUB POP USA: Green River’s Caustic 1984 Demos To See Vinyl Release

Our comrades at Jackpot Records in Portland have seen fit to prepare Green River’s dirty, caustic 1984 demos for vinyl release to indie record stores this upcoming Record Store Day, April 16. Billed as the first-ever grunge recordings, the sessions found their way to producer Jack Endino, and…well, Endino himself tells us:

“They’re calling this paleo-Green River record ‘1984 demos,’ but it is really Green River album number zero. This is the original Green River lineup of Mark Arm on vocals...

Perpetual Conversion: Nuclear Assault’s Final Flight, Holland, 12/12/15

Several months after the final European show by Nuclear Assault, and the bitter pain of loss still haunts the denim hordes. Danny Lilker’s post-apocalyptic thrash vehicle Nuclear Assault made life safe for headbangers at hardcore shows, pushed the speed of thrash metal over the top, and enjoyed a long run of classic albums with even a moment of MTV glory. Now we are all all in denial that the band will never be back. Well, all of us except Danny Lilker, anyway. Here is some well-shot footage...

NYHC: From the Bowery to L.A.—On the Trail of the CBGBs Awnings

While remnants and replicas of hardcore punk haunt CBGBs continue tospread freely across the globe, Jen Carlson at Gothamist has lent her keen investigative eye to a crucial, burning question: Where are the original CBGBs awnings?

The answers are blurry and a little bizarre. There might have been three,possibly four, okay maybe five awnings total. Many believe JFA stole one, and though the band has never fessed up, judging by their attitudes in the We Got Power! book this seems like a distinc...

NYHC: Upcoming “New Breed” Cassette Comp. Film Screenings in NY & Philly

Prepare to have your eyes smashed by the cassette that crushed the NYHC scene’s ears in another place and time. The tireless Freddy Alva of Wardance Records/No Echo/In Effect fame hasproduced a sublime-looking documentary about his own classic New Breedcassette—a heavy-hitting product of its environment that holds up extremelywell. Absolution, Life’s Blood, Outburst, Our Gang, Collapse, Breakdown, Beyond, Uppercut, Bad Trip, Raw Deal, and many others contributed a side-splitting 41 tracks, an...

Bloody Roots of Grindcore on Sirius XM

BLOODY ROOTS OFGRINDCORE Week of March 12, 2016 Sat 3/12, 6PM ET Sun 3/13, 1PM ET Mon 3/14, 9AM ET Tues 3/15, 4PM ET Thurs 3/17, 9PM ET From the pre-grind era of Asocial, D.R.I., Lärm, and Siege; through the early blasts of Repulsion, Terrorizer, Carcass, Napalm Death, A.C., and Cripple Bastards; to the multi-grind mastery of Nasum, Rotten Sound, Gadget, Cretin, and more…this week’s heavy metal history lesson promises total obliteration. Grind your Roots! PLAYLIST: ROTTEN SOUND – “Inhuman...

Philly, 4/16: The GRIMPOSIUM—Daylight Death Metal Fiesta With Bazillion Points Visual Art Talk

In celebration ofDecibel Magazineeditor-in-chief Albert Mudrian’s revised and expanded edition of Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore, Dying Fetus, Nails, Misery Index, Deceased, Noisem, Horrendous, Magrudergrind and Taphos Nomos will descend upon Philadelphia’s Union Transfer on Saturday, April 16, for the inaugural Choosing Death Fest.

Earlier that day, Vivek Venkatesh(Grimposium) and Albert Mudrian are pleased to announce a special, separate ticketed event p...

SWEDISH DEATH METAL: After 30 Years, Now MEFISTO Has a Debut Album

Lo and behold,one of Sweden’s oldest extreme metal acts has released itsdebut (!!) album, a ripe 30 years after releasing arcane classic demos like The Puzzle, appearing in Slayer Mag, and setting all of Sweden and part of the world afire.

FromSwedish Death Metal: “One of the very first brutal Swedish bands to follow the path laid out by Bathory, their cult status is firmly cemented. They started in Stockholm as Torment in 1984, but soon changed the name. As Mefisto, they created evil-soundin...

HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Heavy Metal Parking Lot 30th Anniv. Year Begins at SXSW

This weekend at SXSW in Austin, TX, directors Jeff Krulik and John Heyn are kicking off the 30th anniversary of their heavy metal movie classicHeavy Metal Parking Lot The Saturday outdoor screening,March 12 at 9PM at Long Center Terrace,will featurethe Barton Hills Elementary School choir performing Judas Priest’s “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming”: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_FS19736
The Wednesday director panel will follow,March 16 at 5PM at the Austin Convention Cente...

NYHC: Sheer Terror Box Set Campaign Underway—Just Can’t Pledge Enough

The meanest-but-most-loveable band in NYHC, Sheer Terror, has launched a Pledge Campaign for the stand-up purpose of releasing The Bulldog Box, a career retrospective vinyl box set. Once completed, the arm-twisting package will feature four twelve-inch records, including the essential Just Can’t Hate Enough; Thanks Fer Nuthin; the exclusive Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue EP; as well as a full fourth LP worth of demo recordings and rarities.

The box will also include exclusive art by NYHC contr...