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NYHC: Gorilla Biscuits Go Down Under for Five Australian Dates

GorillaBiscuitswill take pack their unique style ofNYHC off toAustralia this week for a string of dates in the land Down Under running into early October. Their first visit in 2006 had Oz going crazy, this trip will surely provoke more of thesame wild reactions.

In the fractured late 80’s NYHC scene,GorillaBiscuitswelcomed skinheads, straight edge kids, and punks. The band provided what everyone wanted in those trying times: GOOD MOSH PARTS. Band founder Walter Schreifels lays it out inthe...

TOUCH AND GO: Check It Out—Negative Approach Messes Up the U.S. This Fall

The ever-relentless Negative Approach, featuring TOUCH AND GO cover model/Detroit punk legend John Brannon, will hit the road this November for a precious round of bruising dates.

Highlights include a stopover at Phil Anselmo’s Housecore Horror Festival in San Antonio, TX, and a string of East Coast dates with current kings of NJ weisenheimer-core, the Night Birds.

See you at the dates below, be sure to bring proper ear protection for Brannon’s scorching howl.

November 11, Fubar St., Louis,...

Bloody Roots of California Hardcore on Sirius XM

Above: Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies, early 1980s, from WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California

Bloody Roots of California Hardcore on Sirius XM
Week of September 19, 2015

Sat 9/19, 6PM ET
Sun 9/20, 1PM ET
Mon 9/21, 9AM ET
Tues 9/22, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/24, 9PM ET

The Golden State has been a hotbed of hardcore punk since the days of mohawks and safety pins. Join Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) for a foray into classic California hardcore, the tigh...

NYHC: Agnostic Front Pounds Texas and Louisiana This November

NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 cover stars Agnostic Front will be knocking over chile and gumbo bowls down South this November as they tour with Detroit hardcore veterans Ricochet. Check this calendar:

November 10 / Siberia, New Orleans, LA
November 11 / Walter’s, Houston, TX
November 12 / Three Links, Dallas, TX
November 13 / Sidewinder, Austin, TX
November 14 / Jack’s Bar, San Antonio, TX
November 15 / Boozers, Corpus Christi, TX

Until we see you in those swampy slam pits, keep up on th...

NYHC vs. HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Sick of It All, Cro-Mags, and Original Movie Cast Pay Homage to THE WARRIORS

The Gang ready to hit the stage at the Warriors Re-Union at Coney Island last night.

SWEDISH DEATH METAL: The Reborn THIRD STORM Debuts Oath/Nava Agir Video

Old-school black metal resurrection alert! Arriving hot on the heels of Bathory, Third Storm was one of Sweden’s first black metal bands. Fueled by Hellhammer and Sodom, they raised hell all over the Uppsala lands during the years 1986 to 1988 before calling it quits. Not even metal-crazed Sweden could handle Third Storm’s next-level evil and brutality on demos such as “Mad Man” and “Smell of Vomit in the Torture Hall.”

In what seemed like the blink of an eye, 2014 arrived and Third Storm w...

NYHC: Tony Rettman Offering Signed Copies of Books and More Via Sandpaper Lullaby

NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990 author Tony Rettman has recently launched a site, the beautifully named Sandpaper Lullaby, at this location:

http://sandpaperlullaby.bigcartel.com/

For starters, Rettman is offering signed copies of both NYHC and with his first book, Why Be Something That You’re Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979–1985, which was published by Revelation Records in 2010. Look for bigger and better things from Sandpaper Lullaby in weeks to come, as Rettman hand selects and presents th...

Bloody Roots of Icelandic Metal on Sirius XM

BLOODY ROOTS OF ICELANDIC METAL
Week of September 12, 2015

Sat 9/12, 6PM ET
Sun 9/13, 1PM ET
Mon 9/14, 9AM ET
Tues 9/15, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/17, 9PM ET

Halfway across the North Atlantic, where North America and Europe collide, is the volcanic viking island of Iceland, possibly the most metallic nation on Earth. Host Ian Christe (“Sound of the Beast”/Bazillion Points) surveys a recent eruption of intense Icelandic death, black, atmospheric, and folk metal bands including Solstafir, Wormlust, Konti...

SWEDISH DEATH METAL: Daniel Ekeroth’s USURPRESS Is Filling Crushed Skulls w/ORDAINED Beer

Skål! SWEDISH DEATH METAL author Daniel Ekeroth cares about nothing but beer and death metal so small wonder his d-beat death dealer platoon USURPRESS released this ale. The Swedish government rules alcohol sales with an iron fist but even they managed to figure out the significance. #USURPRESS #ordained #swedishdeathmetal #deathmetal #beer #systembolaget

A photo posted by Bazillion Points (@bazillionpoints) on Sep 4, 2015 at 5:11am PDT

Sweden’s two major cultural contributions to the...

CITY BABY: GBH’s Leather, Bristles, Studs and Acne Was Released on This Date

Thirty-four years ago this weekend, pioneering U.K. punk band GBH released thescorching and innovative debut twelve-inch Leather, Bristles, Studs and Acne—a benchmark release for the Hardcore Punk scene that was bubbling throughout the world in the early 1980s.

Along with Discharge’s Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing, the Exploited’s Punk’s Not Dead,and Blitz’s Voice of a Generation, the eight-song GBH record openeda freshchapter in British punk, while signaling throughout the world tha...