Aus rotten; one of the most well known anarcho-crust bands.  This is a video from 1999 of aus-rotten playing live.

The Final Collapse is the latest release by Born dead following previous releases in 2006 which was a split with Peligro Social and a limited tour relase of Repetition in 2005.

This new release by Born Dead is a crusty snotty agressive release simular to their previous releases. I love the crust punk, and I can honestly say that these guys fucking rock! These days it’s pretty hard to find any crusty/ hardcore punk bands; and even harder to find GOOD cust punk. The Final Collapse is a brutal hard as nails album. The lyrices are what you would expect in a good hardcore/curst band. Politically charged, open your eyes style of music and lyrics. The album comes with some great cover art and thankfully all the lyrics (something needed on all curst/hardcore albums!).

The final Collapse is very hard. Not to the point where all you hear is noise and grunts which I was very happy about. I do enjoy hearing the vocals instead of trying to decipher what they are saying to the lyrics sheet.

The lyrics are the best part of Séance Prime. I’m a bigger fan of intense lyrics then intense sound. Anyone and be hard and aggressive in sound, but usually lack in the lyrics department. But Trap Them not only has an amazing thrashy sound but lyrics to back up their music’s attitude.
Unfortentlly the album is a bit short with only 5 songs, but the 5 songs are really worth checking out!

Track Listing

www.trapthem.net

WTLM really shows us that the punk rockers and Switzerland really can rock! The album covers a broad spectrum of music styles, from stright up anthem punk rock to Ska to even hip hop. The majority of the songs are in English with 1 song in Swedish.

This album is a blast to listen too, it’s fun, fast at times and then cools down and speeds up when you least expect it. This album has a little bit for everyone. Even though the band switches between different “styles” of music they do it very well. The songs that switch from hard packing punk rock to ska has great progression between them with the band bringing a similar sound into each song, which sounds strange but it really makes the album really enjoyable to listen to.

Track Listing

This self released album is a skull rattling intense album that will get you singing along and stomping your foot. Every song on this album is full of energy and straight up rock and roll. These guys can get anyone to rock with them at their shows with all the power this album holds. Their live shows are entertaining as the band seems to go out of control when they play.

You will be able to check these guys out at Warped Tour this year (from what I understand at least) and should be one of the bands to check out. They are by far in the top 10 bands I will be checking out this year.

Track Listing

www.soundandfuryrocks.com

Bane show review, Knitting Factory, Spring 2008 by Roya Butler.

Ah, Bane in New York City’s Knitting Factory: non-stop straight-edge hardcore at its finest. Boston’s Bane plugged their gear in, and from the first force of front man Aaron Bedard’s strong vocals and heavy and energetic 3-chord and punch-packed drum backing from the band, fans were singing along in unison while moshers threw themselves across the floor. Bane made it clear they were excited to play New York City.

Bane’s merchandise booth was jam packed with fans waiving their money and pointing to shirts. Personally, I fell in love with their black shirt with gold glittered ‘BANE.’ Inevitably, Bedard gifted me with a shirt and a hoodie. I can’t express enough how much this band RULES in every way!

As for their performance, spectacular is an understatement. When Bane came on stage, the crowd did not let up. Non-stop chaos ensured, as everyone cleared the merchandise area and packed in around the stage—the pit turned into a whirlwind of bodies kicking around, while crowd surfers toiled to get on stage with the Band.  Bedard was moving like he had caught fire, despite the kids jumping on stage and grabbing the microphone to scream along with him. If there was a lack of snarling from the band, judging from the smiles on the faces, it was because they’re having too much fun to break their stride.

An interview with Bedard proved him to be engaging, witty, charismatic, and incredibly enigmatic. He spoke much of their travels through Europe and Japan, and articulated his love for other cultures as well as for mother America; he determined, though, that nothing beats American Hardcore. He further expressed his strive for forever one-uping each album they create. The Note, out on Equal Vision, 2006, is explosively fierce and should not be missed. Bedard expressed that with the arrival of the drummer’s new baby, the band was only doing a month long tour, which included Boston, New York, California, and Japan.

Being at the Knitting Factory made me realize how much I missed hardcore shows tremendously, and the best compliment I can give to this tour is that, despite the fact that they only played a few cities, they played my favorite one, New York. The energy and love from the fans and band reminded me why these concerts are still worth paying for.

www.vagrant.com

http://www.myspace.com/thebled

This is the third release by the Bled.  The Tucson, AZ band recorded “Silent Treatment” in Baltimore, MA  with the help of Brian McTernan.

Silent Treatment is a aggressive, and sometimes intense album that supersedes the pervious releases by The Bled.  The songs titles flocculate between heavy and aggressive songs to a few more melodic heartfelt songs. The heavy songs are the ones that really caught my ear like “Platonic Sleepover Massacre” which was one of my favorites on the album.

The band has a really interesting sound, with many hardcore underling sounds and I would guess influences.  I don’t know if I would call The Bled hardcore though, or if the band would want to even be classified in the hardcore category. Like I said they have some of the hardcore sounds and a few of the songs are just downright aggressive, but the album comes off as more artistic and aggressive instead of just aggressive as most hardcore falls into.

All in all this album is a great 3^rd release by The Bled.  Go check out their myspace and check out a few of their songs and if you dig them like I do you can order off their myspace as well.

Track Listing

1 Shadetree Mechanics
2 You Should Be Ashamed Of Myself
3 Three’s Away
4 Asleep On The Frontlines
5 Platonic Sleepover Massacre
6 Starving Artiste
7 Silver Lining
8 Some Just Vanish
9 Breathing Room Barricades
10 Beheaded My Way
11 My Bitter Half

You can really tell these guys have a bit of vandals and Guttermouth influence (in the insert you can see flyers on their walls for both) which is always good in my book. Guttermouth has always been one of my guilty pleasures I try not to mention to most people.  Their not exact duplicates of either bands and do not ripoff “the sound” of either bands; but if you do like either of these bands you will really dig Don’t look in the basement. This CD is well worth the $6 bucks they have it listed on their myspace  so go get it. And if your in the New York area go check them out as their local to that area.

Release Sept 18^th 2007

www.myspace.com/fellfarbehind

“Reaching the Red Line” is the second full length release by Fell Far Behind. This album has 8 songs all ranging between pop-punk energetic songs to kind of indie rock style and sound that slows down and cools off a bit.

The album is very well written with many of the songs lyrics ranging from slow and emotional to fast and though provoking.  I would have to say one of the best aspects of this album is the lyrics which should be the highlight for anyone who does buy this album.

The final song is an acoustic song which I normally can’t stand (give me electric or give me death!) but again the lyrics are great and was able to make me ignore the fact that it was an acoustic song.

This album is a independent release by the band which is always great too see as it seems many great bands are skipping out on working with the big names of the music industry and keeping their art in their own hands.