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And they are back! PURA MANIA’s ability to transcend geographical boundaries and unite members from two different countries is a testament to their dedication and passion for their music. The…
…roots of Swedish D-beat, delivering that signature sound with fierce passion. With members from DOM DÄR, SVART PARAD, MARTIAL MOSH, and DISSOBER, you know you’re in for a wild ride!…
…apart—it’s the passion and authenticity that shines through in every note. Whether you’re a hardcore purist or a casual listener looking to expand your musical horizons, this is a band…
…Destined to Kill 7” flexi (Iron Lung) Although this is only two tracks, ETERAZ fills up the space with more passion and raw fury than several new entire LPs. Replay…
…is undeniable. Great riffs, a bruising rhythm section, and a charismatic vocalist and lyricist who imbues the music with so much passion…FLOWER is firing on all cylinders. WHY BOTHER? –…
…WASTE, STALAG 17, and early CONFLICT, with almost traditional folk music moments and PASSION KILLERS-level melodies. Excellent. SWORDWIELDER – Wielding Metal Massacre LP (Wielding Metal Massacre) When one of the…
…with their portable set-up. These guys got passion steaming out of their pores, with songs about hot-button issues like climate change, Ursula K. Le Guin, incels, the murder of Jamal…
…of a band that can either be loved with the absolute passion of youth or appreciated from the analytical point of view of a lover of punk music. And while…
…north of France. His grandmother helped him develop a passion for cooking, which led to him taking up an apprenticeship at a Michelin star restaurant. Throughout the ’50s and ’60s,…
…for fans of rough, distorted, raw hardcore punk who want to listen to a tape of rough, distorted, raw hardcore punk to confirm the validity of their passion (I would…
I don’t like to be mean about DIY punk bands as they are the fabric of all local scenes, the lifeblood, the passion, often what unites us. They are our…
…tracks: “Destruyendo y Sembrando,” with a powerful poetic evocation about monotony and inertia and alienation, and “Urubu,” more aligned with a street punk tempo. Full of passion and heart, enthusiastically…
…touch. Probably a great band to have seen live back in the day, and although lacking precision, this recording is full of the amateur passion so important for punk. This…
…nails—there’s heft in the low end and clarity in the guitars, something other home recorders could take some notes on. On top of that, the songs bleed with passion and…
…reissued. As usual from this brilliant label, there is a beautiful booklet with interviews, pictures, posters, and reviews—a work of genuine passion. ASYLUM were from sunny Stoke-on-Trent (like DISCHARGE) and…
…a beautiful booklet with artwork and lyrics from each of the bands, which reminds me of the glory days of the ’90s anarcho-punk scene. This is what passion looks like….
…get better and better. I’m so lucky to live in this city that inspires such passion and contempt and fucking raging perfect hardcore. This album is extraordinary. MALFLORA – Mama…
…reissue treatment at the same time. Clearly a work of passion and good taste I really relate to. But I was a little surprised to see this ORGANIZED CHAOS album….
…clone. Along with the full-tilt, off-the-rails instrumentation, the vocals exude rage and frustration. Everyone is playing their little hearts out on this record with tons of passion, which is how…
…achieved by having more passion than Johnny Rotten and having breathed in more mill soot. This is one of those discs you flip over and over endlessly as both songs…
…some listening, I realized this is quite good. It’s always easier to just make noise and angry postures, but this has musical accuracy, and it seems to have passion, too….
…notes over the glassy guitar riffs. The lyrics are poetry, like some JOY DIVISION coldness found on the opener “Static”: “A new found passion / A new found hate /…
…the speakers, and the listener has to turn it up and pay attention, otherwise it could become decent hardcore/punk background music. The singer screams with lots of passion, almost spitting…
…album in every way, as the artwork and the music are indistinguishable in the way the passion goes through both. The artwork is segmented and crafted by a fantastic team…
…PARASIT, DISSEKERAD (you need Dis LP), UTSATT, WARCOLLAPSE, SVAVELDIOXID, VOIDFILLER, SLUTET (you need Dis LP), and much more. Several decades of Scandi-beat punk-tuated melody and passion come though over the…
…squirrely synthesizers, the instrumentation gives the sound its character. This is certainly the type of release that you will either love with a burning passion or hate like nothing else….
…are like getting punched in the face by a metronome and the vocals are snarled with passion, while the band delivers forceful mid-tempo punk rock that is deceptively complex. Short…
…ten years and unburied their full-length Danzando en el Caos after the now-mythic tape Sangre Azul. Sung in Spanish for added drama and passion, these ten songs are crafted with…
…are catchy, with a ’60s garage feel that seems to have been a passion for TONY like many punkers of the day. The song “Nightmare” was supposedly directly inspired by…
…minimalist electronic music. Which actually works, and is interesting…in that the basic drive and beat and passion of those two particular songs remains intact. There’s then a couple of CIRCLE…
…for you. I gather that this is a mix of both older and newer songs. I do find it kind of cool that these guys maintain the passion for punk….
…feeling the love songs from DESOLAT, but definitely the passion. “The Bureaucrat,” about midway through, is my favorite track, which goes all over the place as far as extreme music…
On this week’s MRR Radio, take a trip through Maximum Rock’n Februaries past. Featuring a star studded cast with everyone from VOID to BORN AGAINST to ERASE ERRATA. (OK, not everyone.)
From the Beginning RED C – Assassin VOID – Dehumanize Jan/Feb 1984, MRR #4 NEGATIVE APPROACH – Can’t Tell No One MISSION OF BURMA – That’s How I Escaped My […]
…in their charm. Weird but real glee. SPECIAL INTEREST — The Passion Of LP (Night School / Thrilling Living) SPECIAL INTEREST’s live fury and wonderment seemed impossible to adequately capture…
…brand new, just new records. It was a year for being impressed by those I already know. SPECIAL INTEREST — The Passion Of LP (Night School / Thrilling Living) The…
…me of KYAH! Love them. 8. SPECIAL INTEREST (New Orleans, USA) — The Passion Of LP (Night School / Thrilling Living) What can I say about SPECIAL INTEREST? I don’t…
…Sometimes passion wins over perfection. Having gotten to the age where I gravitate toward the reissues and archival recordings as much as the new releases, records like this are part…
Man, this is really not my thing and hard for me to get through. To give them credit, they are good musicians and their passion for their message and music…
…passion for ganja into both their aesthetic and demands for freedom and liberation. Some might think this is cheesy but I’d argue that their authenticity is undeniable given how long…
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…“Disco III” and let the poppers fly. Spiraling was totally one of the best albums of 2018, and while The Passion Of may be a little less raw and primitive,…
…Out Over,” “Give Up All Hope,” my personal favorite “Bloody Earth,” and so on. The raw anguish and passion is captured in the racket, as CROW does not wait up…
…dripping with passion and drive. I love the treatment of cymbals in their recording—just these far off splashes that still pound and shimmer over the guitar and bass. Songs are…
On this week’s MRR Radio, new DJ Bobby plays a selection of punk and hardcore tunes from several different eras, including a set of songs from some recent releases and a set dedicated to the early days of New York Hardcore.
Intro STRIKE UNDER – Context In the Shadow of the Cross CHAIN REACTION – No Way Out MODERN WARFARE – No Passion BAD DRESS SENSE – Truth NO FORM – […]
I wanted to hate this at first. “This is just another we can just do offensive grindcore and no one can tell we have no passion’ record,” I said to…
…from them thus far (sayin’ somethin’), even as it rallies against retro-centric ideals. Also…an EXPLOITED cover? Bold move, but totally victorious! NEUTRALS cram more thought and passion into this short-form…
…not the style of hardcore or punk I generally go for, but I am thoroughly impressed with the pace of all songs, the meter and the passion in this release….
…academic track and joined the chess and science clubs. My passion for writing became all-consuming as I got involved with creative writing classes and the literary magazine. And my extracurricular…
…longing to grasp the full meaning behind these songs, but the passion and intensity are very clearly communicated, and I completely understand that this is a record by and for…
…predictable, the passion shows with a band like PEST. It is on the slower parts, however, that the cool guitar work really shines through. There are some unexpectedly catchy licks…
…they use it effectively to establish context for a song about the prospect of people being punished for having abortions. The fury and passion of the song are set off…
…teach everyone safer space stuff, but you can’t. I found different ways to address harassment, which is my passion. If the world was less accepting of your average harassment of…
Erika Elizabeth spends the end of another decade by digging into the margins of post-punk, no wave, and weirdo DIY from the last forty or so years.
Intro XV — Process When X Increases, Y Decreases EGOSLAVIA — Girls Without Trying PASSION DAY — Weapon Of Work FITNESS WOMXN — KADZRIFF SCISSOR GIRLS — Stim/Rspnse BOUND AND […]
…DISCHARGE, R.I.P., and IV REICH, played with a great deal more passion than technical ability, though the live tracks show that the band progressed a good deal in that regard…
…And a rather sad one, IMO: when profit replaces passion as people’s drive, isn’t the door open for opportunists to shit on what made this thing sustainable until now? Even…
…nostalgia. We need more bands like this again. Such a level of solidarity and passion in a time of exhausting hopelessness. Digitally remastered to the highest standard since its original…
As expected, HIDDEN SPOTS fucking delivers. Sure, it’s pretty melodic, which isn’t usually my thing, but the passion and positive energy that oozes out of this record are pretty damned…
…was, even though I don’t embrace his philosophy, he still brought me on as a columnist because we shared a passion for aggressive, attitudinal rock ’n’ roll. And, to his…
…and puts as much passion into his classroom work as he is known for in punk. This month’s column features a short excerpt from an extended, wide-ranging interview with Martin…
…at MRR this long for several reasons. Foremost is simply my passion for punk, hardcore, and records. I am still as excited about this music today as I was when…
…the ’80s, where the emotion, politics and passion of what the band is trying to express fuel the intensity. Second, it doesn’t sound like hardcore from the ’80s, nor is…
…full of despair they convey self-reflection and ultimately hope, rather than defeat or other superficial “dark” themes. It’s a really fine release, and I can sense the passion poured into…
…land of the free, you don’t have to agree with the way people live, but you can mourn Jacobson’s sizable talent, his passion-lined voice, and his gumption and rage, that…
Below you will find content listings for every issue of Maximum Rocknroll. Many of these are available for purchase on our webstore. If you are here doing academic research, you…
Rob and Spencer pay tribute to the incomparable Sarah Kirsch. Her bands, message, influences and her passion for life and music. http://media.blubrry.com/mrrradio/radio.maximumrocknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/mrrradio1535.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration:…
…about insane people, the passion of human flesh, and about being locked up in the only decent city in Russia. How would you describe your sound? A quickly escalating fistfight…
…Passion Fashion GAUZE — One Last Kiss HITLER SS – Slave GG ALLIN – Fuck Up HONEY BANE – Baby Love John Con Boston Soldier SADIST — T.S.O.T.S. KRIEGSHÖG –…
…Are you a KBD maniac? Yeah, my bigger music passion is US punk rock. Of course is not the only one, I’m huge fan of ’60s garage punk too. In…
…spreading this amazing music with message and passion and screaming anger and everyone doing it yerself! It was just so energising…. DISCOVERING PUNK I first got into punk about May…
…Really Red what we were, I probably acted like a jerk to a lot of people along the way. Regretfully the list is probably long. My passion now is to…
…a group of loyal mates who found a way to share our passion with likeminded people. Daryl Smith: Hopefully I’ll be the only one left and I can cash in…
…me. I still have the same passion for them as I did when I wrote them and I’ll be damned if someone’s gonna try to prevent me from playing a…
…day I had always had a passion for collecting punk records and as I got older I kept the hobby I acquired when I was younger. So about three years…
…his own publications. Here is Avi Spivak… How’d you start doing comics? Sort of out of passion and as a way to communicate ideas and hopefully tell interesting stories. I…
…their sound from the ground up with some deliciously lo-fi production. The whole thing is overflowing with jaw-dropping riffs, played with the passion and precision of a band a decade…
…every garage,” let’s move on to stage two: quality and imagination.”¨This is the big hurdle: how to maintain the spontaneity and passion of garage music, while becoming more proficient musically,…
…you do not mind not having a life..haha… but seriously, it takes a lot of passion and time and dedication to run a venue and if this is a hobby…
…Daniel Sayer at North London Bomb Factory! He’s my good friend and takes real passion in getting exactly what the band and label want from every release he handles. Dan…
…start somewhere and talking to other labels who are putting out the same type of music you want to concentrate on might be helpful, too. Do it with passion and…
…at home — and every punk in between. Punk is an underlying unwritten passion and should not be subjugated by a prefix or social indifference. That being said, I hope…
…community. Many of us do have passion and the ability to look beyond appearances so as I said before your ability to utilize your own voice to educate people inside…
…full of artist/artisans that share our passion of bringing art into our community for a fair price. If folks are interested in getting involved we’d like to hear from them….
…truest sense, Sarah was ahead of her time, almost as if from another galaxy: her talent, vision, creativity, empathy, values, compassion, dedication, humility and unrelenting passion for life—all were truly…
…so many predictable, stock, privileged bands — many of which are good, but simply lack the honesty, wit, intelligence, and passion that ABERGAZ demonstrates with this tape. On a first…
…TRIBE – Unsound SCREAMING FEMALES – A New Kid BLACK TAMBOURINE – For Ex-Lovers Only Alex!!! OUTLOOK – No Purpose CONDENADA – Puertas Falsas PASSION ARMÉE – Des Ruines et…
…refuse to shamefully hide ourselves. We can acknowledge and defend our appetites without sacrificing societal accord. We lack passion because we fear the intensity of our primary impulses but there…
Slightly metallic hardcore similar to POISON IDEA, but with a real sense of drama and passion. Lyrics are heartfelt and truly progressive. Hot stuff.
Like the REDSKINS, these are leftwing skins, musically following in the footsteps of early punk a la CHELSEA, ANGELIC UPSTARTS, CLASH, etc. The music is fairly light though, more like…
Great fast punk with lyrics about TV, ignorance, etc. Very energetic stuff here with excellent production to boot. Watch for these guys.
Terse Greek hardcore is played tightly and with real passion on the six tracks. While the songs could have been more memorable and catchy, I liked the first song on…
This French band manages a mid-tempo punk style competently, yet without the passion of some of their countrymen (i.e., KIDNAP). “Ilot Amsterdam” is the clear standout due to its energy…
…more of that poppish ’60’s neo-psych, with the only drawback being that a certain telltale wimpiness accompanies the accessibility. Cute background choruses, jangly guitars, not much passion… Okay, I guess….
…split up they went way soft. Back again now, they’ve taken up where they left off, with soft pop. Unless wimpy BLONDIE meets bad NICO is your passion, avoid this….
The passion comes through on this frenzied EP of high-velocity thrash. A pummelling guitar and drum attack combined with harsh vocals makes each of these songs decisively effective, as well…
A surprising entry from Florida, AMAZING GRACE clicks in with a rock’n’roll approach that varies in passion and slickness. For me, the songs didn’t stick, though the energy here is…
An above-average noise thrash release, rife with buzzsaw guitar, raging beat, and gnarly vocals. All nine songs are sung in English, the intelligent lyrics driven home with passion and power….
That weird ol’ Jello has a passion for dementia (FLIPPER, BUTTHOLES, etc.) and after seeing these guys Down Under, decided to get ’em released domestically. Like the aforementioned bands, though…
…release, while unrepresentative of the talent here, also display a noticeable lack of passion. These URBAN DOGS do have a pedigree, but here I could have mistaken them for strays….
…hit me too hard this go round, though, as their obliqueness left me wondering what exactly are they singing about. Nonetheless, they are delivered with passion, and that’s what’s important….
ROTA let loose with five thrashers on this one, and the songs are at their best when the band’s breakneck instrumentals are conjoined by real passion in the vocal department….
The SOLDIER DOLLS invest these recordings with vocal zeal, yet the instrumentals miss the passion and drive this band seems to be aiming for. Still, “Victims,” a slower ’77-style number,…
This one’s kinda frustrating. Danzig and crew still manage to put that wonderful frantic MISFIT yelp on “All Hell” and “Hungry End.” But it seems like they’re too comfortable. I’d…
The production on these acidic thrash compositions is extremely basic, as on their debut LP, but HUMAN SUFFERAGE earn high marks for improved songwriting and a sense of passion that’s…
…the three songs on this EP, the title track rips with an unbridled instrumental fury reminiscent of the NEOS, while the other compositions boast somewhat less passion. This is good….
While their style is not my passion, they do ply their trade well. It’s in sort of a psychedelic-/pop-punk mode, and despite this, there’s still bite to it, well supplied…
…Switzerland’s KIE-13. “Anarchie in CH” has some pleasantly diverting guitar progressions, but the medium-speed songs on this disc plod along without any discernible passion or excitement. Rather monochromatic and tiresome….
The recording quality here is pretty poor, so the potential of bands like CHUMBAWAMBA, the PASSION KILLERS, KULTUREKAMPF, the CHOIRBOYS, etc. is barely discernible. I know that a lot of…
Beki Bondage, formerly of VICE SQUAD, has a decent outing with this new EP. “Crime and Passion” is a confounding yet effective mixture of pop, metal, and ’77-style punk, but…
…jingoistic passion that they don’t want to die for a weak England! (Fellas, you were born about a century too late.) If the imbecility quotient wasn’t so high, this would…
Despite a rather dreary B-side, DRONGOS FOR EUROPE injects genuine passion into the anthem like “Death’s a Career,” an angry tirade against military conscription. True, war is a rather easy…
…few experimental touches (especially on “Mercs for Hire”), and a guitar that could use a helluva lot more distortion. The main problem here is the lack of any discernible passion….
