Catharsis - Hope Against Hope

 

Genre: Hardcore/Crust
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Nocturne
2. Power
3. Gone To Croatan
4. Eremocene
5. Embers
6. We Live
7. Last Words

3rd album by Catharsis, 26 years after their last one. The album isn’t a whole new sound for Catharsis. It’s still their tasteful blend of crust and hardcore, but I think these songs lean a little more hardcore sounding than the older records. There are tempo changes in the right places, softer parts, build ups, anthemic fast parts, blasts and tasteful leads. 

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We Are The Damned - Embracing The Grim Perspective 'Ep

 

Genre: Death'n'Roll/Hardcore/Crust
Country: Portugal
Year: 2025

1. Into The Crypt Of Rays (Celtic Frost cover)
2. Acid Queen (Venom cover)
3. Reaper (Bathory cover)
4. Twisted Mass Of Burnt Decay (Autopsy cover)

4-track 'Ep by We Are The Damned. After almost 11 years of hiatus, the group is back offering a 4-track 'Ep, consisting of 4 cover songs.

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Svdestada - Candela

 

Genre: Crust/Black/Hardcore
Country: Spain
Year: 2024

1. Nudo
2. Cierzo
3. Amargor
4. Efímero
5. Hilonegro
6. Sinvivir
7. Candela 

3rd album by Svdestada. Over its 34-minute runtime, it presents a highly engaging amalgamation of sounds, from black metal to screamo, culminating in an aesthetic that exudes profound emotion while empowering listeners with its sincerity.

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Ancst - Culture Of Brutality

Genre: Black/Crust/Hardcore
Country: Germany
Year: 2024 

1. Armed With Despise
2. Of Rusty Knives
3. Chasing Horizons
4. Spanking Your Laser Brain
5. Damaged Goods
6. Destination Nowhere
7. Doing Your Part
8. Vitreous Conformity
9. Beneath These Hills Of Iron
10. Negativity Blues
11. Whiteboard Criminal
12. Teeth Into Flesh
13. Edge Of Reason
14. Keyboard Wars
15. Icons Of Filth
16. Tearless Oblivion 17. Thanks For Nothing 18. Positive Vibes Only
19. Gatekeepers From Hell 20. Lowborn Extinction

5th album by Ancst. If you wish metalcore had a harsher edge, or your black metal came with a more defined rhythm section and groove, Ancst are for you. Most songs on the album are under two minutes in length, lending a frantic pace to every track that never feels like it overstays it’s welcome or gets bogged down dragging out relatively simple riffs for too long.

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Lifeless Dark - Forces Of Nature's Transformation

Genre: Crust/Punk/Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2024

1. Monsters Of Man's Invention / The Forgotten
2. Depth Of Cold
3. Cryptic Remains
4. Radiation Sickness
5. Medusa
6. Fear No Evil
7. Chalice Of Vision
8. Broken Mirrors
9. Feeding The Light

Debut album by Lifeless Dark. The perfect blend of crust/punk with thrash metal. Every track slaps and the entire thing is basically just pure hardcore energy. For fans of Sacrilege and Nausea! 10 tracks that oscillate between ambitious progressive structures and stripped-down chaotic ferocity.

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Dishönor - Chain Reaction, Mass Extinction ' Ep

 

Genre: Crust/Punk/D-Beat
Country: Greece
Year: 2024 

1. Disarming The State
2. Barren Earth
3. Unanswered Questions
4. Worldwide Disorder
5. Once The Bombs Landed
6. Chain Reaction, Mass Extinction

6-track 'Ep by Dishönor. The 'Ep blends crust punk with elements of hardcore, creating an intense listening experience that demands attention. The group delivers a powerful critique of societal and environmental decay through its raw and aggressive sound.

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Wolfbrigade - Life Knife Death

 

Genre: Crust/Hardcore/D-Beat
Country: Sweden
Year: 2024

1. Ways To Die
2. Disarm Or Be Destroyed
3. Life Knife Death
4. A Day In The Life Of An Arse
5. Unruled And Unnamed
6. Skinchanger
7. Your God Is A Corpse
8. Nail Bomb
9. Cyanide Messiah
10. Mayhem Mongrel
11. Sea Of Rust
12. Age Of Skull Fuckery

8th album by Wolfbrigade, 5 years after their last one. They know who they are, they know exactly what you want from them, and they’re more happy to deliver the goods once again in spades. These legends are still on top of their game!

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Downwinder - Claws Of Despair

 

Genre: Crust/Death/Hardcore
Country: Greece
Year: 2024

1. Claws Of Despair
2. Ironic Stance
3. Tear Down The Force
4. The Toxic Sawder
5. Final Mark
6. Scorched Landscape
7. Dead Hope In The Nuclear Age
8. Αιώνιος Φόβος (Eternal Fear)

2nd album by Downwinder, devoted to the band’s crust stenchcore roots blended with old-school death metal influences. It sounds heavy, mean and dark, the production highlights what it is supposed to given the template.

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Winds Of Genocide - Usurping The Throne Of Disease

 

Genre: Crust/Death
Country: England
Year: 2015

1. The Howling Wolves Of Armageddon
2. Deathstrike Of The Scythe
3. Venomous Warfare
4. In The Darkness Of Eternal Nuclear Winter
5. Usurping The Throne Of Disease
6. Millions Lies Slaughtered
7. Till Graven
8. Mass Graves Of The Innocent
9. Swathed By The Black Wings Of Death

Debut album by Winds Of Genocide. Imagine a more bestial Hellbastard or sloppier Disfear, supplementing tattered hardcore punk chords with darkly melodic early Dismember tremolos, frantic, barely-on-time drumming, and throaty nigh-indecipherable death roars that sound like vocalist Kat Shevil (Thronehammer) is about to eat the microphone.

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Swordwielder - Wielding Metal Massacre 'Ep

 

Genre: Crust/Punk/Doom
Country: Sweden
Year: 2023

1. Weapons Of The Dark Ages
2. Devil In Command
3. Beneath A Blood Red Sky
4. Funeral Dirge
5. Envy The Dead

5-track 'Ep by Swordwielder. It finds Swordwielder utilizing the heaviest and filthiest weaponry from punk and metal’s armouries. It also exhibit subtler strengths as cleaner vocals and bare-boned musical passages add shade and shadow amongst all the crashing percussion and heavy riffage. 

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Ninth Circle - Dis, Emerge

 

Genre: Black/Crust/Punk
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2023

1. Dis
2. Emerge
3. Charm
4. The Silence
5. To The Night, On My Knees
6. Gold Dust
7. No Plan
8. Hellish Style
9. Crawling On All Eight
10. Shit Insignia
11. Sonic Fucker
12. Exorcist Love
13. Mercy Of Effigies Past 

Debut album by Ninth Circle. A promising and entertaining debut, that delivers a tasteful and well-crafted mix of black metal with crust/punk. Raw D-Beat parts with epic ripping melodic guitar work.

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Όρνεα - Αρρώστεια Στο Αίμα Της Πόλης

 

Genre: Crust/Crossover
Country: Greece
Year: 2023

1. Ήσουν Κομμάτια
2. Νέμεση
3. Καθρέφτης
4. Φαντάσματα Της Ουτοπίας
5. Σκουπίδια
6. Αθώοι Του Αίματος (Χορός Του Θανάτου)
7. Όρνεα
8. Στο Βωμό Του Κέρδους

Debut album by Όρνεα. A promising and fully entertaining debut that combines a crusty version of hardcore/punk with crossover/thrash metal.

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Downfall Of Gaia - Silhouettes Of Disgust

 

Genre: Black/Crust/Sludge
Country: Germany
Year: 2023

1. Existence Of Awe
2. The Whir Of Flies
3. While Bloodsprings Become Rivers
4. Bodies As Driftwood
5. Eyes To Burning Skies
6. Final Vows
7. Unredeemable
8. Optograms Of Disgust

6th album by Downfall Of Gaia. It is a powerful and cathartic album that demonstrates exactly why Downfall Of Gaia are held in such high regard and shows that while they honour their roots superbly, they aren’t afraid to take risks with their music and the results speak for themselves.

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Defy The Curse - Horrors Of Human Sacrifice

 

Genre: Death/Crust
Country: Holland
Year: 2023

1. Leading Into The Realm Of Torment
2. Existence Consumed
3. The Tower Of Suffering
4. Endless Curse
5. Swarms
6. The Oppressor
7. Horrors Of Human Sacrifice
8. Eidolon Of The Blind
9. Desolate Void
10. Serpent Cult
11. Panopticon
12. Dreameater

Debut album by Defy The Curse, a group consisting of ex-Collision members (Janssen, Wagemans), Gielen (Legion Of The Damned) and Surminski (Slam Squad). They mix the old school death metal sound with caustic crust punk aesthetics and sludgy, dirty groove. 

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Νεκρή Πτέρυγα - Στον Ίσκιο Μιας Νέας Φρίκης

 

Genre: Crust/Punk/Hardcore
Country: Greece
Year: 2023

1. Η Καρδιά Της Καρδιάς
2. Σκυλιά Που Αλυχτάνε
3. Πτώματα Σε Αποσύνθεση
4. Ποτέ Μην Προσκυνάς
5. 1312
6. Ψέκες
7. Άσπιλο Σήμερα
8. Κρύα Κουζίνα

Debut album by Νεκρή Πτέρυγα. A promising and entertaining release. The group delivers 8 songs of solid crust/punk formula blended with D-Beat rhythms and some black metal influences here and there. 

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... But The Shadows Have Foes - A Great Variety Of Morbid Symptoms

 

Genre: Crust/Hardcore/Black
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2022

1. XXXVIII
2. XXXIX
3. XL
4. XLI
5. XLII

5th album by BTSHF. This one-man band utilizes the epic sound of neocrust, black metal and a plethora of heavy, doom-laden sounds to embrace the concept that both hope and despair exist simultaneously amidst an atmosphere of political tensions, climate change and technological dependency. 

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Pilori - Quand Bien Même L'enfer Et Le Déluge S'abattraient Sur Nous

 

Genre: Black/Crust/Hardcore
Country: France
Year: 2022

1. De Guerre Lasse
2. Meurtrière
3. Entre Chien Et Loup
4. Maelström
5. Quand Bien Même L'Enfer...
6. Une Livre De Chair
7. Où Gisent Les Ancres
8. Au Prix De Tous Les Sacrifices
9. En Haut Des Cimes
10. ...Et Le Déluge

2nd album by Pilori. The band do what they do extremely well with real grind elements mixing with a very blackened feel. There is a post metal element to their sound with dissonant guitar work rearing up now and again.

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Myteri - Illusion

 

Genre: Crust/Hardcore
Country: Sweden
Year: 2022

1. Korsfäst I Skärseldens Lågor
2. I Skuggornas Gränsland
3. Insomnia
4. Sista Striden
5. Non Grata
6. Marscherar I Blodspår
7. Brända Broar
8. Svek
9. Själslig Höst
10. lllusion

3rd album by Myteri. 10 tracks, clocking 34 minutes, of melodic crust/hardcore. High quality songwritting, great sound production, D-Beat rhythms here and there, melodic riffing (without being cheesy) and great vocal delivery. A great release of melodic crust.

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Nervy - Nikdy Jsme Si Nebyli Rovni, Ani Ve Smrti Nebudeme

 

Genre: Crust/Hardcore
Country: Czech Rep.
Year: 2022

1. Už Zase Bijou Na Poplach
2. Volavka
3. Krajina
4. Udav Se Tou Představou
5. Čtyři Mrtví
6. Mír v Srdci, Klid v Duši
7. Kosti
8. Vlčí Hlad
9. Nedokážu Nevidět Rudě

Debut album by Nervy, featuring members of prolific DIY hardcore punk bands like Lakmé, Remek, and Gattaca, among others. Nervy are all about stripping things back to their barest essentials: aggressive, desperate hardcore, painting bleak pictures of the world, following the Tragedy-formula. 

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Hyper Psychic - Deeper Psychosis 'Ep

 

Genre: Crust/Death/Hardcore
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2022

1.Disrespect Defined
2.Time Blind
3.Wasteland Of The Dispossessed
4.No Pilot
5.Cursed Circuits

Debut 5-track 'Ep by Hyper Psychic. A promising and entertaining release. Well crafted songs that perfectly combine death metal, thrash metal, blackened crust and hardcore. Great musicianship and amazing vocal delivery. 

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