2000 and After
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The Icemen: Two 7 inch Titles
Read more: The Icemen: Two 7 inch TitlesThe Icemen were founded in 1982 by singer and songwriter Marco Abularach. Noah Evans from Bad Brains and Mackie Jayson from The Cro-Mags joined him. The band was mostly active on shows and didn’t put out official records until in 1991, Blackout! Records released an ep counting 4 tracks which was available on CD and…
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1917 Records #12: I Rise Down
Read more: 1917 Records #12: I Rise DownI Rise is from Worcester Massachusetts USA and mix mid-90’s sound with the sound of one of the greatest bands of the current decade; Have Heart. Also similarities to Soul Control can be found in the playfulness and finishing touch of the sound, certainly on the demo CD. When I first heard this ep I…
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Trapped Under Ice: Stay Cold Pressing Details
Read more: Trapped Under Ice: Stay Cold Pressing DetailsThe first pressing of the Trapped Under Ice Stay Cold ep consists out of an accepted test pressing and 3 variations of records: First we have the test pressing which is numbered out of 15 on the blank A-label and stamped on the B-side. And Reaper Records made covers based on New York’s Breakdown for…
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Record Collection Out-take: Rise & Fall (Part 2)
Read more: Record Collection Out-take: Rise & Fall (Part 2)Time to get serious now with some awesome records I just obtained. I want to thank the fellow hardcore lovers/participants/makers I got this records from. You know who you are, and many thanks for selling me these… Recently I got the record I was dreaming of and very humble but persistent in my ambition to…
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Maximum Penalty Vinyl artwork & Some Words
Read more: Maximum Penalty Vinyl artwork & Some WordsI don’t want and can’t take the place of Double Cross, because the following band is featured on that blog. Now regarding the content of the record itself; Double Cross has actually done nothing, except that interview about their history that preceded this release and some other posts. So here’s info text that came with…
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1917 Records #06: Eaten Alive s/t
Read more: 1917 Records #06: Eaten Alive s/t1917 Records succeeded again in releasing something different than the mainstream Hardcore. This is truly pissed and fast hitting punk and can surely be added to the skate core genre. I’m not familiar with this style so I can’t compare it to other bands. But it is also a tribute to the older punk and…
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1917 Records #11: Attitude Turn Into Stone
Read more: 1917 Records #11: Attitude Turn Into Stone4 months in the pending phase, but finally a result is there. I’m talking about this deal I did with an American dude who had remarkably much and rare records from the label 1917 in his sell- list. Told you already that I confined myself more or less to organized collecting. And that records from…
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Rise & Fall demo 7 inch
Read more: Rise & Fall demo 7 inchThere is a new label around, called Control Records and they just released their first record. They kicked it off with releasing nothing less than the Rise And Fall demo 2003 on a 7″ sized piece of vinyl. Previously released as cassette only. The cassettes come in two versions, band copies and blank cassette case.…
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Record Collection Outtake: Rise & Fall
Read more: Record Collection Outtake: Rise & FallThis band is great in all aspects. When I first heard them I quickly realized this. The first Rise & Fall record I had was the 2 song ep on Deathwish. It was a long time ago that recent music reminded me of the to me familiar H8000 style. This ep isn’t their best work…
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