Vegan Straight-Edge
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We Used To Speak Of Justice
Read more: We Used To Speak Of JusticeThis post is about a big contester for my favorite release of the year. Repentance “The Sickness Of Eden” is a crusher from beginning to end. Listening to it gives me hope that nowadays Hardcore records can still be as awesome as when I listened to them almost 20 years ago. There was a phase…
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Surrounded Records #4: V/A Out Of Cages
Read more: Surrounded Records #4: V/A Out Of CagesSurrounded Records Surrounded Records from Italy, Rome to be exact, was a label who focused on the truly Vegan Straight-Edge bands during the late 90’s. The most well-known bands on this label were undoubtedly Strength Approach and Purification. I have several of their releases but not all. Will start with the first one I have…
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Decadence into the mouth of hell 10 Inch
Read more: Decadence into the mouth of hell 10 InchGrowing up with Metalcore in the mid to late 90’s, it is the sound I’m most familiar with and know many different aspects off. Living in the area where the Edge-Metal was created and trademarked. I can’t deny that playing this record brings memories back to life. But this band comes from the Andalusian area, that…
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Morning Again: first recordings with kevin
Read more: Morning Again: first recordings with kevinTo continue the Morning Again report, let’s discuss a release with the other vocalist that came after Damien. Most recordings of Morning Again were actually with Kevin Ray Byers as vocalist. John Wylie also wrote very intelligent lyrics and very progressive considering the context of time. I learned heaps from those texts and still love…
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Morning Again: recordings with Damien
Read more: Morning Again: recordings with DamienDid you know that the Morning Again “Hand Of Hope” LP on Good Life Recordings is actually a compilation of two different recordings? Two recordings for two different American labels actually? The first recordings were for Conquer The World Records and were released as a twelve inch ep in 1996 in various pressings. It was…
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Culture 1993 to 1998 from the vault
Read more: Culture 1993 to 1998 from the vaultWho would have thought that a new Culture release would see the light of day after they called it quits in the late nineties. I didn’t, but eventually there recently came one. The recycled vinyl in a folded piece of heavy paper as sleeve. Look at it for yourself. As you can see, a chronological…
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Woodwork demo review
Read more: Woodwork demo reviewSome fine day the guitarist of a French band -from Toulouse to be more precise- contacted me. He asked to listen to their demo and eventually put the word out on my blog. Since I’m a big supporter of the spawning of the nineties New School Wave of metallic hardcore, I needed no second thought…
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Old Dutch Mc Murder Flyer
Read more: Old Dutch Mc Murder FlyerWhile moving the rest of my stuff out of my parents house I found this flyer. I do not remember from whom I got this flyer, but if I remember correctly I got several copies from several people. What I do know for sure is that it was made in the late 90’s. The reason…
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The Hardline Legacy
Read more: The Hardline LegacyIntroduction Everybody familiar with 90’s vegan straight-edge music and probably a whole lot of people into hardcore/punk in general know that there was a movement with a set of principles and belief-systems that called themselves Hardline. I, as a collector of hardcore music and 90’s in particular, am also aware of the influence it had…
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