Tagged: fastcore

When you think of fast thrashy skate punk, I'm going to guess Sweden isn't probably the first place that comes to mind, but after listening to DS-13 (short for Demon System 13) that might change.  These Umeå, Sweden punks certainly do their home country justice with their release of Thrash and Burn. Thrash and Burn is a quick listen with 10 songs finishing in a mere 7 minutes, but with their scathing, adrenaline junkie fueled punk rock, anything more would probably result in an overdose. With their English tongue in [...]

• DS-13 - Straights And Drunks

From the ashes of a bunch of Philly bands comes Bad Side, the hardcore project containing members of Lighten Up, Cobra Lung, and GA$H.  I'm going to keep this one quick in the spirit of the music, but I've been listening to their demo nonstop for months now. Bad Side's 5 minute demo captures what hardcore is all about: raw, fast as fuck aggressive music that is sure to entice plenty of stage dives.  While I hate the overuse of different "-cores" (it's all just fucking punk rock man), these guys definitely remind a lot of some of [...]

• Bad Side - Looking For A Bad Time (2012 Demo)

A while ago Alex Layzell , head-honcho over at the excellent Grind To Death , wrote a column for us on the subject of Fastcore. It went down so well, we asked him back to write part 2.... Around the world in 80 days? Bah, give me some fastcore and I will power-walk that distance twice over and still make it back in time for tea, bringing with me a fresh batch of mangos for pudding and half a dozen third world kids to [...]

As the week progresses, I feel the need to listen to harsher stuff. So I'm going to take this opportunity to abuse your ears with something from The Afternoon Gentlemen. Originally started 5 years ago with the intention of forming a non-serious grindcore band, this Leeds based gentlemen have gone on to release a string of splits, 73s and EPs and playing shows with Capitalist Casualties, Napalm Death and Eyehategod. The Afternoon Gentlemen fuse grind, fastcore and powerviolence, with dual screamy / low vocals but are known to indulge in doomy-sludgy sounds sometimes, like in the Afterdoom EP, where it [...]

A while ago we asked  Alex Layzell , head-honcho over at the excellent Grind To Death , whether he'd like to do a guest column for us here at Thrash Hits. Take it away, Mr Layzell... So the cyborg/monster mesh that is Thrash Hits' Deputy Editor (no one can listen to that much metal, without assimilating with it) sent me a Morse code telegram a while back asking me to do a guest post on this Mecca of review sites: Thrash Hits. Now, to do a [...]

The moment I heard the guitars in "Odio" I knew exactly what I was getting into. Los Caidos hail from Argentina and this three and a half minute demo will leave you broken. Dark, frantic fastcore with male/female vocals gives you the feeling that this would best be suited for a dank basement full of sweaty people. The first two tracks fly by and it slows down a bit with  "Ahogo" but picks up and kicks your teeth in with the  "Dia Tras Dia". The last track of this demo really hits home, its a blistering, incendiary ode to those who are [...]

Lapse - Demo 2011 1. Posthumous 2. Dirty Needles//Rusty Nails 3. Mouf 4. No Patience 5. ILHCB (Limp Wrist) Lapse hail from the Washington DC/Baltimore are playing some furious and fast hardcore. I had heard their first demo and posted it some time last year and am pretty happy to see these guys making more music. This demo is five sings that at longest make it to a minute and a half, with the last track being a personal favorite of mine. If you see these guys in tour make [...]

Well, it's been over a year since I posted anything on here. Talking about what I've been doing since is pointless. Why? Because I haven't done anything. I'm back in school for the first time in close to five years. I'm cooking at a restaurant/bar/live music venue in Birmingham. I've gotten some things published. Things are OK. Anyway, so now I've got this record player with a USB port and it's way easier for me to rip records. And I've got an MP3 player to play these things on. I know, I've turned into one of those [...]