S.H.I.T. - Napalm The Kids

FINALLY FOUND THIS FUCKING TAPE. HOLY SHIT (no pun intended).

So at this point I am sure that most of you know about S.H.I.T. after their goddamned brilliant demo back in 2012. The demo was sick, but I wanted more. And now this has appeared. 

You don't need me to tell you this is good. But this 2 track tape not only is a worthy successor to it's predecessor but set's a new standard for S.H.I.T. 

I really, really wish I knew where to score a copy of this tape (the same goes for their first release but w/e). If you have the means get this fucking thing, as for the other 99% of us out there, download this now.

FURTHER NOTICE:

It appears zippyshare deleted most of my links, so when I get the time again I will reupload everything to my 4-shared account. If you don't have a 4-shared, quit fucking up and get one now.

Pinkos - Tape

All hail the Bat City Mosh Cult. 

Pinkos is another new-ish band from Austin featuring some dudes from Glue and Acid Reflux (!!!!). 

Ripping punk in the style you would know and love from BCMC dudes. 

DL it, give it a spin. Pinkos is about to do a tour to the North East and back with Blotter for Not Dead Yet Fest. Catch them up there or on their way up and grab this li'l gem.

The Sentenced - Demo

YES!YES!FUCKING YES!!!

The Sentenced are a band from North Texas comprised of current and previous members of Wiccans, Sin Motivo, Breakout, Truth, Night Crimes, Video, and Execution Tax. If that doesn't get you riled up already then I don't know what is wrong with you. 

The Sentenced came into existence last March playing their first show at a Taqueria at about one in the mourning. People fucking lost it and since The Sentenced have been a favorite of the North Texas scene. Primal Hardcore in the vein of 86 Mentality, and written with moshing in mind. It's hard to listen to this tape and not want to wreck your surroundings. 

False Form is about to drop this gem soon, and I've heard hints of a possible 7" release forthcoming. But until then snatch this up now, soon enough you'll find yourself chanting along with this group of babes.

OUT FOR BLOOD.

Big Zit - Big Zit International Players Club Introduces Big Zit

Big Zit is a sick punk band out of the blossoming scene in Chicago, Illinois. I first heard about them from the Sin Motivo dudes after they got home from tour. Jeramy from Sin Mo showed me their tape one night and I was utterly floored. This band rules and there really isn't anything like them in this new wave of Hardcore. That being said, this band gives straight up Bad Brains vibes, in everything from the sound to the vocals. So if you dig the brains you'll eat this right up. 

There isn't much out there online about these guys, here's to hoping they go on tour soon and hit up North Texas. Until then, jam the tape! 

TWO KNIGHTS - QUILT CHAMBERLAND

Two Knights are a pair of crybabies from Denton, Texas, USA. The band in their earlier days were more on the math rock side of things but recently they've been drifting in a more skramz-y direction. This EP is the band in their top Math Rock form. Very tight riffs/rhythms laid down by these two babes. Kind of a shame though, as the Two Knights haven't played these songs in quite some time. (C'mon Parker play Bangarang for us just one more time <3 ) 

None the less they're still an incredible band and snippet of the booming north Texas DIY scene. Gutterth dropped this EP a couple years ago, and in all honesty I dunno if there are any copies left, look into it and buy this, but not before you got their new EP. 

Wait! For! Me! 

INSTITUTE - DEMO 2013

Sick, dirty new Punk from Austin featuring members of Glue, Recide, Wiccans, Iron Youth and more. This tape is dirty and just leaves you feeling outright uncomfortable. Very slow to mid-paced punk akin to Iron Youth. This band took me for a loop when I heard about them due to the arrangement of the members, particularly Albert from Recide playing drums.

Austin's False Form Tapes just dropped this, find a way to get it cause it's worth it. Until then, jam the tape.

MACE MANIAC - GET MACED

Sick fuzzed out Hardcore from Arizona. My old band played a show with these guys when they played in Fort Worth last January. But what is really cool about this band is their back story; the band Gay Kiss was on a winter tour in early January. At some point through the tour several members had to drop out and return home, the other three dudes who were able to stay the course formed Mace Maniac, wrote a tape's worth of material and did a run of 50 of those tapes and completed the last week of the tour as Mace Maniac.

While that happened the music on this tape is gnarly as fuck. Fuzzy, feadback drenched riffs hammered out in a midpaced swagger that essentially calling forth thoughts of slamming. Vocals drenched out in reverb, one complaint is how damn short the tape is but under the circumstances it is comprehensible. 

The shame of it is that upon returning home Mace Maniac dissolved. All the while they were an incredable act to see, and the show we played with them was what I've always considered to be the best show any of my bands has ever played. Oh well, enjoy the tape!

STAGNANT YOUTH - DEMO 2013

TEXAS ON TOP! This band is phenomenal in every sense of the phrase. Stagnant Youth is a new-er band out of Houston, Texas featuring three of the dudes from Back to Back. They played their first show at the Taqueria in Denton, Texas and absolutely killed it. This band blends a style of hardcore in the vein of Hoax and Gag and throws one of the most monstrous vocalists over the mix (dude sounds quite a bit like Martin van Duren of Pestilence in his prime, imo). There are so many cool parts strewn through this tape such as the mosh parts in "Deviant" and "Shameful" to the dark, fuzzed out solo, if you would call it one, in the middle of "Invasion / Reign". 

This band is still quite active and I would recommend seeing them live. I managed to catch their set at Chaos with S.H.I.T. and they just tore it up. If you see them, buy a shirt, buy a tape, and mosh your fucking brains out. But until then, prepare yourself.

OUGH.

GAG - THIS PUNK SHIT IS COOL AND ALL BUT I HOPE I AM ROB ZOMBIE BY THE TIME I AM 28

Goddamn that title is a mouthful. But I digress, Gag is a band from Olympia, Washington and are a flagship of this new wave of hardcore. Filthy, scummy sounding vocals juxtaposed over harsh feedback drenched tunes, this record rips. On the subject of the vocals, I have to say god damn, those are some gnarly fucking vocals. You see he uses a delay pedal (What brand/model, I do not know) but the effect it has on his voice is perfect.

I heard this band for the first time seeing them at Chaos in Tejas, and I liked them so much I missed the first fifteen minutes of Bolt Thrower's set to run up the street and see these guys a second time in the same day. I saw them again a third time when they ventured north and played a post Chaos show in Denton with Hoax. 

Gag is soon returning to Texas and beyond next month, they're doing one hell of a tour on their way to Not Dead Yet in Toronto. So do yourself a favor and see them in your town and get this and their 7" records they have out. But until then here's this little LP to hold you over.

DESTRUX - ENTER THE THRASH KICK

Cool, fastcore from Rochester, New York. Band wasn't around for very long based upon my research, they dropped this 7", did a split 7" with Bad Eating Habits and then I believe had a comp track before they fell apart. This music though is fierce. Fast as yell, yelping vocals rapid fire over the band. Interesting enough this was the first punk 7" I ever bought and the tunes on this download are rips from my copy of it. 

Give this a spin and their split with Bad Eating Habits (which in all honesty I think is their better material). But if you like your music fast here you go.