Wiccans - Sailing A Crazy Ship LP

"Another flat-out ripper from Denton, Texas' WICCANS. Nine raging cuts of metallic-tinged hardcore mayhem featuring members of BAD SPORTS, RADIOACTIVITY, and VIDEO. Previous LP on Katorga Works. "Recorded by Denton legends MARK RYAN and JEFF BURKE (of Marked Men), the nine tracks are fast and ferocious, lacking the slow dirges of previous full-lengths. The boys are sailing fast, but maintaining complete control over their ship. The title track's intro gives listeners the uncertain, cautious sensation of a vessel lifting off, but a galloping pogo beat confirms that Wiccans have reached outer space, and are cutting through the cosmos at light-speed. This band gives me hope that hardcore can still be inventive and creative, while staying true to being what it is: angry, destructive music. Basically this is the best Wiccans record yet, and you'd be a fool not to pick it up."

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Wild Thing - Demo 2016

Daaaaaammmnn! HTX back at it again, killing it in the hcpunk game yet again. This demo of a beast is unreal, just as noisy as early 80's Japanese punk and hard as nails like Midwest USHC. 

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Total Abuse - Excluded

"There's a relentless antagonism to Total Abuse that is so, so satisfying. When it formed in 2006, the Texas band first looked to iconic '80s hardcore punk for its sound. But weirdness soon took hold, crawling into the dank headspace between the Swedish noise-rock band Brainbombs and Black Flag's most deranged output.

After a short breakup, the band returned without missing a step, releasing the depraved Looking For Love EP in 2014. Total Abuse's fourth album, Excluded, is a mud-slop synthesis of the sludgy noise, lunging rhythm section and oddly catchy hooks that came before it."

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Digi Boys - Digi Demo

DIGIFUNBOIS

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Sin Motivo - El Desierto LP

"Finally! After two stunning demo tapes SIN MOTIVO created this untold hardcore punk 12" bastard. Born and bred in Fort Worth/ Denton, Texas' legacy of DIY, SIN MOTIVO seeks to push what it means to be punk in 2015. In equal parts Victim In Pain and Too Many Humans, SIN MOTIVO perpetually pushes Punk's lack of attention span.
 
Psychedelic drudging interwoven with a classic hardcore punk formula balances out to create a true sonic seduction. All aspects mentioned before are finally realized in their recent opus, El Desierto, an LP brought to you by members of Wiccans, The Sentenced, and Treatment.

Their recordings capture that energy perfectly and form some of the most driving and propulsive hardcore punk I have heard in ages. You need to hear this. These songs are chaotic and unrelenting. Constant changes make the songs feel relatively short although some of them stretch out over five minutes and even the shorter songs just plod along. Sin Motivo isn't afraid of frantically throwing anything and everything into a speedy, punk rock blender that persists of thumping around for a moment before exploding into a hardcore nail bomb.

If you like your hardcore chaotic and turbulent, you're in for a hell of a ride. This is hardcore punk with demonic vocals and hard-as-nail beats that is extremely hard to shake once you have heared it. Ferocious, dissonant hardcore focused in intensity and all-out rage. A record full of uneasiness and trepidation.
 
SIN MOTIVO is another living proof for how great the current Austin punk/hardcore crop is. 
Recorded / Mixed by Dentons finest, Mark Ryan and Jeff Burke ( Marked Men, High Tension Wires, Mind Spiders, Radioactivity ) and mastered by Daniel Hussain ( Red Dons ) I am more than honoured to release this timeless LP."

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Breakout - Demo II

JUST IN TIME FOR THEIR SUMMER TOUR..

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CAPTIVE - Black Leather Glove CS

Finally at long last, the much anticipated release from your favorite ATX post-punkers, 10 tracks of darkwave/synthwave in the vein of "Pornography" era The Cure. Been waiting for this one to drop since it was announced in '13. After much delay, here it is finally in cassette form by some label from Spain, limited run of 80 tapes.

members of TOTAL ABUSE and WOMEN IN PRISON

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The Sentenced - Euthanasia EP

Newly self-released tape from Denton, Texas' own THE SENTENCED.

AGGRO AS PUNK USHC.

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Detestados - Hardcorridos (Demo 2014)

Listen to this immediately! Fast catchy(melodic at times) hardcore punk from ATX sung in spanish. 
 SLAM SKANK HARD OR DIE

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Blotter - Under Armour '77 EP

"Hey, Hardcore-Fans! Lose your minds! Here’s the real deal. Blotter is everything you want from a modern day hardcore punk band. Over the past few years, Austin, TX has seen a resurgence in young, quality punk bands. Blotter is one of the top tier groups of this new school of Texas hardcore and Under Armour '77, their debut vinyl effort, stands as some of the best work this scene has produced. Primordial ooze USHC at its finest.

Blotter is yet another new hardcore punk featuring members of Wiccans, Glue, Impalers and Creamers.

Blotter delivers just brutal, stomping stuff with a perfect, early 80s-sounding 8-track production. This five piece band rages through five songs in a little over five minutes. Fast precise hard hitting drums, loud distorted guitar that flirts with chaotic, noisy feedback, compliment dynamic and aggressive vocals that have just the right amount of snot and grit. Their sound touches on classic 80’s hardcore, whilst paying no tribute to any other HC band I’ve listened to in the last few years. This is unique, this is weird, fucked up and awesome! No filler on this EP – it’s all legit. No nonsense Hardcore in 2014."

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Wiccans - Field II LP

"Thematically influenced by science fiction and boasting a rich analog recording worthy of their sound, Field II finds NWOTHC veterans Wiccans indulging in their most occult proclivities and traversing into unknown, psychedelic territory. 
Akin to Tyranny and Mutation-era Blue Öyster Cult, but as a hardcore punk band, Wiccans has created a wholly unique and essential aural experience."

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The Secret Prostitutes - The Ken Rock 7 inch

Newest 7 inch EP from Houston, Texas's own, The Secret Prostitutes.
7 brand new tracks of late 70's KBD style punk rock sung in Indonesian, catchy and vintage as always.
Instant classic record.

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The Secret Prostitutes - Архив CD

Official Discography CD from Texas band The Secret Prostitutes. Awesome KBD style punk rock with high-pitched snotty vocals yet extremely catchy, all sung in Indonesian. 
This CD complies all of their recorded material from the first 2 years.


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