Rot In Hell - Hallways of the Always

Heavy hardcore drawing heavily from the holy terror school of heavy, metallic hardcore. Really heavy.

Hallways

Weekend Nachos - Unforgivable LP

Fucking livid, hammering hardcore from Illinois. Think along the lines of Harm's Way covering Infest. I dunno. Really heavy, really angry. Get on it if you haven't already.

Unforgivable.

Plead The Fifth - Demo 2009

Plead The Fifth are a hardcore band from Sacramento, heavily influenced by late-80s/early-90s hardcore bands, particularly Youth of Today & Cro-Mags. Hardcore fucking rules.
Demo

On Point - Look Me In The Eyes Demo

Awesome edge youth crew hardcore from Orange County. Not far off other Cali 90s revival bands like Insted. Really solid demo. Stoked I've got a copy of the US version. There are a few EU coming out on Brainwreck soon -- don't sleep on it!

Look Me In The Eyes Demo
Another link borrowed from Cali Love - saves me ripping this myself!

Blocked Out - Demo 2008

Older demo now. Blocked Out are a cool hardcore band from Manhattan Beach, California. They remind me of the Miracle Mile a good bit: mid-tempo and slightly chunny (90s-style) hardcore meets fast and trashy hardcore. Some tracks just boil down to all-out, raging Ringworm-worship though! Been spinning this most of yesterday. Recommended.

Demo 2008 - link from Cali Love

Punch - Self Titled LP

One of the best hardcore LPs of 2009. Punch are touring the UK & Europe with Comadre and playing CMAR later this year. Exciting.
Self Titled LP (borrowed link)

Eating Glass - Feed Them To The Vultures

Eating Glass are an unreasonably pissed hardcore band from Ontario Canada. They play thrashy, metallic hardcore that isn't too far off Left For Dead or Haymaker with some short, dark instrumental passages punctuating it. Highly recommended. I have some tracks off a split with Blackbirds that, to my knowledge, didn't happen. I'll up them if there's any interest. Great record.
Feed Them To The Vultures EP

Coke Bust - Lines In The Sand

Coke Bust are an edge hardcore band from DC with members of Magrudergrind. They play fast hardcore in the vein of Blank Stare or maybe Punch's 2007 Demo. Lines In The Sand is one of the most consistently solid hardcore records of the last year. Every song is great. Definitely get a hold of this.
Lines In The Sand

Closure - Demo 2009

Not to be confused with the 90s screamo band. Closure come from Leeds and play burly hardcore with some slower, sludgier passages. Some parts of this call to mind Infest's 'No Mans Slave' LP. Another awesome demo released in 2009. Serious contender for demo of the year. Anyone who is into the 'powerviolence' trend will love this. Get on it. HARDCORE FUCKING RULES!

Demo

Future Waves - Demo 2009

These are six pissed-off dudes (ages ranging 15 to 26) playing livid, moshy, edge hardcore in the vein of early Earth Crisis or mid-era Madball. It is surprising how much the vocalists sound like much older dudes. I've got myself a bit of a name for slagging this type of hardcore off. It is chuggy, often-mid-tempo, and sometimes a little silly ("WE'RE WARRIORS, WE'RE STRONG"), with plenty of breakdowns. Perhaps my tolerance for this sort of thing has went up because of all the 90s edge stuff I've been listening to recently. Or maybe I just find it refreshing how young and angry these guys are. Sure, this is a little generic and some people will scoff at it, but I think its well worth a shot.

Demo

Question - Insanity EP

Ripping, female fronted crusty hardcore from Minneapolis featuring members of Detestation, Ganglion, Monsters of Pot and Cognitive Dissonance. This is their second EP released on Fashionable Idiots in August '08. Their first EP was released on Blacknoise in '07, followed by a tour of mainland Europe. Sounds a little like early to mid-era Discharge at times.

Insanity EP

Gramercy Riffs - Demo 2008

Gramercy Riffs were a short-lived hardcore band from Nottingham, England. I got this cdr by pure chance off a guy who was selling some old demos cheap. These guys played with Pulling Teeth, Career Suicide & Rot In Hell before they split. They have recorded songs for two splits that, as of July 2009, "may still happen".
Every song on this is really good and I used to play it a lot when I first got it. Now that I've broke it out again, I'll probably be listening to these 3 songs on repeat most of the night. Pissed, ripping hardcore. Get it.

Demo 2008

Mob 47 - Dom Ljuger Igen 7''

Mob 47 were a raw hardcore/d-beat band from Sweden active in the 80s. They played with Anti Cimex a ton. This was released in '08, over 20 years after the band's last official release! The record does not suck, as a lot of fans worried it would. In fact, this 7'' sounds like something they could have recorded in their heydey. Absolutely killer raw 80s hardcore punk. Get into this!

7''

Terveet Kädet - Kädet Suojelee

Terveet Kädet were one of the first punk bands to start up in Finland (just after Lama and alongside Kaaos). They play fast, raw hardcore punk a lot like Discharge. Their bio on last.fm calls them "the Discharge of Finland". That's a pretty good description, so I'm going to stick with it. Amazing record by an amazing band! Get into this.

Kädet Suojelee 7''

Chronic Seizure - s/t EP

Chronic Seizure are a fantastic hardcore band from Chicago. They play fast, angry, 80s-style hardcore similar to Direct Control and Government Warning. Ex-members of The Repos and Rat Bastards. These guys are really, really good! Check it out.

Chronic Seizure EP

Rat Mask - Demo 2009

Short-lived hardcore band out of NY who played together from October 2008 till June 2009, recorded this demo and played six shows before calling it a day. Their last show was with Cult Ritual, which will probably get a lot of retarded scenesters onto this demo. They sound like a fuzzier, less stop-and-start Infest or something. Great distroted hardcore AND they posted this demo for free on VLV in June. Sucks they split up.

Demo 2009

Social Circkle - I've Got Afflictions EP

I've Got Afflictions is the second 7'' by Massachusetts' Social Circkle. Another US band playing 80s-style hardcore today. No bullshit, unpretentious lyrics and certainly fast. This is the only record I have by them although I hear that their demo and first 7'' were a lot slower. Sounds like a slightly rawer Wasted Time with less throat-y vocals. Good stuff.

I've Got Afflictions

Citizens Patrol - Dead Children EP

Ripping hardcore punk straight out of the Netherlands. Fast, pissed and raw in an early 80s style (better than a lot of US bands doing the same thing, which is rad!) Some of the lyrics are a little off due to the language barrier, but even that is pretty endearing and a great change from a lot of the pretentious bullshit floating about just now. This band play A LOT of shows and have been to/are in the US, so pretty much everyone who reads this should get a chance to catch a CP show some time. I hope I do! Get into this.

Dead Children

Brain Dead - Self Titled

Brain Dead are a criminally slept on band from Leicestershire, England. They play heavy, pissed hardcore influenced by bands like Infest & Dropdead and slot-in pretty easily amongst some of the bigger 'powerviolence' bands from the US (Mind Eraser, Crossed Out etc). A lot of their lyrics are pretty agreeable. A great record by a great band. No reason not to like this.

Brain Dead

Lowbrow- Broken Speech 7"

A local hardcore punk band from North Carolina that I am really excited about right now. I've seen them with Graf Orlock and soon with Cult Ritual, they put on really great shows. This is the first record released and I hope there is more to come from them, they're only about a year old as of this summer. Dig it.

DL Broken Speech