F | G | H: [last update: 19.05.2012] [F]: FACE DEFEAT - s/t Pissed off, moshable hard fucking core from the UK. These tracks were supposed to be on a split 7" with 50 On Red which never happened cause Face Defeat broke up shortly after recording... instead of letting the songs go to waste, Courage To Care decided to release them as one-sided 7" limited to 200 copies anyway - good choice! 7" Courage To Care 2005 4,- € FALL TIME. - "Coma" After being around for about 7 years or so, Vienna's Fall Time. finally got it managed to release their first full length. And "Coma" was well worth the wait, especially if you dig the heavier, noisier end of the hardcore genre. Downtuned guitars, hypnotic drums, desperate vocals and seven songs in sixty-four minutes... you know this has to be massive. CD Firewalk With Me 2002 10,- € FAREWELL TO ARMS - " A Watered Down Version Of Everything" Fast & thrashy hardcore/punk from the UK, featuring members of Flyblown and Crash The Pose. 7" Holy Shit 2005 3,50 € FEAR MY THOUGHTS - "Hell Sweet Hell" Vinyl version of FMT's 4th album, even more metal than before. LP Silent Stagnation 2005 9,- € FEAR MY THOUGHTS - "The Great Collapse" Now also on Lifeforce and, not quite surprisingly, more (thrash) metal than ever. CD Lifeforce 2004 11,- € The FEELERS - "Nothing Always" If you saw them on tour with the mighty Clorox Girls, you already know what to expect... otherwise, let me tell you that this is snotty and hectic punk rawk with a definite KBD feel to it. Click to listen. 7" Bachelor 2007 4,- € FINAL FIGHT - "Under Attack" Modern, melodic hardcore with massive backups... not unlike Comeback Kid. Click for mp3s. Finally available on vinyl, and with a nifty gatefold cover too. LP Fields Of Hope 2007 9,- € FINAL PRAYER / ALCATRAZ - Split Berlin meets San Francisco on this one... 2 tracks of tough hardcore in the vein of Terror or Hatebreed from Final Prayer and 2 cuts of slightly faster, but equally hard-hitting hardcore from Alcatraz. Listen to the Final Prayer or go to Alcatraz. 7" Demons Run Amok 2007 4,- € The FIRE STILL BURNS - s/t 2 songs of incredibly catchy and, dar I say it? poppy hardcore/punk brought to you by former members of Lifetime, Ensign, Nora amongst others... Click for mp3s. Red vinyl, ltd. to 200. 7" Engineer / KOI 2005 3,50 € The FIRST STEP - "What We Know" The urgency and intensity of Youth Of Today, the positive delivery of Insted, and a strongly rooted foundation in old D.C. and Orange County hardcore - TFS' first official full length release picks up where they left off on the "Open Hearts and Clear Minds" EP, meanwhile adding some new flavor to their sound along the way. LP Not Just Words 2006 9,- € FORCE OF CHANGE - "Outstanding" Force Of Change's final farewell: 7 songs of melodic old school hardcore on this one-sided 12". Extra-heavy, coloured vinyl. 12" Carthago MC 2005 6,- € FORCE OF CHANGE - "In The Shadow Of Leaves" Don't let the cover-art put you off - Force Of Change are back with some powerful, positive, fastpaced hardcore influenced by both, the "modern old school" sound (y' know, American Nightmare and the likes) as well as punkrock (think Kid Dynamite). 16 tracks in just under half an hour - not bad, eh? CD Beniihana 2003 8,- € FOREVER ENDS TONIGHT - "Meet Her In The Killing Fields" Melodic metalcore pretty much along the lines of Himsa from Vienna; featuring current and former members of Mar, Hope Dies Last & Worlds Between Us. mCD Firewalk With Me 2004 5,- € FRESNEL - "Scenario" An impressive debut for this Austrian label: 4 songs of heavy, noise driven post-hardcore by Fresnel, who wouldn't seem too out of place on Hydrahead or Escape Artist either. mCD Noise Appeal 2003 5,- € [G]: GARAGEKID - "Gets A Rekkid!!!" A one man band thing... don't say NAH! Garagekid is not one of those wannabe blues trash boredoms, this is Headcoats styled punkrock, distorted, tanked up and torrid songs to dance nakkid to! Click for mp3s. 7" Bachelor 2006 4,- € GENERAL SURGERY / The COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS - Split A double dose of shredding grindcore, delivered by Sweden's General Surgery who continue where they left about 10 years ago after the "Necrology" EP came out and TCME from the US, who obviously listened to Carcass' "Symphonies Of Sickness" once or twice... 12" Yellow Dog 2004 8,- € GENOCIDE / SORTO - "Final Path To Destruction" Raw and rare finnish hardcore/crust from the early 80s and 90s respectively. Sorto's side consists of 2 rehearsal recordings from 1983/84, while on the other side Genocide's 1993 demo sees its first release on vinyl. LP Power It Up / Höhnie et al. 2005 8,- € GERIATRIC UNIT - "Nuclear Accidents E.P." Old Fast Loud Rules! Geriatric Unit feature former members of Heresy, Iron Monkey & Hard to Swallow and play hardcore punk. This is not some nod to the 80s inspired rehash, these guys fucking invented it! Raw, real and the antidote to all the drivel you’ve had to endure that’s been masquerading as hardcore in recent years. Click for mp3s. 12" Violent Change & Plastic Bomb 2007 8,- € GET THE MOST - "Common Goals EP" Featuring (former) members of Blue Monday and Go It Alone, Get The Most play melodic hard core with a solid youth crew edge. The CD version of "Common Goals" contains the 5 songs from the 7" as well as the entire "Core Values" demo as a bonus. Click for mp3s. mCD Crucial Response 2007 8,- € GO! - "Reactive" It's 2006 and Go! are back with 13 new songs of short to the point hardcore just like the used to play it when they first were around 15 years ago. NYHC with something to say... Click for mp3s. 7" Go! 2006 3,50 € GO! - "What We Build Together" Another new 7" by Mike BS and company, recorded in early 2007. Contains 7 new tracks of Go!-style hardcore plus German and Hebrew versions of the 1990 Go! classic "You Say You'll".Click for mp3s. 7" Go! / Refuse / Stress To Death 2007 3,50 € GODSENTUS. - "Psyche" 8 songs of brutal, grinding d.i.y. death metal with punk attitude from St.Pöten, Austria. Massive. Click for mp3s. CD Firewalk With Me 2006 9,- € GRACE - "The Calling" 6 songs of melodic, anthemic sxe hardcore from Germany with influences ranging from Bane, Carry On & The Promise to Trial and Strife (or the other way round). Click for mp3s. 7" Fields Of Hope 2007 3,50 € GRACE - "The Calling" Melodic, anthemic sxe hardcore from Germany with influences ranging from Bane, Carry On & The Promise to Trial and Strife (or the other way round). The CD version contains 4 additional tracks that are not on the 7". Click for mp3s. CD Fields Of Hope 2007 9,- € GRAF ORLOCK - "Destination Time Tomorrow" . Click for mp3s. 10" Vendetta 2007 9,- € GULAG - "Nada Cambia" This new Barcelona based band (featuring members of E-150 and Hzero) makes it's debut with a 13-song 12" of rough, un-pretty hardcore/punk mixing the legacy of Born Against or Ripcord with more contemporary influences such as Talk Is Poison or Deathreat. Click for mp3s. 12" Sell Our Souls 2007 8,- € [H]: HEADFIRST! - "Sick Society" No, not a new record of the late 80s/early 90s Headfirst from Orange County, but the debut of a new band from the UK. Geez, I really wish some youngsters would pay a bit more attention when picking their bandnames... but apart from that, this is quite enjoyable: fast, no-frills hardcore... 9 originals and a Shark Attack cover! Click for mp3s. 7" DoubleXCrossed 2007 4,- € HEWHOCORRUPTS - "Microeconomics" 7 tracks of business-themed grind in under 5 minutes... on a credit card-shaped 3" CD (!) that comes in a real wallet (!!) - must be seen to be believed. Click for mp3s. mCD Bloom Explode 2006 7,- € HIT ME BACK / CINDER - Split Southern California's Hit Me Back rip through 3 songs of crazy, high energy thrashcore/punk in the vein of Life's Halt or WHN?. Cinder from Spain play positive but pissed oldschool hardcore and don't even think about slowing things down either. 7" Still Holding On 2005 3,50 € HONOR ROLE - "1982" 1982 was a great year for hardcore in DC and NY, but few mention Richmond, VA's Honor Role. This reissue of early Honor Role material - originally released as split tape with Graven Image and pre-dating their "Bled Like A Stuck Pig" 7" - should finally gain this band the recognition they deserve, though. It contains 9 tracks of fast hardcore in the vein of COC's "Eye For An Eye" with pre-pubescent vocals. 7" No Way 2006 4,- € HOPE DIES LAST - "These Bitter Words" Raging, yet melodic, female fronted old school flavoured hardcore from Vienna. mCD Erdkampf 2002 7,50 € HOSTAGE SITUATION - s/t 11 tracks of fast, no frills hardcore. Members went on to bands such as Get It Away, Plan Of Attack, Few & The Pround, Weekend Nachos, etc. 7" Third X Party 2006 4,- € HÜSKER DÜ - "Ultracore" 22 tracks recorded live at the Backstage in Tucson, Arizona on December 28, 1982. Soundquality is quite raw, but still listenable. LP Fanclub 9,- € The HYNKELS - s/t Vienna's own "twisted humour punkrock guerilla" makes an impressive debut with this 7". 5 ripping tunes between late 70s punk and early 80s USHC. 7" Mohawk 2004 3,50 €