Armageddon Label is putting out the U.S. vinyl edition of “A Beautiful Day…to Go Fuck Yourself,” and the CD version piles on fifty-two bonus tracks pulled from previous EPs and compilation appearances, forming a complete Nuclear Cult discography.
It hits today, November 7, 2025 and it’s co-released in Europe by Jos of Lärm / Seein’ Red through his Autoreverse label, it keeps the band’s transatlantic connections tight. The U.S. vinyl is limited to one hundred red copies, exclusive to Armageddon / DropdeadHC.com, packaged in a screen-printed foldover sleeve by Brian Stern of Bad Skulls, with a two-sided lyric insert. The CD comes in a jewel case with booklet and tray card.
This goes back to 2009, when three remaining members of Y and Solid Decline linked up with the former Sm70 / Pink Flamingos vocalist. Everyone already had decades of fast hardcore behind them, so a racket in the vein of Infest, Septic Death, or Heresy happened without fanfare.
Their own rule was simple: fast and violent, but no grindcore and no sixth-wave powerviolence coma.
That same year they recorded a demo, issued in the U.S. on Not Very Nice tapes, with a slightly different version sold directly by the band in Europe. It moved quickly, helped them lock in a small but fierce following, and kept their name moving through mailorder circles.
After that came three 7″ EPs on Warm Bath, Heartfirst, Rödel, and Pain Of Mind, plus interviews in Narcomensaje in Australia and Trust, Germany’s longest-running hardcore magazine. A split 12″ with Berlin’s Crack Under Pressure followed on RSR. Their first album originally landed via Autoreverse on vinyl. Now, Armageddon Label adds everything else on top of it in one place.
On “A Beautiful Day…to Go Fuck Yourself,” Nuclear Cult stick to their own listening habits. They leave the songs loose enough to breathe but shove plenty of speed into the gaps. They nod toward Septic Death, Negative Gain, Kaaos, Wretched, Outo, Chain Reaction, Hüsker Dü, Die Kreuzen, D.R.I., Heartattack, Crude SS, No Security, Protest Bengt, and others—processed at a friendly distance from critic expectations.
The lyrics hit personal and social drama with a self-ironic slant instead of heavy-handed moralizing. Guitarist Chris Leamy from Brain Famine and Siege drops a couple of solos that feel like someone lighting a fuse after the room’s already burning.
The lineup pulls history from Y, Sm-70, Pink Flamingos, Stalker, Solid Decline, Cyness, and more. They frame themselves as old-school DIY lifers in Berlin’s punk / hardcore family, tight with Dropdead over the long haul. They keep repeating the same stance: no grindcore, no sixth-wave powerviolence, just “fast-fast-fast hardcore.” The LP holds twenty-one tracks as a debut full-length; the CD runs seventy-three, factoring in four EPs, one compilation track, and the original 2010 demo, all remastered.
The band’s approach never really changed. They play what they want to hear, and they don’t flinch at their own pace. The record is less a statement than a habit they never bothered to break, tied together now in one physical place for anyone willing to sit through every short blast. The rest is just what happens when people refuse to slow down.
