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Post punk / cold wave act PALISSADE premiere new cinematic video; tease new LP

TERROR re-release debut 2002 demo!

“Time To Kill Time” – New Hampshire melodic punk rockers THE CRYPTICS premiere new song

Introducing: Oslo hardcore pack WEIGHT and their new fired up EP!

Indie punks THE DEADNOTES share new single ‘Never Perfect’ in support of mental health charities

SPANISH LOVE SONGS premiere new song “Losers 2”; new LP “Brave Faces Everyone” out soon via Pure Noise Records

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“A faint new world” – Japanese epic post rock pioneers ENVY premiere new video!

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French political fast hardcore punks JODIE FASTER premiere first full length album; listen!

EXPECTATIONS and KING OF SORROW inhabit different realms of hardcore with a tightly focused message

HIGHER POWER share new song “Lost In Static”

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