DIY Punk - Hardcore Record Label And Distribution
Based In West Borneo
WET SPECIMENSS
Dying in a Dream EP
Excellent release from Albany’s WET SPECIMENS, whose brand of deathrock-tinged hardcore punk never disappoints. Dying in a Dream features four tracks that see the band sounding cohesive and powerful, leaning into goth territory without ever sounding like a novelty act. In particular, the buzzsaw guitars on the opening title track and the doom-and-gloom of “Curtain Call” sound great, but this one’s a banger from start to finish. Highly recommended for fans of other evil punks ZORN and NURSE.
-MRR
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SPIRAL DEMISE
Engregious Filth
Spiral Demise is a hardcore punk unit based in Bellingham, Washington. The crew's got three members : Daniel, Rve, and Chad. Early 2025, they just dropped a full length album titled "Engregious Filth", packed with 7 tracks. They've rollin out the physical copy on cassette and it's up for grabs starting today.
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DEATH GASP
Death Gasp
Death Gasp is a stenchcore unit straight outta Pittsburgh PA. Rollin' with three dudes : Ed Poster, Karl Peterson, and Jason Tucker. Early 2025, they dropped their self-titled album, packin' 8 tracks of pure terror. This ain't your average jam-it's a raw, brutal takedown of humanity's knack for violence, greed, and oppression. They mash up biblical - level wrath with modern-day horrors like nukes, genocide, and straight-up tyranny, makin' the case that this evil ain't just history-it's a never ending cycle. The lyrics? Zero hope, just straight-up "eternal" suffering servin' as a grim wake-up call about what happens when power runs wild and morals go down the drain. You can peep the album on their Bandcamp page. It's droppin' on cassette via district 06, and you can cop it startin' today!
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https://deathgasp.bandcamp.com/album/death-gasp
Death Gasp
Death Gasp is a stenchcore unit straight outta Pittsburgh PA. Rollin' with three dudes : Ed Poster, Karl Peterson, and Jason Tucker. Early 2025, they dropped their self-titled album, packin' 8 tracks of pure terror. This ain't your average jam-it's a raw, brutal takedown of humanity's knack for violence, greed, and oppression. They mash up biblical - level wrath with modern-day horrors like nukes, genocide, and straight-up tyranny, makin' the case that this evil ain't just history-it's a never ending cycle. The lyrics? Zero hope, just straight-up "eternal" suffering servin' as a grim wake-up call about what happens when power runs wild and morals go down the drain. You can peep the album on their Bandcamp page. It's droppin' on cassette via district 06, and you can cop it startin' today!
Listen here :
https://deathgasp.bandcamp.com/album/death-gasp
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA
Demo 2025
Tardive Dyskinesia is a hardcore punk unit straight outta California, brings the heat with their four-piece line up : Mikie on vocals, Erika and Jessika slappin' the bass, and Pete Killin' it on drums. They're all about that fast-paced, in-your-face Hardcore Punk vibe, serving up raw, high-energy instrumentals that hit hard. Their demo, packed with five tracks, is loaded with dark, gritty lyrics diving into nihilism, self-loathing, and straight-up dispair about the state of the world.
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Self Titled
The first time I heard of MEM//BRANE was when my dad saw them listed in the Bellingham weekly paper. At the time they had only put out their demo but I was hooked from the start. I love this band. Every release has gotten better (the David Wojnarowicz speech that intros their Subcutaneous EP gives me chills every listen). If you start at MEM//BRANE’s demo and work through their releases, you can hear the maturing of their sound and songwriting, this S/T record feeling like a culmination.
The record starts off with a haunting, chorus-drenched (almost deathrock) riff paired with rhythmic drumming that transitions into a crunching mid-tempo stomp that I assume points to their more hardcore influences (an influence that peeks out throughout). At around the one minute mark, we are graced with an all-out crust attack that doesn’t stop for the remaining 30 minutes of this record. The vocals are soaked in reverb, the drumming is blistering, and the guitar strumming sounds like the east coast “banana” crust that I grew up with and still love to this day. Tempo changes keep it interesting and alternate between a need to pump your fist in the air as fast as humanly possible and a need to put it through a brick wall (or a fascist's face).
My favorite part of this record is the middle of "In Lieu Of Flowers" when the song drops out and slowly a riff comes in that I have described as the riff I want playing while charging into battle. It is slow, it is heavy, and it is oddly melodic. The riff is perfect. It feeds right back into a crunching mid-tempo riff that makes your want to bang your fucking head off.
My favorite record of the year might have come out on the first day. For fans of all the crust greats, HHIG, TRAGEDY, DOOM, HELLSHOCK, etc. If you know a crust war veteran who has not heard of this band or this release yet, it is your obligation to send it to them immediately.
- (The counterforce)
Listen here:
https://membranehc.bandcamp.com/album/mem-brane
The first time I heard of MEM//BRANE was when my dad saw them listed in the Bellingham weekly paper. At the time they had only put out their demo but I was hooked from the start. I love this band. Every release has gotten better (the David Wojnarowicz speech that intros their Subcutaneous EP gives me chills every listen). If you start at MEM//BRANE’s demo and work through their releases, you can hear the maturing of their sound and songwriting, this S/T record feeling like a culmination.
The record starts off with a haunting, chorus-drenched (almost deathrock) riff paired with rhythmic drumming that transitions into a crunching mid-tempo stomp that I assume points to their more hardcore influences (an influence that peeks out throughout). At around the one minute mark, we are graced with an all-out crust attack that doesn’t stop for the remaining 30 minutes of this record. The vocals are soaked in reverb, the drumming is blistering, and the guitar strumming sounds like the east coast “banana” crust that I grew up with and still love to this day. Tempo changes keep it interesting and alternate between a need to pump your fist in the air as fast as humanly possible and a need to put it through a brick wall (or a fascist's face).
My favorite part of this record is the middle of "In Lieu Of Flowers" when the song drops out and slowly a riff comes in that I have described as the riff I want playing while charging into battle. It is slow, it is heavy, and it is oddly melodic. The riff is perfect. It feeds right back into a crunching mid-tempo riff that makes your want to bang your fucking head off.
My favorite record of the year might have come out on the first day. For fans of all the crust greats, HHIG, TRAGEDY, DOOM, HELLSHOCK, etc. If you know a crust war veteran who has not heard of this band or this release yet, it is your obligation to send it to them immediately.
- (The counterforce)
Listen here:
https://membranehc.bandcamp.com/album/mem-brane
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