HARK! IT'S A CRAWLING TAR-TAR : Dorr Darr Gelap Communique - CD

This collective project from Indonesia released a single album in 2006. The band played a dark, deluxe crustcore style, but with various hardcore and anarcho-punk influences.

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HATE SIX REMAINS : understand - CD

 

Another cool band from the local scene from Nevers (France), with this unique album. 86 REMAINS played good hardcore, old school and modern, like their big brothers FTX, or the scene close to COMEBACK KID. It was released in 2009.

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AND BELIEVE : moment never fade - CD

First album for this band from Japan (Tokyo), released in 2007. An old-school hardcore style, both modern and raw, like AMERICAN NIGHTMARE for example. 

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MADE IN CHINA : Появление Злодея - CD

 

A band from Russia, with this one album released in 2008. Difficult to classify, a post-hardcore style, sometimes screamo, mathcore, noisy, and experimental. It's unusual but quite intense and sometime groovy too! 

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MY LOVE : time to find the exit - CD

A band from Japan. MY LOVE played hardcore music somewhere between old school and modern, like many HC bands from there, with energy and passion. This EP dates back to 2006. I don't know if they released anything else. 

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PUNY RUNT : s/t - CD

PUNY RUNT was a young band from Nevers, France. They managed to release this short EP in 2008. They played modern old-school hardcore, focused above all on melody and passion. For fans of FIRE A WILL, STRIKE ANYWHERE, STAY GOLD....

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CANOPUS : endless sacrifice - CD

CANOPUS was a Japanese band with a fairly short career. This EP is their last, released in 2009. I don't know if they were sXe, but their very metal hardcore style was heavily inspired by the metalXedge scene and the H8000 sound.

 

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APATIA NO : El Ruido De Antes...Los Opresores De Siempre - CD

APATIA NO remains one of my favorite bands. They were from Venezuela. They released a lot of 7" singles and split albums, but only one full-length album, released in 2003. Their music was a very angry kind of anarcho-punk, sometimes with a fast hardcore rhythm and also a bit of crust. The lyrics are very political. 

 

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GET LOST : unity is fucking dead - CD

After a 2005 demo, GET LOST, an sXe band from Paris, France, released this maxi CD in 2007, co-produced with various labels, including Kawaii rds. The band played old-school hardcore, very direct, sometimes similar to FLOORPUNCH.

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ONE MORE SEASON : posthumes - CD

 

ONE MORE SEASON was a band from Montpellier (France). Several demos (2 or 3) were released, in a rather screamo hc register. This posthumous album, released in 2007, opts for a slightly more post-hc and ambient style, still with female vocals.

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V/A : UKHC a compilation - CD

 

A compilation released in 1997, featuring much of the English hardcore scene of the time, mainly in the NYHC, oldschool HC and newschool styles. Among the best-known: Stampin' Ground, Knuckledust, Imbalance, Freebase... 

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MERDA : carlos - CD

Third album for this band from Brazil, with an extensive discography. This band played fast, crazy fastcore, with a good touch of violence'n'roll. 2005

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REST IN PAIN : the worst and me - CD

Only one album (2006) for this band from Montceau Les Mines (France), who played frontal hardcore in the Hatebreed or Madball style. Go to the mosh!

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I STILL BELIEVE : Guns, Bitches & Drugs - CD

This band was from Troyes (France), and played old-school hardcore, often fast and angry, with female vocals. This album was released in 2004.

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EYES SHUT : what it's all about - CD

Unique album (or rather mini album) for this band from Sweden. Released in 1998, the band played a brilliant oldschool xxx hardcore, ultra-vitaminized youthcrew style.

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ASHLAR : Enthroned In A So​ ​Called Heaven - CD

Released in 1998, this was the  first album, for this band from Belgium. It features 7 tracks of  hardcore metal, like a groove ala KINDRED but with a deathcore edge.

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BACK TO REALITY : Awaken Dream - CD

It was a young group from my region (Nevers city) in France. This first CD was released in 2012. These guys played hardcore metal, with beatdown and metalcore touches. 

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KIDS ON THE MOVE : kids who kick - CD

 

An excellent band from Malaysia (Klang Valley), KOTM was a hardcore sXe band. This album dates from 2006. It features oldschool and modern hardcore, with a very positive passion.

https://kotmhc.bandcamp.com/album/kids-who-kick

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VENGANZA : Cero Culpas y Mil Memorias - CD

 

There are several bandswith this name. This one is a sXe band and they were from Guatemala. I had released a split CDR with SCOLD (from Malaysia), on my Kawaii rds label. They played good oldschool hardcore full of energy.

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INTO SICKNESS : reasons to grind vol 1 - CD

 

A furious band from Mexico, playing equally furious grindcore. This record was released in 2012. The band still exists today

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