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Monthly Archives: December 2011

FLIPPER- Sex Bomb, c/w Brainwash 7″ (Subterranean Records, USA, 1981)

24-Dec-11

Early FLIPPER: Pure musical cynicism, minimalistic, razor sharp and relentless. Hard drugs do not only destroy peoples lifes. The b-side will drive you insane, if you’re not already. The singer is struggling with words, attempting to explain something, then ends abruptly. Again and again, 12 times and it never stops, as it ends in a […]

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HARDCORE OR DIE!

19-Dec-11

This is how you represent 80s Hardcore and its bastard offspring in the 21st century without stepping into the retro trap. Cutting up the sound, playing around with the visuals – and creating something that seems “authentic” yet is a hybrid. The power of this video and its soundtrack is simply overwhelming. Very, very, very […]

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HELLHAMMER- Satanic Rites Demo Tape (Prowling Death Records, Switzerland, 1983)

05-Dec-11

VENOM had set in motion some kind of movement that soon was bigger than its originators, but it took a few years before they were dethroned. In 1981, I had seen the «In League with Satan» Single on display at my local record shop. The cover was promising so much and when I bought the […]

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