Just listen to that trashy guitar riff intro and how the whole band comes pummeling through. “Aniquilación de Este Mundo Cruel” is just eight seconds in and it’s already one of the most powerful moments I’ve heard this year in heavy music. Just wait a little more and enjoy those epic guitar leads. “Sin Control” […]
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Even squares dig “Eisbär” these days, but that shouldn’t prevent anyone from digging as deeply as possible into this pioneering Swiss group’s oeuvre. Here, across the span of two LPs, all of GRAUZONE’s work is collected for dilettante and connoisseur alike. Encompassing their sole LP and numerous EPs, I don’t think there’s a bum cut […]
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Total mean-streak punk obliteration from Perth’s PARANOIAS, guided by lean ’77-’79 switchblade slash and early ’90s blown-out budget rock as they crash land into some raw, neo-Bloodstains snarl for the digital dark ages. They’ve offered up four gloriously unpolished sub-two-minute ragers (plus a more mid-tempo closer that barely cracks that mark) on Napalm Springs, recorded […]
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Australia’s ALIEN NOSEJOB gives us a quick dose of freaky hardcore with this collection of six rippers in eight minutes. Check out the cover art for a visual preview of what’s inside: colorful gore delivered via box-cutter surgery. Egg-punks, but real ones. Blood everywhere. Likewise, these short bursts of hardcore frenzy have a lot of […]
Read full "HC45-2 EP" reviewEhima and Kai are back in the MRR Radio game with smash hits from LONGSTOCKING, HYSTERICS and TOO HOT FOR CANDY!
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Covering some lost ground with reviews of zines sent in the last year or so: Getting Get in the Van, Magic Spaces, Out From the Void, Not Like You, and more. Send us your zines for review!
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Final round of our favorite records of 2020. Parts one and two. MITCH CARDWELL Mitch Cardwell is a record reviewer for Maximum Rocknroll. CELEBRITY HANDSHAKE – No Space/No Time LP (Eastern Prawn) Their near-constant barrage of wonderful racket has been a reliable joy, but this one stands atop the flaming pyramid. Crawl inside the butthole […]
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Part two of MRR’s 2020 Year End Top Tens. Part one can be found here, with part 3 to follow next week. IRON LUNG RECORDS I’m Jensen. I spend most of my days packing boxes and making questionable decisions for Iron Lung Records, a windowless concern located inside the compound walls. Futureless, featureless, we exist. […]
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Once again, we asked MRR shitworkers, contributors, and extended friends and family about their favorite records of the year.
These lists have often began with declarations of how much the past year sucked. Enter 2020. Part one of three
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