Devil's Horns Zine

  Convict Class-Demo-lition EP. FFO: Solid Hard-rocking Street Punk with humour and skill. Convict Class are a relatively new Streetpunk/Oi! band who I got familiar with from their killer live rehearsals that were streamed. These videos made it super clear that this is a band that is both super talented and made up of good blokes with a real sense of humour.  Humour or a sincere ability to laugh at yourself is clearest in the great opener We Are Not , which first hits you with fuzzy bass and wild riffs, then the mad vocal skills of Sten Gun, who delivers piss funny lyrics about not being a famous band and my fave line is: Fuck caviar, we eat pub grub!!! This is a quality and pretty hard-rock-focused opener that sits on the side of the rockier Cockney Rejects fare. But it works so well. Media is up next and has that luscious Sex Pistols and early punk style mixed with the vitriol of the Angelic Upstarts. This excellent song is a snapshot of just how solid the band is. Everythi...

  BEYOND BELIEF - GLUTTONY SINNERS album.  FFO: Mental, hectic slam/beatdown and death metal/goregrind. This is one brutal UK/USA project that is hard to describe, but so abrasively efficient. This release is like a hectic mix of brutal slam metal/death metal and almost goregrind mixed with crushing beatdown hardcore. Gluttony Sinners is one sensational horror-filled violence classic; with insane gutturals/pig squeals mixed with mental samples. It is not just one style or tempo, it has some hip-hop vocals as well as a guest by the demigod Danny Diablo just to add to the slaughtering approach of this record. Everything works so well and this band is one severe killing machine. This album would be mental live.  Is there any subtlety or breathing room on this release, no fucking way? But hey like all totally abrasive music, I just want my ears to be blown up and feel the need to inflict spin kicks to random punters. I ain't reviewing every track, because I think with this he...

  Endless Bore-Drive Not Detected album. FFO: Sludgy/Crust/Powerviolence glory!. Melbourne's glorious masters of crusty power violence hardcore return with their finest album yet. I love how with each release, they expand their sound slightly. Drive Not Detected is surprisingly their third album, and it proves their productivity is quite endless. They draw their core sound still hugely from those gritty cult hardcore 7" we all adore, particularly underground American fastcore mixed with UK crust. But the sludge element has crept in with each release and that breathing room is gold when combined with the core mayhemic tempo. And they still crush and pulverise you live. The sludgy space just balances the savage element that is the main attention, and it is done so fucking well. The band thrives on being extremely tight and you can hear on each track how well the band fits together, this is a well-oiled killing machine of a band. Dave's vocals are barbaric, but the delivery ...

  Xtinguish The Code - Matter Of Fact EP review and interview. FFO: Chunky, Gnarly NYHC with bite/skill. This gritty EP from these Bronx legends is everything you need in proper hardcore. This is free from bullshit and simply hands you on a plate what you need for a tasty hardcore release. 1054 Records is getting an absolute stranglehold on the American Hardcore scene and this is an excellent case in point. Open up the pit with the nasty beast that is The Beginning Of The War , this draws you in with a smartly placed sample to begin and the moshy riffs just attack your ears from the moment they arrive and this bodes well for an extremely confident EP. Attitude Adjustment is a crunchy, brisk song with definitive shouty, almost punk vocals and death metal-like guest vocals violently combine in the style of a nuclear weapon with a flooring effect. XTC have a solid formula of explosive drums and mean riffs that move you straight away and that dynamic energy is so damn addictive. ...