Devil's Horns Zine

  Worst-Resurrected album review and interview. FFO: the toughest hardcore around. Wow, I love this band, always so self-assured in that classic Brazillian style, so heavy and crushing So many sick Brazilian bands are my fave, but in the modern age; Worst is the boss band. And this album is definitely the band at its heaviest. Worst have existed, finished and now are literally Resurrected ; everything is tougher, harder and more hectic. Worst is an aggressive straight-up hardcore band from São Paulo, Brazil and this newish lineup (with Thiago still on vocals and the same bassist) makes the five years of dead air seem forgotten in a second. Deserto , their sensational album from 2018 still gets plenty of plays from me.  But this is definitely the high point of their career, so far. Everything explodes from the speakers, proper aggressive hardcore. Worst take a foundation base of Madball, Hatebreed and even Irate and mix it with that Brazilian flair.  We Are Back is t...

Beat Panic Interview-undoubtedly one of Australia's premier post-punk bands. By Mark Jenkins.  I was rapt to interview one of Australia's best bands-Beat Panic. Amazingly original, energetic and thoroughly enjoyable on both recorded and live output. This band is essential to your audio needs. Enjoy.   Hello lovely Beat Panic, you seem to be the breathtaking new  force in Post-Punk, let’s have the entire backstory t o your glorious band? Also, why did you choose the foundation of post- punk/darkwave etc, it still has aggression but has a  brighter halo to a degree. Scott: Speaking for myself, I’ve always loved post-punk and have had a few failed attempts over the years to get a similar project off the ground before Beat Panic. Dave and I had been circling around the idea of doing a post-punk band, it was one of those situations where you are always talking at the pub about doing something together and seeing if it will cross the threshold from shit talk to reali...

  Godflesh-Purge album review. By Mark Jenkins. FFO: Moody, grim Industrial gold. Purge is Godflesh's ninth album and I would clearly slot it into the excellent slot of their catalogue. Whilst not as rudimentarily essential as Streetcleaner or Pure , it is easily as decent as the last two quality albums. It is a robust mix of all their albums but is very beat driven and still foreboding as ever.  The immense eight tracks have been produced with a slightly muddy bottom-end heavy production, but Godflesh is never a bright-sounding audio unit. They are always doomy as an industrial metal band can be and I always admired this. The eerie and menacing atmosphere soars on all the tracks but particularly on the final track, You Are the Judge the Jury and the Executioner . This almost 8 minutes of resplendent, hypnotic drone is completely monotonous in a cold and endearing manner. Indeed a weird way to start a review by mentioning the closing track, but I can do what I want as a long-...

  Album reviews: Fange(Industrial Sludge/Death), Rancid(punk), Drip of Lies(Hardcore/Crust) , Thatcher's Snatch(UK82 punk) and Serotonin Zero(Blackened Crust)all ripping releases!!. You know the drill, straight up no bullshit reviews like the zines of old. No fancy writing, just straight-up facts. Five killer releases here, all bangers!!!. Fange-Privation album. Yes, not a new release but it is one I recently heard about and adore. It is abrasive and sits somewhere between Amenra, Godflesh and even tons of gothic-tinged metal. This trio from Rennes, France are sensational and whilst not recorded in English, the gloomy and harsh atmosphere makes this a must listen, and buy. The riffs are so nasty, the songwriting is perfect and the glum atmosphere is equalled out by raging and monstrous vocals. I loved how it is downtempo at points and often is in a depraved war of death metal vs industrial sludge. The whole album just utterly obliterates you, it is catchy, psychotic and noisy, but...

  No Dice-Kill The Shepherds EP review. FFO: Aggressive, crunchy hardcore aka Sheer Terror, Crown of Thornz, Judge, 100 Demons etc. Fuck me 1054 Records finds the gems when I first heard this I was utterly convinced that they had signed an old-school band from New York or even Cleveland. This first release is so angry and heavyweight in every possible way.   No Dice is a new five-piece band that sounds like every old-school tough hardcore band I have ever worshipped. The tone is raw as hell, gritty and energetic and all carried by a vocalist very reminiscent of Sheer Terror but equally Judge or 100 Demons. No Dice chugs along like a gorilla on the warpath perfectly with this five-track rager. The intro starts with an ambulance siren to draw you into the dark and raging release. Then No Dice, the track slides in with some super proficient bass and drum magic that definitely has a Biohazardish groove; which is deeply abrasive by the gripping vocals and scathing guitar work. Thi...

EXISTENTIAL THIRST TRAP (ESSAYS BY ROBERT DEAN) Reviewed by both Mark Jenkins and Myles Thomson (This doesn't happen ever, we usually argue over who will review an album, book etc. But we both loved it immensely and decided to both review it. That's right the book is a straight-up banger!!!!) EXISTENTIAL THIRST TRAP (ESSAYS BY ROBERT DEAN)as reviewed by Mark Jenkins. This is a killer and very solid read, as edgy as the fine calibre of music he is deep into and serves as a wild observational take on his life and an acidic reflection on life in general. It flows like a great adventure novel interwoven with awesome stories about nights with your best friends. Also the utterly disastrous ones. Thus Robert easily creates a collection of essays or tales that are unconditionally free of dull monotony or tedium. I am a musician and a music reviewer, but I am an avid reader. Now this was the quickest 162 pages, I have ripped through in some time, now this is certainly not due to sim...

  Geld-Currency//Castration album review. FFO: Abrasive, distorted crust/hardcore at its finest.  Geld's new album utterly builds on the glorious catalogue of both Perfect Texture (2018) and Beyond the Floor (2020), Geld may have signed to a big label, but they remain undefinable and the most crushing band in Australia. Currency//Castration is disgustingly remarkable in its pursuit of hardcore filth and a truly distorted celebration of how devastating extreme music should be. Easily the best album of 2023!!. At their core, Geld is a super gritty hardcore band that pushes the boundaries hard and no one sounds like them. This is super refreshing in a current sea of generic hardcore bands worldwide, that all seem obsessed with the objective of "we are the hardest band ever blah blah". FFS just cut the shit and write outstanding music; something Geld excel at. The band most definitely has some very strong old-school crust/hardcore foundations, as well as black metal, grindcor...