With IRON LUNG: 09/17 Dallas, 09/18 Austin, 09/19 Houston

With KEVLAR UPPER: 10/02 San Francisco, 10/03 LA, 10/04 Long Beach

4/1 – NORFOLK TAPHOUSE, NORFOLK, VA
4/2 – VSC, RICHMOND, VA
4/3 – THE FRIDGE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
4/4 – THE WINDJAMMER, NEW YORK, NY
4/5 – O’BRIEN’S, BOSTON, MA
4/6 – COUSIN DANNY’S, PHILADELPHIA, PA

131. SUBJECTS “Half Alive Rehearsal” CS

Existence is an absurd performance: we uphold the very things that destroy us, goaded by the illusion of control as we quietly exit the stage. Life’s biggest lie is that there is an ending to any of this. Rather, as unreality closes in, we are walled out into nothingness, buried beneath an abomination we not only allowed, but invited. 

For those who aren’t content to sleepwalk through their days, SUBJECTS offers a sobering reminder that we barely exist. On Half Alive Rehearsal, the band delivers 7 tracks of pounding U.S. hardcore in anticipation of their spring East Coast tour, featuring new material, songs from the self-titled debut cassette, and a cover of “Vengeance” by The Fix.

Recorded live in-studio by the band, and once again featuring artwork by Matthew Bellosi, Half Alive Rehearsal is available in a tour-only edition of 100 copies.

Listen to “Stasis” and “DNR”:

129. HERITAGE “Blood and Tears” LP

Modernity promised freedom, but society has rotted under its shadow. Beauty, history, and meaning are gone. Severed from our roots, we stagger through a glowing wasteland, drugged by convenience while the technocratic machine clamps down and calls the suffocation “progress.”

The freedom we embraced curdled into isolation. Modernity’s cult of the individual shattered every bond, leaving each person adrift through a civilization disintegrating in slow motion, its bones crumbling to dust around us.

HERITAGE does not look away. The collapse is not coming. We are already inside it. Civilizations, like organisms, grow, weaken, and die. This one is dying fast. Whatever rises from the ruins will be forged in fire, and it will endure.

As chaos spreads, HERITAGE lashes back at the cultural ruin with a back-to-basics, full-throttle rock ’n’ roll assault. Their debut LP Blood and Tears hammers twelve hook-filled anthems soaked in classic influences, a call to fight and seize Truth in a world hurtling toward its own destruction.

Vocalist Jason Wood, known from GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD, emerges from the shadows like never before, backed by label veterans Jeff Jelen, Mark McCoy, Nate Wilson, and Ian Jacyszyn. Recorded and mixed in NYC and Sugar Hill, Georgia by Ian Jacyszyn, and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, HERITAGE unleashes not just rock ’n’ roll but a feral blaze rising unstoppable from the corpse of the old world. 

Listen to “The Fall of Man” and “Yesterday Lives On”:

128. SUBJECTS CS

The sole purpose of living at this point is to be ground into dust at the behest of our masters. From it, they extract every drop of our life’s blood to pacify us as we fund their destruction of civilization. For this we are expected to feel grateful and even defend our executioners. It gives us a sense of duty that functions so long as we avoid considering why we are in the service of these maniacs.

New outfit SUBJECTS lets loose on these ideas with this 6 song debut of belligerent U.S. Hardcore. With an ageless sense of style and execution, the band explodes into a tear of aggression, targeting the insanity of society in a timely and articulate manner. Musically, the band showcases their mastery with manic riffs and seamless tempo shifts under an abrasive vocal attack. By the end of it, you are forced to confront your own complicity in this hell we tolerate.

Listen to “Need Another” and “Bored Again”:

127. GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD Demo LP

In the dark age of 2007, hidden inside a shed in the black rolling pine forests of Georgia, J. Wood laid down the roots of his longest-running incursion, GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD. From its inception, and with the drumming of MG, the band displayed its fully-formed, minimal aesthetic that would contribute to the boundary blurring of genres at a time when such delineations ceased to matter. Striving for something severe, and absorbing a wide array of influences, Wood delivers a harsh offensive of repetitive metal music in skeletal form. The result is a refined, scathing burst of monotonous negative energy, with pounding lamentations absent of all production values, executed at a pulsing pace as if to flash through the scenes of your life as you lay dying.

Originally issued as a demo cassette in two batches of 45 copies on cult label Destructive Industries, this edition marks the first occasion of the recording on vinyl, mastered to crushing effect by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, and presented with a fully-revamped layout based upon the original art concept.

Listen to “Prey” and “Subhumans”:

126. MANGLED STATE “Post Mortem Convulsion” LP

One doesn’t listen to MANGLED STATE so much as be harmed by them. Post Mortem Convulsion leaves one feeling that at any moment you will break out in delirium, nausea, paralysis, and seizures. With acerbic sandpaper production and vocals reduced to the fidelity of a blowtorch, one is left wondering how music could sound any more damaged and still be discernible. MANGLED STATE have found this line, and tread it masterfully.

Previously issued as a SOLD OUT Japanese Tour CD in 2024 on Blackout Rage, this 18-song straight-to-tape, in-studio recording showcases a unique powerhouse line up of the band that performed only once for this very session: J. Everett – vocals/drums, J. Menchaca – bass, J. Trejo – guitar, and H. Walker – guitar.

Featuring a revamped layout and mastered for vinyl for maximum devastation by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios.

Listen to “Sanctity in Rot” and “Post Mortem Convulsion”:

125. CADAVER DOG “Barbaric Nature” LP

True to its title, Barbaric Nature is a psychotic, in-studio recording documenting this long-running Denver outfit at their most primal with an uncontrollable barrage of US Hardcore. This is the only CADAVER DOG recording featuring the current live line up of J. Hansen – drums, M. Medina – Bass, J. Menchaca – Guitar, and J. Trejo – Vocals. Here, the listener is given a glimpse into the unique energy and atmosphere generated by this insane lineup (as opposed to J. Trejo performing every instrument himself on past recordings), making this yet another essential must-own title in the band’s remarkable discography.

Initially issued as a SOLD OUT cassette on Blackout Rage, this 20-song recording done in one take spans the band’s entire discography, and has finally been reissued with a revised layout and with audio mastered at Dead Air Studios.

Listen to “Battery” and “Strength Through Hate”:

124. CITY HUNTER “Bled Out Alive” LP

Before disappearing into the shadows in early 2019, Denver’s CITY HUNTER emerged one last time for an unforgettable night of blood and terror, captured on this violent soundboard recording that reveals the band to be even more menacing on stage than in the studio. Performing every assault they ever wrote to an audience of crazed lunatics, CITY HUNTER shows us how nothing since this event has invoked such a deep desire to kill. This is dangerous music with severe implications for the listener, who is advised to take caution with this album lest CITY HUNTER’S next victim be YOU.

Includes an LP-sized, 12-page, full-color booklet crammed with photos from the performance at Syntax Physic Opera taken by M. Medina. Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios.

Listen to “Living Nightmare” and “Stab and Repeat”:

HERITAGE “BLOOD AND TEARS” LP OUT 11/28

2nd Press on white vinyl, Lim. 300 available now

123. MAGISTERIUM “The Sacristan” EP

MAGISTERIUM casts out four venomous curses under the commandment of the Chaplain of His Holiness, J. Kemp, whose strident prayers receive the Eucharist and pay penance on behalf of Our Cemetery Lord, the Great Skeleton King. His Apostolic Exarch, M. McCoy, invokes a catechism of sorrow to anoint the sick who drink from a silver chalice of heresy. Despite the heathen’s shameful contrition, the vespers ushered forth here reveal a maelstrom of riffs inspired by passion and death. In order to behold the mystery of iniquity, which will precede the opening of the putrid graves, a prayer in the chamber of skulls is made to receive protection against The Evil One.

Listen to “Ripen the Corpse Soil” & “The Sacristan”:

122. MORTUARY ASSISTANT “First Slice” CS

121. PSYCHOPATH “Siege Mentality” CS

Fatigue has settled upon modernity, exhausting all forms of expression. Noticeably gone is the enthusiasm and sincerity of creating music for its own sake—it has now become a day job, a product to be purchased, an excuse to go on tour… Before everything we enjoy about music is suffocated into nonexistence, a war must be waged to stop this madness.

All genres of music are weighed down with tropes and prepackaged into purchasable costumes that suck the life out of them, resulting in decades of boring copycats pretending it is still 30 years ago. One might ask, how do you stop all of this? Thankfully we have PSYCHOPATH to provide the answer: you go out and you hurt people. Beat up every music fan in sight until they stop liking that music. Crush them, and crush them badly: smash a bottle on that stupid punk’s head, take a bat to those annoying metalhead’s faces, kick a goth when he’s down. Make them learn: NO MORE MUSIC FOR YOU. Only by ridding the world of music fans can we save music. By eliminating the posers, hangerons, and leeches, music will reset and we will have PSYCHOPATH to thank for it.

Listen to “Idolatry”:

120. LIFE SUPPORT “Borrowed Time” EP

Listen to “Bloodsuckers” & “Disfigurine”:

119. FORMATION CS

118. CULTURE SHOCK EP

117. MANGLED STATE “Learn To Suffer” LP

116. CADAVER DOG “Bred to Fight” 12″

More info coming soon. To be added to the mailing list, email: management@ihateyouthattack.com

NEXT YA UPDATE COMING 05/14/21

115. THE CONSEQUENCE S/T CS

As we gaze upon the smoldering hellscape, we are witnesses of what equates to a scurry of rats fighting for control over a giant trash pile. If anything, it’s extremely cool to note that we have a fascinating study in decay and despair, where pretty much everybody in this great cast of characters is fair game for a hideous demise. If you happen to be the next victim of a rat attack, know that it was the doings of your usual bog standard enemy, wholly disgusting in every way and who harmed you out of the unjust power granted to them from some hidden figure above. While one simply cannot wait for all of them to be dead, if these scavengers are fated to rule their devastated wasteland, one might consider if, for now, it’s better to just let them have it. Here in the underground society where beleaguered souls gather, one views struggle for what it truly is: we aspire to be our best, to maximize our potential and to never break in the face of opposition. Though the rats outnumber us, they can never harm our souls which they understand and hate. In the end they know they will pay, and that will be THE CONSEQUENCE.

Listen to “The Consequence/Target on My Back” & “Cast Out”:

114. VEIL II “Negative Space” EP

One can glean some indication of the intensity of VEIL II just from the fact that it is a collaboration between Matthew Adis and James Trejo—two men who can only produce music that expresses their total and complete contempt for this world. Inevitably, these visionaries of menacing hardcore classics like SALVATION’S “Mortality Interactions” and CADAVER DOG’S “Dying Breed” found themselves in the same bedroom studio and, upon pressing record on the 4 track, a tortured serendipity ensued. The results speak for themselves. The music, though possessed of overwhelming ability, is delivered in a straightforward manner as if to clarify, ‘yes, you all suck—everything sucks.’ Their audacity is shocking, but it has the effect of instilling in the listener a warranted rage and craving for release from the prison we call existence. What’s more, there is a science fiction element to VEIL II that leaves one with a depressing feeling toward the world to come. It is as if Negative Space abandons one to endlessly stumble through a smoky, post-apocalyptic landscape of bones, which in its own curious way is comforting. If you feel your reality deserves to topple, then let VEIL II be the boot that kicks it over. 

Listen to “Memory Vault” & “Clarity I”:

113. MANGLED STATE “Pain Incarnate” Flexi

Now that we are in the End Times, “normal” means living in constant fear and enduring nightmares forever. One may feel the instinct to flee, but safety is nowhere to be found. What has grabbed us will not let go. Look away all you want, but eventually you will face the situation: we are in a new Dark Age. Others take comfort in the fact that none of this comes as any surprise. MANGLED STATE provides us with a vision of unflinching realism to remind us all that exists is pain, because pain is all. Houses reduced to rubble, decay, disease…welcome to your new life; yet these trivialities are merely incidental to the human condition. You will tolerate more than you ever thought possible, but it requires understanding that life will never again be as easy as it is right now. It is to say that in exchange for present comforts we gain future strength, but to do so is to pass through its flames. What will you endure?

Listen to “Parasites” & “Concrete Eyes”:

112. COMBAT FORCE “Never Stray” EP

At last the incredible followup to Combat Force’s savage demo has arrived, showing them at peak hostility, once more brandishing their barbaric style to lay waste the musical landscape as only the Denver scene can. The six songs on Never Stray show the band expanding their sound to reflect the vast influences that went into its masterful creation, resulting in a timeless assault on all that is weak and unworthy. 

Listen to “Worthless generation” & “The End”:

111. GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD “Cataclysm” 7″

The blackness of the universe is encapsulated within one’s skull which finds expression in the horror we call living. Unceasing as daily tribulations are, by virtue of our continued existence we encourage them all the same. Life thus is a prolonged justification of a ceaseless downgrade, like a distant star flickering ever softer until lost in the black hole of infinity. Content only with the conviction of our grievances, our true purpose—death—arrives all too easily, until finally, successful in our duty, we reach our denouement. 

110. GOODBYE WORLD “At Death’s Door” LP

As modern music bleeds out in a hopelessly boring death spiral, one must regard the output on Youth Attack like an ancient sword with mystical powers forged out of a comet which makes it glow blue. While undiscerning music fans can be likened to the victims of a serial killer con-man, GOODBYE WORLD are the jaded detectives assigned to the case—and yet, they let the victims die as they deserve in order to protect the sword and deliver it to its rightful owner—you. On At Death’s Door there is no time for negotiation; in only 12 minutes, legendary frontman Aaron Aspinwall comes out guns blazing and wreaks havoc over a hurricane of riffs and drum beats that hit like a ton of bricks and once the smoke clears the megaforce of Jeff Jelen, Mark McCoy, John Menchaca and James Trejo are standing in the rubble.

This exciting debut LP features 15 hardcore songs laden with wild guitar solos and psychotic drum fills and lyrics about gore-soaked car crashes, being hacked to pieces, hanging out in graveyards and driving off of cliffs—all of which culminate in a sound that only YA can produce: say hello to GOODBYE WORLD. 

Listen to “Blood and Bone,” “Fetch the Blade,” and “Hacked to Pieces”:

· GOODBYE WORLD “At Death’s Door” LP

· GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD “Cataclysm” 7″

· MANGLED STATE “Pain Incarnate” Flexi

· VEIL II “Negative Space” EP

· THE CONSEQUENCE CS

Stay tuned for details…

VILE GASH

Photo by Cali DeWitt

YA talks with Andrew Hinton, vocalist of VILE GASH. This is a previously lost interview conducted in June, 2011.

In what ways does the life perspective of someone involved in the hardcore scene differ from that of “conventional” people?

I think that conventional people are just looking for the easiest way to get through every day. They’re completely content with just accepting what is given to them. They lie to themselves, associate with the people that they claim to hate and engage in the same acts as these people. They are just as bad as the people they despise. I would like to think that the people involved with hardcore are different, but I know that most are not.
 

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109. ARTS “Graveside Summoning” EP

After completing nine years of occult study and seclusion, ARTS has manifested “Graveside Summoning,” containing four malevolent spells that seal the listener in a labyrinth of insanity. These compositions unleash a full-frontal assault of venomous vocals with riffs encircled in sepulchral fog to swallow you in a black abyss. .:AA:. returns from the shadows to stake his claim as the magus of aural chants, while .:MM:. conjures symphonic angels to poison your mind with confusion and doubt so that you may never rest again. In the dark years since the release of their monumental album, “Vault of Heaven,” ARTS has maintained their throttling style while developing a heightened sense of enchantment that has been painstakingly crafted within their furtive denomination to achieve maximum poisonous effect.

Listen to “Daemonomie” & “Graveside Summoning”: 

108. LIFE SUPPORT “Die Like a Man” EP

There’s no horror that we don’t create ourselves. In a world where success is achieved through the sufferings of others, our souls are but scraps floating in and out of corpses, blurring the line between the dead and the living. LIFE SUPPORT serves as an antidote to our waking death with a command to view mortality as a chance for good, as all else is a fantasy poisoning the heads of men.

Denver HC legend James Trejo and Mark McCoy team up for this 5-song debut of pounding American hardcore, recorded by audio master Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios.

Listen to “Die Like a Man” & “Status”:

107. MANGLED STATE “Stigma” 6″

As voyeurs of a burning world, we find ourselves living in a perpetual aftermath of real-time destruction. This horror has seeped into our souls, leaving us isolated, bitter, and betrayed. MANGLED STATE observe this all too clearly. On their caustic debut they articulate the feeling of having one’s back to the wall with no choice left but to lash out.

Initially conceived as a two piece, this Houston, Texas outfit showcases J. Everett & J. Bokemeyer pounding through 5 tracks of minimalist U.S. hardcore in a style that has come to define Youth Attack’s vision: direct, hostile and unapologetic.

Listen to Stigma & Scowl:

106. SNARLING HATE “How to Kill” 7″

Throughout history, the trials of mankind have been carved not by policy, but by blood. On an archetypal level, the fate of the world rests upon its unwillingness to submit. At a time in history when “empowerment” is just another trick of the establishment to seduce the powerless into conformity, true power rests in one’s refusal to accept their terms.

On their debut 7”, SNARLING HATE showcases this with two stomping hardcore anthems to fill the listener with courage, contempt and hope. Legendary frontman Shaun Dean, with his unmistakable growl, delivers a stunning vocal performance, while Denver stalwart James Trejo astonishes again by performing all instruments with his usual mastery. With additional guitar by Matt Wilga (Cancer Kids, Failures, Suburbanite), SNARLING HATE has been unleashed.

Listen to “Takeover”: 

105. VILE GASH “Agonized Corrosion” CS

We know that, while happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination. The prison of the mind, constructed in such a fashion as to fester one’s torments, is a cruel testament of nature, held at bay by our hostile environment which seeks to eliminate us from existence. Day by day and brick by brick, we console ourselves with platitudes and toil for the continuation of future generations who die unfulfilled.

As a testament to the brevity of existence, VILE GASH returns with “Agonized Corrosion.” Recorded under extreme conditions, these three audial detonators explode with furious destruction to convey yet again the horrible certainty we face.

Listen to “Languish in Mindset” & “Agonized Corrosion:

104. CREEP STARE “Pain Game” EP

Exploding out of the deep San Antonio, Texas underground, Creep Stare drop a bombshell of pure hardcore misanthropy with their astounding 10 song EP, “Pain Game.” Taking a no-frills, classic approach steeped in modern world misery, they deliver a high-impact barrage of throttled riffs and gruff vocals, aided by an unhinged performance by session drummer and Denver HC legend, James Trejo (Cadaver Dog, Life Support). At it’s most honest, hardcore shows us that life is inevitably about dying. Therefore, we must learn to suffer, because, as vocalist Josh Everett declares, your reality’s fucking caved in.

Listen to “Pain Game” & “Blood Ties”: 

103. CITY HUNTER “Dying Breed” LP

After gaining infamy with two long-sold out cassettes and a slew of deadly, knife-wielding live performances, City Hunter’s long-awaited full length album, “Deep Blood,” delivers 14 fatal stab wounds to engulf the listener in a delirious pool of hell. Soaked in filthy atmosphere and laced with grim interludes, this is not your feel-good retro horror, but a sickening manifestation of death and destruction. With a fully developed sound, this audial hallucination of murder and torment is a living nightmare you can’t escape.

Listen to “living Nightmare” & “Dying Out”:

102. SUBURBANITE LP

Like a burning skyscraper collapsing in a city siege, SUBURBANITE launches a full-scale takeover with total sonic decimation. Discharging a relentless veteran onslaught of breakneck hardcore led by irate frontman Chris O’Coin, the band fires off an intolerant, hostile and warlike approach, anchoring their debut in one brooding anthem after another. Purveyors of the Bruiser Beat sound, this is New York Hard Core for a new age. Rising up from the ruins of the genre’s failed past while dismissing contemporary values with arrogant disregard, SUBURBANITE calls forth the End Times so that intruders, trapped in a sick and insane society, have no choice but to wreck vengeance upon it.

Listen to “Combat Shock” & “Shots Ring Out”:

101. CADAVER DOG “Dying Breed” LP

Easily the most negative hardcore album of all time, CADAVER DOG’s debut LP showcases Denver one-man-army James Trejo as he flies off the handle like no one else—a visionary single-handedly shaping hardcore into what it should have always been. “Dying Breed” unleashes a savage musical assault, dialed to astounding levels of ferocity. These 15 songs can be considered the end conclusion to hardcore’s aim, with a sound both timeless and fresh, assuring the listener that this is what nearly 40 years of bands have tried to achieve. Coming off the “Blunt Force Trauma” flexi from last year, “Dying Breed” is a rampage of relentless chord changes, rabid vocals and blazing tempos that fly by with the dizzying delirium of a fistfight. An album that lives up to its title in every regard, and aggressive lyrics that go further than any other “hardcore” band, “Dying Breed” is proof that CADAVER DOG stands alone.

Listen to “Blindsight: and “Repulsed”:

100. CHARLES BRONSON “Youth Attack!” 25TH Anniversary Edition

Perhaps no hardcore band of the late 90s embodies the spirit of youth and the cynicism of Gen X better than Charles Bronson. Humorous and sarcastic, yet heartfelt and sincere, the band showcased the absurdity of being young and told to feel excited about an inevitable future of debt slavery, career entrapment, divorce, and all the usual misery that comes with being an adult.

After just three years as a band in rural Dekalb, Illinois, and written at a lightning pace while playing shows virtually every weekend, “Youth Attack!” showcases Charles Bronson with a fully developed and innovative style, delivering 20 relentless songs at a breakneck pace in just over 12 minutes. With lyrics that address everything from corporate chains swallowing up small towns to the allure of escapism, the band sought to push the form of hardcore forward in a way that was more personal and relatable while remaining steeped in the classic influences of the genre—an ethos that carries over to Youth Attack Records today.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, and for the first time in decades, “Youth Attack!” is now available for a limited time, tastefully remastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, sounding crazier and more poignant than ever. “As adult oblivion beckons, now’s the time…”

“Marriage Can Suck It” 25th Anniversary Remaster:

“Marriage Can Suck It” 25th Anniversary Mix:

“What’s Wrong With Me (Faith cover, Live ’97)”:

99. VILE GASH “Nightmare in a Damaged Brain” LP

A masterpiece years in the making, this 12-track expurse of barbarity leaves the entire genre of hardcore in a smoldering crater. VILE GASH has achieved a fully-realized vision, delivering what can only be described as the end of music. Clocking in at just over 10 minutes, the album explodes in a barrage of hatred and disgust, each song showcasing a bitter contempt for life. Their blunt execution has intensified, becoming harsher and uglier, ranging in tempos the band has never before achieved with a perfect, grinding production that showcases the hideous nature of their riffs. This is a feel-bad experience like no other, and to listen is to feel yourself compelled to sickening violence. “Nightmare in a Damaged Brain” is the final command for existence, from which nothing shall follow.

Listen to “Obedient” & “Putrid Face”:

The 4 new EP’s slated for October have been pushed back due to revisions with the custom packaging design. Thanks for your support and patience. More info soon.

VILE GASH return with a furious new three song demo housed in an oversized case. To purchase, visit the YA store.

On Wednesday, Feb. 14th at a random time, the next YA update will go up and feature all three new LP’s, including limited versions as well new distro items.

To be added to the YA mailing list, please write: management@ihateyouthattack.com

CADAVER DOG is touring in March.  More details to follow.

New Mark McCoy Art/Design site online now.

Also on Instagram at @markmccoyart

A video for SUBURBANITE’s new anthem, “Warhawk,” is premiering now on CVLT Nation.

IN THE INTERVIEWS SECTION:

An exclusive, in-depth talk with the original line up of THE REPOS detailing the creation of their first two LP’s, featuring many unpublished photos from the collection of vocalist, Aaron Aspinwall.

STILL AVAILABLE  IN THE YA STORE:

· THE REPOS S/T 180gm deluxe reissue LP

· THE REPOS Hearts and Heads Explode 180gm deluxe reissue LP

SOLD OUT:

Everything else.

THE REPOS

YA talks with vocalist Aaron, guitarist Joe, original bassist Adam and drummer Craig of THE REPOS on the occasion of their reissued first two LPs.

S/T LP—2004

2017  Deluxe Remastered 180gm vinyl reissue available here

For several years prior to The Repos, Craig, Joe, and Aaron all played together in The Mushuganas. Describe the transition between bands and your decision to switch from playing traditional punk rock to fast hardcore. How did Adam come aboard?

Aaron: The Mushuganas were kind of being forced to its end due to personnel issues. Basically, we were without a drummer. The three of us had been friends for quite a long stint at this point and really enjoyed playing music together. Not only was it a matter of enjoyment, but we clicked musically. We all connected on a level that I have found rare in playing music with others throughout the years. I don’t think we were ever stuck on playing a certain style of music since all of us have a vast background of musical interests. The transition felt like if you and your best friends lost a job working at a restaurant and all found a new job together at a construction site. I was fond of Adam from his time playing in a band with Sutfin and Arends back in the DeKalb/Sycamore days. I remembered him as having a good sense of humor and a variety of talents in art and music. I arranged a meeting with him at a now defunct bar in Chicago owned by Chuck Uchida of the great Attica Studios. The three of us had already recorded the demo so I came equipped with a tape and a plan to hook him. We talked over a couple drinks and I convinced him to try it out.

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98. COMBAT FORCE Demo EP

Out soon:

· THE REPOS S/T LP & Hearts and Heads Explode LP—both reissues remastered, revamped and housed in deluxe slipcases in two vinyl editions
· COMBAT FORCE Demo Gatefold EP, presented in two vinyl editions

At press now:

· VILE GASH Nightmare in a Damaged Brain Gatefold LP
· CADAVER DOG Dying Breed LP
· SUBURBANITE S/T LP

To follow:

· CITY HUNTER Deep Blood LP
· LIFE SUPPORT Die Like a Man EP
· COMBAT FORCE 5 Song EP
· SNARLING HATE  S/T EP
· CREEP STARE Pain Game EP
· VEIL II S/T EP

· GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD Remastered reissues Phase 1: S/T Demo LP and No Afterlife 2 x LP containing both mixes

· More…

GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD is featured on @cvltnation today, who are premiering the “Blood War” album in its entirety via SoundCloud. The LP will be available from YA on 3/31/17. Sean Reveron writes, “I am in shock at how good this record is. From the very first moment I started playing it, I knew was in for something special.”

Music section updated.

Next update on March 31st will include multiple versions of GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD “Blood War”, CULTURE SHOCK & CIVILIZED LP’s.

To be be added to the YA mailing list, write: management@ihateyouthattack.com

Near completion for following updates:

VILE GASH “Nightmare in a Damaged Brain” LP

CITY HUNTER “Deep Blood” LP

SUBURBANITE “Combat Shock” LP

CADAVER DOG “Dying Breed” LP

SNARLING HATE 7″

THE REPOS first two LP represses

+ more…

97. CIVILIZED “Chopping Block” LP

Despite their geographic isolation, Denver’s CIVILIZED have emerged as elites in the hardcore underground. Building upon their stellar Dust and Blood EP, they unveil 13 new songs with a mastery that surpasses their influences. This is how eternal US Hardcore is made: raise the standard with scrutiny and persistence, smash all that is mediocre with brute force and aspire toward truth by eliminating all that is not real. Through these aims, CIVILIZED unveils a classic. Chopping Block is a tour de force of modern hardcore—a barrage of hooks and jaw-dropping shifts delivered in a burst of youthful fury. Zach Reini’s vocals astound as he leads the way in a sequence of perfectly executed compositions that balance time-honored motifs with dizzying variety. Engineered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, with an unforgettable cover shot by acclaimed photographer Daniel Shea, CIVILIZED has laid your neck on the line.

Listen to “Stagnate” & “All the Same”:

96. CULTURE SHOCK LP

Urban life promises many rewards—lies that foster complacency and addiction. In the cities where these hotbeds fester, we observe in real time how societies fail. After a period of crisis, horrifying acts are normalized. Drugs become one’s identity, hype is power, ego is abuse.

For the lone wolves and free thinkers disgusted by the mainstream echo chamber, they scorn the idea of getting along with self-proclaimed role models and their bland, conventional “fun.” CULTURE SHOCK is a fist in the teeth of the Good Life, with an outrageous vendetta to take out the entitled parasites ruining the world.

CULTURE SHOCK’s debut is an unapologetic and relentless pummel of US hardcore. Each of these 10 anthems delivers a feral intensity that we’ve come to expect from the Denver scene. Recorded on analog tape in Denver, Colorado and mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, maniacal vocalist Geoff D. sums it up it best when he proclaims “The Pack is small, but the bite is hard!”

Listen to “Culture Shock” & “Lone Wolves”:

Available in the store now.

For Denver, Colorado mastermind J. Trejo, hardcore is a weapon of hatred and aggression. Eschewing any notion of self-righteous victimhood, CADAVER DOG goes on a rampage with cyclonic chord progressions, harsh tempo shifts and an over-the-top-vocal performance that lays waste the stagnant, crowd-friendly cesspool of today’s scene. This is pure, nihilistic hardcore topped off with a superb rendition of LOCKJAW’s classic, “Need A Gun.”

Features clear flexi disc with red foil face plate stamping, 8 page saddle-stitched booklet and sheathed in a scored two-sided fold over cover.

Lim. 300
YA 95

95. CADAVER DOG “Blunt Force Trauma” Flexi

For Denver, Colorado mastermind J. Trejo, hardcore is a weapon of hatred and aggression. Eschewing any notion of self-righteous victimhood, CADAVER DOG goes on a rampage with cyclonic chord progressions, harsh tempo shifts and an over-the-top-vocal performance that lays waste the stagnant, crowd-friendly cesspool of today’s scene. This is pure, nihilistic hardcore topped off with a superb rendition of LOCKJAW’s classic, “Need A Gun.”

Listen to “Put You Down” & “Strength Through Hate”:

THE REPOS “Poser” LP will be available July 5th in a clear vinyl repress of 300 copies. Wholesale available through Deathwish and Ebullition.

Coming late July: CADAVER DOG “Blunt Force Trauma” Flexi

 
THE REPOS “Poser” LP

With a legacy spanning 14 years, THE REPOS reign as living legends at the forefront of contemporary Hardcore. Their first two albums are undisputed sought-after classics. Following years of incredible tape and EP releases, they finally usher forth their most accomplished work yet: Poser. Sounding more unhinged than ever, guitarist Joe Phillips shines while cult frontman Aaron Aspinwall delivers his best and most visual lyrics to date. Poser has an unrelenting ferocity that paints a gritty vision of life on the outskirts that few dare tread. THE REPOS are the embodiment of all that YOUTH ATTACK represents: outstanding, pure, uncompromising Hardcore.

ABSOLUTE POWER S/T LP

On their highly-anticipated debut ABSOLUTE POWER drops the hammer with 16 songs of unbridled East Coast U.S. Hardcore. In a tornado of anthemic riffs and tempo changes they set the stage for an all-out tear down of authority led by vocalist Chris O’Coin’s insane performance. Through themes of security, violence, and voyeurism the band strips away the bullshit to reveal a hideous raw sound that burns with aggression. Recorded by Ian Jacyszyn in NYC and mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air with artwork by renown illustrator and ex-CHARLES BRONSON guitarist, Mike Sutfin. This is music from time-tested YA alumni (featuring members from FAILURES, SUBURBANITE & AEROSOLS) that delivers beyond all conceivable standards. ABSOLUTE POWER stands ready to rule.

Both albums also available now from Bandcamp.

The next YA Update will happen at a random time between Saturday April 16th and Monday April 18th. Amongst many items, it will contain all versions of both ABSOLUTE POWER and THE REPOS LP’s, new titles by BLACKOUT RAGE, KNIFE VISION, and much more. To be added to YA mailing list and receive notifications, please write: management@ihateyouthattack.com

94. THE REPOS “Poser” LP

With a legacy spanning 14 years, THE REPOS reign as living legends at the forefront of contemporary Hardcore. Their first two albums are undisputed sought-after classics. Following years of incredible tape and EP releases, they finally usher forth their most accomplished work yet: Poser. Sounding more unhinged than ever, guitarist Joe Phillips shines while cult frontman Aaron Aspinwall delivers his best and most visual lyrics to date. Poser has an unrelenting ferocity that paints a gritty vision of life on the outskirts that few dare tread. THE REPOS are the embodiment of all that YOUTH ATTACK represents: outstanding, pure, uncompromising Hardcore.

Listen to “Still Ain’t High” & “Gift-wrapped Pistol”:

93. DEVOURING GHOST Soundtrack

Mark McCoy’s latest solo drawing exhibition, Devouring Ghost, opened 04.17.15 at Weltkunstzimmer in Düsseldorf, Germany. To coincide with the nine drawings in the exhibition, he created a special edition soundtrack to play in the gallery. Each musical composition relates to a visual work on display, presented in an array of stripped-down black metal and ambient tracks. The album spans two LPs and was composed in collaboration with Ian Jacyszyn (Absolute Power, Suburbanite) and Ryan Martin (Dais Records, Copley Medal). Devouring Ghost deals with the transience and mutability of a technically-constructed world. Symbols of decay and mortality reflect the ambivalent and unconscious desire for death. 

Listen to “Fatalis Virgae” & “Eye Socket”:

92. ABSOLUTE POWER LP

On their highly-anticipated debut ABSOLUTE POWER drops the hammer with 16 songs of unbridled East Coast U.S. Hardcore. In a tornado of anthemic riffs and tempo changes they set the stage for an all-out tear down of authority led by vocalist Chris O’Coin’s insane performance. Through themes of security, violence, and voyeurism the band strips away the bullshit to reveal a hideous raw sound that burns with aggression. Recorded by Ian Jacyszyn in NYC and mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air. ABSOLUTE POWER stands ready to rule.

Listen to “The Bastards Who Made You Sick” & “Faithful Until Death”:

Amidst the silence there has been constant work. The next batch of YA titles will soon go into production and consist of:

· THE REPOS “Poser” LP

· ABSOLUTE POWER LP

· GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD “Blood War” LP

Then:

· CITY HUNTER “Deep Blood” LP

· SUBURBANITE “Combat Shock” LP

· CADAVER DOG “Dying Breed” EP

· CULTURE SHOCK 12″

Also planned are debut LP’s by: CIVILIZED, SLAVEHOUSE, and ILMESTYS and more…

Special limited edition soundtrack set to commemorate Mark McCoy’s DEVOURING GHOST exhibition, available exclusively from Slowboy Records in Germany.

Features:
• Custom heavy duty black linen and velvet lined box with white foil stamp lettering, spine text and silk pull to remove contents 
• Two black vinyl LP’s encased in heavy-duty uncoated “tip on” jackets
• Offset 12″ x 12″ art print set featuring all 9 works from the exhibition, Mark McCoy portrait, and complete lyrics composition housed in custom silkscreened folio and stamped in a black wax YA logo
• Signed and numbered double-sided silkscreened card

Limited to 100 copies
Youth Attack #93/Slowboy #23

To purchase, please contact:
info@slowboy.de

New Mark McCoy solo drawing exhibition, DEVOURING GHOST, opens tomorrow, April 17, at Weltkunstzimmer in Düsseldorf, Germany. A limited edition soundtrack 2 x LP on Youth Attack will be available for purchase at the gallery, and excerpts are available on Bandcamp. 

While they work on their “Open Season” LP, there will be an extremely limited CITY HUNTER repress available exclusively on the upcoming SPECTRAL VOICE tour. Red translucent cassettes, black/red labels, sealed in a red bag. Tour dates and info here.

On the horizon for 2015 are several releases currently under way:

ABSOLUTE POWER LP (new band featuring Jackmauh, Jacyszyn, Killingsworth, McCoy & O’Coin)

DEVOURING GHOST Soundtrack 2 x 12″ to coincide with Mark McCoy’s upcoming exhibition at Slowboy Gallery opening April 17 in Düsseldorf. 

CITY HUNTER “Open Season” LP

THE REPOS “Poser” LP

GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD “Blood War” LP

CADAVER DOG EP

SUBURBANITE “Combat Shock” EP

CIVILIZED LP

+ More…

Now available:

· FAILURES “Decline and Fall” LP—Limited red vinyl and Deluxe Test Press Editions.

· CIVILIZED “Dust and Blood” EP—Limited white vinyl and Deluxe Test Press Editions.

· ANCESTORS “In Death” EP—Deluxe Test Press Edition.

+ Distro items. 

The next YA Update will happen tomorrow, September 19. To be added to the mailing list, write: management@ihateyouthattack.com

COMING SOON: FAILURES “Decline and Fall” and CIVILIZED “Dust and Blood” limited represses, MANNERS JOURNAL #3 , + new releases from BLUTIGE MAGIE, FALLOW FIELD, BLACKOUT RAGE, and more…

To be added to the YA mailing list, please write: management@ihateyouthattack.com 

Now available in high quality digital versions:

8/2 – Kansas City
@ Art Closet w/

No Class
Night Moves


https://www.facebook.com/events/292353247592486/

8/3 – St. Louis

@ Community Arts Project w/

Protester

Misled Youth
Life Like
Q


https://www.facebook.com/events/767274166658020/

8/4 – Indianapolis
@ Adam’s Pizza w/
Social Damage
CC Murder Dogs

Free At Last
Self Worth


https://www.facebook.com/events/512978602137313/

8/6 – Philadelphia

@ TBA w/
Anxiety Hammer

Porkeria

The Brood
Toska

8/7 – New York City
@ The Acheron w/
Suburbanite (debut show!)

Culture Shock

School Shootings
Ugly Parts

8/8 – Cleveland

@ Castle Greatskull w/

Culture Shock
State Execution
Cruelster

The Drag Hook


https://www.facebook.com/events/812529505438360/

8/9 – Chicago

@ Albion House w/

Cadaver Dog (exclusive one off show!)


Pillage

Rash

Need


https://www.facebook.com/events/544247035697019/

VILE GASH @ Carabar 5-23-14, footage by J. Neumaier

o announce three new releases available now for pre-order:

· FAILURES “Decline and Fall” LP in both Mailorder and Standard Editions

· ANCESTORS “In Death” EP with audio playing gatefold jacket

· CIVILIZED “Dust and Blood” EP in both Mailorder and Standard Editions

A regular mailorder update with distro items is planned in the coming weeks. All pre-orders will ship prior to this.

Distributors please get in touch for wholesale rates.

NEW YA releases available for pre-order this Friday, May 23: 

· FAILURES “Decline and Fall” LP

· CIVILIZED “Dust and Blood” EP

· ANCESTORS “In Death” EP

To be added to the mailing and receive notifications please write: management@ihateyouthattack.com

Also:

· VILE GASH is in the process of completing their much anticipated 12 song LP. They will be playing two exclusive dates in Ohio this week end. Support!

www.markmccoyart.com

At press now:

· ANCESTORS “In Death” EP

· FAILURES “Decline and Fall” LP

· CIVILIZED “Dust and Blood” EP

Music Section updated.

91. ANCESTORS “In Death” EP

After Death, nothing is, and Nothing, Death, The utmost Limit of a Gasp of Breath:  Let the ambitious Zealot lay aside, His hopes of Heav’n (whose Faith is but his Pride) 

In Death marks a reestablishment for ANCESTORS. Following their trilogy concerning the ambiguity of death and reality come these four cobweb-ridden canticles entombed in an oppressive, decayed atmosphere. Echoing this transience into the black embrace of eternity is a violent, swirling cacophony with focus given to refining compositional structures to mirror both the nuances of lost remembrances and to glorify the hallucinatory nature of despair.  

Listen to “That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do” & “Reliquary Ashes”: 

90. FAILURES “Decline and Fall” LP

Failures unveil their magnum opus dissonance with Decline and Fall.  It is a work years in the making, of painstaking scrutiny and craftsmanship, delivered in an agonized effort to boil down the very essence of what it means to endure the habitual torments of existence. In just over 14 minutes these 14 songs dissect the intricacies and endless defeats that coincide with our fruitless pursuit of happiness and fulfillment, and illustrate how, by rendering these hopeless, baseless projections of our deepest insecurities, we come to define our demise as the very core of our lives. Humanity’s toil may endure, but whether we drag along for the ride or tumble off into a ditch to rot makes no difference either way. 

Listen to  “Time For Reflection” & “Errands”

89. CIVILIZED “Dust and Blood” EP

Denver’s CIVILIZED react violently to their environment with an all-out assault on those spineless and disloyal cowards that we call “friends.”  On these 8 songs we hear timeless hardcore delivered at its highest intensity, with singer Zach Reini’s ferocious delivery leading the offensive in a tour de force of rage and revenge. As proof of Dust and Blood’s authority, those familiar with their Negative Reflection Demo will take note of their augmented aggression and now masterful execution of riffs, breakdowns, and tempo shifts that heretofore stand unparalleled. You’re all to burn!

Listen to “Numb” & “Fracture”:

88. GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD “Blood War” LP

Orders from the recent YA update have begun shipping. If you ordered a shirt they should be arriving shortly from the printer and will be sent out as soon as possible. Your patience and support are greatly appreciated.

At press now is the long awaited FAILURES 14 song “Decline and Fall” LP. Soon to follow are the CIVILIZED 8 song “Dust and Blood” EP and ANCESTORS 4 song “In Death” EP. Due to the pressing plant shutting down for the end of the year holidays, these are slated for a January release.

In progress now:
CITY HUNTER “Open Season” EP

CADAVER DOG EP

SHIRTLESS THUGS 12″

GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD “Blood War” LP

SPINE LP

+ More…

R.I.P. SEXDROME 

87. THE REPOS “Lost Still Losing” CS

“Lost Still Losing” is the 17 song full length by THE REPOS recorded in 2012 that never saw the light of day until now. Some of those tracks were later self-released by the band as “Poison Head” on a self-released sold-out cassette. Here finally is the complete session entirely remastered and presented in its original glory. This features some of the band’s finest material to date with blazing raw hardcore anthems and disturbing life-on-the-fringes lyrics by Aaron Aspinwall written in a style like none other. Hands down one of the most seminal bands to have ever emerged from the underground.

Listen to “Gone Get Goner” & “Hot Shot Fever”:

Next YA update scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24.

AVAILABLE  SOON:

· THE REPOS “Lost Still Losing” 17 song CS in handmade packaging

· Limited represses of THE REPOS “Live Munitions” LP, HOAX 2nd  EP, and RAW NERVE “Every Problem Solved” EP

· MANNERS JOURNAL No. 2

+ New distro items including CITY HUNTER CS, ALREADY DEAD “Fight to Live” CS, CLEMENTINE VULGATE “Ibi Cubavit Lamia” CS, and more…

To be added to the YA mailing list and receive notications of updates, please write: management@ihateyouthattack.com

“Western Massachusetts’ HOAX presents their highly anticipated self-titled, self-released 12 track debut LP. After a relentless string of EP’s and tours, this release marks a new standard in DIY hardcore punk. Taking their pummeling, mid-tempo sound and expanding it into something far sicker and hideous, they have leveled the horizon with a series of anthems as you’ve never heard before. A huge collaborative effort masterfully engineered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air studios, this LP features contributions from 14 of the underground’s finest artists (Cali DeWitt, Mark McCoy, Matt Adis, Shawn Fillley, Sugi, Heather Benjamin, Sam Ryser, Emma Kohlmann, Guillem El Muro, Alex Heir, Colin Swanson-White, Jaybo Gardner, and Tony Pasquarosa), and comes housed in a full-color, double-scored folder enclosing 6 double-sided poster sized inserts.”

Also available:

Mark McCoy’s latest limited edition photo publication, MANNERS JOURNAL.

+ Small distro selection

Zach Reini of CIVILIZED is holding a solo exhibition at GroundSwell Gallery in Denver. If you’re in the area, stop in. For more info: zachreini.com

CIVILIZED will be playing DESTROY L.A. w/ INFEST, COLD WORLD, ACXDC and more this Friday July 12th @ THE VEX ARTS in Los Angeles. They will have shirts and tapes for sale.

Drawings for the second phase of HALLOW are nearly two-thirds complete. An exhibition and accompanying soundtrack LP are slated for an early 2014 release. More details to come.

Up next:

· THE REPOS “Live Munitions” LP, HOAX 2nd EP, and RAW NERVE “Every Problem Solved” EP limited represses

· THE REPOS “Lost Still Losing” CS containing entire unreleased session

Near completion:

· FAILURES “Decline and Fall” LP

· CIVILIZED “Dust and Blood” EP

· GRINNING DEATH’S HEAD “Blood War”  LP

· ILMESTYS 2nd CS

In development:

· ANCESTORS “In Death” EP

· THE REPOS “Poser” LP

· SPINE LP

· ARCANE SORCERER LP

· HERITAGE LP

· VILE GASH LP

· PERFUME RIVER LP

· SEXDROME “Like Tiles” 12″

· SKRAPYARD 12″

· CADAVER DOG EP

· More TBA….

R.I.P. SALVATION

THE REPOS “Live Munitions” LP is available now at all three Reckless Records locations in Chicago for Record Store Day.

One of the most prolific and influential hardcore bands of our generation is finally captured live with this fourteen song assault recorded in Chicago during a private performance on the west side. This LP contains all their best classics like “Attack From All Sides,” “Lowlife Legion,” and “Voice In My Head,” delivered in a non-stop, three-chord barrage under a tornado of growls by a lunatic frontman. Mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios for optimal ferocity, making it almost seem like you were there bashing in faces too.

This release features full color jackets and euro sleeves with inside printing on black vinyl in an edition of 275.

This is a one-per-person title. Any remaining copies after today will go on sale online in the reckless store Monday, 4/22/13.

For more info visit: http.//www.reckless.com