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Self-designated as “Bangkok Evilcore” Whispers, based out of Thailand, are bringing an immense sound to modern metallic hardcore. Originally formed in 2014, the band picked up steam in 2021 with the release of their Narok Bon Din EP grabbing international attention. Now Whispers join the growing roster of pivotal heavy music label Flatspot Records for the release of Yom-Ma-Lok.

Hitting the studio in Spring 2024, Whispers set out to make a heavy, intense record that connects on an emotional level. The band worked with Suchai at Sixthirty Recording Studio in Bangkok to hone in on their sound, before sending the EP to Andy Nelson at BrickTop Recording for mixing and Brad Boatright at Audiosiege mastered it. Influence from bands like All Out War and Merauder comes through across the seven songs, giving a tough as nails delivery packed with menacing riffs. Thematically,  Yom-Ma-Lok addresses realism and human nature through a global perspective.

Yom-Ma-Lok opens with the aptly titled, instrumental “Bangkok Evilcore” before diving into the crushing “A Choice To Survive.” A hostile delivery is juxtaposed by lyrics of self-reliance based on proverbs from Buddhism. Speed’s Jem Siow, who also assisted with lyric translations on the album, guest features at the 2:50 mark of the song amidst a crushing breakdown. Lead single “Retribution” exemplifies the band’s ability to deliver a grappling hardcore song made for the mosh-pit while showcasing a knack for serious guitar writing. The guest features on the EP continue as Shaun Alexander of Demonstration Of Power and Stephen Bessac of Kickback lend their vocals to “Wisenheimer” and “Yom-Ma-Lok” respectively. Closing out with the title track, which translates to  “world of death people” or “underworld” in Thai, Whispers conjures the feeling of descending into hell and leaves the listener with a stark impression.

Over the years, Whispers has brought their menacing live show across Southeast Asia, Japan, and Europe, and will return to the latter this fall on the Flatspot World tour. With the release of  Yom-Ma-Lok, Whispers are setting out to spread the message and sound of Asian hardcore far and wide.

Track Listing:

1. Bangkok Evilcore
2. A Choice To Survive (Feat. Jem Siow)
3. Retribution
4. Close Your Eyes
5. This Is Not The End
6. Wisenheimer (You Were Never One Of Us) (Feat. Shaun Alexander)
7. Yom-Ma-Lok (Feat. Stephen Bessac)

Wild Side is a Canadian band, Niagara Falls born — Niagara Falls, that garish streetscape crawling with hawkers, hustlers, boosters, and bad boys, that profaned Arcadia where life-affirming vistas of sublime natural beauty yield to an enveloping motley of eye-burning kitsch. Wild Side go at things as they have taught themselves, free-style, and they make records in their own way: first to book studio time, last to submit masters. And now, after five years that felt like ten, Wild Side have released a full-length that commands its listeners to practise scales eight hours a day, comb Kijiji.com for under-the-table cash jobs, and lament once again what the third Warzone LP should have been. For those who were planning to hibernate during this long winter of mawkish ’90s-chug revival, here are 10 songs built on speed, heaviness (in the old sense), deadpan humour, and riffs that check in at the brain’s pleasure centres and never check out — all with a syrupy overlay of flamboyant lead guitar that serves up NWOBHM, Zakk Wylde, Dr. Know, Jay Skin, and most every vibe in between. Topping it off is vocalist Brandon MacFarlane — Wild Side’s heart, soul, brain, and trapezius muscles — who ruminates at length, in an enlightened-everyman vernacular all his own, on eternal subjects such as the paper chase, the human body’s essential frailty, the scourge of fake friends, and what to do when the lights go out. These are the facts of life in the Falls, and this is real hardcore music from the last real city in North America.

Tracklisting:
1. Supercharged
2. No Man's Hoe
3. Street Action
4. On and On
5. When It's All Said and Done
6. Your Big Move
7. Then and Now
8. All Bark, No Bite
9. The Get Back
10. Past, Present, Future

7. Absolution 

WORLD OF PAIN SELF TITLED RECORD ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.... FEATURING THE 2009 DEMO AT THE END AS SOME DOPE DEMO TRACKS...

W.O.P'S DEBUT LP FEATURING GUEST VOCALS FROM STOUT... NASTY.. AND BILLY CLUB SANDWICH

TRACKLIST:

1. INTRO
2. RUNNING THIN
3. WORLD OF PAIN
4. END RESULT
5. SHADOW TALKER
6. THIRD RAIL
7. HARSH REALITY
8. INTERLUDE
9. CONSEQUENCE
10. DEAD INSIDE
11. AGE OF DECEIT
12. SUFFER
13. BURIED IN SIN (DEMO)
14. CURSE OF LIFE (DEMO)
15. DROWNING (DEMO)

Wreck and Reference's fifth full-length is a meditation on the horror of modern life.

How can one stay calm when it is inherently terrifying to be alive in the first place? For Felix Skinner and Ignat Frege, staying calm means facing the void head-on. Hey, at least it’s something.

Fifteen years ago, two men emerged from an overheated garage in the harrowing wastelands of California with a singular vision for the future of dark, intense music: tortured samples, blasted acoustic drums, and a distinct lack of guitars. They walked straight past the orthodoxies of metal music and into the weird new dawn of electronic experimentalism. Since then, heavy music has evolved – yet Wreck and Reference's vision remains fresh, transgressive, and undeniably existential in its pressure against the current breed.

A lot has happened in the world since Wreck and Reference's last full-length, Absolute Still Life. Between a global pandemic, swirling political environment, and the rise of artificial intelligence, Stay Calm is over five years in the making. It is in constant flux, a record that refuses to be inoculated, assimilated, or inured to the atrocities of daily life. It asks: is it fruitless to stake a claim in the all-too-fleeting ordeal of existence? Whatever the answer, embrace the implications.

Stay Calm is anything but. A wild ride that never loses its focus. Seatbelts off, please.

Track Listing:

1. Healthy Instinct
2. Burning
3. The Cup
4. A Cure
5. Nill Arm
6. All That I Want
7. Dogtracking
8. The Flood
9. Be Careful

WEAPON X... BACK WITH DEMO NUMBER 2...

.. DAVE STYLE... LOUISVILLE STRAIGHT EDGE..

FOR FANS OF THROWDOWN.. FIRST BLOOD.. SUFFOCATE FASTER...

EACH RECORD COMES WITH...

• SILK SCREENED B SIDE (WHITE OR BLACK, VARIES BY VARIANT)
• BLACK DUST SLEEVE, SHIPPED BEHIND THE JACKET
• 24X24 INSERT FEATURING LYRICS/CREDITS AND A FULL POSTER FOR YOU TO FRAME ON THE OTHER SIDE..

LAYOUT BY RIDGE..

TRACKLISTING:

1. HATES YOU
2. ON MY OWN
3. EVERYBODY BREAKS
4. B.N.E.
5. WEAPON X OUTRO

PRESSING INFO:

ULTRA CLEAR GLITTER /100

CLEAR/BLACK CORNETTO W/ NEON ORANGE & HOT PINK SPLATTER /250

BABY BLUE INSIDE CLEAR W/ BLACK & SILVER SPLATTER /500

CLEAR ORANGE W/ WHITE & DARK BLUE SPLATTER /1500

DISTRO EXCLUSIVES:

HALF CLEAR / HALF SILVER W/ BABY BLUE SPLATTER /100 (MERCH PIT EUROPE)

CLEAR W/ ORANGE AND WHITE SPLATTER /100 (B.I.G. AUSTRALIA)

BLACK INSIDE CLEAR ORANGE W/ SILVER SPLATTER /150 (TRIPLE B RECORDS)

HALF CLEAR ORANGE / HALF BLACK W/ DARK BLUE SPLATTER /150 (REVOLVER/BROOKLYN VEGAN/ALT PRESS)

ORANGE INSIDE CLEAR W/ SILVER SPLATTER /200 (DEVIL DOG UNITED KINGDOM)

BABY BLUE W/ ORANGE SPLATTER /250 (INDIE RECORD STORE)

SILVER W/ HOT PINK SPLATTER /500 (GENERAL RETAIL)

By its very nature, hardcore is a conduit for channeling frustration, aggression, and discontent into musical form. But for Delaware-based five-piece Year Of The Knife, that process is so much more than just a simple release. The band's debut full-length, "Internal Incarceration," is a profound reaction to the very real losses and the challenges of the world around them, and a way to turn that discontent into community, compassion, and change. Vinyl version includes digital download.

Track Listing:

1. This Time
2. Virtual Narcotic
3. Stay Away
4. Manipulation Artist
5. Final Tears
6. Internal Incarceration
7. Premonitions Of You
8. Through The Eyes
9. Sick Statistic
10. Eviction
11. Nothing To Nobody
12. Get It Out
13. DDM

Australian exclusive of the 2024 EP ‘Hatred’ by Brisbane hardcore 5 piece Zuko

Track listing:
1.⁠ ⁠Hatred - 1:30
2.⁠ ⁠No Place for You - 2:50
3.⁠ ⁠Shell of Who I Was - 2:15
4.⁠ ⁠Callous - 2:41
5.⁠ ⁠Broken Neck - 2:29

Known for their blend of hardcore and powerviolence, Zulu is pushing the boundaries of those sounds into new territory on their forthcoming album, "A New Tomorrow." "A New Tomorrow" serves as the band's first full-length following EPs "Our Day Will Come" (2019) and "My People... Hold On" (2020). After spending months toying with different instrumentation and samples, and pulling influences ranging from reggae to death metal, the result is an eclectic 15 tracks. Vinyl version includes digital download. This is the purple vinyl version, limited to 1,000 copies.

Track Listing:

1. Africa
2. For Sista Humphrey
3. Our Day Is Now
4. Music To Driveby
5. Where I'm From
6. Fakin' The Funk (You Get Did)
7. Shine Eternally
8. (Must I Only Share My Pain Interlude)
9. Lyfe Az A Shorty Shun B So Ruff
10. From Tha Gods To Earth
11. Creme De Cassis By Alesia Miller & Previous Tucker
12. We're More Than This
13. 52 Fatal Strikes
14. Divine Intervention
15. Who Jah Bless, No One Curse

Straight out of Los Angeles, CA, powerviolence band Zulu is here to share their life experiences and make a comfortable environment for everyone they come in contact with. The latest signing to Flatspot Records, the label will be releasing, for the first time on vinyl, the band's debut EP, "Our Day Will Come" (2019), and its follow-up, "My People... Hold On (2020)." Formed by vocalist Anaiah Lei (also of hardcore band Dare) in 2019, Zulu is rounded out by Dez Yusuf (guitar), Braxton Marcellous (guitar), Satchel Brown (bass), and Christine Cadette (drums). New pressing now available on green vinyl. 12"ep includes digital download and a silkscreened B-side. 

Track Listing:

1. Blackcurrant
2. Now They Are Through With Me
3. Straight From Da Tribe Of Tha Moon
4. On The Corner Of Cimarron And 24th
5. Do Tha Right Thing (And Stop Frontin')
6. We've Only Just Begun
7. I Sit Alone In My Four Cornered Room Staring At Candles
8. Things Ain't Gonna Change
9. Watching From The Sideline
10. 52 Fatal Strikes