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RIP Howard Saunders

The picture you see was from an article about the American Hardcore movie that has recently been released that appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer Nov. 9th. The man who wrote it was a part of the first wave of hardcore in the early 80's. Right after this article was published he sadly passed away. If anyone is actually interested in reading the article just shoot me an email and I'll gladly type it up for anyone who cares. Howard was a big promoter in Philadelphia during the "Golden Age" of hardcore and worked at Kadillac Tattoo in Manayunk. Hopefully he's in a better place.

Now that you're probably depressed, there are some new reviews up from some really good bands, and two new interviews with Lion of Judah and Locked In A Vacancy; two of the most severely underrated bands in the underground.

Fake People Say Fake Things.

Got some more new reviews for you to feast your eyes upon: Underground Hip Hop Essentials Mixtape, Host and Parasite, Lion of Judah, Unlucky Atlas, and Locked In A Vacancy. Also there is a new interview with Lighten Up! that Alex conducted, so be sure to check that. Expect more good shit in the near future.

Now for some brief news. Here's the deal...

The Invade/In Times of War split is about drop upon the world so be sure to grab one of those gems.

From Stress (Krush Unit, SubHoodz)-"We've just finished putting together a collection of classic SubHoodz songs as well as some freshly recorded remakes & one of the new jawns."

"NO REGRETS" is a 16 song cd that includes 12 songs from "This Boy's Life" & "Genuine B-Boyz.", "The Next" from the compilation and 3 freshly recorded remakes of "Concepts", "Point Blank" and "Back In The Day" featuring DANNY DIABLO a.k.a. LORD EZEC. Also included on the cd is the dirty fresh version of "Hand Grenade". All in all, it's just over 55 minutes of hip-hop for the hardcore at heart.

It looks like CREEP RECORDS is going to release it sometime in January. The release date is not in stone yet, but we're pushing to get this released A.S.A.P. You will be able to buy it just about everywhere. We're going to shoot 2 videos for this release also. We're going to start shooting for "Back In The Day" in the next week or two & a video for "Hand Grenade" will be soon to follow.

-Jeff

Beasters are the shit!!!

Figured we might as well update the mainpage after two updates. Just incase you might have missed it there has been some reviews posted for:

Tigershark, Barricade, Antiseen Tribute, Born To Hate Video Fanzine, Jake Lefco, War of Ages, Shock Nagasaki, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Wisdom In Chains, Taken By Force, Harsh Truth, Living Hell, Lower Class Brats, Roger Miret and The Disasters, The Generators, Fight Like Hell, Folsom and Gut Instinct.

So get the fuck with it and check it out. As always you can expect more reviews, we're working on some more interviews for your reading pleasure as well, so make sure to keep checking back. And if you haven't picked up that Jedi Mind Tricks cd, fucking do so. Awesome.

New reviews are up for Death Is Not Glamorous, Few And The Proud, Your Eyes My Dreams and With Blood Comes Cleansing, Have Heart, Triple Threat, Think I Care, Fight Like Hell, Nerve Gas Tragedy. Also the interviews I did with Kenneth Masters, Invade and Modern Life Is War are finally up, so check it out.

From Chris at Eternal Hope:

"I am completely stoked to be working with 2 of the best new bands to come out of Long Island in a very long time. Both bands will be featured on a split 7" due out this winter with a possible fall release date. " IN TIMES OF WAR (very "DEADGUY-ish" meets Learn) and INVADE, the best band to come out of long island in quite awhile... probably the best lyrics I've heard in several years

-Jeff

4:23 AM

New reviews are up. Get with it and check them out.

-Alex

P.S.- The Hungry Like Rakovitz picture will be up as soon as we get it.

Buddha, Judas, and Jesus all had dinner...

Okay, so we had a slow month of July.. my fault. For now I plan on getting this back on a weekly update, if not more.

The newest stuff we have up right now is the Drawing Dead review of their Demo "Lock It Up" (RIP), Razzle Dazzle, Outbreak, 108, Betrayed, Signed With Hate, The Gentleman Homicide and Across Five Aprils as well as an interview with Iron Age.

In the next update we will have reviews for Verse, Another Breath, The Neon Hookers, Your Eyes My Dreams, Regret, Few And The Proud, and Complete Control/Krum Bums, the interview Jeff did with Kenneth Masters, a show review from July 5th @ The Boiler Room with How It Ends/Palehorse.

Theres alot of stuff going on so please keep checking back.

-Alex

FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, FIRST UPDATE OF THE MONTH

Doin' it big with this one: 8 new reviews: Slumlords, Bail Out!, Hammer Bros., Since Remembered, Angel City Outcasts, Inkwell, The North Atlantic and Anterrabae. What do you get when two hardcore guys have a love for hip hop? One new interview with the great Mr. Rick Whispers. Check that shit. You can expect reviews for Across Five Aprils, Your Eyes My Dreams, Razzle Dazzle, Fall of Serenity and more in the next update. Hopefully that Iron Age interview will be ready sometime soon.

And this goes to labels or bands who are sending me promo materials; don't expect coverage/or good coverage if you can't send me the full packaging. I dedicate a fair amount of time to write up a review and it's not like I get paid for this shit. It's one thing that there is no jewel case because that's a good way to save on postage, and I understand that. But how can you expect me to write a solid review without the artwork and lyrics? And it's funny that usually the bigger the label, the more half assed the promo packages are, yet smaller labels like Thorp, Spook City and Deathwish hold shit down. Don't waste my time, and I wont waste yours.

Waking Judea has signed with Innerstrength Records to release their follow up to '04's "The Desolate" which was released by Paper Street Records. Their new album is titled "Invisible Cities" and features seven new tracks. A late Summer release is planned. You can hear some tracks from "Invisible Cities" at www.myspace.com/wakingjudea. They will also head out on a short tour in August with label mates Shallow Water Grave

Lion of Judah have posted a new song online here. The song is off of their upcoming full-length for Youngblood Records.

-Jeff

GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT!

Welcome to the summer ladies and gentlemen, it's about damn time. New reviews are up for The Killer (finally), The First Step, Rick Whispers, and Bombshell. Expect some new reviews for Lifeforce Records to be posted up on the next update with Siczine's first hip hop interview with the great Rick Whispers and an interview with Iron Age. As always, more on the way.

Now for a news break:

Philly's R5 Productions will be hosting This Is Hardcore Fest this summer at the Starlight Ballroom.
Here is the tentative lineup and info:
August 18/19/20 @ the Starlight Ballroom /Club Polaris. More bands to be confirmed, weekend passes to be online soon, and tables available for labels, zines ,distros, etc. Bands already slated to play:Terror, Blacklisted, Death Threat, Guns Up, Death Before Dishonor, Betrayed, Internal Affairs, Righteous Jams, Slumlords, Cast Aside, The First Step, Wisdom In Chains, Ceremony, Go It Alone, Like It Or Not, Think I Care, Cold World, Iron Age, Bitter End, Know The Score, Triple Threat, Meltdown, Strength For A Reason, Living Hell, Colin Of Arabia, Set To Explode, Attitude.

Seminal hardcore band Negative Approach, who broke up in 1983, will reportedly play a reunion show at Touch & Go's 25th Anniversary event on September 9th in Chicago, IL. The set will feature original members John Brannon and Chris "O.P." Moore in addition to Harold Richardson (Easy Action) and Ron Sakowski (ex-Laughing Hyenas, Easy Action).

Deathwish Inc. welcome Shipwreck to the affiliated family We are proud to welcome SHIPWRECK to the Deathwish affiliated family. Driven by their contempt for humanity and true hatred for mankind, SHIPWRECK have been laying ruin and raising hell in the New England Hardcore community for quite some time. SHIPWRECK embody the same spirit of rage that drove INTEGRITY, RINGWORM, and MERAUDER to hardcore greatness. Those who have survived the sheer power of their live show, or picked up their now classic debut 7"EP/CDEP (Rumble 2005) can attest. Their time is here, SHIPWRECK are just beginning to leave their mark... SHIPWRECK are currently working on their debut album to be released on Deathwish soon. In the meantime, SHIPWRECK will release a limited 7"EP this summer, also on Deathwish. Look for info on this EP to surface shortly.

THE HOPE CONSPIRACY are back. Pre-Orders for their 7" "Hang Your Cross" are ending soon, so don't wait - - go to the estore and pre-order your copy today. Check them out on their few East Coast dates. Full Length "Death Knows Your Name" to be out in the fall. Stay Tuned!

While playing shows non-stop this summer (and throughout the year!), BLACKLISTED is in the process of writing new material - for a release sometime within the next year. Go and see the powerhouse that is Blacklisted on tour!! They are co-headlining the 108 Record Release in Philadelphia, as well as playing some select dates with The Gorilla Biscuits!

FALL OF SERENITY had to drop off their tour with HATE ETERNAL, below you can find the official statement from the band now:

"So we are not on tour with the cool people of HATE ETERNAL, SPAWN OF POSSESSION and SHADOWSLAND anymore. We were forced to do this decision together with our label and our management, because there went a lot of things just badly wrong.To put it together, the organisation and management of this tour messed up our intended goal to do promotion for our new album "bloodred salvation". It was almost impossible. So it is a decision that is better for our band. We know that METALLYSEE is a good partner concerning tours, but in this case something does´nt fit together in the right way. Maybe because some other booking agency set up this tour.We feel very sorry to dissapoint you guys who wanted to see FALL OF SERENITY on this tour. Take the next chance please. To make it clear, there is nothing wrong with our band.If you wanna see the other bands on this tour, PLEASE make sure that you travel to the right place, venue or even the right city. Get as much information as you can get about the show you want to visit. Otherwise it´s possible that you will stand in front of closed doors.We wanna thank the guys of HATE ETERNAL, SPAWN OF POSSESSION, SHADOWSLAND, Ritchie (soundengineer), Math (busdriver), the people who came to the shows and the local promoters who did their best for sure. Unfortunately we can´t thank other people involved.Horns up FALL OF SERENITY"

-Jeff

Again, sorry for the lack of updates last weekend. But we have some new reviews up for: The Killer, Mabus, Casket Architect, Robots and Empire, Burden of A Day, Knockdown, Mark Lind, Born To Lose with an article from Chris Eternal. We got more reviews on the way from The First Step, Bombshell, Rick Whispers, Herod, Endstand, Raunchy and more. Also expect a new interview for the next update with Iron Age.

News:

Palehorse has joined Bridge9 Records, and will enter the studio in July for their debut full length due out in Fall 06.

A389 Records will be shipping out the Holy Ghost 12" the first week of June.

The Wisdom In Chains and Hell 7" will go up for preorder the first week of June as well.

Modern Life Is War "My Love, My Way" CD Reissue out soon on Deathwish.

Spook City welcomes in Denver's Fight Like Hell and Southern California's Blood Stand Still.

Be sure to get Signed With Hate's new full length, "With The Worst Intentions, They'll Kill us All" Available for preorder now on Eternal Hope Records.

Blacklisted co-headlining the 108 record release in Philly
FRIDAY July 7th, 2006
Redcheeks & R5 present:
108 - Discography Release show (CD on Equal Vision Records)

with special guests:
BLACKLISTED
ALL ELSE FAILED
EFFORTS MADE
(Record Release show on Bottled Up Records)

Doors at 6:30 - $12
Tickets at www.r5productions.com

-Jeff

Happy Mothers Day Moms

We have a boatload of new reviews featuring The Ducky Boys, U.S. Bombs, Bombshell Rocks, Invade, Jake Lefco and many more so check them out.

Keep checkin' back, more on the way...

-Alex

Hey, what's the stipples? Sorry for the lack of an update last weekend. Well, we have some new reviews for Spook City Records: Integrity... Organized Crime Records: Hollow Ground, Cross Examination, Raining Bricks/Black SS split 7', Left Hand Path... Deathwish Inc: Modern Life Is War, Doomriders and Killing the Dream... Sailor's Grave- US BOMBS and The Kings of Nuthin',make sure to check that shit out.

I've got a lot more reviews that still need to be posted or written up. In the coming updates expect reviews for: Sailor's Grave: Mad Sin, Bombshell Rocks, Born To Lose, Mark Lind and The Ducky Boys LifeForce Records: Herod, Raunchy, Endstand and Deadlock. Also a self released EP by the band Invade. A 7" from Trendy Bastard and a rare cassette tape review for Killer Bear. Reviews for Guiltmaker (Kiss of Death Recs.) and Burden of the Day (Blood and Ink)as well

ALSO, I've been saying it for awhile now but you can finally expect the FIRST EVER review for a hip hop joint, sent to me by the great Karma Response Unit Records for Jake Leftco's new joint, "Headphones" And right off the bat, let me tell you, it is fire. And while we're on the topic of hip hop go out and purchase the new ARMY OF THE PHAROAHS joint, it is a straight banger. It's the sounds of Philadelphia......

Now for a news announcements...

Deathwish Inc.are proud to announce two new West Coast affiliated artists: LIFE LONG TRAGEDY and FINAL FIGHT. Check out Deathwishinc.com for more information.

A389 To Release The New LIVING HELL 7"

We're psyched! Coming soon on A89 will be a new 7" from CT's LIVING HELL!!! This record crushes, and will crush you in the process! Go to www.myspace.com/livinghellhc to check out some tracks. CD version will be available on Rock Vegas Records. Also the Holy Ghost preorders are up, grab one while you can. They'll go fast. UP NEXT: WISDOM IN CHAINS 'Vigilante Saint' 7"The WISDOM IN CHAINS has been completed and is just about ready to head to the plant! If you are a fan of oi-influenced NYHC style stuff like early SOIA or Blood For Blood, you are going to be all over this record. We have a new song from the upcoming ep called 'Snakes' up for you to check out. Stay tuned for pre-order info to be announced soon. Eternal Hope Records has put up the new SIGNED WITH HATE full length for preorder at EternalHopeRecords.com. Think Fast! Records: Another upcoming release! Think Fast! Records is very proud to announce that we'll be releasing the vinyl version of the upcoming Ignite LP titled "Our Darkest Days"! As you might have guessed, we are really psyched about this one. It's been six years since Ignite's last album and this new studio effort (produced by Cameron Webb; Social Distortion, Motorhead, Sum 41) will blow you away. See for yourself with the track "Bleeding" which we've posted on the media page. The record officially hits stores on May 16th but you can pre-order the record now and get a limited edition, color vinyl copy, limited to only 250! These aren't going to last long, so you know what to do. Pre-order the record here.

Will To Live signs w/ Eulogy Recordings Houston, TX hardcore band Will To Live has officially signed with Eulogy Recordings. Formed nearly ten years ago, the group has previously released material with Spook City Records. According to Eulogy, "they combine the influences of the golden era of hardcore and metal with the power and grace of today's heavy hitters such as Terror and Hatebreed." You can download a few of their songs at http://www.myspace.com/willtolivehc. New Lamb of God album, due out on Epic in August, to be titled "Sacrament"

-Alex

You can check out the review section for new reviews including Valume Nob, New Bruises, The Welch Boys, The Killing Moon aswell as Hell Promise and Scars of Tomorrow. Also, there are some new tunes for you to check out, so check 'em out.

We are currently in the works with a new forum, but until that is finished you can enjoy this one, courtesy of Eternal Hope Records.

Terror has made some changes to their line-up adding Jonathan Buske of Ragmen/The Promise as well as a new second guitarist Martin Stewart from Donnybrook!

-Alex

First up we have new reviews for Moments of Youth, Changing Face, Go It Alone/Blue Monday, Champion/Betrayed, Skylines, Crashing Down, Nine, Subsistance and Gut Instinct.

Coming soon: reviews for Valume Nob, Hell Promise and The Killing Moon. Also I'd like to welcome John Martin to the Siczine Fam, he's already got some reviews and two show reviews that will be posted shortly so be on the lookout for more sheez from him.

-Jeff

First off, I would like to thank all the labels and bands who have been sending me material to review. As well as anyone who continually checks out the site, even after the site went on hiatus a few months back because of the server problems, labels and kids didn't give up on us. So thank you for sticking with us, expect more content than ever from Siczine.com . New reviews have been posted for Think Fast! Records: The Distance, Wake Up Call and Expired Youth. Malfunction Records: Bitter End. And finally! A new interview with Shawn Foley of Blacklisted. In the near future, reviews for New Bruises, Hell Promise, Changing Face, Moments Of Youth, Gut Instinct, The Killing Moon and Skylines.

Here's some news from A389 Records:
The Gut Instinct 7" orders are shipping, three new bands have been added to the label, Wisdom In Chains, The Spark and About To Snap, expect releases from them in the future. Pulling Teeth is recording 6 new songs for a new 7", Think Fast! Records will be releasing the CD version, which will include the 3 demo tracks re-recorded. Supreme Commander are also recording 6 new tracks for their upcoming 7". The Holy Ghost 12" is next to be released, it was a side project of the Human Furnace and members of Ringworm in 1999 expect preorders for that to go up soon @ A389Records.com.

The Divining have posted a new demo song entitled "Wasted" on their Myspace and Purevolume sites. The new song was recorded at The Skylight with Vince Ratti (who also recorded and produced their current full length cd "Reprisal").

http://www.dressedtokill.org
http://www.thedivining.com
http://www.myspace.com/divining
http://www.purevolume.com/thedivining

Jeff's playlist for the week:
Onyx-Shut Em Down
Last Emperor-The Legend of Bigfoot
To The Lions-demo
Gorilla Biscuits-Start Today
All Else Failed-Archetype
Devourment-Butcher The Weak

-Jeff

Its been awhile since an update, so here you go:

Dear Whoever,We Are the Fury,Folly,Cab Assassin and No Idols reviews are up, so get with it and check them out.

Eternal Hope Records adds Signed With Hate to their lineup. You can look for a CD out sometime around April/May.
Signed With Hate(Myspace)

Check back soon for updates including To The Lions,Lokyata,The Twats and Common Enemy.

Keep checkin back, more on the way...

-Alex

Well, the new year hasn't started off exactly as I would've liked but hey what can you do other than to strive forward? As you may have noticed, the site was down for a bit, and right now we're in the mist of getting old content back up while trying to get some new stuff up, so please bare with us. For this update I have some reviews for some great Spook City releases: Will To Live, Endless Fight and Trust In Few. As well as some reviews for Thorp Records: Fall River and On The Outside. Reviews for Giving Chase, Out Cold, The Breaks, At Risk, Ifarm and Achilles are also going up. In the near future, expect reviews for Ironbound NYC, Struckdown, Set To Explode, 86 Mentality, Dear Whoever, Orion, and Heartfelt Dischord's split with One Win Choice, the first release from Chris Borelli's new label Eternal Hope Records. Support Chris and pick up his split, it's quality and worth the money. On to some other sheez...... I know this is a hardcore/metalcore based site but my love for hip hop cannot be denied so here's a top five list of hip hop albums you should check out. Not to go on a tangent, but I'm sick and tired of people talking about how much they love music and then they have nothing but CD-r's in their collection. If you support hardcore buy the fucking records and cd's.

It's one thing to rip a blink182 cd but to steal money from a band or label that is piss broke as it is, that's just fucked up. This will become a new thing for the mainpage updates, I will let you know what hardcore and hip hop is spinning in my deck and try to enlighten some of folks to good hip hop. If you think 50 cent and G-unit is hip hop than educate yourself and c heck out some REAL quality:

Jeff's Hip:
1. Reef The Lost Cauze-Feast or Famine
2. Reef The Lost Cauze-Invisible Empire
3. Kenneth Masters-Products of Gravity
4. JuJu Mob-Black Candles
5. Adam 12-Skeletons

Jeff's Hardcore:
Hardcore Records I've been spinning:
1. Bulldoze-Final Beatdown
2. Cheech vs. Last Call split
3. Blacklisted-The Beat Goes On
4. Earthmover-death carved in every word
5. Pulling Teeth demo

-Jeff

In case if you did'nt notice we've been having some problems with the site. We've had some "technical" problems with the server and in the midst of that we lost all of the content on the site. Right now we are working on getting all of the old content up with a boatload of new content.

Keep checkin back, more on the way...

-Alex