Reviews

This is where you’ll find all of the reviews – gigs, demos, albums, singles, EPs, etc. Click on a link to read the review.

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Last Generation – Greatest Stakes = Greatest Say EP

Hailing from Derbyshire, UK, Last Generation are a new band that have just released their debut EP. With the age ...
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19th October 2021 / Paul

Born Shit Stirrers / Led Zep Viet Cong – Overworked Underfucked split EP

Serial Bowl Records With vinyl now back on the throne, the rise of the split EP has come back as ...
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10th May 2021 / Anger Burning

Before They Are Hanged – These Times Alone

[self-released] The blue version of the EP (limited to 50 by all accounts) popped into ABHQ from good old Derbyshire ...
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29th April 2021 / Anger Burning

TV Drugs – FFO Everything Terrible

Serial Bowl Records Fresh out of the 2021 release roster from Serial Bowl, comes this surprise package from TV Drugs, ...
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4th January 2021 / Anger Burning

Destinazione Finale – In Bilico Nel Reale

Serial Bowl Records Download | CD Destinazione Finale, from Tuscany, Italy, follow up their first EP released in the summer ...
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20th November 2020 / Anger Burning

Daiei Spray – Behind The Wall

[Serial Bowl Records] From the frenetic album opener "Endure" to the mid-paced, calm-yourself-the-fuck-down-now closer of "Too Many Ordinary People", you ...
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16th September 2020 / Anger Burning

Beat Combo – Kind Regards EP

[Serial Bowl Records] Hot on the heels of the recent release "Five Lost Songs" comes this one - missing a ...
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11th August 2020 / Anger Burning

Beat Combo – Five Lost Songs

[Serial Bowl Records] From the ashes of Pre-Birds rose Beat Combo. Their recent offering already having been reviewed here, leads ...
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27th July 2020 / Anger Burning

Onlooker/Ballpeen split EP

[Serial Bowl Records - SBR027] Limited to 40 copies, the latest release from Serial Bowl is sure to sell out ...
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27th July 2020 / Anger Burning

Cool Jerks – England

[Self-Released] The first full-length from Leeds' Cool Jerks is a real joy to behold. Having apparently been on a diet ...
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10th July 2020 / Anger Burning

Beat Combo – Summer of Something

It's another track for a quid over on Serial Bowl Records' Bandcamp site and this time it's the turn of ...
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27th June 2020 / Anger Burning

Jaded Eyes – Call of the Void

Serial Bowl Records It's been a while since Jaded Eyes' first 7" Hate was reviewed here and it's good to ...
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27th June 2020 / Anger Burning

System Of Slaves – s/t EP

[Self Released] From their EPK, Cardiff's System Of Slaves describe themselves as "an amalgamation of Hardcore, Crust, Metal, and Punk" ...
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29th May 2020 / Anger Burning

Diaz Brothers – This Hating Nation

Serial Bowl Records It's week 6 of the Serial Bowl Collective charity and this week's single track offering is from ...
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6th May 2020 / Anger Burning

Loaded 44 – Shut Up

Serial Bowl Records Week 5 of the Serial Bowl Collective FoodBank appeal and this one has the local punkster supergroup ...
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3rd May 2020 / Anger Burning

Ballpeen – Facts As Ghosts

Serial Bowl Records It's week 4 of Serial Bowl Records' charity drive and for this one, they bring out the ...
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21st April 2020 / Anger Burning

Vice Squad – The World Is Wrong

Serial Bowl Records It's week 3 of Serial Bowl's Foodbank Appeal and they've brought out a big gun in the ...
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13th April 2020 / Anger Burning

Born Shit Stirrers – I Didn’t Puke

Serial Bowl Records Week 2 of Serial Bowl's charity song releases and it's a track from Born Shit Stirrers.  Having ...
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9th April 2020 / Anger Burning

Onlooker – Isolation

Serial Bowl Records In these unprecedented times of virally-enforced solitude, it's a real breath of fresh air to get some ...
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2nd April 2020 / Anger Burning

Dead Wet Things – s/t EP

Serial Bowl Records Four tracks on the CD here - short and sweet but very impactful indeed. From the quiet ...
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6th January 2020 / Anger Burning

All The Nines – Love Me I’m Evil CD

Serial Bowl Records Another fine release from Serial Bowl here - in the shape of All The Nines, meaning 999 ...
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30th December 2019 / Anger Burning

Perra Vida – Eterno Retorno CD

Hell Hath No Fury Records Ten tracks of in-your-face hardcore here. This is stomping stuff, with vocals and drums going ...
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20th November 2019 / Anger Burning

Peach Club – Post Modern Siren CD

Hell Hath No Fury Records Five songs on offer from Peach Club here. Bouncing between laid back and aggressive power ...
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18th November 2019 / Anger Burning

F. Emasculata – Take Me Home CD

Hell Hath No Fury Records This release is one of those "new tracks along with a heap of old ones" ...
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18th November 2019 / Anger Burning

Ceclilia – Restaurando El Metal CD

Hell Hath No Fury Records Described as a "Queer band from London/Brazil/Spain/Mauritius trying to restore the metal", Cecilia certainly restore ...
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14th November 2019 / Anger Burning

Breakup Haircut – What Did You Expect I Got It Off The Internet CD

Hell Hath No Fury Records Described as Lo-Fi Indie Punk and hailing from London, Breakup Haircut get the award for ...
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10th November 2019 / Anger Burning

Brazen Hussy – Not All Men CD

Hell Hath No Fury Records Another CD EP from HHNF Records here and this one is another classic. An eclectic ...
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8th November 2019 / Anger Burning

Basic Bitches – Relatable Content CD

Hell Hath No Fury Records 'Riot Grrrl' - a phrase I've heard a few times but never really investigated what ...
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7th November 2019 / Anger Burning

This Is Not A Drill – Fight Like A Girl CD

[Self Release] After the short intro of monologue softly uttered over an acoustic backdrop, the album kicks in with 'Victimised', ...
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22nd October 2019 / Anger Burning

Melodic Disaster – s/t EP

[SELF RELEASED] This is the debut release from the recently-formed outfit, with Jon (ex-Zero Negative) taking up lead vocal duties ...
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14th October 2019 / Anger Burning

Think On It – 12 Thousand Men

Newport Trio Think On It have released their third single in almost as many months to the masses. "12 Thousand ...
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2nd October 2019 / Anger Burning

What Did You Expect? – Alive & Unplugged EP

Self-Released The latest release from the one-man tour-de-force that is WDYExpect is a collection of 7 (or is that 8 ...
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24th September 2019 / Anger Burning

Zero Negative – Skate. Kill. Destroy

Serial Bowl Records SBR019 So it's come at last. After a false start earlier in the year, which resulted in ...
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4th August 2019 / Anger Burning

Anti-Social – We The People EP

Serial Bowl Records SBR020 A new EP by the most incorrectly-named band. They are anything BUT anti-social as I found ...
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4th August 2019 / Anger Burning

Bastard Face – Never Break Keyfabe

Serial Bowl Records SBR021 Download | CD I've had the pleasure of seeing Bastard Face play a fair few times ...
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28th July 2019 / Anger Burning

Destinazione Finale – Finale

Serial Bowl Records SBR018 Download | CD This is blistering hardcore from Tuscany that's fast as fuck without being 'grind' ...
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28th July 2019 / Anger Burning

No Collusion – Sticking Sets CD

Serial Bowl Records SBR017 Download | CD Tuneful, back to basic and aggressive punk rock belted out by Derry's own ...
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28th July 2019 / Anger Burning

Polite Force – Bates

Serial Bowl Records SBR016 - CD Polite Force came in being in Finland back in 2008. There has been little ...
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12th June 2019 / Anger Burning

Born Shit Stirrers – Pure Shite

Serial Bowl Records - SBR 014 Newly-released on Serial Bowl Records, this CD comprises 62 tracks, compiled from the band's ...
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12th May 2019 / Anger Burning

Onlooker – EP1

Serial Bowl Records SBR015 Another release from Serial Bowl Records lands at ABHQ and what a disc. SBR always manage ...
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16th April 2019 / Anger Burning

Confront Stage – Not Human

Confront Stage are from Saint-Petersburg, Russia and are releasing a track from their self-titled album. The song is called "Not ...
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1st April 2019 / Anger Burning

Mr Strange – WTF?!

Having received this out of the blue over at the Anger Burning inbox, the idea of reviewing "electronica" seemed daunting ...
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23rd March 2019 / Anger Burning

Daiei Spray – Isn’t Brazing CD

Serial Bowl Records - SBR013 Hailing from Japan, these guys have released this, their debut mini-album CD via Serial Bowl ...
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3rd March 2019 / Anger Burning

Police Bastard – Dead To The World

Iron Man Records - Compilation This is a digital-only compilation featuring some of Police Bastard's earlier efforts from 1998 to ...
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11th January 2019 / Anger Burning

CRESS – PROPAGANDA AND LIES CD

CHAOS CONTROL - CC005 Timely reissue of this CD, which originally came out on FLAT EARTH records back in 2003 ...
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7th January 2019 / Mel Hughes

Born Shit Stirrers – Depressed Father’s Club CD

Serial Bowl Records - SBR011 A departure from the usual politically and socially-aware bands, here. Simply scanning the titles alone ...
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11th November 2018 / Anger Burning

Pre-Birds/Ballpeen split 7″

Serial Bowl Records - SBR012 This is a perfect match for a split 7". It's not often you get two ...
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11th November 2018 / Anger Burning

Śmierć – Godzina Pusta

Nikt Nic Nie Wie - NNNW189LP This was sent on by the band member Kristoffer Holden Axiö and I wasn't ...
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11th November 2018 / Anger Burning

Frenetix/Constant Fear – Extinction/Media Loves a Revolution split CD

SELF-RELEASED This was released a while ago now, but things being what they are in Anger Burning, it's taken this ...
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6th November 2018 / Anger Burning

Ballpeen – Loose Knot EP CD

Serial Bowl Records SBR009 Ballpeen (not to be confused with the similarly-named Ballpein band) come from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK and this ...
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31st October 2018 / Anger Burning

Pre Birds EP1 CD

Serial Bowl Records SBR008 I hadn't heard or indeed heard of Pre-Birds until I got this CD sent for review ...
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30th October 2018 / Anger Burning

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaind – Death By Vigour EP

Serial Bowl Records - SBR003 This 4-track EP surprised this reviewer, as it's arguably the most tuneful out of all ...
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10th October 2018 / Anger Burning

Natterers – Toxic Care 7″ EP

Serial Bowl Records - SBR002 (Co-released with Boss Tuneage - BTRC7-113) A heavy dose of Dead Kennedys-in-places-influenced tracks here. Fast ...
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10th October 2018 / Anger Burning

Jaded Eyes – Hatespeak 7″

Serial Bowl Records - SBR001 Shouting gruff vocals punctuate a 90's post-US-hardcore influenced A-side. Tuneful, yet fit-to-bursting with anger, 'Hatespeak' ...
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10th October 2018 / Anger Burning

Sykelig Englen – Hagall

Before the review starts, here is some information about the band. Started during sole member Nattskog's teenage years, the first ...
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31st August 2018 / Anger Burning

Surgery Without Research – 2018 Promo CD

I was excited to review my first band cd as my life revolves around music. So when I got Surgery ...
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30th August 2018 / Dave Cafferty

Zero Negative – II EP

[SERIAL BOWL RECORDS - SBR008] Sunderland's Zero Negative have been likened to Raw Power and after hearing these 2 EPs ...
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29th August 2018 / Anger Burning

Weld – Your Future EP

[SELF RELEASE] Hailing from Stockton-on-Tees, Weld describe themselves as "Alternative noise/punk rock from Teesside". It's an accurate description, alright. This ...
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29th August 2018 / Anger Burning

Grá- Väsen

Väsen is 8 tracks of Swedish Black Metal. The musicianship particularly the guitars are outstanding. Not exactly reinventing the wheel ...
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14th August 2018 / Thomas Burke

System Of Hate – There Is No Madness Here

Louder Than War Records (LTW 019) Dark 80's style punk is back! System Of Hate have been steadily on the ...
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16th July 2018 / Paul Stone

Buzzbomb – Sixty Miles of Bad Road

[SELF RELEASE] I'd not heard of Buzzbomb before their invite for me to review their latest offering. In fact I ...
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27th May 2018 / Anger Burning

System of Hate – Unhallowed Sound – The Foresaken Remixes EP

The Barnsley based, "dark punk" lads are on the upward path, and clearly their star is in ascendance. Over the ...
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22nd May 2018 / Paul Stone

Electro Punx – Choose Your Poison

[SELF RELEASED DIY] From the alter ego of Sanction This' Adda, comes a nifty self-released album of alternative punk. I ...
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8th May 2018 / Anger Burning

Extinction of Mankind – Storm of Resentment

[AGIPUNK] Like Hellkrusher, EOM are another band that aren't known for regular releases. Indeed they both shared a common link ...
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8th May 2018 / Anger Burning

Anarchistwood – The Nasty Album

[EX GRATIA RECORDINGS] What can I say about Anarchistwoood? Where do I start? As a supporting act last year for ...
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8th May 2018 / Anger Burning

Subvision – Cruel Winds of Tyranny

[SELF-RELEASED DIY] Subvision have been on the go for 5 years now since they reformed in 2012. They steadily built ...
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7th May 2018 / Paul Stone

Anord – A Symphony of Violence

[SELF-RELEASED DIY] It's been while since Anord's first release - the similarly-titled 'An Opera of Violence'. During the time in ...
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7th May 2018 / Anger Burning

Burning Flag – Izabel

[SELF-RELEASED DIY] For those of you who haven’t heard of Burning Flag, they are a band that has a rather unique groove ...
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23rd December 2017 / Anger Burning

Hellkrusher – Human Misery

[RUIN NATION RECORDS] You know something special is going to happen when Hellkrusher announce the release of a new album ...
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12th December 2017 / Anger Burning

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