

Check below for all the new distro additions. Here's the latest update on the label...







You can still pre-order the new KNIFE HITS "ERIS" LP for just $12. Listen / order Summer is wrapping up, and lots of great new releases are rolling out!Check below for all the new distro additions. Here's the latest update on the label...You can still pre-order the new KNIFE HITS "ERIS" LP for just $12. Listen / order HERE .



Listen to what A/V club describes as "expanding beyond the band’s penchant for stop-start dashes of Orchid worship, building on that screamo framework to find its own approach to controlled chaos. In a way, it feels akin to the likes of Loma Prieta, another group that’s mined ‘90s screamo and found harmony within that chaos".



We are still burning through copies of ASCEND/DESCEND and UNINHABITABLE LPs, also $12 each.



We've also marked down some previous Dead Tank releases! Check them out HERE .



Decades/Failures "G00DBY3" LP - $8.00

Elsinores, The "New Forms" LP - $10

Bleed The Pigs / Thetan split LP - $10.00

Tentacles "Ambivalence" LP - $10

Hexis "XI" Gatefold LP - $11

Environmental Youth Crunch "Let's Ride" LP - $ 8.00

Post Teens / Rose Cross split 7" - $ 4.00

Captive Bolt / Gary Francione - split 7" - $4.00



Moving forward with new releases - the test press for the new SENIOR FELLOWS LP has been approved!



Thanks for the interest, and orders!

-Josh





** NEW ARRIVALS Backslider "Motherfucker" LP Finally, a sonic eruption of full length brutality from Philadelphia's Backslider. Encapsulating the last 15 years of extreme musical devastation in one album, Backslider has drawn on their influences and expanded their doom-laden attack to unleash a hell storm of massive musical terror. Combining the blasting mayhem of early power violence (think Man Is The Bastard and Crossed Out) with the bludgeoning power doom of Eyehategod, Backslider have laid down a monument to lay waste to the current extreme music scene.



14.00 | Learn more Barge "s/t" LP The debut full length from Richmond, VA's Barge is an unstoppable whirlwind of uncompromising hardcore insanity. These twelve blistering tracks find the band maturing both musically and lyrically from their debut EP, "No Gain." Sonically, Barge pummels through with the speed and ferocity of powerviolence greats like Infest and Crossed Out, and delivers with unadulterated vitriol calling to mind Youth of Today and Ripcord's most searing moments. Lyrically, Barge's message is as heavy and powerful as their sound - addressing personal themes of alienation, acceptance, distrust, and disenchantment in the current climate of both our subculture and in the everyday life of 2016. Confronting issues of race and racial identity, masculinity and machismo, and corruption and bigotry in politics and law enforcement, the overall narrative draws parallels to illustrate how the DIY scene in many aspects is very much a microcosm of society, both of which face abuses of privilege and power that need to be properly addressed, confronted, and ultimately destroyed. If there’s anything to take from this record, it’s to never trust power and those who hold it, as it will inevitably be used to abuse, exploit, and marginalize those without it.

15.50 | Learn more Congenital Death "Fucklove: Prophet of Death" LP If you’ve been going to shows in Philadelphia over the last five years (or caught them on tour), it is likely that at some point, Congenital Death has made an impression on you. There’s been some lineup changes and stylistic mutation over the years, but one thing has been true the whole time: They write razor sharp hardcore songs, and deliver them with unbelievable fury. There’s something menacing, almost mechanical about the tempos and guitar riffs on this record, it’s impossible not to be filled with tension when listening to it. There are occasional small passages where the volume comes down leaving only some strange unsettling melody, setting you up for the next explosion. The production is smart; it’s a full and clear sounding recording, thick and heavy, it feels like standing in the middle of the band. It’s a fitting representation of this outfit that just seems to get more focused, more abrasive, and more unusual every year.

12.50 | Learn more Dog Soldier "Mother Fucker" 7" Portland ultra punk. Four tracks on blue vinyl.



6.25 | Learn more Earth Girls "Wanderlust" LP "Earth Girls play power pop with an emphasis on 'power.' Spearheaded by guitarist/vocalist, Liz Panella, the Chicago-based band write songs that are bursting with breezy earworms but still pack an undeniably urgent punch. This precarious and exciting balance between infectiousness and grit propels the band’s debut full length, Wanderlust.



Throughout Wanderlust, Panella effortlessly combines elements of 60s and 70s pop with more modern influences, while adding her own distinguishing touches to make songs that are as catchy as they are concise. Earth Girls’ songs are driven by hook-filled immediacy, but they aren’t without sonic and lyrical depth. The best hooks always sound effortless and Wanderlust is loaded with these deceptively catchy yet winding melodies and chord changes. Every instrument plays it’s role perfectly and tastefully; warm vocal harmonies weave around gritty guitar and inventive bass lines, all held together by airtight drumming. The album's tight 21 minute runtime lends itself to repeat listens that reveal Panella’s attention to detail in arrangements, as well as pointed lyrics reflecting a struggle to make the most of life and its relationships."



14.50 | Learn more Fury "Paramount" LP At the apex of Fury’s short and startling rise, from a providential birth in late 2013 through era-defining performances at America’s Hardcore fest in 2014 and 2015, the Orange County five-piece has delivered Paramount, a debut full-length album of grace, erudition, and effortless virtuosity that guarantees Fury’s induction into the tiny fraternity of epochal hardcore bands — e.g., Embrace, Unbroken, Mental — in whose sonic singularity and aesthetic intelligence the best minds of successive generations have seen themselves reflected. 15.50 | Learn more Great Reversals "Mere Mortals" LP Formed in 2009, Michigan’s Great Reversals has steadily built an impressive discography. Releasing a host of EPs and splits, the band has consistently churned out powerful hardcore centered around deeply personal, often philosophical lyrics infused with the idealism that has always been at the heart of the DIY scene. Spanning 11 songs in total, “Mere Mortals” channels 90’s heavyweights like Trial, Integrity and Harvest, while infusing occasional moments of post-rock flair. Lyrically, the record is a reflection on the often desperate and heart-breaking state of the human condition, as seen through the lenses of friends, family, and acquaintances. Recorded and mixed by Andy Nelson, and mastered by Brad Boatright, the weight of the record’s subject matter is surpassed only by its crushing production, resulting in a jarring and colossal listen. Features guest vocals by Greg Bennick from Trial and Rorik Brooks from Cloud Rat. 12.50 | Learn more Kindling "Everywhere Else" LP Everywhere Else: A vague sense of want, of escape, or of resignation. Reconciling the limitations of your surroundings with the endlessness of earthly potential. Kindling has made their home in this space: between the dirt and the stars, conscious of the weight of life's anchors, trying to outpace and shed them. Succinct punk-influenced noise-pop turns scorchingly anthemic and quietly understated fuzzed-out bliss on Everywhere Else. The band - led byStephen Pierce and Gretchen Williams - spent a week at Sonelab in rural Easthampton, MA with Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, Speedy Ortiz, Sonic Youth, etc.), resulting in a dynamically layered monolith of towering guitar noise & wistfully hazy vocals, balancing deafening heaviness with a lightness and beauty; a pop sensibility rarely found when the volume and attack ends up this far in the red.

14.00 | Learn more Kitty Kat Fan Club "Songs About Cats" 7" Debut release from KITTY KAT FAN CLUB. Just fun indie pop with a slathering of punk ethos. Featuring members of Hard Girls, Shinobu, and Mike Park.



This is a one time pressing of 500 7" (300 purple/200 red). Once they're gone, they're gone forever!



6.00 | Learn more Korrosive "Syovyttava Laji" 7” After a couple of tapes and a flexi, Korrosive delivers their 4 best tracks yet. Finnish-styled hardcore in the vein of Appendix or Kaaos. Finland '83 inspired hardcore punk band from Oakland '16.



6.25 | Learn more Lithics "Borrowed Floors" LP Lithics is a four person minimalist punk band from Portland, Oregon formed in late 2014. Over the last year and a half they have refined a sound focusing on interlocked bass and drum rhythms paired with shrill guitar counterpoint and stark female vocals. While counting Wire, The Fall, Devo, Pylon, The Shadow Ring, and Captain Beefheart's Magic Band as reference points, the band's concerns are contemporary and urgent.



"...basically the stuff of my post-punk dreams, with needles-and-pins guitar lines jabbing and competing for space with minimalist, meditative bass/drums synchronization and coolly detached female vocals that drift somewhere between the twin inspirations of Allison Statton of Young Marble Giants, and Vanessa Briscoe of Pylon. Throw in some hair-raising neo-no wave scratches and scrapes of six string across the otherwise steady and taut rhythmic throb of 'Lizard' and 'Seven People' and you've got a band who should be making all the weirdo art-punk kids drooling over that CCTV single similarly lose their shit, if they know what's good for them." - Erika Elizabeth, Maximum Rock 'n' Roll #392.



14.00 | Learn more Mad Existence "s/t" 7" Debut EP from Richmond young blood, MAD EXISTENCE. One of several vital hardcore bands currently keeping things moving in this otherwise slow southern town, M.E. bring you a familiar and classic sound that is both UK 82 and NY 88. These five tracks are eight minutes of relentless, powerful hardcore punk.

6.00 | Learn more Parasytes "Straight Jacket" 7 British '80s influenced punk somewhat in the vein of early Sacrilege, but with more punk rock, almost Chaos U.K.-styled, thrown in. Great riffs, great rhythms and… well, just great overall. You can pogo, while still wearing your crusty vest, to this. Parasytes hail from Montreal, Canada and have Jannick (from After the Bombs/Truncheons) and Tom (from Napalm Raid).

6.25 | Learn more Rik and the Pigs - Life's A Bust 7" The second 7” from RIK AND THE PIGS is finally here, a smoking follow-up to 2015's "Pig Sweat" single on Total Punk. “Life's A Bust” features three new tracks recorded between Rik's time in Portland and his new home base of Olympia, WA. Side A boasts two cuts of completely savage and hook-filled punk – exactly the kind of snot and filth that you'd expect from Rik & Co. On the flip, “Life's A Bust” is a completely different animal, a loose and driving five minute tune featuring incredible guitar work and drumming from Michael Liebman and Corey Rose of Olympia's VEXX. Cut loud at 45RPM by Josh Bonati and housed in a full color glue pocket sleeve, this just might be the ultimate Pigs release to date

6.25 | Learn more Slang "Devastation in the Void" LP SLANG "DEVASTATION IN THE VOID" is the legendary Sapporo Japan's band's 7th album, an 11-song destructive mix of pummeling Japanese hardcore, pounding New York hardcore breakdowns and metallic thrashing with political lyrics. A more direct album than their previous Prank releases, it's still sunk deep with heavy riffage, hard vocal attack and crushing rhythms. Comes in a thick sleeve with a 11x22" color insert with lyrics in Japanese and English. First pressing limited to 512 copies! 14.00 | Learn more Suspects, The "Voice of America" LP A significant artifact in DC punk history - a reissue of The Suspects' 1995 full length, "Voice of America," along with the tracks from their 1994 debut self-titled 7". Originally released on their own Torque Records label, the band's seminal output contains thirteen blasts of timeless and unadulterated punk rock, delivered with a precise intensity that maintains its urgency two decades later. There is no denying The Suspects' significance during their tenure as torchbearers for Washington DC Punk and Hardcore, and their role in its history paved the way for the city's scene to grow and thrive for decades to follow.



14.50 | Learn more Violence Creeps "The Gift of Music" LP Following a string of flexis and a self released 7", Oakland's Violence Creeps are back with a brand new 12" on Total Punk. The Gift Of Music is not a party album and Violence Creeps are not a party band. Six tracks of lurching gnarly punk about isolation, sexual frustration, and rage. Cave man drums, bass skronk, and squelching guitars, all being reluctantly pushed forward by Amber’s commanding growl. Brutal in honesty and tone and filled with top notched hooks. These aren’t songs to be sung along to, these are songs to be shouted out your window. 14.00 | Learn more ** RECENT RESTOCKS



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Androids of Mu "Blood Robots" LP

Bad Religion "No Control" LP

Batushka "Litourgiya" LP

Blasphemy "Fallen Angel of Doom" LP

Body, The "Released From Love" LP

Chocolate Billy "Mon Père Est Ma Mère" LP

Coke Bust "Confined" LP

Coke Bust "Lines in the Sand" LP

Defiance Ohio "The Great Depression" LP

Gehenna "Negotium Perambulans In Tenebris" LP

I Hate Myself "Eleven Songs" LP

Iron Lung "Sexless // No Sex" LP

Kremlin "Will You Feed Me?" 7"

Kromosom "Nuclear Reich" LP

Planes Mistaken For Stars "Up in Them Guts" LP

Plow United "Three" LP

Poison Girls "Chappaquiddick Bridge" 7" and LP

Poison Girls "Hex" 12"

Raein "Perpetum" LP

Systemfucker "s/t" LP

Tenement "s/t" LP

Vaccine / No Faith split 7"

Zyanose "Isolation" 7"