Photo credit: Roman Danger Gomez
California’s Haggus have unleashed their next single and video, “As The Hammer Drops.” The track comes from the band’s new album, Destination Extinction, out now on the Tankcrimes record label. Watch the new video below and read more from the band.
Buy physical copies of Destination Extinction here: https://tankcrimes.merchtable.com/search?q=haggus%2F
Digital here: https://tankcrimes.bandcamp.com/album/destination-extinction
Take a trip with guitarist/vocalist Hambone (literally) into the wildly unhinged party that makes up a Haggus show. From taking LSD and getting tattooed on stage to endless stage dives and trampolines in the pit, it’s the exact type of unpredictable insanity you can expect at a mincecore show. “As The Hammer Drops” is a greasy buffet of all things mincecore: spastic stop-go hammer blasts, an infectious tupa tupa circus riff that is the chorus, the song starts with a kick to the teeth and ends with an oldschool death metal riff that rips you in two like a chainsaw to the taint. Sonically, Haggus leaves no stone unturned in the final episode of this mincecore music video trilogy. Gore freaks and mince mongers commence! Worldwide mincecore domination is upon us!
Watch Haggus’ previously released double feature video for “Rotting Off” and “Do You Love Mincecore?” here: https://youtu.be/cKJyXuNrZao and “Malignant Boomer” here: https://youtu.be/hycAseM7qFY
Ski masks. Pitch shifters. Debaucherous live shows. This is what you think of when you think of mincecore. And when you think of mincecore, you think of Haggus. A meticulously crafted blend of crust punk and goregrind, Haggus layer almost-poppy guitar riffs with repulsive, pitch shifted vocals – and there isn’t a band on the planet that can replicate their infectiously brutal sound… Destination Extinction is a sonic voyage through the entire history of extreme underground chaotic punk and metal and back.
Destination Extinction was recorded by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios in Oakland, California (Necrot, Autopsy) and includes cover art by Rusted Winds. The record is available on CD, cassette, and digital formats as well as limited edition vinyl in the following color variants:
Crystal Clear (Ltd. 50)
Liquid Filled Vinyl (Ltd. 100 copies – Tankcrimes Bandcamp Exclusive)
Beach Barf Splatter (Ltd. 200)
Sunset Splat (Ltd. 25)
Electric Blue (Retail exclusive available at record stores worldwide upon street date)
Destination Extinction tracklisting:
01 Rotting Off
02 Bound By The Realms Of Cruelty (Featuring Digestor of Ghoul)
03 What’s Fucking Left?
04 Lobotomized Compliance
05 Do You Love Mincecore?
06 Repulsive Institutuion
07 Crippled By Stupidity
08 As The Hammer Drops
09 Malignant Boomer
10 Grotesque Reflection
Haggus Live:
6/23/2025 Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
6/24/2025 Reggies – Chicago, IL
6/25/2025 Black Circle – Indianapolis, IN
6/26/2025 The Fruitbasket – St. Louis, MO
6/27/2025 No Dice – New Orleans, LA
6/28/2025 Boggs – Atlanta, GA *matinee show*
6/29/2025 Cobra Nashville – Nashville, TN
Haggus was forged in 2014 by guitarist/vocalist Hambone as an outlet to merge the traditional sound and politics of mincecore with the sonic barbarity of old-school goregrind. Obsessed with pitch shifters but finding a lack of bands using them that were not labeled misogynistic porno-grind, Hambone set out on an unstoppable quest. Solely influenced by the mighty Agathocles, Hambone was determined to keep the spirit of true mincecore alive encompassing everything from their relentless release schedule to their uncompromising political agenda speaking out against misogyny, sexism, and homophobia in the scene while adding his own style of gore infused vocals into the mix.
Coming from a purely crust and punk background, Hambone has taken a strictly DIY approach with Haggus since inception. With a tireless work ethic, the band dropped close to 100 songs within the first six months of existence followed by self-releasing over sixty splits, ten EPs, and three full-length albums while touring over twenty countries since 2014. In traditional mincecore fashion, Hambone is the sole founder and only remaining original member of the band.
Haggus – Destination Extinction Lineup:
Hambone – Strinx, spew, decomposition
Mister Brisket – Stranx, splat
The Slamburglar – Percussive purulence
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