The Crosses is the literal translation of Die Kreuzen, and was around for a decade, a tribute to that legendary band. Ever since that group’s premature 1992 split, Vocalist Daniel Kubinski has been busying himself with a multitude of projects too numerous to list, but includes Deadfinger, Fuckface, Decapitado, Chainfall, and a collaboration with The Lord a.k.a. Greg Anderson (Goatsnake, Sunn))), Southern Lord Records) on the excellent 2023 track “Palliare.” Continue reading
Long Islanders False Gods emerged in 2015 from the ashes of the well-regarded Skeletondealer! Prior releases include a trio of EP’s: 2016’s Wasteland; 2017’s Reports From Oblivion; and 2019’s The Serpent And The Ladde. Twenty-twenty’s full-length debut No Symmetry…Only Disillusion followed soon after, as did 2022’s Neurotopia and finally a 2023 split with Japan’s Abiuro. Continue reading
Despite listening to the genre for close to twenty-five years I am not well versed in the Australian Hardcore Punk scene; that changes now with Melbourne’s Geld and Currency // Castration (Relapse Records), the band’s third album. I have since learned that there is a thriving scene that includes the likes of Primitive Blast and Nerve Damage and clearly, I have a lot of catching up to do.