Tag: Flatspot Records

Interview: Speed talk “Only One Mode” with Wall Of Sound!

Having taken America by storm, Australian Hardcore homewreckers Speed spoke to Georgia Haskins from Wall Of Sound magazine about their freshly released debut album “Only One Mode” and rightly so as it deservers all the attention it has been getting. The conversation also finds them talking about their rise in popularity, what hardcore means to

Review: “Only One Mode” by Speed

There are highly anticipated records and then there is “Only One Mode” from Australian Hardcore crew Speed, a band who have been tearing up the US like a tornado with their EP “Gang Called Speed” and become a global phenomenon in the process. After all, there can’t be that many bands who have made such

Bootleg: Zulu at Centrala in Birmingham!

A new dawn. A new day. A new life for Zulu? Not quite. They joined Scowl, Speed and Pest Control in pulling out of Download Festival over sponsor Barclaycard’s participation and so put on a sold out Palestine benefit show at Centrala in Birmingham on 14th July instead. Caught on camera by underground legends David

NEWS: Speed got no time for the jibber jabber…

An in-your-face anthem about staying true to themselves and hardcore is the third single “Don’t Need” from the gang called Speed. That has surfaced with less than month to go before the bands debut album “Only One Mode” drops via Flatspot Records on 12th July. Festival season in Europe is in full swing before the

NEWS: Speed pass the first test with flying colours!

The cliché of all clichés is describing a record as long awaited and highly anticipated but sometimes you simply can’t avoid the fact of the matter. Australian Hardcore Homewreckers Speed have created for themselves a live reputation enough to allow them to tour the life out of the US ahead of their debut album “Only

NEWS: Speed feel the need… for love?

They don’t come that much more long awaited or highly anticipated than the debut album “Only One Mode” from Australian Hardcore crew Speed. Flatspot Records have announced that the album is an imminent arrival, pencilled in for 12th July while sharing the first cut from it in “Real Life Love“. Ain’t no doubt that the

Review: “Self Titled” by Life’s Question

Having spent the past nine years honing a sound that blends crushing hardcore with classic rock riffs while citing influences as far apart as Faith No More and Fats Domino, it’s fair to say that eclectic and eccentric are two words that spring to mind when thinking about Life’s Question. Blending the gruff vocals of

Review: “A World of Our Own” by Kharma

“The overall theme of this record sort of stems from the title track. In every song I dive into a lot of issues whether it be personal or issues with the world at large. The title track is a love letter to Chicago Hardcore but more broadly to hardcore itself. The ‘real world’ is full

NEWS: AWOL ask Fiend or Foe?

Asking the timeless question: Friend or Fake? Melbourne Hardcore homewreckers AWOL have dropped a single with which they share there name. Another from their upcoming Flatspot Records album “Tear ‘Em To Bits” which is out on 26th April 26th, it continues to demonstrate aggression and intensity, inspired by influences in Madball and Biohazard.

NEWS: Kharma paint the town (blood) red!

Pummelling audiences into submission with their brand of Metallic Hardcore since 2015, Chicago natives Kharma show no sign of slowing down with new album “A World Of Our Own“. Said to be as authentic and uncompromising as it is colossal and diverse, the band recorded with Jon Markson at The Animal Farm (Regulate, Jivebomb) ahead