Text & Photos: Imogen Reid Bleak Life is an annual punk fest here in the frozen hellhole that is Ottawa, Canada: it is three days of beer, speed, weed and noise-induced hearing loss. It was started three years ago by a group of friends who saw a need in this city

I will always and forever be a fan of SICK, RAGING, OFF THE CHAIN D-BEAT, and the new SUNSHINE WARD soon to released 12 inch Order will do the trick. This band kicks the teeth out of all authority and kicks oppression in the balls with their non-stop onslaught! Our

D – beat punk is one of those genres, like grindcore or depressive black metal, that takes a lot of flak for being overly formulaic. Usually, the accusations come from kids outside the scene, since those of us who actually listen to this stuff do so because we enjoy the

My favorite videographer from Boston has to be AT THE BOILER ROOM, because his footage always has so much energy, plus he captures the raddest local and touring bands! Case in point: peep these two insane sets from SYMPTOM and EXIT ORDER below. You can also head over to our comrade Angela Owens for

Hey hey, guess what? Our good buds and notorious Bay Area Punk Rock degenerates I WANNA DIE have released a new EP called Ne Me Quitte Pas, and well, as expected it’s an awesome fucking rager of embittered and fucked up hardcore punk coming atcha straight from the fucking gutter, where

Racism is never a joke…Phil Anselmo, you straight fucking played yourself in the eyes of so many, and CVLT Nation will never support you in any way or form. I have been an active part of the underground music community since the early 80s, and I have never made the