Sore Throat - Disgrace To The Corpse Of Sid / Unhindered By Talent

Gnarled punk/hardcore/grind from the legendary Sore Throat. This compiles two of the bands releases into one CD, both of which were never given the CD treatment in Europe until this point. This was bought through Earache, and is an Earache release - however it wasn't around for long. Even the cover mentions not to pay "more than £50 on eBay" - hahaha! A nice trinket for the collector.

Heresy - Voice of Fear

An unofficial two disc compilation of... erm... two other unofficial compilations here from Lost & Found Records. This compiles 'Voice Your Opinion' and 'Visions of Fear', two previous comps which together pretty much makes up the discography of the band. Included is 'Never Healed', 'Face Up To It', 'Whose Generation', '13 Rockin Anthems' & a stack of live tracks. Musically, obviously the band are one of the big names from the British hardcore punk scene, with politically themed anarcho crustiness abound. Good stuff if it fits your tastes.

Cerebral Fix - Products of Disgust (Box Set)

The 4 CD box set release from Metal Mind combines a whole stack of material from Cerebral Fix, spanning their early more hardcore edged crossover years to their more thrashy releases that they were blasting in the early 90s. Limited to 2000 copies, this is not only packed to the brim with bonus tracks featuring all sorts of rare live material and rehearsal tracks, but also a nice fat booklet with all sorts of rare pictures and information that all major fans will revel in.

Siege - Drop Dead

Mixing it up a little with some seminal hardcore punk. Siege influences ran wildly amongst not only the punk scene, but also into metal and grindcore (with the likes of Napalm Death being one of their biggest padowans). Spastic shards of riffage burst forth, feedback and anger is channeled and history is made, with 'Drop Dead' still standing to this day as one of the shining lights of the genre. An original pressing on CD by Relapse Records (as part of their Relapse Underground series).

Hellbastard - Natural Order

Hellbastard started out as a straight up crusty hardcore punk band, but come 'Natural Order' (their 2nd proper album), they resembled something much closer to crossover thrash (with a lot of bay area kicks). As for most early 90s thrash, this has long missed the genres peak so was passed by by most, but there's still some gleams of teeth gritting, neck snapping awesomeness to be found. Earache Records!

Tribulation - Clown of Thorns

Not the fresh faced bunch of death metal inspired teenagers from Sweden called Tribulation, this is in fact the early crossover/thrash Tribulation from Sweden. Yes, more daft crossover with a crazy and fun tone. Again, not a band that will change your world, but they served their purpose and had quite the following in Sweden back in the day. They only released this one full length album, but did also put out a stack of demos throughout their lifespan and a final 'farewell' EP in 1994. An original pressing on Black Mark Records.

Haunted Garage - Possession Park

Nice retarded crossover thrash here, from the long forgotten Haunted Garage. These guys disappeared into obscurity, but left us with this full length album to consider for the rest of eternity. Not that you'd want to - haha! Well, it isn't that bad, but it's fairly generic "leave your brain at the door" fun - they're called Haunted Garage for fucks sake, what do you expect?!. It has some alternative leanings which put off a lot of people too, but it's decent enough to throw on once in a blue moon. An original Metal Blade pressing, out of print - but not hard to find for a decent price at all.

The Accüsed - The Return of... Martha Splatterhead

Here is the debut album from crossover thrash legends The Accüsed. This has got all the balls and intensity you'd expect from a release from 1986, and to be fair the band never managed to release anything as worthwhile as this album in their storied career (though a couple of their later albums did come very close). US Combat Records pressing with alternate cover art from the vinyl.

Cerebral Fix - Tower of Spite / Bastards / Death Erotica

Here we have the 2nd, 3rd and 4th albums from Brit cross-over thrashers Cerebral Fix. I believe their debut album was never released on CD format, until the band released their 'Products of Disgust' box set which compiled just about all their material (including demo material) in 2007. Out of the three albums here, I'd say 'Tower of Spite' is the freshest and thrashiest, featuring the best material on offer, though 'Bastards' is no slouch either to be honest. Not impossible to find or uber-expensive to buy even to this day, these are original pressings on Roadracer, R/C (both Roadrunner!) and Under One Flag respectively.

The Spudmonsters - Stop The Madness

Here's the ridiculously named Spudmonsters. Not just any old Spudmonsters, "The Spudmonsters". Well, if you've come across these guys before you'll know that they pull out some fairly decent cross-over thrash. Not world beating, not mind-blowing, but still pretty tasty. This is their debut album and from what I've heard of their works personally, some of their best work (you can't fault song titles such as '10 Lbs. of Shit in a 5 Lb. Bag' can you?). An original pressing on Massacre Records (it was re-issued with bonus tracks from their Ace of Spades E.P).

Unsane - Unsane / Singles 89-92

Unsane were a band I wouldn't normally have checked out, but I took a chance due to Entombed banging on about them in interviews. I'm glad I did. I love their sloppy, jagged shards of anger and feedback squeezed into musical form. This is the bands debut album, and early compilation featuring material from their early days. Early original pressings on City Slang Records.

Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel

One of the all-time best US hardcore albums? Yeah why not. This is Cro-Mags debut, the critically acclaimed 1986 full length which saw them crash into the scene with a blast. There's also plenty of nods to thrash metal here and there (their later albums were to have much more of a crossover edge than this though, with quite a few full on thrashers under their belts). An original pressing on Profile Records.

Filthy Christians - Mean

Featuring the infamous artwork of the corpse of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme shortly after being gunned down, Filthy Christians' one and only full length studio album features crusty, grinding bursts of anger which Earache were renowned for back in the day. Out of print these days, this is the original Earache press - worth checking out if you like a bit of grimy grind.

Neurosis - The Word As Law

This is Neurosis' 2nd album, before their giant shift into the tribal thing, back when they played something which resembled something more like hardcore punk. Even as a punk album goes, it's not exactly a shining example of its genre. But anyway, it's an original CD press on Lookout Records (not first press, as the first press had no barcode).

Sacrilege - Behind The Realms of Madness

The debut album from UK Crusty thrashers Sacrilege here, an original CD pressing on Metalcore Records. This is dirty crust punk with a smattering of thrash, spewing a really pissed off tone - grimy as fuck! These guys went onto play a straight up thrash album come album number two, only to change styles again for their third (and final) full length, where they adopted a much more doomy edge. Genre defining? Not really, but it is enjoyable as hell.

Disfear - Everyday Slaughter

Sweden's Disfear belt out some great crusty punk, with this being their second album released on Kron-H (a sub-label of Osmose Records which is no longer in existence). Angry, fast and nasty - just the way I like it.