Hardware Records

UPCOMING RELEASES

2010:
Short Fuse/Chuck Damage - Split 7"
Kaivosurma - Porttiteoria 7"

Later 2010:
Anger Burning - When 12"
Minister Död - Halleluja Troddeduja 7"
Curbbite - TBA 12"

AVAILABLE RELEASES

Black Mark - Wrecked 7"
Chuck Damage - s/t 12"
Idle Hands - Postponed 12"
Organism - Hope 12"
Press Gang - s/t 12"
Short Fuse - Burnout 12"

MP3 STUFF

Social Circkle - City Shock
Idle Hands - Waiting For My Statue
Organism - Judge
Black Mark - Shut Down
Wormeaters - Libido Dominandi
Amöba - En Döende Värld
Press Gang - Alka Seltzer
Bad Antics - Kicked Out
Kommunen - Det Nya Partiet
Minister Död - Krig War
Press Gang - Leave My Life
Blüdwülf - Feast Of The Damned
Kaivosurma - Eteenpäin

IDLE HANDS - Postponed LP REPRESSED!

March, 9th 2010

IDLE HANDS - Postponed LP repress has finally arrived. 300 copies of which are 100 on orange transparent vinyl. Get your fix if you haven't yet!

BURIAL/ANTIMOB - Split 7" is long sold out. Not sure about repress though. Check distros for remaining copies....

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BURIAL/ANTIMOB - Split 7" OUT NOW!

Regular version

Lim. silk-screened version

December, 28th 2009

Hey!

Hopefully everyone survived christ mess time. Now give me all your money, so I can pay my debts as the BURIAL/ANTIMOB - Split 7" is out NOW!

What a monster. I'm really excited about this one. BURIAL delivers another shocker left over from their session for the SPEED AT NIGHT 12". That track is a long, raw assault with an evil Thrash Metal undertone familiar from the 12" on DERANGED. Excellent! ANTIMOB from Athens strike back with two new songs which totally blew me away. They were mastered by Robin from THE NOW-DENIAL and you can hear that. Expect classic guitar howling Japanese Hardcore with a Portland twist especially in the vocals WARCRY come to mind. There's about 100 copies on limited silkscreened covers and green colored vinyl available from the shop and the bands only.

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PRESS GANG - s/t 12" and IDLE HANDS - Postponed 12" are repressed. IDLE HANDS 12" will be added in a few days. I ordered some on orange vinyl if I remember correctly. Who cares, just check the distro, fool.

Up next: stuff.

SOCIAL CIRCKLE - City Shock 12" at the pressing plant!

September, 27st 2009

The European press of their 12" has been sent to the plant. It's scheduled for release on 10th of October. This is a one-time press of 500 copies. Start off of the tour is Oct. 16th. Here's the complete dates:

Fr. 16.10.2009 Mülheim - Az
Sa. 17.10.2009 Venlo - Poppodium Perron55
So. 18.10.2009 Hamburg - Hafenklang Exil
Mo. 19.10.2009 Kiel - Schaubude
Di. 20.10.2009 Malmö - Utkanten
Mi. 21.10.2009 Gothenburg - Underjorden
Do. 22.10.2009 Umea - Verket
Fr. 23.10.2009 Stockholm - Kafe 44
Sa. 24.10.2009 Copenhagen - Dödsmaskinen
So. 25.10.2009 Osnabrück - AZ Substanz w/ IDLE HANDS
Mo. 26.10.2009 Brighton - The Greenhouse Effect
Di. 27.10.2009 Leeds - Nation Of Shopkeepers
Mi. 28.10.2009 Glasgow - tba
Do. 29.10.2009 Liverpool - tba
Fr. 30.10.2009 London - The Big Takeover III
Sa. 31.10.2009 Amsterdam - Occii
So. 01.11.2009 Kortrijk - The Pits
Mo. 02.11.2009 Paris - Le Pixi
Di. 03.11.2009 Lyon - tba
Mi. 04.11.2009 Zarautz - Putzuzulo Gaztetxea
Do. 05.11.2009 Barcelona - Rock Sound
Fr. 06.11.2009 Bordeaux - L'Hotel Particulier
Sa. 07.11.2009 Nommay - Pinky Bar
So. 08.11.2009 Bologna - Atlantide
Mo. 09.11.2009 Munich - Kafe Kult
Di. 10.11.2009 Nuremberg - Kunstverein
Mi. 11.11.2009 Prague - V Jeleni
Do. 12.11.2009 Vienna - Tüwi
Fr. 13.11.2009 Budapest - Pogo Loco
Sa. 14.11.2009 Leipzig - Liwi
So. 15.11.2009 Berlin - Koma F

There will be limited to 100 copies mint green vinyl for mailorder here.

The US-pressing is being released by NO WAY RECORDS from Richmond, VA. Thanks a lot to the band and Brandon & Lauren @ NO WAY for making this possible!

SHORT FUSE - Burnout 12" and CHUCK DAMAGE - s/t 12" OUT NOW!

September, 21st 2009

At last both long awaited records are available. I'm right back from tour with the IDLE HANDS, which was a blast. Thanks a lot to the HANDS and the SEDATIVES from Canada who made the trip a complete blast.

There's some new stuff in the oven like two splits with BURIAL from Germany and ANTIMOB from Greece. Another one with SHORT FUSE and CHUCK DAMAGE is already recorded and will be sent off around October. MINISTER DÖD from Sweden finally remastered their recordings for the first 7". Expect raw Swedcore blasts in '82 Göteborg style. Next one will be an domestic pressing of the SOCIAL CIRCKLE - City Shock 12" which will be released by NO WAY REC. in the U.S. I'll do 500 copies for their tour in October 2009. So keep your eyes peeled, that one has been sent to the plant already.

You can get limited copies here.

IDLE HANDS - s/t 7" repress and IDLE HANDS - Postponed 12" OUT NOW!

May, 8th 2009

IDLE HANDS fucking made it!

Finally I got the time to send out this newsletter. Moving house with approx. 3,000 records was a pain in my dirty ass. Now things are getting back to normal. Order are being shipped by now. Sorry for any inconveinice and thanks for your patience.

To make it short: The IDLE HANDS - Postponed LP was released on April, 25th at a blast of a show. 999 copies were made, 50 were sold as a release edition with a different cover at the release show but there were 200 copies on mint colored vinyl. I have about 50 left. So better be quick ordering one.

Here's some review by some old son of a bitch out of the woods of Westphalia:

If idleness warps the mind, than there's still the heart and the soul. There's plenty of both on this first full-length delivery by the four rockers from Münster and Osnabrück who are also on duty in MISSING SHADOWS and PRESS GANG.
Expectations were flying high up there in Punkrock heaven after the first 7'' ran hot on everyone's record spinner and the boys really managed to increase the density of hits on this non-stop 14-song long big plate that already ranges as candidate for 'record of the year'!!!
Powerful bass lines and a dry and driving beat in the best PEGBOY meets the MARKED MEN way in a harmonious alliance with the STATUES guitar lines and that fantastic, part melancholic, part cheerful vocal melodies make that an easy decision.
From the pounding and revolting opener "Have hope" to the socio-critical "Make it better", the alcoholic lament "Endless war" on the first side over to the catchy "Waiting for my statue", the somehow slower and cool marcher "Alloy", the faster self-help hymn "Officious attempts" right to the perfect and positive closing tune "New ways2 this record comes straight from the heart and speaks with a mind!

You can get limited copies here.

On a site note: The IDLE HANDS - s/t 7" was repressed on HARDWARE at a 420 print run. Thanks to THREE CHORDS for letting me do it. Copies are getting low again. Few on red left.

Up next in June: SHORT FUSE - Burnout 12" (raging, stomping Hardcore)

ORGANISM - Hope 12" and AMÖBA - II 7" OUT NOW!

March, 6th 2009

ORGANISM's - Hope 12" has finally arrived and it was totally worth the wait. Vinyl sounds killer, cover looks flawless. 8 tracks of neckbreaking full throttle Hardcore Punk from Osaka/Japan. There's 200 copies on blue vinyl of which 150 will be sold through the shop only.

Another news is the 2nd AMÖBA 7" called "II" is out now too. Again 300 copies with blank labels of chaotic raw Swedish Hardcore the way I love it. Also 100 copies of the first 7" were repressed. Catch them on tour.

Idle Hands - s/t 7" repress will be here shortly. Check back in one or two weeks, just waiting for the covers..."Postponed" LP is recorded and ready to be sent to the plant. Hopefully out in April.

PRESS GANG - Sexsatan 7" OUT NOW!

January, 9th 2009

PRESS GANG - Sexsatan 7" has arrived! The cover and the records came out great. 200 copies on spermwhite vinyl available through my store. There are only a handful left.

Big news on the ORGANISM - Hope 12". The master has been sent to the plant. Covers and OBI strip are being printed. I expect it to arrive in mid-February if everything runs smoothly. Keep your eyes peeled!

Plus there's some new stuff in the oven, a new local band called IDLE HANDS including Julius from PRESS GANG and Andi from THE MISSING SHADOWS. I'll put out their first 12", which was preceded by their brilliant debut 7" a few months ago. They're recording the 12" as I write this! Checking this band out is highly recommended.

Right after that the new AMÖBA 7" and the MINISTER DÖD - Halleluja Troddeduja 7" will be finally recorded. This was supposed to be HWR-005 back in 2007. This one will be followed by the first ANGER BURNING 12" appearance called "When".

BLACK MARK - Wrecked 7" OUT NOW!

September, 18th 2008

At last the BLACK MARK 7" is ready to be shipped. 400 copies on black and 100 on red vinyl exist. Another great new band from the mid-west of the USA! They're going to record for a 12" real soon!

There's also news on the ORGANISM - Hope LP. The band finally provided the re-done artwork for the LP. I hope to have it out in the next two months. Check back soon, don't miss one of the most destructive contemporary units from Japan!

WORMEATERS - In God We Thrust 7" at the pressing plant!

June, 25th 2008

Finally the WORMEATERS recordings have been sent to the plant. There will be 400 copies on black and 100 on green transparent vinyl. I hope it to be finished around mid-July! Be prepared for some sonic Hardcore violence!

The BLACK MARK - 1-sided 7" is almost about to be sent off, too. I'm going to try to have this available by the time the WORMEATERS 7" arrives!