All right, you know what time it is. It is time for that convulse records update on their new releases.

Just about the best label going around right now. So let's get into it. We got a new EP from punitive damage. It is called hate training.

Picking up with the 2022 LP, this is the blackout left off. This EP delivers enormous direct hardcore across six tracks. Lyrically,

hate training addresses historic cycles of oppression and their echoes today. Sonically, it gives you

everything you want from hardcore without any bloat or excess. It is fast, aggressive, and loud.

Up next we got the debut LP from Public Opinion. It is called

Painted on Smile, one part ultra catchy punk, one part exorcism. It's an album that

reckons with self-loathing and self-doubted so thoroughly that by the end of it, maybe

things don't seem as cursed after all. Painted on Smile somehow draws together the melodicism of early Otts Rock, the intensity

of hardcore, and the spiky swagger of primordial punk into a surprisingly cohesive blend.

Lyrically, the album hinges on Hart's ability to capture existential frustration without

stumbling into self-pity. You can order these incredible records and see what else Convulse has to offer

when you visit convulse records.bantamp.com.

First ever podcast.

First ever podcast. Welcome to the first ever podcast.

I am your host and if this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences and their art form that led them to where they are today.

This is episode 236. And my guest this week is hardcore guitar player extraordinaire. It is the one and only Niroz Kane. He's the guitarist in bands like the Hope Conspiracy, the Suicide File. I actually am lucky to be a band member with him myself in a band called Hesitation Wounds. He's one of my all-time favorite people in the entire world. And I had the best excuse to have him on, which is that HopeCon dropped the new album last year called Tools of Oppression Rule by Deception. It fucking rips. If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, you should do

that immediately. Another thing you could do right now is head on over to the Patreon and subscribe

because there is a bonus episode available right now where Neraj answered questions that were

submitted by subscribers. You can find the link in the episode description or go to patreon.com slash the first ever

Patreon.

You can subscribe for any tier and get access to that plus all of the other bonus material.

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