A short summer break and we’re already back in the trenches with a triple Italian Hardcore attack!! To make it short and simple: the longly awaited ITALIAN PUNK HARDCORE 1980-1989, THE MOVIE – DVD co-released with Lovehate80.it is up for pre-orders (you can’t believe but it’s true!) as well as the extended version of RAW POWER “Mine to kill” on digpack CD with an UNRELEASED SESSION of 12 bonus tracks and the RAW POWER “The albums 1982-1989” ltd. 4xCD boxset! Here you’ll find all the links/info to pre-order these gems, the official release date is set for September 7th 2015. More in detail about each item:

– ITALIAN PUNK HARDCORE 1980-1989, IL FILM | THE MOVIE  (DVD)

eng –  The definitive and most exhaustive documentary about the roots of Punk and Hardcore in Italy, focusing on the legendary “furious years” 1980-1989!! Almost 2 hours tracing the history of how it all came together.. the early bands, labels and zines, the shows, the first squatted houses like “Virus” in Milano and “Victor Charlie” in Pisa, and a lot more! All this told in first person by those who lived it through detailed interviews and a lot of rare videos showing the bands in action. Photos, flyers, original 80’s TV features and rare live footage from more than 50 bands and 62 characters (labels, zine editors, etc.) A monsterwork put together over the years with feverish passion.. simply the most complete and quality-focused video source about the heyday of Italian Hardcore/Punk you can think of, exactly what many enthusiasts were waiting for! Bands featured: WRETCHED, NEGAZIONE, C.C.M., IMPACT, RAW POWER, BLOODY RIOT, UPSET NOISE, NABAT, UNDERAGE, PEGGIO PUNX, CRASH BOX, INDIGESTI, KINA, DECLINO, BLUE VOMIT, RAF PUNK, INFEZIONE, STIGMATHE, FALL OUT, CHAIN REACTION and many more..  English subtitles included!!  Comes in a digipack DVD sleeve!

Price: 13 euro

Pre-order your copy here:

Wholesale requests to: foadrecords@gmail.com

USA/Canada customers: you can order this via Soap And Spikes or Puke’n’Vomit

ita Le radici del Punk/Hardcore in Italia presentate attraverso il documentario più completo ed esauriente mai realizzato. I leggendari “furious years” 1980-1989, gli anni d’oro del Punk HC in Italia, un salto nel passato di quasi due ore per ripercorrere passo a passo le origini, la storia delle prime band, fanzine ed etichette, i concerti, i posti occupati come il “Virus” di Milano o il “Victor Charlie” a Pisa, e molto altro ancora.  Raccontato in prima persona dai protagonisti di quella scena attraverso interviste dettagliatissime arricchite da riprese di concerti, foto, locandine, inserti televisivi dell’epoca. Un lavoro maniacale assemblato con passione e cura scrupolosa per ogni minimo particolare… senza ombra di dubbio IL FILM definitivo sull’Hardcore/Punk Italiano degli Anni Ottanta! Più di 60 band, editori di fanzine, etichette… tra i tanti: WRETCHED, NEGAZIONE, C.C.M., IMPACT, RAW POWER, BLOODY RIOT, UPSET NOISE, NABAT, UNDERAGE, PEGGIO PUNX, CRASH BOX, INDIGESTI, KINA, DECLINO, BLUE VOMIT, RAF PUNK, INFEZIONE, STIGMATHE, FALL OUT, CHAIN REACTION, Stiv Rottame TVOR, Attack Punk Records ecc. In Italiano con sottotitoli (opzionabili) in Inglese. Confezione DVD digipack!

Pre-ordina la tua copia seguendo questo link:

Distributori scrivere a foadrecords@gmail.com

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– RAW POWER “Mine to kill” (extended version) digipack CD

4th and final installment of the series that sees FOAD Records re-issuing all RAW POWER‘s albums of the ’80s in their definitive, top-quality version making justice to these ageless classic… After “You are the victim” (1983), “Screams from the gutter” (1984) and “After your brain” (1986) it’s the turn of “Mine to kill” (1989), another uppercut in the jaws showing RP at the top of the game crossovering their manic riff-oriented Hardcore with the most intense and raging Thrash assault. Together with the incredible “Screams from the gutter” this is hands down the fastest and tightest delivery in the band’s discography of the first decade. As for all their previous releases on FOAD, this has been scrupulously remastered from the 1st generation master at Toxic Basement Studio, taking the original dynamics and sonic impact to the most powerful and energetic stage. And there’s more.. as special bonus you will also find a completely UNRELEASED SESSION (12 tracks!) that was the original 1st studio take of the album, made in Modena/Italy still with Helder on drums! As explained by the band: “RAW POWER began the recording of “Mine to kill” in Italy, at Umbi Studio, and when it came to an end there were discussions about the final product. The decision to re-record the album in England with a different producer saw Helder leave, the one most satisfied with the work they had just ended, and having already had a brief live experience with the other boys, Fabiano Bianco (Bloody Riot / Raff) replaced him on drums. The fourth album came out and the previous version was trashed. The bonus tracks added to this version was what would have been “Mine to kill” at the beginning, feeling like the first real attempt to change the style and understanding even more how the personalities within Raw Power differed between them, something that has always characterized the band from any other reality“. Of those 12 tracks, 4 are completely unreleased as they haven’t been re-recorded on the final version of the album, and they simply kill! Raw, aggressive and dizzyingly precise Hardcore from Italy’s most iconic band of the unforgettable “furious years”! Comes in a deluxe digipak sleeve with 11 page booklet including rare photos, flyers, lyrics and liner notes!

Price: 10 euro

Pre-order your copy here:

– RAW POWER “The albums 1982-1989” 4xCD ltd. Boxset

All the studio albums 1982-1989 of this legendary Italian Hardcore band collected together in a deluxe hand-numbered boxset limited to 300 copies!

4 digipack CD’s with extensive booklets filled to the brim with exclusive photos, flyers, liner notes and a lot more. Top quality audio mastering by Toxic Basement Studio from 1st generation masters provided by the band, tons of bonus features (an unreleased demo session on CD 1 and 12 unreleased tracks on CD 4). A great (and cheaper) chance to get all 4 deluxe FOAD‘s installments at once in a highly collectable edition!

Contents:

CD1 :  “Your are the victim” (1983) + “God’s course” Demo (1982)

CD2 : “Screams from the gutter” (1984)

CD3 :  “After your brain – redux” (1986)

CD4 : “Mine to kill” (1989) + Unreleased recordings (1989)

Price: 28 euro

Pre-order your copy here:

..just got back from our insane open air festival “UNITED AS ONE Pt. II” that was really over all our expectations, we are ready to start shipping our final release of the summer. So set the time machine to 1986 and face some bloodthirsty Teutonic Speed/Thrash Metal, S.D.I. “Bloodsucker – Demo 1986” LP is out now!!! It’s not the first case that we’re dealing with some classic German Metal of the 80s, remember the massive PROTECTOR demo collection “Cain and Abel” on double LP and the recently unleashed POISON “Sons of evil” LP, but of all the above mentioned recordings, what you’re getting this time is hands down the rarest and less known of all. So more in detail: legendary German Speed/Thrash aggressors S.D.I. (Satans Defloration Inc.) team up with FOAD to unearth their ultra-rare debut studio recording 1986, a cult session known as “Bloodsucker” Demo used only as promo to get them signed to a label for their first full length LP.

This has been re-transfered from the original reels and remixed too, as there were no decent copies around of the original mix that could be used as master. So taking it from the 1/4″ reels, you get it in the best possible sound quality thanks to the amazing restoring skills of The Hand Of Doom at Toxic Basement Studio. If you’re into classic no frills German Thrash and Speed Metal, this has the powerful and straightforward riffing assault to gnaw your neck vertebrae into a frantic headbangin’ delirium until you are ready to jump in a suicidal MEGAMOSH!! It reminds of early day Helloween (1985 EP era) and Iron Angel meet Destruction, all channelled through a more Metal/Punk infused approach. One sided LP with B-Side silkscreened in white with a rare artwork from the original promo. 4 page old school booklet/insert with extensive liner notes, the complete “Bloodsucker” promo photoset and never seen before flyers/artworks. A must have for all you maniacs into ’80s German Thrash and Speed Metal!

We’re starting to ship all the preorders today and the official release party is going to take place this Saturday in Reggio Emilia (Italy) at Lambrusco Open Air with S.D.I. themselves headlining!! After this LP we’ll get back in September with an all-italian 80s Hardcore double assault, so stay tuned!! S.D.I. is still available in two different versions, act fast to catch the limited blue vinyl versions as there aren’t many left!

Available in 2 different versions:

Die-hard electric blue vinyl (limited to 100 copies)

Solid Black vinyl (limited to 400)

So it’s time to unleash the last FOAD beast for this summer, we’re melting from the heat and our warehouse has turned into a furnace, so we’re ending July with another release and then we’ll get back in the trenches from September onwards, even if in August we’ll stay here shipping all mailorder packages, wholesales and trades, as always. Our final recipe for July is a megamoshing attack of old school Teutonic metal… Legendary German Speed/Thrash aggressors S.D.I. (Satans Defloration Inc.) team up with FOAD to unearth their ultra-rare debut studio recording 1986, a cult session known as “Bloodsucker” Demo used only as promo to get them signed to a label for their first full length LP. This has been re-transfered from the original reels and remixed too, as there were no decent copies around of the original mix that could be used as master. So taking it from the 1/4″ reels, you get it in the best possible sound quality thanks to the amazing restoring skills of The Hand Of Doom at Toxic Basement Studio.

If you’re into classic no frills German Thrash and Speed Metal, this has the powerful and straightforward riffing assault to gnaw your neck vertebrae into a frantic headbangin’ delirium until you are ready to jump in a suicidal MEGAMOSH!! It reminds of early day Helloween (1985 Ep era) and Iron Angel meet Destruction, all channelled through a more Metal/Punk infused approach. One sided LP with B-Side silkscreened in white with a rare artwork from the original promo. 4 page old school booklet/insert with extensive liner notes, the complete “Bloodsucker” promo photoset and never seen before flyers/artworks.

A must have for all you maniacs into ’80s German Thrash and Speed Metal! Pre-orders kick off now, we’ll start to ship on July 28th 2015 (even if some copies will be already available at FOAD’s summer festival “United As One #2“) and the official release date is set for the first and exclusive S.D.I. italian show at “Lambrusco Open Air” fest on August 1st.

Available in 2 different versions:

Die-hard electric blue vinyl (limited to 100 copies)

Solid Black vinyl (limited to 400)

The wait is over! CRUMBSUCKERS “Turn back time: the early years 1983-1985” 2xLP+CD and double CD  are finally out. We’re a bit late in announcing this (release date was set for July 9th) because we have been away for 1 week at the Obscene Extreme Festival busy with our records/merch tent. A part of preorders have been shipped already and the rest will be sent before the end of the week. There are only 15 copies left of the ultra-ltd diehard version on black n’ blue splatter vinyl so better blast at the speed of light on the shopping cart if you want to catch one!

So more in detail about the contents:

if you’re looking for crucial, full on energy 80’s New York Hardcore, then look no further!! This is the most exhaustive, high quality retrospective of the pre-”Life of dreams” recordings, 69 songs including all their Demos (the legendary “Crumbsucker cave” demo 1983, “Charge of the light brigade” Demo 1985 and two unreleased tapes 1983-1984) + a bonus CD with 3 great sounding live sets 1984-85 at CBGB‘s… one opening for the Cro-Mags!  This collection shows the band’s natural evolution from basic, no frills early ’80s Hardcore to the mad thrashing assault that made “Life of dreams” and “B.O.M.B.” two unforgettable lessons of true NYHC crossovered with technical and well delivered Metal.

All the stuff included here features their former singer David Brady, and displays embryonic versions of all those anthems that were later re-recorded on their debut masterpiece + a bunch of unreleased tracks!  As usual all the stuff here has been mastered from 1st generation tapes with extreme care and passion by the Hand of Doom @ Toxic Basement Studio, a real guarantee of quality and passion!

VINYL: Three sided double LP (one side silk-screened featuring the original Taggart’s crumb sucker art) housed in a thick gatefold jacket including rare photos, flyers and liner notes + exclusive artwork by Lucas Kalina… bonus Live at CBGB CD sealed inside of the gatefold in a 5″ cardboard sleeve!

CD:  double CD in a 6-panel digipack including a 16 page booklet (same contents as the vinyl version)

For those who are still not familiar with this mandatory band (shame!) make sure to read this great writeup about their classic debut album “Life of dreams“, it’s the best way to get introduced to their awesome power… quote: “this was like the best of Bad Brains and Exodus rolled into one”!!! And IT’S SO TRUE!

Pre-orders start now, we’ll start to ship on July 9th 2015

AVAILABLE IN 3 DIFFERENT VERSIONS:

– Limited Black n’ Blue splatter (only 100 copies)

– Black vinyl (300 copies)

– 2xCD digipack

It’s no secret that we are total maniacs when it comes to seminal New York City Hardcore.  You saw it with S.O.D./Crab Society North, Ludichrist and with what we still repute one of our favourite releases in FOAD‘s endless discography: CRUMBSUCKERS “Turn back time: the early years 1983-1985“, a blistering 69 song marathon collecting all the band’s existing recordings prior to their legendary debut “Life of dreams“.  The first edition sold out in the blink of an eye, and due to the high demand we thought it was about time to deliver a new pressing.

Now, here’s the sad part of the story: we have sent this to the pressing plant in February ordering a stunning “Black & Blue” ltd. splatter version that had to be ready for the band’s headlining performance at this year’s Black n’ Blue Bowl in NYC…we wanted to surprise the fans and provide something exclusive for the festival.  But thanks to the shitty Record Store Day hype that keeps all vinyl factories highly congested in the early months of the year until April, we have received this just now, 2 months after the BnB festival. Bummer, but who fucking cares. What really matters is that this Hardcore classic is back in stock, there is a marvellous new splatter edition that differs from the 1st pressing and above all this time we are also making it available on CD as a double CD version housed in a multipanel digipak with a thick booklet!

So more in detail about the contents:

if you’re looking for crucial, full on energy 80’s New York Hardcore, then look no further!! This is the most exhaustive, high quality retrospective of the pre-”Life of dreams” recordings, 69 songs including all their Demos (the legendary “Crumbsucker cave” demo 1983, “Charge of the light brigade” Demo 1985 and two unreleased tapes 1983-1984) + a bonus CD with 3 great sounding live sets 1984-85 at CBGB‘s… one opening for the Cro-Mags!  This collection shows the band’s natural evolution from basic, no frills early ’80s Hardcore to the mad thrashing assault that made “Life of dreams” and “B.O.M.B.” two unforgettable lessons of true NYHC crossovered with technical and well delivered Metal.

All the stuff included here features their former singer David Brady, and displays embryonic versions of all those anthems that were later re-recorded on their debut masterpiece + a bunch of unreleased tracks!  As usual all the stuff here has been mastered from 1st generation tapes with extreme care and passion by the Hand of Doom @ Toxic Basement Studio, a real guarantee of quality and passion!

VINYL: Three sided double LP (one side silk-screened featuring the original Taggart’s crumb sucker art) housed in a thick gatefold jacket including rare photos, flyers and liner notes + exclusive artwork by Lucas Kalina… bonus Live at CBGB CD sealed inside of the gatefold in a 5″ cardboard sleeve!

CD:  double CD in a 6-panel digipack including a 16 page booklet (same contents as the vinyl version)

For those who are still not familiar with this mandatory band (shame!) make sure to read this great writeup about their classic debut album “Life of dreams“, it’s the best way to get introduced to their awesome power… quote: “this was like the best of Bad Brains and Exodus rolled into one”!!! And IT’S SO TRUE!

Pre-orders start now, we’ll start to ship on July 9th 2015

AVAILABLE IN 3 DIFFERENT VERSIONS:

– Limited Black n’ Blue splatter (only 100 copies)

– Black vinyl (300 copies)

– 2xCD digipack

The day has come! We are proud to announce that the split 9″ between Eyehategod and Psycho is finally out! Shifting from the most disturbing swamp music by the New Orlans undisputed kings of sludge to the frantic grinding hardcore artillery by Boston’s most deranged trio, this slab of vinyl is a terrific discharge of energy, that perfectly shows their top notch ability to perform amazing live shows. We’re sending out all the orders now, so you can start to heat up your turntable, your copy will be soon in your hands!

More in detail..: New Orleans’ Sludgecore lords EHG team up with Boston’s sickest grinding Hardcore veterans Psycho on a devastating 9″ slab of vinyl… ninefuckinginches of uncontrollable, sheer insanity and negativity from two bands that have never failed delivering anguished, blood-dripping sonic violence over the last 3 decades.. Both sides have been recorded live in Europe during their summer tours June-July 2011, and the audio quality of these soundboard recordings is simply astonishing, clean, powerful and heavy as a steamroller crushing your eardrums!

Both sides capture the very core of the intensity of these bands on stage, and you know what to expect: EHG crank out 3 tormented classics of misanthropy-tinged heaviness… “Story of the eye“, “New Orleans is the New Vietnam” and “Sister fucker“, PSYCHO complete the hecatomb with 6 short and fast stabs of rabid Hardcore/Grind in their own matchless style.

What else to add?  We chose to do this as a 9″ because we find it a highly collectable and enjoyable format and reminds us some classic oversized 8″ pearls of the ’80s Japanese Hardcore scene of which we are total maniacs… and to get even closer to that feeling, the front cover art was drawn by Malleus taking inspiration from an old Kikejii flexi disc released in 1983 by ADK Records! It also comes with an insert with both bands’ photos!

Dedicated to Joey LaCaze and Seth Putnam

Available in 3 different versions:

DIE-HARD TRANSPARENT RED WITH BLUE SLICES limited to 150 copies

DIE-HARD SEABLUE WITH RED AND OXBLOOD STAINS limited to 150 copies

REGULAR BLACK VINYL limited to 700 copies