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Napalm Death @ Club Academy, Manchester, 18th March 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Napalm Death / Dropdead / Siberian Meat Grinder / Escuela Grind @ Club Academy, Manchester, 18th March 2023

21st March 202317th January 2026 Lee Edwards Club Academy, Crust, Dropdead, Escuela Grind, Grindcore, Hardcore, Manchester, Napalm Death, Siberian Meat Grinder, Through The Lens

A night of politically charged grindcore, hardcore, crust and punk was in order for a cold and wet, with threats

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Review: Dropdead ‘Dropdead’ 2020

17th September 202026th October 2020 Jamie Grimes Armageddon Label, Crust, Dropdead, Hardcore

It’s almost a whole 25 years since a teenage me stumbled up a rickety stairs in Dublin to have my

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DROPDEAD: Vice/Noisey Streaming Tunes From RUIDOSA INMUNDICIA + SYSTEMATIC DEATH Splits

21st February 2014 Lee Edwards Armageddon, Audio Stream, Dropdead, New EP Details, News, Noisey, Ruidosa Inmundicia, Systematic Death

In commemoration of a lawless pair of split 7-inches from longrunning political hardcore/punk activists DROPDEAD — one featuring Vienna, Austria

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DROPDEAD: Providence Activists Dispatch Duo Of Split EPs Via Armageddon Label

13th February 2014 Lee Edwards Armageddon, Dropdead, New EP Details, News, Ruidosa Inmundicia, Systematic Death

Longtime political hardcore/punk activists, DROPDEAD, have just released two brand new EPs via their own Armageddon Label, both of them

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BRUTAL TRUTH Premiere New Video; Confirm Tour With Nasum & Dropdead

1st March 2012 Lee Edwards Brutal Truth, Dropdead, Eyescream Metalfest IV, Fuck Cancer, Hellfest 2012, Malice, MetalSucks, Nasum, New Video, News, Relapse Records

Grindcore subjugators BRUTAL TRUTH today unveil their brand new epilepsy-inducing society-hating politically-charged video for “Malice/Fuck Cancer”, the latest in an

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

1st April 20261st April 2026 Lee Edwards

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