Show #219 Louder Than War Radio

This week’s show started in the shadows and never really bothered coming back into the light.

We opened with Evil Blizzard and Wake The Dead In Bedlam from Death Songs & Lullabies, a perfect slab of gothic gloom to kick things off before their upcoming York date. That murky mood flowed straight into Lathe of Heaven and Exodus, a reminder that their second album Aurora has been quietly gathering momentum since last year — big atmospheres, bigger feelings.

Then the noise levels rose sharply as Mclusky crashed in with the unpopular parts of a pig, fresh from a US tour that didn’t destroy the world (yet). The pig theme spiralled immediately into chaos with Catasexual Urge Motivation and the brilliantly named Too Many Killed to Confess, before the wonderfully ridiculous Porky Vagina made sure the swine motif was thoroughly exhausted with Piggy Is My Friend.

A sharp left turn into Welsh hip-hop followed as Mr Phormula teamed up with Polish producer Flex on Mynd Fela, before punk urgency returned via Simple As and T.B.B.H ahead of their Beehive London date.

Chain Of Survival kept the political temperature high with Not My King, perfectly teeing up Riskee & The Ridicule and the huge God Tier, still riding the buzz from Manchester Punk Festival and a packed gig calendar.

The underground conveyor belt kept rolling with Chickens Call, Crutches, and Onlooker, the latter previewing their new album Cleveland — on the ever giving Serial Bowl label.

Bangor’s own Skinflick dropped Dictator, keeping things local and loud, before Irked and Raging Mabels delivered a one-two punch of frantic energy.

From there the show dug deeper into the crusty end of the spectrum with War // Plague, then slam-dunking down with Dropping Like Flies, and Cult Figures, whose new album Reports Of People lands at the end of April.

We closed by travelling back to 1989 with anarcho legends Wat Tyler and We Pledge Our Allegiance To Satan, a reminder that the roots of all this noise run deep — and are still very, very loud.

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Full Playlist

Evil Blizzard – Wake The Dead In Bedlam
Lathe of Heaven – Exodus
Mclusky – the unpopular parts of a pig
Catasexual Urge Motivation – Too Many Killed to Confess
Porky Vagina – Piggy Is My Friend
Mr Phormula – Mynd Fela
Simple As – T.B.B.H
Chain Of Survival – Not My King
Riskee & The Ridicule – God Tier
Chickens Call – Nihilisme Ignorance
Crutches – Create to Destroy
Onlooker – Peaceful Protest
Skinflick – Dictator
Irked – Settle Down
Raging Mabels – Fucking Beautiful
War // Plague – Reckoning
Dropping Like Flies – Look At The Animals
Cult Figures – Walking Disaster
Wat Tyler – We Pledge Our Allegiance To Satan

Show #218 on Louder Than War Radio

Show #218 arrived fuelled by new releases, tour leftovers and the very excellent artwork from Colleen Villamor that I spotted while reading the very excellent Gutter fanzine #11.

We kicked off with Uncivilized and Bicycle from the brand-new Let Rip LP on NBQ — still hot off the press and already making a racket. Sticking with the two-wheeled theme, Be Your Own Pet blasted in with Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle, a reminder that their 2006 self-titled debut still sounds like sugar-rush garage punk perfection and I see they released a third album in 2023.

From there things got predictably unpredictable with some brand new Salt The Snail and Big Dog, proving once again that doing everything the wrong way can often be exactly the right way.

Bristol’s Split Dogs then tore through Rock N Roll Business, the first taste of their upcoming album Nice ‘N’ Rough. Fresh from Manchester Punk Festival and mid-tour, it sounded like a band in full throttle mode.

Righteous fury arrived courtesy of Bags Of Blood and the perfectly titled If You’re Not Fucking Angry (You Haven’t Been Paying Attention) — a track that pretty much sums up the mood of half the world right now. The temperature stayed high with Pittsburgh’s Blood Pressure and Kick The Ladder, before The Mistakes previewed their forthcoming album Die Laughing with the world’s second play of Life’s Too Short. (fucking love this song!)

Scouse chaos returned with The Social and Dirty Deeds, still buzzing from their recent Outpost appearance, followed by Dropping Like Flies delivering the gleefully bleak Failure Is Always An Option which I picked up courtesy of Nifty 50 Records.

Big international anger came from Dead Pioneers and No Kings, ahead of their upcoming third album Wagon Burner, while Slund and Thronk kept the DIY engine running with fresh noise and upcoming releases.

Italy’s Thunder Bomber brought a change of flavour with Until the Morning Light, previewing Boys Alive, an album promising synths, harmonica, sax and zero genre boundaries.

A darker post-punk turn followed with German band Panikraum, while Siyahkal bridged continents with Farsi-language fury from Toronto via Tehran.

The tempo picked up again with Simple As! (featuring Jim Pizzatramp), which naturally led into the man himself and Pizzatramp’s gloriously feral debut album track, Crackula.

Modern darkness rolled in with Banshee, before the triumphant return of Mclusky reminded everyone why their comeback has been such a big deal.

We closed out the night with new noise from Search For Autonomy from their eponymous album on NBQ Records and the soaring, cinematic sound of Holy Coves, whose new single Hole lands alongside the upcoming Hiraeth LP.

Full Playlist

Uncivilized – Bicycle
Be Your Own Pet – Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle
Salt The Snail – Big Dog
Split Dogs – Rock N Roll Business
Bags Of Blood – If You’re Not Fucking Angry (You Haven’t Been Paying Attention)
Blood Pressure – Kick The Ladder
The Mistakes – Life’s Too Short
The Social – Dirty Deeds
Dropping Like Flies – Failure Is Always An Option
Dead Pioneers – No Kings
Slund – My Song
Thronk – Bombay Bad Boy
Thunder Bomber – Until the Morning Light
Panikraum – Anfang
Siyahkal – Time To Hunt
Simple As – Credit Card You Got It
Pizzatramp – Crackula
Banshee – Death Of A Predator
Mclusky – As A Dad
Search For Autonomy – Protest Song
Holy Coves – Hole

#217 - Neil Crud on Louder Than War Radio

Fresh releases, old favourites, bargain-bin rescues and gig-ready bangers — Show #217.

We kicked things off in suitably lysergic fashion with Standard Issue Pleasure Model and Acid Punk, a track that’s been floating around long enough to feel familiar but has finally landed where it belongs on the Tripsitter album. The band hail from British Columbia and the record only dropped on Friday, so this felt like the perfect moment to give it its proper on-air christening. Plus I usurped Noises From The Bottom Left Corner who is playing it on his Saturday show this week.

Staying on the acid-tinged theme, Cold Feet delivered Acid Death from their 2020 Punk Entity EP — their last release to date and still sounding raw and sharp years later.

From there it was time for Bangor’s own Skinflick and D Is For Death from Fourth Wall Of A Deathcult. Birthday shout-out to Justin, who celebrated by playing a rare Blackpool gig — and if you listen closely you can practically hear new material bubbling away in some alleyway rehearsal room already.

A welcome trip to the late 90s followed with Four Letter Word and Unconditional from the Zero Visibility (Experiments With Truth) sessions. Originally released in 1999 and later reissued by Boss Tuneage, it feels newly rediscovered thanks to a perfectly timed label sale that resulted in an armful of bargain vinyl. Punk rock economics at its finest.

The agitation level rose with Grant Sharkey and 4th4, taken from Actual Intelligence. Sharkey continues to do what he does best — poking the establishment while preparing to take Webber The Musical to the Edinburgh Fringe. Subtlety has never been the point.

Upcoming gig energy kicked in with Clobber’s Council Estate Of Mind, ahead of their Outpost and London dates, before Grade 2 reminded everyone why they’ve become one of the UK’s biggest modern street-punk exports. Better Today previews their fourth album Talk About It, released via Hellcat Records — a coming-of-age record shaped by growing up together in public.

International punk kept flowing: Italy’s Couchgagzzz previewed their forthcoming Primitive Men album and sounding not too dissimilar to show favourites Why Bother?, while fellow Italians Thunder Bomber delivered A Little Sadness ahead of their April release Boys Alive, promising genre-blurring punk with synths, sax and harmonica.

The acid thread returned courtesy of Warlockhunt with the Amon Acid Remix of We Are, tying into their appearance at next week’s NorthWest Doomfest in Chester — already sold out, naturally.

Also an exclusive! The Mistakes - Life’s Too Short - brand new track - single from their forthcoming album out soonish on Engineer Records.

From the same stable, Uncivilised crashed in with Click Bait from their brand-new Let Rip release, while Pray U Prey and Pandemix proved that Boss Tuneage bargains keep giving.

A run of big names followed: Evil Blizzard with the hypnotic Down Down Down, and street-punk legends The Casualties previewing their new album with Detonate ahead of Scarborough Punk Festival.

DIY and local scenes were heavily represented: Warrington’s TicNoToc, Bangor’s Charlie Garlic (live at The Skerries), Slovenia’s great export Slund, and almost a whole Outpost gig preview run from Chain Of Survival and Code Break.

The night finished by digging deep into UK post-punk history with Vital Disorders and their 1982 single Zombie.

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Full Playlist

Standard Issue Pleasure Model – Acid Punk
Cold Feet – Acid Death
Skinflick – D Is For Death
Four Letter Word – Unconditional
Grant Sharkey – 4th4
Clobber – Council Estate Of Mind
Grade 2 – Better Today
Warlockhunt – We Are (Amon Acid Remix)
Couchgagzzz – Mighty Dog
The Mistake - Life’s Too Short
Uncivilised – Click Bait
Pray U Prey – Suffering Rules This World
Thunder Bomber – A Little Sadness
Evil Blizzard – Down Down Down
The Casualties – Detonate
TicNoToc – Piece Of Me
Charlie Garlic – Axe & Hammer (Live at The Skerries, Bangor 03.05.24)
Slund – Power Hungry
Pandemix – World War None
Chain Of Survival – Handbreak
Code Break – The Lost
Vital Disorders – Zombie

Neil Crud on Louder Than War Radio #201

Tonight’s my 201st show on Louder Than War Radio. We open with the Manics taking a swing at Working Class Hero — 45 years since Lennon checked out, and somehow the song still lands like a cracked bell in a cold room. 

From there it’s straight to Bangor, where Skinflick remind us that all your heroes are, in fact, bastards. Fair point. Pig Sweat stomp in from Bern with that early self-titled clatter — five years on and still gleefully ruining the furniture.

Two Tonne Machete drop their new single and it hits like a pneumatic drill to the shin. Then The Fucking Angry kick the door in with Unterwegs — Wyn left this CD at mine last month and it has been eyeballing me from the shelf ever since. Consider it played.

Then things get… questionable. Piss offer up Time Loop At Hot Slit — discovered by Dave Rabo de Taylor while browsing totally innocent corners of the internet (allegedly). Followed, obviously, by Pisse — because once you’re down this drainage system, commitment is key. Duracell. Full charge.

MDK roar in live with One Of These Days I’m Just Gonna Fucking Explode — Leicester ska-shrapnel punk with a twitching fuse. Dam-Nations put it out and it sounds like three blokes doing their absolute best not to combust.

And speaking of combusting, MDC show up spitting Born To Die (No Trump No KKK) — gentle as a derailed train. Value Of Nothing cool the air a bit with Crescent Road, still carrying that Grapes Of Wrath 3am-argument-with-a-lamppost energy.

Warchrist ignite Fascist State — fresh from Rich Phillips dropping it in my inbox like a lit match. Warcrime follow with a Rudimentary Peni cover because why not throw more petrol on this thing.

Faintest Idea bring Lords Of War — Norwich is still vibrating from their sold-out show last week. The Dry Retch stumble in with Big Time Bum, then Toilet Snake slither up from the sewers with the title track of their 10” sludge-bath. Teschio Dischi once again enabling my worst decisions.

DISTRESS crash in from Russia with Демократия and Noize MC bring the fury, the exile, the bravery — Swan Lake weaponised as dissent. Ballet as a threat signal. Only in modern Russia.

Long Knife rip through Blue Rose, Wonk Unit deliver Awful Jeans with their usual chaotic charm, and Citric Dummies yelp My Life’s a Total Sham — along with a bandcamp rant about debt, merch scarcity, and Fred from the post office who apparently lives to waste their time.

The Unknowns keep the Drunken Sailor thread burning with Psychotic — plus they’ve made a 2025 sampler that basically is this show distilled. Shitbrains then offer No Mercy, which seems appropriate.

We close with MORBIKON’s Heavens That Burn And Eons Divided — astral crypts, cosmic dread, and liquid-filled vinyl you can’t get outside the US because postage is feral.

Playlist

Manic Street Preachers – Working Class Hero
Skinflick – All Your Heroes Are Bastards
Pig Sweat – Plastic Faces
Two Tonne Machete – Pigs Pigs
The Fucking Angry – Unterwegs
Piss – Time Loop At Hot Slit
Pisse – Duracell
MDK – One Of These Days I’m Just Gonna Fucking Explode (Live)
MDC – Born To Die (No Trump No KKK)
Value Of Nothing – Crescent Road
Warchrist – Fascist State
Warcrime – When You Are a Martian Church
Faintest Idea – Lords Of War
The Dry Retch – Big Time Bum
Toilet Snake – Back From The Sewers
DISTRESS – Демократия (Democracy-)
Noize MC – Лебединое озеро (Studio Version 2023)
Long Knife – Blue Rose
Wonk Unit – Awful Jeans
Citric Dummies – My Life’s A Total Sham
The Unknowns – Psychotic
Shitbrains – No Mercy
Morbikon – Heavens That Burn And Eons Divided

Neil Crud on Louder Than War Radio #200

Two hundred shows.

Two hundred Monday nights shouting at the void, feeding it noise, and the void occasionally shouting back.

Two hundred reasons to thank the ghosts, the gremlins, the listeners, the contributors (like Garry), the bands, the label miscreants, the fanzine scribblers, and Wyn — especially Wyn — patron saint of emergency cover slots.

No throat-clearing tonight.

We go straight in.

Rat Cage – “Emotional Blackmail” came crashing in first — a Sheffield-via-Skopje blast, resurrecting the UK Subs classic and hotly tied to that fresh issue of Raising Hell fanzine that still smells of ink, glue and one staple (Ben you tight barstard!). You can practically hear the interview bleeding through the guitar tone.

And because one UK Subs thread deserves another, I followed it immediately with UK Subs – “Kill Me,” pulled from Reverse Engineering, before letting the whole thing mutate into Finland’s finest D-beat barrage: Kürøishi – “Warhead! Warhead!” off Egocide of the Warmad. Feels like someone opened a window and a blizzard came through it.

From there the trail ran straight into surreal brilliance — Spaghelli – “Dead Man’s Sock.” Mentioned in Raising Hell, clicked the link, fell into an entire subuniverse of art, noise, and travel stories from a person who's been to roughly 90 countries.

The fanzine theme kept rolling with Diaz Brothers – “This Is My Oppressor.” Interviewed in RH #33 and carrying the weight of HDQ lineage, forming anew after the tragic loss of Dickie. Their album The World Is Yours is still on my “fix this, idiot” list.

Then: a Wyn leftover.

Chepa – “3 Jours Et 15 Heures,” rescued from the pile of CDs he abandoned here after covering my show. I copied the lot — fair’s fair.

From there things took a hard left: Hayden Hughes – “I Want You To Peg Me.” Released three years ago to the day. A classic of its kind. A kind that probably shouldn’t have a “classic” category but here we are.

Without Love – “Soul Purpose.” Played last week. Too good not to play again.

Then Decibel – “Object,” fresh from Bones, followed by a curious title-collision with Possible Damage – “Object” from their 2022 demo. Two different planets using the same language.

Dead Pollys – “Yes Sir,” from Better Off Alive, marched in next, before the mighty Wiccans – “Barbarian Queen.” Drunken Sailor Recs unwrapping something that feels almost like Black Flag with a migraine.

Liverpool haunted the next corner with Zombina & The Skeletones – “Phantom With The X-Ray Mind.”

Then straight to the political jugular:

Rites of Hadda – “Killer Profits (Tokitae)” from Inevitable Machete on Grow Your Own.

And then Two Tonne Machete – “Pigs Pigs,” an anthem about the criminalisation of dissent — the kind of track that rattles the windows of parliament if you play it loud enough.

We flew to Devon next (sort of) with Wags To Wytches – “Rage Bait,” from their second EP, complete with black “vinyl-style” CDs.

Then The Human Error – “Flags Of The World,” off their new record Ghost Army Deception, CD and download ready, red vinyl on the horizon like a warning flare.

Leicester barged in with Gout – “Just Watching (Live).” Two brothers, twenty years, one two-piece hardcore entity punching holes in the evening.

Then:

The Unknowns – “All Grown Up,” back with a second pressing of Looking From The Outside after the first sold out in a blink.

Back to Wales next — we always come home eventually — with Bad Sam – “Pedigree Poor,” off their new LP Trauma. A lyrical lashing at the wealthy feeding their pets gourmet nonsense while the poor queue for tins. Dean Beddis and Richard Glover do not do subtle.

And closing the 200th show with a wry grin because it’s too true to ignore:

The Puncturists – “They Don’t Pay Support Bands.”

Taken from I’m Not Alright.

And yes, they don’t.

And yes, it’s a banger anyway.

Two hundred shows.

See you for 201.

Or 300.

Or until this tinnitus finally kills me.

Whichever comes first.

Neil Crud on Louder Than War Radio - Show #199

The ghosts in the machine clearly had it in for me this week.

My first 30 minutes vanished into the digital ether, swallowed whole by whatever gremlin powers the Louder Than War Radio transmitter. Praise be, then, to the blessed sanctuary of Mixcloud where the entire show survives, preserved like a holy relic for the sonically devout.

I owe Wyn a pint for last week — his stand-in show kept my seat warm while I was holed up in a catastrophic hotel in Tirana, listening on a speaker that sounded like it had been rescued from a skip behind a nightclub. Still, his show was ace.

So now, freshly returned (though fresh feels like the wrong word after Albania), we launch head-first into Show #199, and straight into the travelogue of noise that followed me from the Balkans to Denbigh and back again.

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I began my wanderings where all good pilgrimages start: home soil, with The Affliction – “Good People.” Three minutes and fourteen seconds of pure Colwyn Bay glory — the kind of track that outlives the band, outlives the decade, possibly outlives Rhyl itself. Its video is a snapshot of people and places that still haunt the North Wales coastline.

From there the trail shot north to Cumbria with Afflicted – “Fake,” discovered by way of a review in Last Stop Sounds, before bouncing back to Copenhagen where Wyn had already planted a flag last week: NEXØ – “Concentration,” from their new EP Mindful Inaction on TNS. Wyn played it while I was wading through Albanian rainwater; now it returns as a tighter, harder punch to the ribs.

Germany beckoned next — the Black Forest gloom of Brach – “One Day,” inhabiting that dim corner where crust meets melancholy and refuses to give way to despair. The sort of track you’d expect to find echoing around a crumbling viaduct on a long walk home.

Then straight to Essex for Bad Nerves – “Loner.” Barry told me I’d like Bad Nerves. He didn’t specify which Bad Nerves, so the trail forked:

→ Essex’s self-proclaimed “best band on the planet,”

→ and then Winnipeg’s long-gone powerpop punks with “I Wanna Live With The Aliens,” because why not follow both roads when the map is on fire?

A sticker on a lamppost in Bari (always pays to sticker!) pulled me toward Romania with Avoid Humanity – “Between Now and Never,” a perfect example of why you should never travel without looking up — the scene is everywhere.

Then: Newport-ish silliness meets sincerity with Thronk – “There’s No A.I. In Team,” launching discount codes and EP bargains like confetti, before drifting into the warmth-free memory of summer with Without Love – “Soul Purpose.”

Hamburg’s Rauchen – “[Das] Brennen” arrived via Garry (who else?), ex-Death of Youth members still radiating heat. Then straight into Blackpool mud with Cock Batteth – “Mary’s Estate,” a Mick Magic-approved racket.

Wrexham came next — it always does — with Eight O’Clock George – “Barricades,” ahead of their new album, followed by Stuntface – “Million of You.” I’ll be joining them at the Magic Dragon on Dec 20th; Wrexham on a Saturday will be chaos and probably perfect.

Merseyside’s Decibel – “Visitor” shook the dust loose — their new album Bones is absolutely solid — and Belfast’s own filth merchants Rats Breath followed with “Conduit of Shit.”

Poland chimed in with AM – “Co Tam Słychać,” complete with a freshly uploaded gig video, and then Bristol’s chaos providers Cool Jerks – “We Live In Hell,” not pulled from their new live LP, but from their excellent England album.

Rich then dragged me to Greece for Distress – “Пиздаболы (Fucking Liars),” as wholesome as Greek hardcore ever gets — which is to say: not very.

And to close the travelogue, we hit the part-industrial, part-crust, all-feral universe of Schkeuditzer Kreuz – “Keep Dancing (Distruster Remix).”

Fresh off a European tour, now announcing a remix collection, and still rewriting the rules around how scorched-earth electronics should feel.

A tour of Europe, of bedrooms and basements, of stickers and cities, of bands new and dead and halfway between. That’s the beauty of it — even when the broadcast ghosts steal half an hour, the noise always finds a way through.

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FULL PLAYLIST – Show #199

The Affliction – Good People

Afflicted – Fake

NEXØ – Concentration

Brach – One Day

Bad Nerves – Loner

The Bad Nerves – I Wanna Live With The Aliens

Avoid Humanity – Between Now and Never

Thronk – There’s No A.I. In Team

Without Love – Soul Purpose

Rauchen – [Das] Brennen

Cock Batteth – Mary’s Estate

Eight O’Clock George – Barricades

Stuntface – Million Of You

Decibel – Visitor

Rats Breath – Conduit Of Shit

AM – Co Tam Słychać

Cool Jerks – We Live In Hell

Distress – Пиздаболы (Fucking Liars)

Schkeuditzer Kreuz – Keep Dancing (Distruster Remix)

Neil Crud on Louder Than War Radio – Show 197

 

Fresh—if that’s even the right word—off a Sunday night gig, throat full of gravel and ears still ringing, I kicked off the show with a track that bubbled up from the Bangor depths: Katzenmuzik & Feral Whispers – You Don’t Do Politics Do You? One of those elusive, misty projects that appear, vanish, and leave you wondering if you dreamt them. There’s been talk of a split single with Skinflick… and in Bangor, talk like that tends to linger as long as the feedback.

From there, up the coast and inland with House Proud – Rescue Dog, the Sunderland post-punk crew flying the Serial Bowl flag with jagged charm. Then into Wales for The Dogs – I Didn’t Ask, a band that seems to be quietly (and steadily) chewing through the underbelly of the Welsh punk scene.

The canine theme ran strong tonight—no surprise really—so the next logical stop was Dogsflesh – March Of The Damned. North East (again) grit at its finest; the digital album’s out November 20th, vinyl to follow. Yeah, grit, growl, and that unmistakable bite of steel-string punk metal.

Things took a turn for the ethereal with Eve Libertine & Eva Leblanc – Rocky Eyes, live from The Horse Hospital in London. Libertine’s voice—still defiant, still poetic—remains one of the great punk echoes of our time.

Then came The Puncturists – Sceptre, from their freshly released album I’m Not Alright. No hype, no gloss—just a perfect slice of paranoid modern post-punk, dropped (ugh, yes, that word) into the digital ether.

New noise from Denmark’s finest followed: NEXØ – Concentration, from their MindfulDINACTION EP on TNS Records—a double-sided concept in recycled vinyl and brilliance actually. Then all the way to Australia with Minge Wizard – Train To Trutnov, at least I think they're from there.

Decibel – Wearing The Mask brought me right back to Denbigh, where they shared a bill last night with my own band Spam Javelin and XSLF. It was loud, a bit sweaty, and exactly what Mondays were invented to regret.

There was bile and brilliance next with Maggie Thatcher’s Rotting Corpse – Let’s All Spit On Kier Starmer, courtesy of Garry (who else?), followed by David Delinquent & The IOUs – Everybody Loves You, which Dave personally handed over like some rock'n'roll contraband.

Value Of Nothing – Die Verge was next—proper DIY spirit from Lestah, hand-dubbed, hand-folded, and fully unpolished. Then the gloriously grimy Cock Batteth – Soul Digger, which came recommended by Mick Magic, who hasn’t stopped evangelising about them since he saw them in Blackpool.

Citric Dummies – Dropped Out Of Punk is fast becoming a recurring anthem, and rightly so, before I let Bossmags – Ghost Ships drift in, a piratey but heavy heavy ska swing into their latest video offering.

The back end of the show veered darker: Wiccans – Crucifixion from their Phase IV LP on Drunken Sailor, then Salt The Snail – Ideasman, complete with their intentionally rubbish new video (worth a look, seriously). Cazimi – Foul Play was a classy highlight from their new record, while Kürøishi – Deal With It—off the tongue-twisting Käärme sisälläsi, myrkyttää maailmani—reminded us that Finnish crust remains undefeated.

Finally, we came full circle with OORYA – Horse, from the stunning Who Are Ya album on 9x9 Records—a perfect close to a night of raw emotion, distortion, and just the right amount of hangover.

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Playlist – Louder Than War Radio #197

• Katzenmuzik & Feral Whispers – You Don’t Do Politics Do You?

• House Proud – Rescue Dog

• The Dogs – I Didn’t Ask

• Dogsflesh – March Of The Damned

• Eve Libertine & Eva Leblanc – Rocky Eyes

• The Puncturists – Sceptre

• NEXØ – Concentration

• Minge Wizard – Train To Trutnov

• Decibel – Wearing The Mask

• Maggie Thatcher’s Rotting Corpse – Let’s All Spit On Kier Starmer

• David Delinquent & The IOUs – Everybody Loves You

• Value Of Nothing – Die Verge

• Cock Batteth – Soul Digger

• Citric Dummies – Dropped Out Of Punk

• Bossmags – Ghost Ships

• Wiccans – Crucifixion

• Salt The Snail – Ideasman

• Cazimi – Foul Play

• Kürøishi – Deal With It

• OORYA – Horse