20/05/2008

Hellbent Diehard's long-awaited debut full-length cd is now out!

Hellbent Diehard's 12-track debut full-length, 8 brand new songs and 4 trax previously heard on their limited edition demo. Trust, you are not ready for this band! From Croydon, South London, with members of Diction, 9bar, Frightener, Downtrodden and Last Hours Of Torment.

"Featuring guest appearances from Nicktion (Diction), Pierre (Knuckledust, Bun Dem Out) and DBS (Injury Time, Kartel), this album truly pushes the boundaries of what can be considered heavy hardcore!"

Buy it for £8 from the Rucktion store here

Check out http://www.myspace.com/hellbentdiehard for sounds

12/03/2008

Yes people. More shows in London soon, and Wisdom in Chains european tour with Sick of it all, see below.

First, the line up for the Jamm bar show on March 20th has changed, new one is:

• KNUCKLEDUST
• Bun Dem Out
• Kartel
• Diction
• Kartel
• Hellbent Diehard
• Flawless Victory

Door is at 7pm, the entry is £5 and the next day is a bank holiday so come down!
(Click here for a map), Nearest tube station is Brixton.

Then we'll have a show on Saturday 5th April at the 12 Bar Club, with Ninebar, The Shitty Limits, Bases Loaded and more. click here for flyer.

Following that, there will be two shows @Monster bar (click here for a map), Camden Town:

• Sunday 13th April with Bun Dem Out, Kartel, Prowler and more (click here for flyer)
• Sunday 27th April with 50 Caliber, Special Move, Cutdown, Flawless Victory and more (click here for flyer)

WISDOM IN CHAINS are coming to Europe this april with Sick Of It All, if you've never seen this band you should seriously go and check them out ! Get more info on them on their myspace page

• 15.04. Stoke - the Underground (UK)
• 16.04. Plymouth - the White Rabbit (UK)
• 17.04. London - the Underworld (UK)
• 18.04. Kingston(London) - the Peel (UK)
• 19.04. Leeds - Joseph's Well (UK)
• 20.04. Glasgow - King Tuts (UK)
• 21.04. Norwich - Queen Charlotte (UK)
• 23.04. Ris Organies – Le Plan (France)
• 24.04. Mulhouse – Noumatrouf (France)
• 25.04. Lyon – Reperkusound Festival (France)
• 26.04. Barcelona – Sala Apollo (Spain)
• 27.04. Zaragoza – Sala Bass Space (Spain)
• 29.04. Granada – Sala Es Tren (Spain)
• 30.04. Corroios (Lisboa) – Cine Teatro Corroios (Portugal)
• 01.05. Madrid – Sala Carpacol (Spain)
• 02.05. Santiago De Compos – Sala Capitol (Spain)
• 03.05. Durango – Plateruena (Spain)
• 04.05. Toulouse – Le Bikini (France)
• 06.05. Turin – Ossigeno Club (Italy)
• 07.05. Cesena – Vidia (Italy)
• 08.05. Marghera – Fucina Controvento (Italy)
• 09.05. Stuttgart – Kulturhaus Arena (Germany)
• 10.05. Grozrock – Open Air (Belgium)

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24/02/2008

Hello, Line up announced for this year's Damage Control festival:

• Ninebar
• Special Move
• TRC
• Surge of Fury
• Kartel
• Bun Dem Out
• Providence
• True Valiance
• + More

@Jamm Bar (map), Nearest tube station is Brixton.

If you need information on how to come to London, where to stay .... email us at

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21/02/2008

Hello people, roll up for the one and only LBU Blaze-Fest in Ieper!

Saturday 31st May 2008
@ JOC Ieper, Belgium.
Band dem - Ninebar, Special Move, 50 Caliber, Injury Time, TRC, Kartel, Bun Dem Out, True Valiance, Flawless Victory, Restless (Bel)+Saviour (Bel).
£26 = Seat on coach to Ieper via ferry and back of course!
Deposit or full payment guarantees a seat!
First come first serve so don't delay!

The coaches will be picking up from:
A) 7am Golders Green bus and underground station NW11
For those who may drive and need somewhere to park for free.

B) 7am Charring Cross station
Central London.
Please indicate which coach you will prefer to get on - A or B
YOU WILL NEED YOUR PASSPORT
and we also need your full name as shown on your passport when you book.

Payments:
We accept paypal(+ £1.08 paypal handling fee so price £27.08), postal orders and cash only.
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Blank postal orders and well hidden cash to:
Rucktion
PO Box 59123
London NW2 9FE.
Hand to Hands: to Popi, Pelbu, Barrington
You want come contact:

There will be two London shows at Monsta Bar (Camden) on April 13th and April 27th. Line up will soon be announced.

More news to come, peace !

10/11/2007

Debut KARTEL CD and 1st new STOUT and TRC CD's in over 3 years OUT NOW!

RUCK030 North West Kings TRC are back with an amazing CD titled 'Destroy & Rebuild. After a slight reshuffle TRC have honed their raw hate hardcore with a touch of rap into this aggi. example of London life.

RUCK029 Baltimore warriors STOUT have blessed us with the follow up to 1995 'NGMF's Rucktion re-release with the brutally sick and twisted 'Sleep Bitch'. 10 tracks of brutal Eastcoast style with that Baltimore hate str8 from TAD's mouth in his truly unique way. They have recently completed their 2007 UK tour which kicked off with STOUT pounding their sound into all disbelievers at this years Ninjafest, please check Rucktion store for the new STOUT merch HOSSSSSSSTIIIIIILE.

RUCK028 London based KARTEL featuring DBS INJURY TIME and Pete BDF singing over some of the most uniquely monstrous HARDcore to come from our shores has finally been unleashed. 11 brutal tracks of what are already considered London HARDcore classics mixing brutality with groove and deep lyrical content. New KARTEL merch is now available.

COMING SOON:
HELLBENT DIEHARD CD
PROWLER CD
TRUE VALIANCE MCD
BURNING SKARS OF BETRAYAL MCD

NEW MERCH!!
As well as all these new releases we also have some great new shirts in a variaty of colours. check the store section for full list.

NINEBAR -Video

The video for 'Read these boks' has been in circulation for a few weeks now but if you have had a chance to check it below.

11 Years of LBU London Hardcore: Knuckledust 4th full length titled 'Promises Comfort Fools'is available now from GSR Music and contains 11 tracks of classic London HARDcore plus a secret track by Pelbu's brother M'z plus a DVD containing their recent Ieperfest live set. Soon available from webstore.

13/06/2007

LONG AWAITED DUSTOGRAPHY OUT NOW!!!!
RUCK026 KNUCKLEDUST official 50 track double CD discography finally sees the light of day. Containing their 1996 demo, tracks from their splits with Area Effect, Stampin' Ground and Unite, "London Hardcore" MCD, "Time Won't Heal This" first full-length CD, unreleased demo, "In Yer Boat" 7", all comp. tracks plus bonus material taken from Universal Struggle and Unbreakable courtesy of GSR MUSIC.
After 10 years on the frontline for London Hardcore, Knuckledust are set to have their third full-length titled "Promises Comfort Fools" to be released by GSR Music at the upcoming Ninjafest 2007.

See: KNUCKLEDUST, BUN DEM OUT & SIX FT DITCH @PRESSUREFEST 2007, Germany.
KNUCKLEDUST & SIX FT DITCH @IEPERFEST 2007, Belgium.

OUT NOW!!!


BROKEN OATH NEW MCD!
RUCK027 Rucktion proudly presents the brand new BROKEN OATH 8 track cd titled "Given Half A Chance". Glasgow Hard Core is most definitely alive and strong with this brutal example of female-fronted metallic UK Hardcore.





RUCK025 WISDOM IN CHAINS - INJURY TIME SPLIT CD OUT NOW!!!
The joining of two cross atlantic families on one cd. 4 tracks each of pissed -off US and UK hardcore. New WISDOM IN CHAINS "Class War" CD out on Eulogy Records/A-Team this summer.

KARTEL "RISE OF THE GUTTERSNIPE" CD is soon set for release.
Seeing the return of the classic LBU team up of DBS INJURY TIME and Never Been Beat Pete half of the BEAT DOWN FURY frontline. Spitting rage over 11 original dirty South London tracks from this long standing LBU band.

STOUT "SLEEP BITCH" CD looks set to be with us shortly.
We at RUCKTION are proud to be involved with this the first full-length STOUT release since their original Cornerstone release of NGMF which was re-released on RUCKTION and is still available from our shop.

HELLBENT DIEHARD & TRC are both currently working on their respective full-length CDs for release on Rucktion later this year.

TAKING NAMES played their first show since Ninjafest with their new line-up on 03/06/07, more news soon.

Plans are being made for the follow up to the RUCKTION DAMAGE CONTROL HARDCORE FESTIVAL which will see the return of REALFEST 2007. More news to follow shortly.

28/03/2007

NEW RUCKTION RELEASE!!!

RUCK024 BUN DEM OUT LBU's debut mcd out now! 7 tracks of London style heavy beatdown hardcore featuring Pierre (Knuckledust, BDF) on vocals and TRC, Flawless Victory and ex-Lost Sight members creating a sound strongly influenced by 50 Caliber and BDF. Guest vocals from veterans Nick Diction and Terry Simmonds (ex-50 Caliber) and from New Blood souljahs Nathan Prowler and Dave Flawless Vicory.

£5.65post-paid in the UK.
Uk tour is presently being booked so if any promoters are interested in getting BDO on in their town contact bdo@rucktion.com.
Review:www.myspace.com/scenenotherdreviews

Catch Bun Dem Out @ FWH Fest 2007, Essen, Germany.

Soon to follow will be the BFLBU split featuring Wisdom In Chains (US)and Injury Time(UK). This split contains the CD release of the WIC "Vigilante Saint" seven inch and Injury Time follow their two demos and 7" with four new tracks to debut on this new Rucktion production. Inspirational hardcore punk from US east coast and London, England combine for full effect hate.

Wisdom In Chains were asked to join SOIA on their European tour. Unfortunately, as you may be aware, the tour was cancelled due to reasons out of WIC's hands. As it stands now our boys have lost all their flight money and need help in any form. So please consider buying some merch from the guys, they also have a live DVD coming out in April.

Check the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npKqaXaaw9w

DAMAGE CONTROL HARDcore Festival 2007 has been confirmed for Monday Bank Holiday 7th May. Please set the date in your diary and spread the word.

"Knuckledust-Dustography" has been in the pipeline for a long time now but finally looks set for release over the next month. This 50-track double cd release will contain everything Knuckledust have recorded during their 10 years of existence. We are aware all the original releases are out of print and thank those who have been waiting patiently to hear the old stuff but the wait will soon be over! Knuckledust look set to follow up this release with a brand new album, their third for GSR Music. Currently set for an October 2007 release, it will be called "Promises Comfort Fools". After 10 years with the same line up you know what to expect from these guys. Pure undiluted London Hardcore!

STOUT have confirmed their new full-length titled 'Sleep Bitch' which will be out on Rucktion in time for their European tour in May. Already set to play the FWH Festival in Essen, Germany. Promoters get in touch to get Stout in your town.

Kartel have commenced the recording of their full-length cd to be entitled 'Rise Of The Guttersnipe' and also expect new CDs from Injury Time, Broken Oath, TRC and Prowler, who are already well into the recording of their long-awaited debut release.

Make sure to check out our online store, we have hundreds of different items (CDs, MCDs, demos, 7''s, LP's, t-shirts, hoodies) from old school to beatdown style hardcore & punk to metal, ska/reggae and more. BRAND NEW RUCKTION MERCH AVAILABLE VERY SOON!!! Get it here
Latest items added include: Bun Dem Out t-shirts, new Surge Of Fury cd, Deal With It 7", Last Witness demo (South London hardcore), SSS cd/lp, Walk The Planklp, Special Move's "Dark Overlord" and "Return of the Three Swords" cds back in stocks, Death Do Us Part cd (FWH),District 9 cd (classic 90's NYHC), Emms demos (new North West London Hip Hop), Furious Styles cd, Righteous Jams new cd, The Deathskulls new cd etc. Stocks updated daily. www.rucktionmusic.com

Monthly Rucktion shows still going strong! Come party with us every first Saturday of the month at the newly renovated 12Bar Club, Denmark Street WC2. Nearest tube Tottenham Court Road. Doors usually 8pm til late, £5 with flyer/£6 without. Live bands and entry to London Callin' club night. www.12barclub.com

18/08/2006

At last the debut full length from these long-standing London soldiers has arrived. 12 brand new tracks of uniquely heavy hardcore. Featuring guest appearances by Pedro Knuckledust, Peachy 6 Ft Ditch, Alex TRC and DBS Kartel/Injury Time. Those familiar with their ‘Urban Legends’ debut will have some idea of what to expect from the artwork, but NO-ONE is ready for the new levels that the band have taken their song-writing and lyrics to!

 

 

Another debut full-length we are proud to announce is ‘From the Depths’. 10 tracks of raging, sincere hardcore that sees the band excel across several genres, from street-punk influenced HC, through crushingly heavy dance parts into straight-up minute long old-school blasts, all delivered with their trademark passion and fury. Featuring guest appearances by Pedro Knuckledust, TB and Fat Tom Nine Bar, and previously unrecorded bonus tracks!

 

 

12/01/2006

OUT NOW! WISDOM IN CHAINS “Die Young” cd: 18 hardcore punk anthems with members of Out To Win/Mushmouth, Krutch, Boxcutter for fans of Warzone, Sick Of It All, Cockney Rejects or Blood For Blood. This European pressing features one exclusive bonus track. Wisdom In Chains will tour Europe in 2006, get in touch if you want to book a show. More info as get it.

NINEBAR “Urban Legends 2005” cd, the long-awaited re-release of the classic mcd, with their 1999BAR live demo as bonus tracks, all tracks have been remastered, 8 page booklet with all lyrics and most of the original artwork is still there!

SPECIAL MOVE “Level 4 The Game Of Death” mcd Brand new release from Special Move, the follow-up to “Return Of The Three Swords” you should know what to expect, fast, angry & heavy beatdown mosh hardcore EBD style, amazing samurai style artwork done by Scott, hilarious samples and quality lyrics. With this new release Special Move is finally getting the respect they deserve, playing more shows and getting rave reviews…
Still hot: BROKEN OATH “Blood Cleanse The Streets” mcd is getting good feedback everywhere, watch out for these deadly Scots in a town near you……

The next Rucktion show in London will be on Saturday 14th January 2006 at the 12Bar Club, Denmark St, WC2 (nearest tube Tottenham Court Rd). Doors 8pm (bar open til late) £5 with flyer/£6 without. SIX FT DITCH, SPECIAL MOVE, THE DEATHSKULLS, HELLBENT DIEHARD, INJURY TIME & EVERY BODY DIES. Come and celebrate the New Year in style………

In other news, we’re proud to announce that the Damage Control hardcore festival is back in 2006 on Mon 1st May @ the Underworld, Camden Town, London NW1. Bands confirmed so far: PATH OF RESISTANCE (USA), KNUCKLEDUST (UK), WISDOM IN CHAINS (USA), OUT TO WIN (USA), NINEBAR (UK), THE SETUP (HOLLAND), DICTION (UK) + more tbc. Watch this space for ticket presale/availability and more info.

Work is almost finished on the forthcoming Ninebar full-length cd, release date tba….

The KNUCKLEDUST discography cd is still in the works, release date on Rucktion tba. They will be on tour in Europe with Shattered Realm in February 2006.

09/09/2005

London’s hardcore soldiers KNUCKLEDUST will be celebrating releasing their brand new album “Unbreakable”on GSR this Saturday 10 th September at the 12 Bar Club, Denmark St, London WC2. Nearest tube: Tottenham Court Rd. Doors 7pm til late. Tax £6 (£5 with flyer).
Full line up: KNUCKLEDUST, DIVIDE (final London show), SURGE OF FURY (Be), DICTION, TAKING NAMES, BROKEN OATH & PROWLER. KD’s new cd will be available from Rucktionmusic on Sun 11 th September.

They also have new merch available & a new website www.knuckledust.com

The official Knuckledust discography cd is still in the works, release date on Rucktion tba.

MP3 section has been updated, check out STOUT, TAKING NAMES, BROKEN OATH etc. if you don’t know these great bands yet.

Out on Rucktion in a couple of weeks, the new full-length from PA’s WISDOM IN CHAINS “Die Young”. £8.60 pospaid. Get more info or buy it here

Very soon after that will see the return of the notorious NINEBAR with the re-release of their 2001 MCD “Urban Legends”, remastered with added bonus tracks from their ‘1999Bar’ live tape. Meanwhile the band is working on a brand new cd for Rucktion so watch this space.

SPECIAL MOVE’s follow up to “The Return Of The Three Swords” will come out as an EP in October. The band is recording this month and will then play shows in the UK and Europe with Strength For A Reason, Stout, Injury Time and more as well as appearing at this year’s Ninjafest in London .

Baltimore ’s STOUT will be touring Europe soon, watch this space for dates when they’ve all been confirmed.

Ninjafest will take place at the Underworld in London on Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd October 2005 . Bands from the Rucktion familia appearing this year are Baltimore ’s Stout (DO NOT MISS ‘EM!), Special Move & Injury Time (7” out now on Atrocity Exhibition, buy it here) and our good friends from PA Out To Win!

New Rucktion merch will be available soon.

Nuff new items on our webstore, check it out: new Ninebar t-shirts, Unfit mcd, Hatebreed’s first mcd, the new No Compromise, some old Stormcore 7”s, new FWH stuff Vietnom & Embraced By Hatred, DNME outta Miami, Everybody Gets Hurt “Demo Daze” cd, Injury Time 7”, Kill Your Idols, The Alliance & more. Also check out the “available soon” section as we’re expecting a lot of new stuff in the few weeks. www.rucktionmusic.com

10/06/2005

First thing, there will be a show on friday 17th to help out our friend Nick from Diction who's going through a tough time. Click on the flyer for info.

Our webstore is online so check it out. You can drop an email to popi to get more info about ordering ...

Taking names debut MCD is out. You can order it here

16/05/2005

3 brand new Rucktion releases dropped a couple of weeks ago!

	The long-awaited comp TIME FOR SOME RUCKTION, 15 exclusive previously unreleased tracks from UKHC’s hardest! Featuring Six Ft Ditch, Knuckledust, Special Move, TRC, Prowler, Blades Of Unity, Taking Names, Maldito, Kartel, Ninebar, Diction etc. £8.60 postpaid
	Then we have the European release of STOUT’s full-length with extra bonus tracks from the demo. Hard as nails hardcore from Baltimore, USA. For fans of Sheer Terror and Next Step Up. £8.60 postpaid. “…I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is probably one of the hardest CDs ever. How a band’s sound can be so brutal without having to resort to chugga is amazing. The songs rage along from faster paced tracks to solid beatdown-style riffs to dirge like songs seamlessly. Total unrelenting brutality. Great songs, Excellent recording, intense lyrics… I can’t find a bad thing about this CD. The sheer heaviness of this band along with Tad’s delivery on vocals & lyrics puts this band in a league of their own.” (Indecent Exposure webzine).
	Last but not least, the terror begins again! The long awaited SIX FT DITCH CD “Unlicensed Cemetary” is already receiving high praise following a slew of dates in the UK and abroad. A bunch of new tracks plus a few other goodies here make this a definite bargain at £6.60 postpaid.
Next up, the debut MCD from London’s TAKING NAMES looks set to hit the streets in the next few weeks. This band have been winning crowds all over the UK with their storming live performance and are already set to hit the USA this summer with Brutal Fight. Still in the pipeline: KNUCKLEDUST ‘Dustography’ CD and BROKEN OATH MCD. Six Ft Ditch tour was a real success, thanks to all the kids who turned up for the shows in the UK, Germany and Holland, and to all the promoters and people who helped us out along the way, you know who you are. Extra special thanks to Scott & Special Move! Rucktion Music webstore will up very shortly. In the meantime you can get all our releases and hundreds of items from our distro by emailing We now accept paypal orders IRATE, NY will be touring Europe this summer and we’re organising another one of our infamous coach trips for the South Wales show in Newport on Saturday 2nd July. Leaving London in the morning and same day return. Also playing: Knuckledust, 50 Caliber, Blades Of Unity, Kartel, Six Ft Ditch and Injury Time. Email for more info.

09/04/2005

Bad news here i'm afraid but it has a silver lining. We felt it wasn't really the right time to bring Stout over just yet being they are still realtively unknown in Europe. We WILL be going ahead and pressing the album in the next week however as we intend to bring them over later in the year when the album will have had time to soak in and get promoted properly. Stout are the first international band to work with Rucktion and we didn't want to jeopardise their debut European tour by not having the proper promotion behind it. The tour IS still going ahead but just with SIX FT DITCH for now. We are discussing replacements for Stout with the promoters who have given us shows. More on this later.

22/12/2004

Welcome to the last update to the site for 2004. Next year is shaping up to be a busy one... RELEASES F0R 2005: Rucktion are proud to announce that we will be releasing the European version of STOUT from Baltimore , USA 's debut full length. 11 tracks of the most savage and original heavy hardcore heard in recent times (plus exclusive multimedia section featuring live footage and more) will be coming your way in early 2005, as will the band in early May, as they embark on their debut European tour, along with UK heavyweights SIX FT DITCH. Check out the opening track 'Peat Moss' in the MP3 section to be truly floored, and the band’s site at www.stoutngmf.com for more info. Also dropping early next year will be the long awaited Time For Some Rucktion compilation, featuring unreleased tracks from NINEBAR, DICTION, HELLBENT DIEHARD, TAKING NAMES, KNUCKLEDUST, BROKEN OATH, SPECIAL MOVE, PROWLER, TRC, SIX FT DITCH and more. Last but by no means least, we can announce 'Dustography', which chronicles London Hardcore legends KNUCKLEDUST from their demos, through various splits, eps, mcds up to and including their debut 'Time won't heal this'. This collecters item will feature many rare/out of print releases, and the artwork will take you back in time with a selection of classic photos, shirt designs and more. We're really proud here at Rucktion to get the opportunity to re-release KD's epic back catalogue: no-one can deny their influence, musically and otherwise, on many of the bands on our roster, not to mention further afield. 2005 also sees KD back in the studio to record the follow-up to this years 'Universal Struggle'. www.knuckledust.com COMING LATER on in 2005 will be releases from TAKING NAMES, KARTEL, MALDITO, DICTION, NINEBAR and the newest member of the Rucktion family, Glasgow's BROKEN OATH (www.brokenoath.co.uk). MERCHANDISE New designs on the way include Rucktion shirts and new Ninebar designs. TRC and Six ft Ditch shirts are currently available. Contact TRC and Six ft Ditch for availability. SHOWS As mentioned above, the STOUT and SIX FT DITCH tour will be hitting the UK and Europe in early May, check back for confirmed dates. 23/12/04 - KNUCKLEDUST, 50 CALIBER, NINEBAR + more, at The 12 Bar Club, Denmark St , London . 29/12/04 - NINEBAR, TAKING NAMES, STAND ASIDE at the Bull and Gate, Kentish Town , London . 19/01/05 - THE PROMISE, NINEBAR, TAKING NAMES + more at the Camden Underworld.

30/08/2004

First up, apologies for the delays in updating this site. Rucktion has taken an unexpectedly busy turn of late and we have been working hard with shows and releases and unfortunately the site had to take a temporary back seat for a while. SHOWS First and foremost, DO NOT MISS the debut UK shows by New York Hardcore heavyweights BILLYCLUB SANDWICH on Sunday 7th November (London) and Monday 8th November (Cardiff). Check out mp3s and band info at their site: www.billyclubsandwich.com For more info email OUT NOW!!!
	BDF - DENIED split is out now on Filled With Hate Records and available from Rucktion Music in the UK. The CD contains 8 tracks of brutal East Coast influenced hardcore. For the info, "One Man's Ruin" (track 7) features original 50 Caliber member Terry on vocals.
	DIVIDE ‘When All Else Fails’ MCD is out now (UK: £5.50 P&P / rest of world: 9 Euro P&P) 7 tracks of inspirational, no-frills HARDCORE from one of the UK's oldest and most underated bands. Any of you kids into the current old school revival will be well into this as should ANY self respecting hardcore fan!!! Think the speed and melody of Gorilla Biscuits crossed with the crunch and sincerity of Madball!!!
	TRC ‘North West Kings’ MCD out now (UK: £5.50 P&P / rest of world: 9 Euro P&P) 7 tracks of brutal street-edge hardcore mixing crushing riffs with old style speed provide the background to a multiple vocal attack and a grimy hip hop edge. For fans of Boxcutter, E-Town Concrete and Krutch. Make sure you catch them at a show as their live performance will knock you for six! Band site: http://trc.6ixdesign.com/
	BLADES OF UNITY ‘Backpack Full Of C4’ MCD out now (UK: £5.50 P&P / rest of world: 9 Euro P&P) The blistering debut cd from Liverpool’s notorious Blades Of Unity. A no-holds-barred 7 track crimewave of crazy insane (crazy insane?!) metalcore. Imagine Fury Of Five jamming with One Life Crew on the banks of the Mersey and you’d be not far off! Another proud addition to the Rucktion family.
WORK IN PROGRESS Coming soon on Rucktion Records… MALDITO ‘Por Siempre’ – We acknowledge this has been a long time coming. Unfortunately due to unforeseen problems with the recording this is being further delayed. Rest assured it will see the light of day soon. Watch this space for more updates. TAKING NAMES mcd – The latest addition to the Rucktion family. These London boys have blown audiences away and have only been playing shows for the last few months! Passionate, brutal and melodic these 5 piece comprising of ex-members of Last Hours Of Torment looks set to cement their growing reputation as of one of the UK’s best up and coming bands. Expect a 6 song MCD by the end of 2004. Check out their site and download their 3 song demo at www.takingnames.co.uk TIME FOR SOME RUCKTION vol 1 – A fully exclusive compilation album featuring brand new songs from the Rucktion bands and a few guests of honour! Bands so far confirmed… NineBar, TRC, Diction, Hellbent Diehard, Rough Justice, Taking Names, Special Move, Six Ft Ditch and more to come… This will be out by the end of 2004. KNUCKLEDUST Discography – We are proud to announce we shall be releasing the long awaited Knuckledust discography album. It will be a double cd comprising everything they have ever recorded up to (not including) ‘Universal Struggle’. The cd will also feature enhanced cd options to view multimedia features such as website links and video.

24/04//2004

	The "Southbound" split cd featuring KARTEL, NINEBAR & DICTION is now out and receiving very positive feedback. It's been sent out to our usual European distributors so you should be able to get your copy easily. If you can't give us a shout ; you can also download 3 MP3s from this split on the media section. If you're interested in booking these or any of our bands, please contact booking@rucktion.com.
	Liverpool-based BLADES OF UNITY's debut cd entitled "Backpack Full Of C4" is in our possession, ready to go to press and looks set to be out in May 2004. The 7 tracks sound amazing and I'm sure lovers of Rucktion bands will fiend for this.
	New blood TRC's "North West Kings" mcd was produced by Grant Matthews at Adelaide Studios (like Special Move, 50 Caliber, BDF etc.) and should be available in June. 7 tracks of fast and aggressive hatecore with urban influences! Recently adding Aldito to their front line and mashing many shows London wide.
	After their early plans of various splits fell through, MALDITO are set to release their long-awaited 7-track "Por Siempre" mcd next month too. The band recently played with SPIDER CREW on the UK leg of their European tour. Expect to see a lot more of this London Latino Hardcore band over the summer. Congratulations to Lostsight Big Mike recently getting married, we wish him and his wife all the best for the future.
	After several well-received demos, DIVIDE are putting the finishing touches to their recordings for a full-length cd to be released on Rucktion later this year. Expect melodic yet hard hitting old skool hardcore from Glasgow, Scotland. Definitely one of the UK's most underrated band and often overlooked but we plan to get them the exposure they deserve with this their debut release. Glasgow HC lives more news as we get it.

50 Caliber are gonna be in talks this week with Axel from Filled With Hate Records about releasing some old material with new artwork and shit, put the songs out from the Blackfish Records CD 'Internal Bleeding' !!!! They have a new website on the way the old one is out of date real bad but it still has all the show dates on it so check it out www.50-caliber.net we have new merch on the way to so be sure to keep checking back here or www.filledwithhate.com

check their coming shows too : Sunday May 2nd @ The Dome - 50 Caliber Knuckledust Ninebar 6ft Ditch + more Saturday 8th May Corefest In Brighton @ The Hobgoblin Monday 17th May - The Verge With Everybody Gets Hurt + More Friday 21st May MMC Fest In Belgium Antwerp With As We Fight + Many More Saturday 22nd May - Caen France 50 Caliber BDF + More Friday June 11th Guildford Community Center - 50 Caliber - Medic Sunday June 20th - Luton All Dayer 50 Caliber + Many More! Tuesday 29th June - Camden Underworld - 50 Caliber Sworn Enemy Ninebar + More

You can pick up all our releases at All Ages Records shop in Camden, London.

Sun 2nd MAY MAY RIOT! KNUCKLEDUST, 50 CALIBER, NINEBAR, RISE AND FALL, BDF, SIX FT DITCH, OF NOBLE BLOOD, MEDIC, BLADES OF UNITY, 50 ON RED + more @ the Dome, Tufnell Park, London. Tax £7 - doors 1pm. info

Sat 8th MAY COREFEST @ Hobgoglin pub in Brighton feat. 50 CALIBER, SPECIAL MOVE, BDF, SIX FT DITCH, NINEBAR, KARTEL etc. FREE SHOW!!! So no excuses, get your asses down there!

Don't forget to check the distro list on the online store page, there's loads of new stuff coming in at the moment: Among The Living, Clobberin Time/Personal Vendetta, Forever Means Goodbye, Strikeback!, Retaliate, Behind The Sun, One Million Thoughts, Pitboss 2000, Stigmata, Of Noble Blood, What Lies Within, etc.

kNUCKLEDUST are confirmed to play the PRESURE FEST in Germany this year 23/24/25 June and on this years GOODLIFE FEST in Belgium July 24. They just confirmed to open for MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD in september on the UK tour for KD 8th anniversary tour culminating in a Big party show in London to celebrate that. Check www.knuckledust.com for the latest dates.

Work will begin soon on the UK version of the KNUCKLEDUST discography which will be out through RUCKTION later this year. It will also be released in Japan through FINAL JUDGEMENT RECORDS as a digipack backed with a few live dates. It will contain all recordings prior to the UNIVERSAL STRUGGLE CD on GSR MUSIC. From the '96 demo, London Hardcore CD, Time wont heal this, splits and seven inches.

Work is well underway on the new site RUCKTION MUSIC which will enable you to order from our releases list and distro direct with your credit card worldwide. The entire website will eventually be re-vamped with more interactive options.More news will follow as we get.

18/02/2004

The biggest Rucktion news is that the KARTEL - NINEBAR - DICTION “Southbound” split looks to be out in the next few weeks, we’re just putting the final touches to the artwork. A new NINEBAR mp3 taken from it is in the media section, and look out for a release party featuring the three bands and many more. The NINEBAR songs are an absolute killer! The new KARTEL & DICTION shit is hot too! Make sure you check Kartel out on the 28th Feb at the show listed below. DICTION have just recorded a cover from Warzone, “Dance Hard Or Die”, for a soon to be released international tribute to the now defunct legendary NYC band. If ya wanna check’em out send an SSAE to the Rucktion address and we’ll send you their “First Five Years” demo which features a brand new song that’ll appear on the split.

Also imminent is the MALDITO cd, now to be released as a split with an as yet unconfirmed band, and several new releases which we will update you on in the near future, including a compilation featuring unreleased tracks from many of our bands., and a cd from the most recent addition to the Rucktion family , BLADES OF UNITY from Liverpool/Chester.

In tour news, the new 50 CALIBER line-up have dates which you can find on the message board, and are playing in Germany with NINEBAR on March 27th.

NINEBAR and KNUCKLEDUST will be playing in Germany on April 17th.
50 CALIBER and SIX FT DITCH will also be playing the FWH festival on July 24th.
Check more KNUCKLEDUST shows at www.knuckledust.com

We’ve decided to scrap the shows on this page and move them to the forum, which gets updated more regularly. Check at the top for any upcoming London shows, and if you have any questions about venues then post them there.

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES zine issue 1 is still available from the Rucktion distro, featuring band interviews, record and show reviews and opinions. Issue 2 is on its way. Contact or for how to submit CDs for review, advertising rates and other details.

DISTRO NEWS
Loads of items have been added to the Rucktion distro list in the last few weeks, new shit or older stuff back in stock, check out or download the file on the webstore page.
Wake Up Cold euro version of “Deliver me from evil”, Fury Of V “Tellin’ it like it is!” first 7”re-released (Inner Rage). Quality releases from RPP too, Together We Fall, Beneath The Remains, Enrage; Backslap (with ex drummer from Merauder), No Compromise (Disagree Records), Age Of Disgrace (Ger).
Old shit: Public Disturbance (true UKHC), 1st release on Days Of Fury and 2nd “Possessed To Hate” more new school (Retribute Records), Raiden MCD back in stock.
Deadline 2nd full-length “Back For More” on Captain Oi!, Beerzone best of comp “British Streetpunk” (24 trax). Intensive Care, Streetpunk from Hackney “North London’s Finest” new cd
NRSV “THC” Tongue-in-cheek yet heavy hc, who said there was no more fun in hc (me perhaps!?!) SFT/Triple Crown. Also from SFT, Civil Defense, aggressive old school from Boston. More releases from them soon.
Also Goodlife Recordings’ stuff: 100 Demons, Trapped In Life, Day Of Contempt, Shockwave, Angel Crew, Breaksown LP, Arkangel etc.

Rucktion releases are now available from All Ages record shop in London so if you can’t be bothered mailordering or coming to London shows, here’s the address: 27a Pratt Street, Camden Town, London NW1 0BG, 020 7267 0303, www.allagesrecords.com, open 11am-7pm every day.

For people outside the UK, it should now be easier for you to get our releases, Rucktion is now distroed by RPP & Goodlife (Belgium), SFT Records & Filled With Hate Records (Germany) and Disagree Records (France). Our boys from No Turning Back (Nl) also carry some with them… More of the same for the rest of Europe soon, watch this space for updates.

OUTLAW ANTHEM’S PARTY #1 on the 28th Feb 2004 in London, live hardcore bands feat. KNUCKLEDUST, SPECIAL MOVE, 50 CALIBER, KARTEL, PROWLER, MESSIAH & TRC. 9pm til late £3 donation. Call the info line on the day for more details 0798 457 7439 or check the forum.

The LBU’s new blood are really getting their shit together after putting a good 1st show last week, TRC & PROWLER, who already have a split demo out (send SSAE for free demo), have just recorded a proper split to be released soon. Check the distro list for more details & demos.

New improved kd shirts coming soon as well as a complete discography of all their tracks b4 Universal struggle! On Knuckledust records! So if anybody has any kool memories of kd shows, pics, stories, reviews/comments on the bands 8 years reppin ukhc. Please mail

UK/US split on German label!
BDF split with DENIED (NYC) on FWH Records will be out later this year and available from us.
BDF split with DENIED on FWH rec!
Artwork has been submitted plus three newly recorded tracks, two new songs plus a re recorded demo track by BDF and all new tracks by Denied! 8 tracks in total which will see the light of day anyday now! Thanks to Axel for supporting our bands ideas!

WEBSITE NEWS
The e-store is coming within 2 months, more bands pages soon and more in the media section, the chat will be removed as no one is using it, a shows page will be added and the forum should be improved. Of course you all know it's gonna take time for it to happen.

28/01/2004

New Ninebar mp3 added in the media section.
The South London Split should come out quite soon.

23/11/2003

The London Hardcore Website is now up and running, check it out: www.yolondon.net

KNUCKLEDUST are currently out representing London hardcore on the Eastpak Resitance tour in Europe with bands such as Madball, Sworn Enemy, Ignite, Backfire and Suicidal Tendencies.

06/11/2003

KNUCKLEDUST 'Universal Struggle' is now available through the Rucktion distro: popi@rucktion.com .Also available from www.gsrmusic.com or through the band directly at www.knuckledust.com

SIX FT DITCH 'Faces of Death' MCD is now available through the Rucktion distro.

SPECIAL MOVE 'Level 3: Return Of The Three Swords' is now available through the Rucktion distro or order from the band directly at www.specialmove.co.uk

We are currently working hard to complete the artwork for both the MALDITO cd and the KARTEL/NINEBAR/DICTION split cd. We are hoping these will be available early next year.

18-09-03

SPECIAL MOVE’s second cd release ‘Return Of The Three Swords’ is ready to go to press and looks to be out in the next 6 weeks or so.

‘Faces Of Death’ the long awaited debut cd from SIX FT DITCH is scheduled to hit the streets in the next month or so. We are grateful to Six Ft Ditch for being patient!