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Having met and forged a trans-atlantic allegiance at SXSW 2011, Topshelf and Holy Roar decided to bring together two of their most promising artists for a beautiful split 7" with all exclusive tracks!

Run Walk from Winchester, England, deliver their most cohesive, melodic, heavy and intricate tracks, that hint towards an incredible debut album in 2012. To say that this duo's songwriting chops keep coming on in leaps and bounds would be an understatement. Bass/drums/fun/songs/loud without sacrificing melody or structure.

Sirs, from upstate New York, USA, deliver driving, ultra-catchy indie rock that owes a huge debt to the energy of punk and hardcore. Having already delivered a 6-song ep and another split 7" - Sirs time is now!

Pressing info -

500 pressed
250 with Holy Roar (uk) on colour A
250 with Topshelf (usa) on colour B

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We are really happy to announce that we will be releasing the new record by Daggers titled ‘Euphoria’ on November 8th on LP. This is a co-release with the band and Twelve Gauge Records in America.

Daggers hails from Brussels with a dark, metallic sound. They've wrecked stages all over Europe and have now recorded their new full length "Euphoria" with Ben Phillips at Lightship95 in London.

1. Freaks/2. Axes (FREE MP3)/3. Dekanahwideh/4. Mohawk/5. Altar /6. Call /7. Riot /8. Decay /9. Gloom

There will an ultra limited black/white smoke vinyl as well as standard black vinyl.

Preorder will be up very soon!

Pre-order for double LP and instant download up now - holyroarrecords.com/album.php?id=949

Listen to a track here - soundcloud.com/holyroarrecords/slabdragger-erroneous-maximus

Slabdragger can, and will, stand toe-to-toe with Torche, YOB, Floor, Sleep and Electric Wizard. Big words for a largely unknown band from South London. But we genuinely feel that we have an undiscovered gem on our hands with Slabdragger – they are that good.

Two years in the making, and ridiculously fully-formed and fully-realised, Slabdragger not only sing about epic quests to Nepal to find killer weed, rubbish Roman Centurions, battling huge Octopian creatures and drinking rum, but they also feature the one and only Sam Thredder.

If ever there was a wizard whose praises were unsung – Sam Thredder is the man. Having played in countless bands for almost 15 years (despite being only 28) and having recorded over 100 bands (reading like a ‘whose who’ of UK hardcore – Dead Swans, More Than Life, Last Witness, Hang The Bastard, Prowler, Throats, Dirty Money, Deal With It, Nervous Wreck, TRC, The Legacy….) – the man is a living legend. If ever there was a dude qualified to bring us a fucking great record, then it could well be him….

We wont lie, the band have barely played outside of London (albeit playing with Hang The Bastard, Dopefight, Astrohenge and Void…), but take a punt with Holy Roar on this one…..this band deserves to be heard across the globe.

MP3s received instantly.

Pressing info -

300 x Double LP on virgin black vinyl.

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Grazes, from Sheffield, take elements of old bratty punk, Black Sabbath, shoegaze and fast punk/powerviolence/hardcore and roll it into their own unique sound.

This 7" is a stunning introduction to this band. 6 tracks that go from 50 second ragers to more expansive numbers.

Co-release with Ebb and Flow Records and Crash Landing Records.

Pressing info -
100 on orange/blue random vinyl (25 with each label, 25 with the band)
400 on black vinyl

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CD version, with different artwork, to follow at a slightly later date....

Formed in 2008 by five men old enough to know better, The Ergon Carousel's intention was to provide the world with fast and intense grindcore, unhampered by the expectations and limitations of the scene, honest and forthright in its delivery. Bringing with them considerable experience from their time served in acts such as Narcosis, Beecher, Carmen and Mechagodzilla, they create a sound which draws on this experience to come up with a savage grinding beast, albeit one with a wizened ear for a crushing rock riff. With their first LP 'Dead Banks' now ready for release and an EP, and split 7" with Throats already under their belts, The Ergon Carousel are ready to inflict their madness on a town near you.

Pressing Info -

100 Black/Grey LPs
400 Black LPs
100 Limited cds (to follow)