What we have here is a 12" slice of abject ferocity. Filled out with members of every good Winnipeg Punk band from the last 2 decades, Negative Charge have concocted one hell of a debut. This masterclass of Hardcore Punk has Frankensteined the sinew, spit and muscle from some of the most monstrous entities of the genre that walked before it. You'll recognize the octopus tentacles that provided the impossible drumming on Is This My World. You'll freeze in awe with the quality of riffing that culminated in War All The Time. You'll recognize that same hunched silhouette dragging bloody knuckles down the alleyways of the Bowery in 1983. This is the same quality of heart and energy that hardened the steel in steel city circa 2015.

But this is Winnipeg 2025 and the monster she created will not be contained.

Know that this is no cash-in sequel to those aforementioned greats. This is no hyperbolic blow-hard bullshit. I dare you to try and prove me wrong. One of us will die on this hill and if Negative Charge is my soundtrack it won't be me. Winnipeg Hardcore Now. Winnipeg Hardcore Forever.

2nd pressing due December 2025.
Artwork by @digital_3vil

What we have here is a 12" slice of abject ferocity. Filled out with members of every good Winnipeg Punk band from the last 2 decades, Negative Charge have concocted one hell of a debut. This masterclass of Hardcore Punk has Frankensteined the sinew, spit and muscle from some of the most monstrous entities of the genre that walked before it. You'll recognize the octopus tentacles that provided the impossible drumming on Is This My World. You'll freeze in awe with the quality of riffing that culminated in War All The Time. You'll recognize that same hunched silhouette dragging bloody knuckles down the alleyways of the Bowery in 1983. This is the same quality of heart and energy that hardened the steel in steel city circa 2015.

But this is Winnipeg 2025 and the monster she created will not be contained.

Know that this is no cash-in sequel to those aforementioned greats. This is no hyperbolic blow-hard bullshit. I dare you to try and prove me wrong. One of us will die on this hill and if Negative Charge is my soundtrack it won't be me. Winnipeg Hardcore Now. Winnipeg Hardcore Forever.

Physical release late July.
Artwork by @digital_3vil

With members from all over the globe but located in Bremen, Germany - Inferno Personale have been carving out potent Hardcore Punk in a tasty combination of Japanese crasher-crust and European Harcdcore ala Wretched or Crude SS. With members making up past and present lineups of Muro and Ex-Dom and more - it isn't so shocking to expect something with the kind of high energy and intensity so prevalent in this, their second 12". The fact is, on the last tour with Chain Whip through Europe, they were my favourite set and raised the bar on what this style should embody live. I recall the Sorry State team having a similar experience with them while on their first tour out that way. Inferno Personale is an absolute explosion of high energy Hardcore exactly the way I like it. This is a co-release with France's Symphony Of Destruction so if you're out that way - order from them.