Philadelphia’s noisy rockers LADDER DEVILS are gearing up to release Nowhere Plans, their debut full length for Brutal Panda Records. The band, featuring members of now defunct PA hardcore heroes The Minor Times, are planning a June 26th release date on vinyl and digital formats. Brooklyn Vegan is currently streaming the new song “Good Enough Methodology” at this location. Pre-orders for the record are now available at this location and a full tracklisting is included below. Limited to 500 copies, the record comes with an 11 x11 insert and a digital download. Additionally, a limited run of T-Shirt + vinyl packages and test press packages are available while supplies last. A record release show is being held in Philadelphia on June 16th with the recently reunited Harkonen, while a short round of east coast dates in early August with Fight Amp will be announced shortly. Details on the record release show are available here. Continue reading
Brutal Panda Records is proud to announce the release of Brooklyn, NY’s PRIMITIVE WEAPONS highly anticipated debut full-length The Shadow Gallery. These pummeling 7 tracks bridge the gap between metallic, dissonant hardcore, sludgy AmRep style chaos and modern doom. The album was recorded at Wild Arctic Studios with Dean Baltolunis (American Nightmare, Goes Cube, The Hold Steady) and saw its vinyl release this April with order information available at this 
Brutal Panda Records has released Chicago’s progressive, psychedelic sludge mavens THE ATLAS MOTH’s sophomore opus, ‘An Ache For The Distance’, on 12″ gatefold vinyl this October. The album was released on CD and digital formats via Profound Lore and produced by the band’s own Andrew Ragin with mastering done by the legendary James Murphy (Death, Testament). The release is limited to a pressing of 500 copies on purple haze, white dwarf and glow-in-the-dark vinyl. The album is available now at this 
Brutal Panda Records released HARKONEN’s seminal rock and roll / hard-core masterpiece, ‘Shake Harder Boy’, on vinyl this September. This criminally underrated album, originally released on Hydra Head Records and recorded in 2002 by Matt Bayles (MASTODON, BOTCH), is getting the vinyl treatment for the first time ever. Vinyl mastering was done at world-renowned MasterDisk studios to give the LP the finest possible sound. The release is very limited, with only 300 copies being pressed on ocean blue and clear wax. The record is available now at this 
Florida experimental doom/sludge metal duo, DARK CASTLE, released their second full-length ‘Surrender To All Life Beyond Form‘ this July as a deluxe gatefold 12″ LP via Brutal Panda Records. The album was recorded and produced by Sanford Parker (Rwake, Pelican, Unearthly Trance) and features guest appearances from members of YOB, U.S. Christmas, Nachtmystium & Minsk. 
