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Rotten To The Core Records

Not Your Fathers Hardcore! Originally started as a local distro @ shows for my friends in 2002. DIY or DIE!!!!

After shows just about stopped I decided to start a label/mail-order, I released my first record in October 2008 & have no plans of letting up. I do this for the love of music & every penny I might happen to make goes back into the label for future release's.

07/24/2025

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Disrupt - “Unrest” LP $22.99

Boston’s crust-hardcore kings DISRUPT ground out ferocious music in their short but furious existence, establishing a reputation as one of the world’s premier hardcore grind bands. Their first (and only) full-length Unrest contains 30 tracks of the most savage and powerful punk-inspired grindcore ever recorded. Influenced by E.N.T., Crude SS, Mob 47, Doom and Siege, DISRUPT both destroyed the deftly contrived major label hardcore of the time (and continue to do so today) and set a standard matched by few punk bands since. Unrest is a grating anarchist audio onslaught that will put you in the mood for rebellion! Newly remastered for the 2015 vinyl reissue by Brad Boatright (Obituary, Sleep, etc)!

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07/24/2025

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Repulsion - “Horrified” LP $19.99

REPULSION is the band that introduced the world to insane blasting drums, bone jarring distorted bass, and the most vile lyrics imaginable. Originally released in Europe in 1989 by members of Carcass on their Necrosis Records label, Horrified is a genre pioneering masterpiece that has influenced so many death acts, most notably Na**lm Death, Carcass, Entombed and Cannibal Co**se.

This official reissue on Relapse Records includes the classic LP on translucent green vinyl.

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07/24/2025

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GISM - “Detestation” 12” $15.99

Relapse Records is proud to announce the first ever fully-authorized reissue of GISM’s landmark debut LP, Detestation. Originally released in 1983, Detestation has since remained one of the most innovative, bewildering, extreme, and wildly influential albums in the punk and metal canon. To say Destestation was ahead of its time would be a huge understatement—it incorporated elements from so many genres: hardcore, punk, heavy metal, glam, thrash, industrial, and experimental. It was almost as if listeners didn’t know what to do with the record’s music but gravitated to it nonetheless as they recognized it was something unique and special.

Maximum Rocknroll’s Jay Bentley’s 1984 review of Detestation made that sentiment clear, describing the record as “Churning Metal- punk, or perhaps even speed-metal, depending on where you draw the distinction. GISM are undoubtebly a heavy metal band who’ve been heavily influenced by hardcore, but the music is so intense and the vocals so ominous that even Im in a state of shock. These guys make VENOM sound like the KNACK, especially on side 1.”

*This product is designed to be a replica of the original LP released in 1983. Any spelling or design errors are consistent with how the record was originally presented*

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07/24/2025

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Nasum - “Inhale/Exhale” LP $19.99

Sweden’s unsung sensations play crushing grindcore with blistering blastbeats, ravenously crusty riffs, and just a hint of that Swedish sound. A lightning speed blitzkrieg of sonic violence!

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07/23/2025

Very few copies available for Pre Order. These will ship 8/1. No restock!

Hatred Surge - “Rotten To Forgotten” 7” + Zine $20

A collaborative retrospective in true grind violence. Limited to 300 copies.

This is hatred surge joined by azeta (fleshripper), matt gomes (in disgust), andrew nolan (intensive care), and dylan walker (full of hell) to recreate four classic tracks.

Each record includes a retrospective zine on the history of the band told directly by the members.

ONLY AVAILABLE DIRECT!!! DM to order.

07/22/2025

RIP! 😔

07/22/2025

PRE-ORDER NOW!!!

Hatred Surge - “Rotten To Forgotten” 7”+Zine $20

A collaborative retrospective in true grind violence. Limited to 300 copies.

This is hatred surge joined by azeta (fleshripper), matt gomes (in disgust), andrew nolan (intensive care), and dylan walker (full of hell) to recreate four classic tracks.

Each record includes a retrospective zine on the history of the band told directly by the members.

ONLY AVAILABLE DIRECT!!! - SHIPS 8/1

07/22/2025

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Knuckle Scraper - “R.I.P.” 7” $6.99

Gulf Coast Power Violence in the key of West Coast Power Violence tradition.

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07/22/2025

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Cripple Bastards / Looking For An Answer “split” 6” $7.99

CB’s side includes 2 completely unreleased songs recorded in 2003 between “Desperately insensitive” and the split EP with Eyehategod. Hyper-speeded covers of IMPULSE MANSLAUGHTER and NEGATIVE FX, where Cripple Bastards managed to crossover their peculiar Hate/Grind assault with 80s fast HC influences. On the flipside 2 covers as well (NA**LM DEATH and RUIDO DE RABIA), delivered by Looking For An Answer. Released in black and white 6″ vinyl.

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07/22/2025

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Spazz - “Live At KZSU” LP $19.99

Limited to 100 mailorder variant.

There was only one Spazz. Now long-gone, this 19-song, 25-minute live set recorded during 1999 on KZSU radio proves that Spazz was something that will never be again. Mastered at Mammoth Sound.

Track Listing:

1. Zodiak
2. Snowcone Ribplate
3. Crop Circles
4. Hardboiled
5. Old Youth
6. Crocket
7. One Ghetto To The Next
8. Sword Of The Lord
9. WWF Rematch At The Cow Palace (Aluta Continua)
10. 4 Times A Day
11. Climate Best
12. Sluta
13. Droppin’ Many Ravers
14. The Box
15. Typical Hardcore Song
16. Spudboy
17. Dewey Decimal Stitchcore
18. Swampfoot
19. I Hate The Kids
20. Interview

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07/22/2025

One copy available!

Hemdale - “Can You Smell The Stench” 2xLP (Italian Import) $31.99

31 years after their first opus, here’s the vinyl edition of Cleveland’s gore freaks HEMDALE total discography.. 49 TRACKS of deranged hyperblasting goregrind, delivered with an unique tongue-in-cheek and sleazy modus operandi. Features their self titled 1994 demo, split CDs with Exit 13 and Exhumed, split EPs with Disgust, Doubled Over and Fistula, split 12″ with Haemorrhage / Meat Spreader and compilation tracks! This purulent double LP earslaughter is housed in a gatefold jacket and features a thick booklet filled with photos, flyers and scans of the original releases.

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07/22/2025

UPDATE = SOLD

Agathocles - “Aalst Destruction” 1989 LP (Belgian Import)

Yeah !!! finally the 3rd 12” from the MELTAAARGH!!!! series is ready and available… and no it’s not a blood soaked or entrails blaaaasting release this time as you all probably expected but… nevertheless its pulverizing…raw and blaaasting and suits perfect in the MELTAAARGH!!!! roster of releases in my opinion. Alright let this 12” take you back to the golden days of GRIND when all was still fresh and e###tremely exited to discover, so enjoy the blueprints of a never ending MINCECORE future to come!! Limited to 100.

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