The Hell - S/T 7" EP

Sorry State Records / Drunken Sailor Records (2025)

1. Cut The Chord 00:00
2. Liabilities 01:33
3. Last Chapter 02:14
4. Circling The Drain 03:06
5. Dirt Nap 04:29

►Vinyl 7" EP:
USA Via Sorry State Records.
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UK/ Europe Via Drunken Sailor Records.
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The Hell From HC Punk From Norfolk County, Ohio.
thehellhardcore.bandcamp.com/

Artwork and design by Keith Caves.
Released March 14, 2025

Sorry State Records (US) and Drunken Sailor Records (UK) present a new self-titled 5-song EP from Cleveland’s the Hell.
The four to-the-point rippers on the a-side pick up where the Hell’s 2023 album left off, fusing big riffs (see: “Liabilities” and “Circling the Drain”) with agile rhythmic shifts (“Cut the Chord”) and executing all of it at hardcore tempos.
While these tracks have a similar energy to nihilistic punk-on-the-edge-of-hardcore like the Lewd or the Zero Boys, “Dirt Nap,” which occupies the entire b-side, takes the Hell’s sound to new places, soaking in eerie tension for several minutes before erupting into a brilliant, Buzzcocks-esque chiming chorus.
Atop it all, the Hell’s vocalist sneers like a weary, middle-aged Darby Crash whose woes have only compounded as life has unfurled. The Hell speaks to the dismay and cynicism we all feel as part of a species in decline, but they also deliver the jolt of energy we need to face another day.
Daniel Lupton.