New Music Review: Bratakus – Hagridden (2026; Venn Records)

Link: https://diyconspiracy.net/bratakus-hagridden/

Don't miss one of the best punk records of 2026!

#punk #bratpunk #veganstraightedge

An arrest and criminal charge in 2025 led back to a much longer history tied to the vegan straight edge hardcore band 7 Generations and the close circle around them (we first published a piece on this in 2021). What comes up is a pattern of abuse, protection, and silence spanning years.

The new article covers the arrest of a key figure connected to the band, a broader overview of allegations across their inner circle, and a documented timeline of abuse involving multiple members. It also brings the full story together in one place and looks at what hardcore can learn to prevent a repeat.

The article compiles accounts, timelines, and context that have been scattered for years.

Link:

https://diyconspiracy.net/the-sexual-predators-of-hardcore/

We originally planned to publish this on Friday, but since rumors of its publication have already started circulating, we’re publishing it now.

#punk #hardcore #hardcorepunk #vegan #straightedge #veganstraightedge #abuse #7generatons #accountability

New Music Review: Escalate – The Cry of Nature EP (New Age Records; 2026)

Link: https://diyconspiracy.net/escalate-the-cry-of-nature-ep/

While the world fixates on the results of the Hungarian elections, Escalate drop The Cry of Nature, an 11-minute blast of relentless vegan straight edge fury.

#escalate #hardcore #xvx #veganstraightedge

apparently i am supposed
to remind people of natures burger, which i believe i had only twice and made me sick as hell. all your "meat replacements" nowadays. herumpf.

#veganism #vegan #earthcrisis #vegansxe #veganstraightedge

Shoutout to xrulex
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSc8fTTDX_-/
Debut Album, re-mastered and for the first time ever available on vinyl! The band even found a lost bonus track from the original recording session. Don't sleep in this piece of HC History! Already only a handfull of each item left. Shipping now!

Limited "recycled" eco 12" vinyl/100 copies on clear purple/black swirl

Digipack CDr/200 with mini-booklet

High quality Gildan Hammer Shirt with 3c Screenprint/25

All in co-release with the fantastic folks at https://www.instagram.com/counterculturerecords/ (UK).

#ukhc #withdrawn #veganmetal #edgemetal #metalcore #veganstraightedge #xvx #vsxe #sxe #vinyl #diy #bbmarecords #boundbymodernage

https://clearxcut.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-wild-at-heart-kept-in-cages

For The Wild At Heart Kept In Cages
by CLEARxCUT

#VeganStraightEdge
#metal
#hardcore
#metalcore
#music
#nowplayng

Umeå håller stilen! ❌❌❌

#umeå #umeahardcore #umeåhardcore #vegan #veganstraightedge #djurrätt #animalrights

I went to the Copenhagen Animal Liberation Conference and interviewed Jake Conroy!!

Conroy, a longtime animal rights activist based near Seattle, Washington, has spent decades fighting for animal liberation and has witnessed firsthand the highs and lows of radical activism. He is best known for his role in the Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign, which targeted Huntington Life Sciences, a laboratory that tested products ranging from food colouring and artificial sweeteners to oven cleaners on non-human animals such as rats, rabbits, pigs, dogs, marmosets, and macaques, and killed about 500 animals every day.

We talked about animal liberation, collective liberation, how doing time in prison affected him, pressure campaigns (his favorite), and hip hop and hardcore punk!!

You can listen to the episode at this link at Archive or at the pod-app of your choice:
https://archive.org/details/jake-conroy

We also listened to Accidente with their song “La Revuelta Real” from their LP “Duelo”. They are really generous, so they put all of their music for download for free here: http://accidentepunk.blogspot.com/
And you can listen to them also in Bandcamp: https://accidente.bandcamp.com/album/pulso

Enjoy!!
#Vegan #veganhardcore #VeganStraightEdge #hardcore #hardcorepunk #animalliberation #collectiveliberation #jakeconroy #SHAC #antispeciesist