Greg The Builder

A list of the top 10 (mostly) punk things I loved from 2025 in no real particular order: ULTIMATE DISASTER - …For Progress If I HAD to pick a favorite record from last year, this would likely be it. Might be a perfect record. Live, the band is also great. KRIEGSHÖG live at Earthdom - Tokyo, Japan 11/16/25 Love & Revenge was on my top 10 list last year and I was lucky my trip to Japan lined up with this show. This set was unreal. An experience I will never forget. The whole show was great. ...

Photos by Joe The Photo Guy Another humid mid-atlantic August means another Skull Fest in lovely steel city, Pittsburgh, PA. I know, I know, “another fest?” How many fests do we really need? I don’t really know, but for me at least, Skull Fest feels like the one that breaks the mold. Instead of being a weekend of punk and hardcore curated by one person’s taste, Skull Fest is a true collaborative effort. You get a mix of punk that is sure to hit all your sensibilities: punk, hardcore, hardcore p...

When I woke up on August 1st, 2025, I did not expect to be surprised with the first CATHARSIS record in 24 years. I may have actually asked myself "is this the same CATHARSIS"? It is, and I gotta say, it's really good. I’ve had to force myself to listen to other records every couple listens just so I don’t burn myself out on Hope Against Hope. This record feels like it was written with intent and care. Based on what I’ve heard and read about how it was recorded, I think the band took their tim...