Pacific Northwest punks announce new EP ‘Hate Training’ due out 10/25 via Convulse Records. Fall North American Tour dates.

‘Hate Training’ is a concentrated blast of vein-popping hardcore fury that combines blistering riffs, primal stomp, and urgent lyrics that demand the listener’s attention and never let go. To mark the announcement the band have shared ‘Baptism Of Fire’ a 90 second ripper packed with power and purpose. EP follows Punitive Damage’s 2022 debut album ‘This Is The Blackout’, and picks up where that record left off. Recorded by Jesse Gander (Japandroids, Brutus, Subhumans) and mixed by Taylor Young (Drain, Militarie Gun, God’s Hate), the EP finds Punitive Damage–vocalist Jerkova, guitarists Czecho (he/him) and Teejer1 (he/him), drummer Alejandro (he/him) and bassist Kermit (she/her)–pushing the extremes of their music even further into the red. The riffs on Hate Training feel sharper than ever, providing an apt delivery system for the Jerkova‘s lyrics. “Time after time after time, we fall for the hate training served to us,” she explains. “From the slaughter of the Indigenous peoples in the Americas, to the Third Reich, to the Vietnam War, to the War on Terror–empires point us towards a “subhuman boogyman” that must be destroyed at all costs, and with a big stupid f-cking smile we say “okay”. And only after time has passed do we realize how we shamefully fell for the bullsh-t, and how we can’t ever let that happen again. And we say “never again” or “we must learn from our mistakes”. Yet here we are again.”

photo credit: Ryan Rose

‘Hate Training’ tracklist:
1. Hate Training
2. Baptism Of Fire
3. All Or Nothing
4. Chains Of Hate
5. Plaster Saints
6. Blight Of Apathy

Upcoming Shows:
10/08 Vancouver, BC @ Bullys Studios
10/22 Baltimore MD @ Holy Frijoles
10/23 Roanoke, VA @ VFW 1264
10/24 Charlotte, NC @ Milestone Club
10/25 Chattanooga, TN @ Dragons Roast
10/27 Gainesville, FL @ THE FEST
10/28 Birmingham, AL @ Firehouse
10/29 New Orleans, LA @ Holy Diver
10/30 Hattiesburg, MS @ TBA
10/31 Dallas, TX @ Cheapsteaks
11/15 Tulsa, OK @ Flyover Fest Pre-show