The underground hardcore scene of the mid-late Eighties was UK punk rock's last significant creative gasp. Emerging from the wreckage of the anarcho punk scene spawned by the likes of Crass and Conflict, it took its influences from the studs 'n' leather punk bands of the early Eighties such as Discharge and GBH, and also the nascent American hardcore movement and the emerging metal/punk crossover scene. Filter all of this through some through fiercely DIY aesthetics and you had a potent movement that spawned such seminal acts as Napalm Death, ENT, The Stupids and Heresy. With the backing of John Peel and an unwavering work ethic, these bands, and the labels that launched them (including Earache and Peaceville - both now widely regarded as having some of the finest metal rosters in the world), pushed musical boundaries into new and previously unexplored avenues of extremity, helping to shape the alternative music scene we know and love today.
 
1. INSTINCT OF SURVIVAL – Napalm Death
2. ANTISOCIAL - Doom
3. BLIND ACCEPTANCE - Sacrilege
4. DRUNK ON YOUR TEARS - Filthkick
5. OBLIVION DESCENDS - Unseen Terror
6. GETTING THROUGH - The Depraved
7. NIGHT OF THE RABBIT - Bad Beach
8. THEM AND US AND ME AND YOU - Heresy
9. A WOMAN’S WORK - Concrete Sox
10. SKATEBORED - Intense Degree
11. NEXT TIME - Electro Hippies
12. WIDE OPEN EYES - Jailcell Recipes
13. MASSACRE - Hellbastard
14. WHAT FUTURE? – The Fiend
15. THROUGH MY EYES – H.D.Q.
16. NO EXIT - Civilised Society?
17. ELEPHANT MAN - Stupids
18. NO THREAT - Extreme Noise Terror
19. BEYOND PAIN - Deviated Instinct
20. MORE THAN FUN - Default
21. WHERE’S THE REAL YOU – The Uprising
22. TIRED EYES - Long Cold Stare
23. GAMES CHILDREN PLAY - Bad Dress Sense
24. GRIND THE ENEMY - Axegrinder
25. UNLEARN - Atavistic
26. COLLISION OF VISION - Ripcord
27. ACID DEATH CHILD - Terrorain
28. JUST ONE MORE – Cowboy Killers
29. SILENT KNIGHTS (ON RTE) - Paranoid Visions
30. LABYRINTH OF MIND – Prophecy Of Doom

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