DOUBLE THE FILTH, DOUBLE THE DAMAGE — Double Runs The Bloc Is Pure Indonesian Hardcore Violence Without Brakes
by Dive on Asterisme / May 28th, 2026
There’s a certain kind of split release that feels less like collaboration and more like two different gangs smashing through the same wall from opposite sides. Double Runs The Bloc by Extincted and To Fused And Fuzzed doesn’t arrive politely — it crashes into your skull like a rusted pipe wrapped in barbed wire, dragging eight tracks of pure decay, fury, and street-level disgust behind it.
Released through Bandung’s Sticktight Records, this split is the sound of Indonesia’s underground hardcore scene refusing to die quietly. No glossy production tricks. No fake rebellion. Just raw pressure straight from cramped rehearsal rooms, sweaty DIY gigs, busted amplifiers, and the kind of anger that only grows louder the longer it gets ignored.
Extincted open the split like a collapsing building. Their side moves with this disgusting, suffocating heaviness — not fast for the sake of speed, but slow enough to make every riff feel like a public execution. Tracks like Before Damnation and Pure Damnation crawl through the speakers with ugly metallic tension, while From Dusk Till’ Ashes sounds like somebody setting fire to an entire city block just to watch the smoke cover the sky.
What makes Extincted hit harder isn’t just the riffs — it’s the atmosphere. Everything feels rotten. Their lyrics paint power and corruption through bleak personifications, turning politicians and authority figures into monsters hiding behind broken thrones and false morality. By the time Throne Of Disgust closes their side, the whole thing feels less like music and more like standing knee-deep in sewage while the world burns around you.
Then To Fused And Fuzzed come in swinging with absolutely zero mercy.
Their half of the split is violent in a completely different way — sharper, more explosive, more chaotic. The riffs are packed tight like they’re trying to punch through the walls of the recording room itself, while the vocals sound seconds away from coughing blood onto the microphone. Kill Rapist And Pedophile (No Mercy Cut) is exactly as brutal as the title promises: ugly, confrontational, and fueled by pure hatred toward predators. No subtle metaphors. No pretending. Just straight-up rage thrown directly into your face.
Chronic Decay and Total Decadence keep the momentum filthy and relentless, balancing hardcore stomp with metallic grime that feels tailor-made for packed pits and broken noses. Then there’s Sisa Api (Reanimated) — a track that feels like the final ember still glowing after everything else has already collapsed into ashes. Angry, emotional, and weirdly triumphant at the same time.
What makes Double Runs The Bloc work so well is that both bands understand the real spirit of hardcore isn’t perfection — it’s conviction. Every second of this split feels alive because it’s rooted in something real: frustration, community, survival, and the endless DIY bloodstream connecting cities and scenes across Indonesia.
This isn’t the type of release built for algorithms or passive listening playlists. This is for kids sweating inside tiny venues with no air circulation. For people screaming lyrics into strangers’ faces. For anyone who still believes underground music should feel dangerous.
Double Runs The Bloc proves one thing loud and clear: Indonesian hardcore is still filthy, still furious, and still kicking the fucking door down every chance it gets.