TICKETS FOR INDIVIDUAL SHOWS NOW AVAILABLE!

Sorry State newsletter: October 2, 2023

This week we have a scorching ROTW from Swedish legends Avskum, the new Mutant Strain album streaming in full, and new releases from mainstays like Japanese hardcore legends Crow and Desolate Records. As well as a bunch of staff picks and other assorted bits and bobs.

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TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!

Weekend pass provides admission to all events for Sorry State’s 10th Anniversary Celebration, October 20th and 21st in Raleigh, North Carolina. Advance tickets for each individual show also AVAILABLE NOW!

Sorry State Records 10th Anniversary Weekend tickets
Regular price
$15.00
Sale price
$15.00

New and Recommended Hardcore/punk Ragers!

  • Heavy Discipline: Your Scapegoat 12"
    Regular price
    $20.00
    Sale price
    $20.00
  • Crow: Eye 12"
    Vendor
    Prank Records
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Warkrusher: Armistice 12"
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    $20.00
    Sale price
    $20.00
  • Yellowcake: Can You See The Future? 7"
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    $8.00
    Sale price
    $8.00
  • Mock Execution: Circle Of Madness 7"
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    $10.00
    Sale price
    $10.00
  • Nosferatu: Society's Bastard 12"
    Regular price
    $22.00
    Sale price
    $22.00
  • Tiikeri: Punk On Rakkaus 7"
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    $8.00
    Sale price
    $8.00
  • Tube Alloys: Magnetic Point 12"
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    $22.00
    Sale price
    $22.00

Recommended Reissues

  • Heresy: Never Healed 7"
    Regular price
    $12.00
    Sale price
    $12.00
  • The Last Survivors: 2001 - 2016 12"
    Regular price
    $20.00
    Sale price
    $20.00
  • Abuso: Demo 1988 7"
    Regular price
    $9.00
    Sale price
    $9.00
  • 4 Walls Falling: Culture Shock 12"
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    $25.00
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    $25.00
  • Hypnotics: Indoor Fiends 12"
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    Sold out
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Alternative: What Revolution? 7"
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    $10.00
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    $10.00
  • Anthrax: Fistful of Metal 12"
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    $30.00
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    $30.00
  • Dismember: Like an Ever Flowing Stream 12"
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    Sold out
    Sale price
    $26.00

new on sorry state

Mutant Strain: Murder of Crows 12"
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$18.00
Sale price
$18.00
Woodstock 99: S/T 7"
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$8.00
Sale price
$8.00
Konventio: Demo cassette
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$8.00
Sale price
$8.00
Meat House: S/T 12"
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$18.00
Sale price
$18.00

Recommended books, zines, and other reads

  • Zero Magazine Vol. 4 zine
    Vendor
    zines
    Regular price
    $30.00
    Sale price
    $30.00
  • Rotten Times July 2023 zine
    Vendor
    Self Released
    Regular price
    $9.00
    Sale price
    $9.00
  • Alternative Strategies: Summer 2023 zine
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    Sold out
    Sale price
    $12.00
  • Exploded View by Keith Caves book
    Regular price
    $14.00
    Sale price
    $14.00

Who We Are and What We Do

Sorry State Records has the best selection of DIY punk and hardcore vinyl in the world, with well over 2,500 unique titles currently in stock. We're a great music discovery tool, with blogs and other features to help you discover great new music you'll love. We have the fastest, most professional mail order service in punk, with most orders shipping within 24 hours. We're also a great brick-and-mortar record shop based in Raleigh, NC, specializing in collectible and hard to find titles in all genres.

Best Sellers

  • Rudimentary Peni: Great War 12"
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    $12.00
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    $12.00
  • Rudimentary Peni: Death Church 12"
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    $14.00
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    $14.00
  • Rudimentary Peni: S/T 7"
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    $12.00
    Sale price
    $12.00
  • The Chisel: Retaliation 12"
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    $13.00
    Sale price
    $13.00
  • Savageheads: Service To Your Country 12"
    Regular price
    $18.00
    Sale price
    $18.00

Why People Love ordering from sorry state

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