Punitive Damage announce new EP ‘Hate Training,’ share “Baptism of Fire”

PacNW hardcore band Punitive Damage (whose vocalist Steph Jerkova used to play bass in Regional Justice Center) have announced a new EP, Hate Training, which comes out on October 25 via Convulse Records (pre-order) and follows their 2022 debut LP This Is The Blackout. The EP was recorded by Jesse Gander (Japandroids, White Lung, etc) and mixed by Taylor Young (who, in addition to his countless credits, is now also in Regional Justice Center), and a press release says the songs “directly ad