Hellshock Only The Dead Know The End Of War LP is the legendary 2004 debut full-length album from the Portland Oregon crust punk legends, originally released on Profane Existence Records. This Hellshock LP delivers slow, heavy, brooding, dark anarcho-crust with a metallic edge - the album that essentially established the band as THE quintessential modern American crust and stenchcore band, massively influencing the entire 2000s crust revival. Hellshock formed in Portland in 1999 from members of Detestation, Resist, Atrocious Madness, and Final Massakre - bringing together the heart of the late 90s Portland crust scene into one heavy, metallic, politically charged force. Heavily influenced by Amebix, Antisect, Deviated Instinct, and Sacrilege - reviving the dark, heavy, metallic stenchcore sound for a new generation. Title taken from the famous Plato quote: only the dead have seen the end of war. Tracks address war, oppression, environmental destruction, and the failures of modern capitalism. Essential listening for fans of crust punk, stenchcore, anarcho-punk, modern crust, the Profane Existence Records catalog, and the foundational Portland crust scene alongside Tragedy, From Ashes Rise, His Hero Is Gone, and the wider 2000s US crust underground.