2LP im Gatefold Sleeve. Splatter Vinyl! UK PUNK ICONS DISCHARGE CELEBRATE THEIR 40th ANNIVERSARY WITH 'PROTEST AND SURVIVE - THE ANTHOLOGY'.Celebrating 40 years since the release of their debut single 'Realities Of War' in 1980, British hardcore punk band Discharge are surviving pioneers of the subgenre they invented; D-beat. Having had a worldwide influence on both extreme metal and punk with their uncompromising, raw sound over the last 40 years, Discharge's political message is now relevant more than ever. Still performing globally in clubs and at festivals, the quintet are heralded as one of the godfathers of the political and anarcho punk scenes. Heavily championed by John Peel in their early years, they clocked up several chart singles and albums and went on to influence metal bands like Metallica and Celtic Frost, as well as punk acts like Rancid.rotest And Survive - The Anthology' - released February 21st through BMG on gatefold double splatter vinyl, celebrates the bands 40th anniversary with a 53-track career spanning vicious aural onslaught. Not for the weak of heart, the Stoke-On-Trent punk icons remain true to their oise not music' mantra and still detonate a sound akin to a bomb going off, to equal the heavy-weight lyrical themes of war, oppression and corruption.