Ted's Approval - Red Dream

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Genre: Hardcore/Post Hardcore/Screamo

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Burn and Rage

2. Samantha

3. Golden Gate

4. Barry Bonds

5. Children in Churches

6. Enredadera

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Band from Santa Cruz, CA. These guys play a very emotive style of hardcore even getting very close to being screamo. With dark and emotional lyrics is what really made this band what they are to me. They are so deep and you can tell how much meaning was put into the words. The music itself is as well very emotional filled. Very skramzy riffs with emotion filled vocals. I love this release. You should to. 

-Jacob Rice

Light It Up - Dog Days

These dudes are streaming their new EP on their bandcamp and this stuff is great. They play a darker style of hardcore and definitely bringing the mosh. If you are a fan of bands like Backtrack, Expire, and other bands in that style You will absolutely love this stuff. Heavy and angry. It is set to be up for download sometime around next year.

Check out the stream HERE.

-Jacob Rice

Lucifer the Lightbearer - Demo 2012

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Genre: Down-Tempo/Hardcore/Sludge

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Infant View

2. Hindsight

3. Mouches Volantes

4. Interlude

5. Also-Ran

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Okay, this band fucking rules. They take some pointers from Brutality Will Prevail for sure. Heavy as fuck, while at the same time being so melodic that it just sends shivers down your spine. You know those slow haunting guitar parts that Brutality Will Prevail does? Yeah those are in this and these dudes fucking pull it off perfectly. This band is just so rad, they even throw in some damn sludge/doom parts. Like in Hindsight, and Mouches Volantes there are parts in the song that literally sound like Sleep. I love this stuff. Mosh. 

-Jacob Rice

Wasted Struggle - Guillotines

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Genre: Hardcore/Crust/Black Metal

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Force Me to Align

2. ...Of the Last Day

3. Behold the Lights

4. Disgraceful

5. The Shield

6. Wounded Servant

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Great band from Budapest! These guys play a style of hardcore heavily fused with black metal. With the sheer energy and chaoticness of hardcore combined with the grindingly fast and haunting riffs and melodies from black metal. The vocals on this remind me of a combination of Black Breath/Cursed. While the instruments remind me of Converge/Pulling Teeth/The Secret. These guys are for fans of all of the bands I listed above. Definitely check this one out. -Jacob Rice

Worldwide Powerviolence

Everybody should check out this rad powerviolence compilation that was submitted to me recently. It has a lot of cool bands from all around the world, all 20 bands that are on the compilation are EXTORTION, Water Torture, SKUFF, Damaged Goods, Super Mutant, Moral Panic, Gets Worse, Mangle, Haunted Ground, War Trauma, Mean and Ugly, Revengeance, Haruka, Frank Grimes, 466/64, World Nercosis, WTCHDR, Henry Fonda, Poda Pa. Very solid lineup if I must say so myself. I checked it out and enjoyed every second of it. 

Here is some other info about the comp!

• $10 For a Special Edition Tape/Poster/Photo Zine (Purple Cover) (price includes shipping)
• $7 For a Tape and Poster (Black Cover) (price includes shipping)
• All 240 tapes were individually hand made and numbered but only 85will be sold online. First come first serve. 

Get it here!

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Old Rules - Sad Songs

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Genre: Emo/Punk/Indie

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Acquaintances

2. Dwell

3. Stagnant

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Emo band from Ottawa. These guys play some heart filled music. The vocals honestly remind me of Snowing, and the music is more of a Basement feel. You guys know how I feel about emo, and if that I approve of it its probably going to be some solid stuff! Very catchy stuff here. Check it out, please!

-Jacob Rice

Barlow - Vol. 2

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Genre: Dark Hardcore/Thrash

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Intro

2. Death Rattle

3. Severed Ties

4. Chained/Vain

5. Harbour

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Another release from these dudes from Nova Scotia. Playing an even more angry and dark version of hardcore than last time, this is a punishing and relentless release from these guys. Like I said on the other post. I really get a Converge vibe from the instrumental work. These dudes rule. Anyone who likes hardcore or crust or just any sort of extreme genre should check these guys out. Also whoever does the art work draws some badass dark looking shit. -Jacob Rice

Old Gray - Everything I Let Go & The Things I Refuse To

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Genre: Screamo/Emo

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. 359 Pine

2. Resonance

3. Winter '11

4. Six Years

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Fantastic band from New Hampshire. One of my favorite bands in the genre actually, or just really one of my favorite bands in general. On this new release they skewed away from their old twinkly days which is fine with me. I love both styles that they did now and what they are doing now. What they are doing now is more of a brash loud emotional, more of a skramzy sound than an emo sound, which they do very well. They stuck with the poetic lyrics which is nice. I really enjoy this band. I can't wait till their next effort or a full length. Also this was a submission, so I kind of shit a brick when that happened.

-Jacob Rice

Kato - Came With Nothing / Left With Nothing

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Genre: Hardcore/Metal/Post Rock/Noise Rock/A lot of stuff

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. The Room

2. 2:37

3. Walking Out

4. I Will Repeat My Mistakes

5. Came With Nothing (Left With Nothing)

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I'm not sure what these dudes are but fuck its awesome. They play a noisy fusion of just seems like so many genres. Brooding out these angry and emotional as fuck songs I can't see why someone wouldn't like this. These guys are definitely bringing something new to the table which is always nice to see. I highly recommend checking out this. -Jacob Rice

Vapo-Rats - Mischief

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Genre: Hardcore/Punk

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Mischief

2. Useless Generation

3. 2 Kewl 4 Skewl

4. Teenage Alcoholics

5. Bitch

6. Thanks, but, No Thanks

7. (Interlude)

8. Sexecution (Feat. Norman Atomic)

9. I Like To Support My Local Punk Rock Scene

10. Panic Room

11. Brain Cell

12. Bendy

13. Fat America

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Old school Hardcore Punk band from New Orleans. These guys have the mentality of a punk band for sure and the majority of the music definitely is punk, but I hear a lot of recent hardcore influences as well. Like I think a lot of this stuff sounds like the band Paint It Black which I have no problem with because I love that band. But nonetheless these guys are definitely whipping out some old school punk. -Jacob Rice