Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
New Morality - No Morality
Genre:Hardcore
Year:2013
Tracklist:
1.Intro
2.No Morality
3.Disease
4.Mental Prison
5.Stranged to myself
6.Sad Eyes
7.Dead End Path
8.The Last Laugh
9.Love to Hate
10.The Future is Ours
11.Anything But This
A European straight up hardcore record: No Morality comes charging out of amsterdam like a steam train. Make no mistake these are 11 balls out, intelligent riff filled anthems, perfect for fans of bands like Frustration,Turnstile & Bitter End. The album also features heaps of impressive metallic influence with solo's and hooks apleny. Check it.
-George
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Dejection - Dead Earth
Genre: Metal
Year:2013
Tracklist:
1.Combustion
2.Dead Earth
3.Bio Diversity
4.Extinction
5.Rebirth
Something a bit different for this post, in the form of djent/metal project "Dejection". Riffs aplenty and shit loads of technicality, and all written and recorded by a single guy too. Making the "Dead Earth" Ep an even more impressive feat of musicality.
Friday, August 9, 2013
Drawn In - Life Of Sin
Genre: Thrash/Hardcore
Year:2013
Tracklist:
1.Cycle of Sickness
2.Life Of Sin
Some really impressive crossover thrash/hardcore from this band, with tapes being released on Lockdown Records. So so catchy and the vocals take this release from being really good to downright unstoppable. One of my favourite releases this year so far. FFO:Power Trip, Leeway & Earth Crisis
-George
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Dirk Frazel - Randy's Bacon
Genre: Emo
Year: 2013
Tracklist:
1. $20 1/2 8th Club
2. Stylish But Illegal
3. Plymouth Blue Horizon
I have finally made my return, after all the setbacks I am back for good i'm fairly sure and am more than ready to start posting again and continue work on the compilation! What better to post than an emo band that I fully support for my return to the blog? Dirk Frazel is a local band from my area (Springfield, MO). I saw these dudes first show (I think) a while back at a house show that Victor Villarreal (Cap'n Jazz) and these guys really killed it. Put on quite an energetic performance. Anyways, about the music, its like a wave of instrumentation. Very raw sounding, especially the vocals, but that works extremely well with the sound these dudes are putting out. Some of this stuff is even delving into some skramz with the drawn out cathartic vocals and those clean but nasty melodic guitar parts. I am very rusty on writing about music right now so sorry if my writeups are a little shitty for a bit. This band is awesome though, support them and Drunk Dad Records. DIRK -Jacob Rice
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Crowd Control BD - Demo 2013
Year:2013
Genre:Down-Tempo/Beatdown
1.Intro
2.Napalm Death
3.Death Camp
First Release from a newly formed UK beatdown band. With slow chugging riffs throughout, and plenty of slams and breakdowns to keep the aggression high throughout the record, this may be what the UK scene has been looking for; a straight up beatdown band who sound heavy as FUCK. definitely one to keep an eye on. Grab a tape out on Slow it Down records, or get the download for free on their bandcamp.
-George
Friday, July 12, 2013
Pulled Under - Demo 2013
Year : 2013
Genre : Hardcore, 90's Metalcore
Pulled Under brings to the table a punishing blend of metal and hardcore, heavily influenced by 90's metalcore outfits such a Martyr AD and Disembodied. Coming out of the thriving DFW (Dallas-Forth Worth) scene, the band just finished touring with their North Texas brethren Sold Short.
The demo opens up with a crushing, double-bass happy intro, reminiscent of Integrity's "Vocal Test." From there, the demo moves on to "Depression" which melds frantic metal riffs with chugging guitar breaks. The vocal track alternates between shrill, hellish shrieks to spoken word, creating an evil sounding contrast between the two. (think "Gone" by Disembodied.) The well-recorded vocals spill over into the final track "Born Again," where the song climaxes with layered vocals howling "If hell is real, I hope to god you burn."
In summary, Pulled Under isn't doing anything that hasn't been done before, but they do it extremely well and the incorporation of 90's metalcore influence is fantastic and formidable. I foresee this band blowing up in the near future and you should give this demo a listen.
-Tucker
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Pariso - Consanguinity
Year:2013
Genre:Powerviolence/Metal
This release is mind-blowing. Truly. One of the most memorable and enigmatic bands in this style of music ive heard for a long time and this album further cements them as a genre crushing force to be reckoned with. Hard to classify and hard on your eardrums. Brilliant stuff from the lads in Pariso, and its free.
-George
-George
Dead Weight - Cut Loose EP
Year:2012
Genre:Hardcore/Metal
1. Cut Loose
2. Cornerstone
3.Life In Spite
Check out these bruisers from the UK, double pedal grooves and uber tight riffing make these more than just a hardcore band. Something really cool about this release, and if their 2013 single 'Iron Fist' us anything to by, these boys are just getting started.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Backbiter - Cut Your Losses
Year: 2012
Genre:Hardcore/Punk
1. Cabin Fever
2. Shelbern
3. Shadow
4. Tragic Life
Next to Water Torture, this is my favorite band from Buffalo NY. Four short, loud, and angry tracks on this demo leave you wanting more. They'll be releasing a new EP soon hopefully, which from what I've heard of it, is going to be awesome. Keep an eye on these dudes.
FFO: Violence Violence-era Ceremony, Nails, Magrudergrind
- Jared
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