Tag: Hardcore
Agnostic Front – Another Voice Review
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Twenty years after getting their start in the New York underground, Agnostic Front’s backbone of Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma is “still strong.” Driven by rich, punk derived chord progressions and …
Misery Index – Dissent Review
Originally written by Justin Bean. Misery Index occupies a rather unique position within the spectrum of extreme music, drawing instrumentally on the speed and ferocity of grind and crust a la Assuck, His Hero Is Gone, and Napalm Death while …
Drowningman – Learn To Let It Go Review
Originally written by Andy Smyth Ah hardcore…the genre of music that has definitely seen its heyday. Many a band has since treaded on this style of music and given us their interpretation. That wasn’t enough…bands …
Pro-Pain – Fistful of Hate Review
Another year, another Pro-Pain album. These guys keep putting out albums about as regularly as Iron Maiden albums get reissued. That’s not a complaint, just an observation. Now calling Candlelight Records their home both stateside …
Swarm Of the Lotus – When White Becomes Black Review
In my last review I made a prediction about “the next big thing”…singsongy metalcorish rock in the vein of cleanly sung Killswitch Engage, and how I felt like I was already tired of it even …
All Shall Perish – Hate Malice Revenge Review
Just fucking brilliant execution. A good band writes some good songs, then performs and records them with passion, depth, skill and style. All this is mixed and mastered in a way that preserves and enhances …
Hatebreed – The Rise Of Brutality Review
Originally written by Tim Pigeon Ah yes, Hatebreed, a band that has been a flashpoint of sorts for discriminating metalheads lately. Lambasted by some for being the leaders of the new wave of chug-heavy, mosh-ready …
Life of Agony – River Runs Again Live 2003 Review
A brief history for the uninitiated: Life of Agony was a hardcore band from New York that didn’t really sound like their contemporaries. While many of them wrote about the streets, violence, and social outrage, …