Bloodclot – Up In Arms (Metal Blade)
It was never going to be easy for anyone who was a part of The Age of Quarrel era Cro Mags to plough their individual furrow and go their own way after being a part…
It was never going to be easy for anyone who was a part of The Age of Quarrel era Cro Mags to plough their individual furrow and go their own way after being a part…
New York Hardcore with female vocals, and a Japanese punk influence, now that\’s not something you hear every day. The two tunes on here serve as an excellent introduction to the tough stop-and-go Krimewatch sound,…
So, imagine if Desperate Measures era Leeway had locked on to, and incorporated the groove of Underdog and added a little more metallic crunch into their sound without losing that classic NYHC feel. You got…
When I think about NYHC, five names immediately spring to mind. Sheer Terror, Cro-Mags, Youth of Today, Underdog and, the Godfathers of the scene, Agnostic Front. The latter have become synonymous with New York Hardcore…
There was a time, back in the eighties, when NYHC really was hard. When its life blood was the urgency and the hustle of a city whose streets made you wise beyond your years, and…
While I’m loathe to use lazy journalistic catch all, pigeonholed and simplified genre terms like “post hardcore”, I fear I have no alternative this time, as it’s a phrase that perfectly encapsulates Vanishing Life ….
Anyone who’s been around the Hardcore scene for more than two decades either has a Cro-Mags story to tell, or knows someone who does. Those stories will always involve John Joseph or Harley Flanagan, the…
Led by vocalist Chaka Malik and guitarist Gavin Van Vlack, Burn are responsible for pushing the boundaries of hardcore since their inception in 1990. After over a decade of silence they reactivated in 2015 playing…
2016 marks the 30 year anniversary of the legendary New York Hardcore band SICK OF IT ALL. In order to celebrate this special occasion SICK OF IT ALL are set to release \’When The Smoke…
At a time in their career when most bands would be kicking back, resting on their laurels and past accomplishments, Sick Of It All are still a vibrant, hard-working, energy fuelled Hardcore machine who continue…
2016 marks the 30 year anniversary of the legendary New York Hardcore band SICK OF IT ALL – in order to celebrate this special occasion the band will be releasing \’When The Smoke Clears\’ on…
I was not expecting this. Kicking off like a long lost song from ‘Age of Quarrel’, ‘I Come In Peace’ features Harley’s trademark rumbling bass sound with even more pissed off sounding vocals then on…