Having truly made their impact in the hardcore scene with their trademark melodic approach, the Orange County crew return once again maximising the harmonious delivery, this time though, leaning more towards punk resonance than the…
It’s no secret that I’m a massive Ignite fan, and have been for two decades; and I’ll probably be so until the day I’m sent, locked in a box, into the final, fiery furnace. Why?…
This collection has been released a number of times and I was surprised to read that the Jade Tree reissue is actually 15 years already, so high time these great recordings were given a new…
Photo credit: Randy Johnson Hatebreed have extended their relationship with Nuclear Blast Records and signed a brand new deal worldwide! The group previously released their last album ‘The Divinity Of Purpose’ through Nuclear Blast in Europe, and now…
Seemingly back from the grave – I was sure that Joey Shithead had announced that D.O.A. were headed for retirement, yet here they are with a new album that rages as hard as they ever…
Here we have the debut album from young German hardcore band Human Touch. It sounds like their hometown of Karlsruhe has been uplifted and dropped somewhere on the US east coast and perhaps ten or…
As far as I can tell this is the debut album from London-based anarcho metal-punx Flowers Of Flesh & Blood. I had come across the name before and a little bit of digging on the…
Dutch hardcore band Backfire! has been a companion over the past twenty years, during the whole time I was actively involved in the music scene. I interviewed the lads, put on shows for them, and…
\”I am invincible\” cries Boris Grishenko triumphantly in James Bond\’s \”Goldeneye\”, just before being frozen alive by a vat of liquid nitrogen. Let\’s hope this US band fucking invincible fare better than their Russian counterpart!…
Freebase – Darker Days Are Still To Come CD (Mosh Tuneage) The album title is a chilling insight into the direction in which modern society is heading, and musically Freebase provide the soundtrack to that…
Diction – The Poor & The Hopeless CD (Rucktion) I don\’t know if these dudes broke up in between releases, seeing as this is their first album since their 2006 release \”From The Depths\”. Either…
Malfunction – Fear of Failure (Bridge Nine Records) If you’re going to name your band after one of the finest tracks, by one of, if not THE finest hardcore band ever, then it suggests that…
