Video: No Turning Back - Stand & Fight + Your Downfall
Fuck yeah, this band is awesome! If you think different, you know shit about hardcore. No Turning Back has just dropped new video that shows what a badass this band is.
Get Price To Pay debut album for free!
Pre-orders for Last Dayz / Cornered split launched
Rise Up - new No Turning Back song
Human Demise - Of Wicked Men and Their Devices
There’s no radical departure from what they did on previous releases, but it is all presented in a more mature and condensed package. No-nonsense, every song hits hard. It’s hard to listen to this stuff without letting the adrenaline and aggressive urges go into effect. And don’t confuse it with that Holy Terror hype that has seem to be going on recently.
The album is filled with high points and its best when listened as a whole. With their stabs at Clevo-style Human Demise manages to hold their own and does not fall into any clichés. The raw and gritty hardcore that fills Of Wicked Men… from the start to finish matches quality of any other hyped album of 2012. Human Demise has made its mark with today’s hardcore audiences by making it sure listeners can always count on the band to deliver in terms of a quality.
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Show Of Force posted new song, 'Left Behind'
Show Of Force has posted new song on their Facebook profie. "Left Behind" features Jonne from New Morality on guest vocals and can be heard here.
Pre-orders launched for debut Ep by Redemption Denied
Save My Soul Records has put up the preorders for the Redemption Denied EP, hardcore from Belgium and the Netherlands, featuring (ex-)members of Blade/World Gone Mad/Blindside. There will be 3 colors: 50 on gold vinyl only available in the preorder package with a 2-sided RD shirt, 100 on white for a upcoming release show and 150 on black vinyl for regular orders. These should be ready to ship late April / early May. Check out band's new song "life sentence" here.
Show Of Force - Pressure
This is new song from Show Of Force and it's tough as f&*k. Those guys obviously know how to play NYHC influenced tunes and I wish more kids would pay attention to what they're doing!Manu Armata
Manu Armata is pretty new but promising band from the Netherlands with a strong knack for tough, heavy NYHC sound. Their debut EP called No Victory Without Strife is being released by 5Feet Under Records, but you can also download it for free here!
Name: Manu Armatajavascript:void(0)Location: Harlingen, the Netherlands
Active since: Manu Armata started in april 2007, the members have bin active since 1994 in different hardcore bands.
How do you define your overall style?
Brutal Harlingen hardcore with a metallic edge
What’s your goal with this band?
Playing as much shows as we can. And spreading our hardcore believes.
What do you have recorded so far?
We just finished our debute EP ‘No Victory Without Strife’. Before this we recorded a promo in 2007 of which we spread 800 copies for free @ our shows.
When, how and why the band came to being?
Three of our members used to play in a band called All Odds Against Me. When we split up in 2006, we started to miss the hardcore music and we decided to start Manu Armata.
What does the name Manu Armata stand for and how does it relate to your music?
Manu Armata means in Latin: ‘Armed hand’. We see our music as a weapon, a weapon we can use in the battle of everyday live.
Could you tell us about your new EP called No Victory Without Strife. What should we be expecting from it?
No Victory without Strife is an EP with six furious hardcore songs. It contains lyrics everyone can relate to. From personal struggles to social criticism.
Instead of making mad money by selling this stuff on cds or vinyl, you decided to share No Victory Without Strife for free so the kids can download it directly from your website. What was the reason for this move?
We think it’s more important that people can hear our music and know what we’re about. Rather than making money of our record sales.
Are there any plans to release it in CD or vinyl format for the hardcore collectors?
At the moment our EP is released on CD by 5Feet Under Records, http://www.5feetunder.com/. Furthermore we are planning on releasing the record on vinyl.
Your lyrics are pretty much straight forward and pissed off. Where do you take inspiration from? Your environment? People around you?
We take inspiration from everyday life. And everything what happens in this world.
What is the hardcore scene in Netherlands like? What are some good bands over there?
It’s been quite for a couple of years but now it’s rising up again. Some good bands are: ‘Striking Justice’, ’21 Gun Salute’, ‘Cornered’, ‘Swim or drown’, ‘Cold blooded’, ‘Born faced down’.
Divisions in hardcore – do you see much of it in the scene in your country?
No, everything is one big happy hardcore family.
What bands would you love to share a stage with?
We already played with ‘Madball’, ‘Sick of it all’ so there’s not much more we could wish for. But we would love to play with ‘Terror’ or ‘Hatebreed’.
Do you remember the first hardcore album you ever brought? What was it?
Madball – Demonstrating my style
What are the future plans for the band?
In februari we’re going to do a tour trough Denmark and Sweden. We’re also planning to play in Germany and Holland of course. Next to that we just shot our first video which will be out soon. Check our http://www.myspace.com/manuarmata/
Any closing comments?
Thanks for the interview, don’t forget to download our new EP at http://www.manuarmata.com/. Hope to see you at one of our shows. Take care and keep it real.
Show Of Force - Self Titled
The debut album by Show Of Force contains seven tracks of raging and tough old school hardcore. Hardcore is a genre where you can get away with taking a lot from other bands as long as it’s entertaining and that’s the case with this band.
Listening to these tracks it’s hard not to think of classic acts like Madball, Killing Time, Agnostic Front and such. They may lack the depth of Set It Off, Brightside or Victim In Pain, but nonetheless the band flawlessly executes all the aspects that define the NYHC genre and they do it with skills and practice. The songs sound catchy, fast and pissed off. The production is superb, but at the same time the clean sound doesn’t strip the rawness of the band. Musically, they’re head and shoulders above lots of other bands that play with this style. Lyrically, a large portion of the album deals with topics such as personal struggles, dirty politicians and fucked up society, all presented with an in-your-face delivery. I know it may sound cliché, but as long as they sound honest it’s cool with me. If I had to choose my fav track, I’d definitely go for Worst Case Scenario, a politically themed monster of a song with the chorus that will stick to your head for days. If you’re into NYHC, this is a must!Review by Dloogi
Label: Real Recognizes Real Records
Year: 2009
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