Debut MCD "Far Beyond Our Depth" out next week on RUCKTION RECORDS. 7 tracks of Heavy Hardcore outta filthy Paris!www.myspace.com/xprovidencex
Providence debut album out next week
Debut MCD "Far Beyond Our Depth" out next week on RUCKTION RECORDS. 7 tracks of Heavy Hardcore outta filthy Paris!www.myspace.com/xprovidencex
Relentless - Opposition To Control
Relentless - Opposition To ControlDogfight Records 2008
This is a short record so there will be no beating around the bush. Clocking in 11+ minutes, Opposition To Control by Relentless delivers a good dose of modern hardcore in vein of Terror, Since The Flood or Death Before Dishonor with mosh oriented approach and heavy sound.
Solid songwriting backed up with tight execution make it a record for everybody into this kind of stuff. Their vocal Trent did a good job on this one. His rough voice works well with the style they embrace. Talking about their lyrical delivery, their songs deal with topics like racism, leeches, gaining control of your life and having to deal with everyday bullshit. Even if it sounds cliché at first, lyrics are quite cleverly written and serve not only as an addition to the music. At first, somehow I got the impression this album could have been a better. Maybe it was me just being greedy, but I couldn’t fight the feeling they could have poured more energy into their music. But after few spins this CD really grew on me. Still, it’s not over the top, yet I’ve been listening to this record plenty times in a row and it didn’t get boring at all. They’re definitely going in the right direction and I can’t wait to hear more from them!
Relentless
Dogfight Records
VA - Sudden Death
This one is for beatdown fanatics only! If breakdowns, guttural vocals, double bass, metal and even more breakdowns ain’t your thing, there’s a big chance you won’t dig what’s offered here. But if you can appreciate the heavy side of hardcore, you should give this 3-way split a listen.
"Take your best shot" by Brickbat is out!
If you still haven't noticed - Brickbat (Belgium) has released follow up to their succesful debut mini CD, "Right here, right now!". New CD is called "Take your best shot" and should appeal to all who like hardcore with fast uptempo riffs, singalongs, pissed off lyrics and 2-steps. Give em a listen here!
Deeper Than Blood
Name: Deeper Than Blood
Location: Reno, Nevada
Active since: January 2008
Special Move: Breakdowns
Who is who in the band?
Stephen Watson:Vocals, Jordan Murikrami:vocals, Ryan Baden:Guitar, Joe Weaver:Bass, Jake Martin:drums
How did it start?Me(Jake), Ryan, and Stephen wanted to start just a regular Hardcore Band, but once we started writing our first song(Blood Oath) we realized we were best at writing Beatdown, then from then on all we write is Beatdown.
What’s your main goal with the band?
To get the message across to people to never ever let anybody walk all over them, this music is for the little fish in the pond to fight back and fuck up anybody that doesn't believe in them.
You guys seem to play a lot of gigs. What was your best and worst show so far?
Our Most fun shows are at small venues with no stages, the energy is way better. Our worst would have to be when we played at this huge venue with a bunch of lights and stuff, it might of looked cool, but it was not that much fun at all.
Do you feel like Nevada is playing their part in hardcore right now?
Yes Nevada is playing more than there part, the Reno Scene is like a big family, we would kill for one another.
Best gangster movie of all time?
Blood In Blood Out haha!
East Coast vs. West Coast?West Coast Hardcore is where it’s at!
Positive vs. negative hardcore?
We do like posi hardcore but we would prefer Negative Hardcore because the message in Negative Hardcore Gets to you in a stronger and more intense way.
Any last comments?
Thank you so much for this interview! Hopefully we will see all of you one day playing in your city!
Cutdown upcoming full length
Taken from their Myspace blog:"New Cutdown full lenght will be released in late january-february through FullHouse records. In the meanwhile, make sure you check out two new songs, Deadweight and Never Again, from the upcoming cd on our myspace!!"
Building A Legacy 2 out now
Building A Legacy 2 (A Document Of Finnish Hardcore) complination cd is finally available. This long waited sequal includes 15 bands and 29 songs of hard and tight music.Tracklist of Building a Legacy 2:
Bolt: 1. Unbroken 2. Ready to bleed
Third Man Down: 3. Holier Than Thou' 4. Strings
Cold Inside: 5. No Flowers Will Rise From This Soil 6. Winter Push On
Fightback: 7. Fightback Style 8. Paypack Time
Worth The Pain: 9. These Stained Hands 10. To Release Myself
Scalping Screen: 11. Two-Bladed Sword 12. Minefield
No One Is Safe: 13. Family First 14. Rähinä
St.Hood: 15. This Is It
Breamgod: 16. Get Off My Case 17. Sinking Ship
Out Of Breath: 18. Not Your Enemy 19. OOB
End Begins: 20. Empty Bottle 21. Prove Me Wrong (The Message)
Another One Dead: 22. No Coming Back 23.Castaway
Ratface: 24. Saunakillaz 25. Devilz Child
Loss Of Humanity: 26. As.. 27. Enemy
Cutdown: 28. No Apologies 29. Out Of Bounds
More info: http://www.myspace.com/fullhouserecords
Shinto Katana - Cold Streets
Shinto Katana - Cold StreetsDogfight Records 2008
For those who don’t know, Shinto Katana is a Japanese sword, deadly sharp embodiment of the samurai spirit and courage. Listening to Cold Streets I can believe the band live up to their name. If you like dark and heavy side of hardcore, read on!.
Cold Streets begins with slow, moshy intro with heavy guitar work and a good dose of double bass that will make you prepared for what you are going to experience during the following 8 tracks on this CD. This album has a metallic feel to it, but they still keep it true to the hardcore genre and have plenty of energy and vitality behind them. Shinto Katana made sure their music is filled with heavy and catchy riffs backed by pounding rhythm section. Even thought it’s nothing revolutionary, they surely know how to write good songs. The production is great, the musicianship is excellent and the song writing is flawless. I must give them props for keeping this album intense, but still diversified with lots of hooklines and creative riffing. The tempo is mainly mid-paced but they do speed up things a little from time to time. Thanks to aggressive vocals and really good musicianship album managed to keep my attention for quite long. Overall feeling of this album is cold and dark, created both musically and lyrically. Songs deal mainly with personal stuff, like protecting your neck in this world full of hate and betrayal or fucked up relations with other people. Damn, what would you expect from an album titled Cold Streets? You can tell that the band put a lot of effort in this album and it was worth it.
PS. Did I mention really good rap outro? Keeping in mind all the whack rap songs made by hardcore artists, this one really does hold it’s own.
Shinto Katana
Dogfight Records
