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Review: Last Dayz/Cornered - Split 7”

LLast Dayz/Cornered - Split 7” (Ratel) - It’s been some time since this one came out and I have already reviewed the new ep from Last Dayz some time ago, but this split is too dope to get unnoticed. Last Dayz comes blasting with 2 tracks, of which both are nothing less than crushing. They can be best described as hard as nails PAHC-styled core that packs enough vicious breakdowns to make you wanna hurt random people with no reason.

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Listen to Backtrack's 'Lost in Life'

Here’s a new dope track from Backtrack to have you prepared for the release of 'Can't Escape' 7". The ep gonna drop on December 17th by Bridge Nine Records.

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Video: Human Animal - Dark Days

Human Animal have released visuals for Dark Days:

"The video features many of our favorite spots in our beloved city of Erie, PA. The vacant lot where all of the band footage was shot is actually the former location of an old venue called Shooters. Many of us saw some of our first live Erie hardcore shows there over 2 decades ago. Now we can say we played there as well even if there’s no walls or floor!"

This is a title track from their debut ep - if you like it, you can download it for free from band's website or cop it from Holy Mountain Music. Eire hardcore in your face!

Assorted News

Some recent relevant news from the wonderful world of hardcore:

Ressurection from UK got a new album out. 8 tracks of old school hardcore, you can cop it here.

Backtrack will drop new album via Bridge 9 in early 2014. It will be called 'Lost In Life'.

From S&A: CLEAN BREAK is Faro’s new Straight Edge sensation, formed in the summer of 2013. After a handful of practices, David and Armando decided to record a demo at the band’s practice room with the 4 songs they’ve been working on. The demo tape was released in August 2013 on Salad Days Records. The band is now working on 7 new songs for an upcoming release. Behind this new band are Faro / portuguese hardcore veterans who used to play in Broken Distance, Critical Point, Pointing Finger, The New Blood or Pressure. Straight & Alert records will team up with David’s label Salad Days records (Portugal) to repress CLEAN BREAK demo tape on a one sided 7″ limited to 200 copies.

Grim will drop a new record called The Seeds Of Love. Shit's gonna be heavy! You can pre-order it from Open Up Recs.

Flatspot Recs are running pre-orders for the upcoming Cold Stare 7" called The Circus. Order your copy here.

Tacoma, Washington’s Cowardice have called it quits. Check out Rat Path though, which has members of Cowardice and already Mean Streets 7" out!

Toe To Toe have announced a new 7 inch titled “Still Fighting” to be released on the Old School Cartel. It will have guest appearances from Madball’s Freddy Cricien and Sick Of It All’s Lou Koller and Craig Setari.

Friend Or Foe - Outsider 7" is out via Trible B Recs! Check out the stream here.

Behind The Camera: Interview with Taylor Rambo

Taylor Rambo is a talented photographer from upstate New York responsible for tons of great pics from random hardcore shows. The dude was so kind to let me use his photos for the Concrete interview, and I was so impressed with his work that I thought it would be dope to follow up with a short interview where he could shed some light on his work. So, here it is! Plus, check out the cool pics of TUI, Backtrack, Malfunction, Vehement Serenade and couple other dope bands.

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Review: Clearview - Pure Mayhem

Clearview - Pure Mayhem (Caustic) - Holy shit, this is powerful! Clearview reps Brazil hardcore scene and comes from the school of angry and aggressive hardcore that goes heavy but never too much metal.

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'Scared To Death' by King Nine coming soon via Mass Movement Recs

I've already posted about it, but since then some new info surfaced to shed a little more light on the beast that is the upcoming debut full length from Long Island's hardest, King Nine. Mass Movement records have started taking pre-orders for "Scared To Death" that will drop on November 12th so if you dig no bullshit metallic hardcore and got couple bucks to spare, order your copy now. Release show will take place 11/24 at SRC (Sayville Republican Club) in Sayville, NY. Also, check out new track - Still Anticipating...: