Reviews

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Thought Control, Shock to the System (Government Check Music/New Morality Zine, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: Rat Cage, Career Suicide, Direct Control

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Holy Figures, Luck of the Draw (New Morality Zine, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: Swervedriver, Narrow Head, Sparta

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What Awaits Us: A Beyond Story, Directed by Kevin Egan (2020)

By Carlos Ramirez |

The full-length documentary on the late '80s Long Island hardcore band is out now.

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War Criminal, God Failed Me (Self-Released, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Maine band combines NYHC-styled groove, thrash metal, and death metal on their new EP.

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Tombs, Under Sullen Skies (Season of Mist, 2020)

By Benedetto Manzella |

No filler tracks to be found.

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Wet Specimens x Cartridge, Dawn of the Ice Age (Split EP) (Brain Slash, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Two East Coast hardcore punk outfits collaborate on a violent mission.

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Fuming Mouth, Beyond the Tomb (Triple B Records/Nuclear Blast, 2020)

By Bruce Hardt-Valenzuela |

The Massachusetts death metal outfit recently inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records.

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PUS, PUS (Self-Released, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Mysterious Peruvian outfit gets our attention with this ravenous debut.

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Kharma, Most Dangerous Game (Flatspot Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Billy Club Sandwich, Next Step Up, and Everybody Gets Hurt all get referenced in the review. Sick.

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Boundaries, Your Receding Warmth (Unbeaten Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Digging into the Connecticut band's highly anticipated debut album.

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Kyrios, Saturnal Chambers (Caligari Records, 2020)

By Carlos Ramirez |

The nightmarish debut from a mysterious New York City black metal outfit.

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Subzero, House of Grief (Upstate Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

"They’ve clearly spent their years away absorbing all of extremity’s more sinister sounds..."

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Spirit Adrift, Enlightened in Eternity (20 Buck Spin, 2020)

By Dylan Chadwick |

A dive into the one of the most anticipated heavy metal albums of 2020.

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Loud Night, Mindnumbing Pleasure (Vinyl Conflict, 2020)

By Michael D. Thorn |

"For me, what really stands out about these Virginians is how they are a perpetual riff machine."

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Rash, Hivemind (Convulse Records, 2020)

By Hugo Reyes |

The Chicago hardcore band is "bringing back the sound of the genre before the introduction of metal."

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Deep Purple, Whoosh! (earMUSIC, 2020)

By Carlos Ramirez |

Could a band 50-plus years into their career deliver a record that holds up to their best work?

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Militarie Gun, My Life Is Over (Convulse Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

The latest music from Ian Shelton of Regional Justice Center gets the spotlight.

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Zulu, My People​.​.​. Hold On (Self-Released, 2020)

By Hugo Reyes |

The Los Angeles power violence band is the brainchild of Anaiah Lei (DARE, The Bots, FireBurn).

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