Reviews

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Terminal Nation, Holocene Extinction (20 Buck Spin, 2020)

By Mick Reed |

FFO: Napalm Death, Xibalba, Gatecreeper

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Crow Killer, Enslaved to One (New Age Records, 2020)

By Nicholas James |

FFO: Disembodied, Bloodlet, alarm clock riffs

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Year of the Knife, Internal Incarceration (Pure Noise Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

The Delaware metallic hardcore band puts on a riff clinic on debut full-length.

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Ecostrike, A Truth We Still Believe (Triple B Records, 2020)

By Ace Stallings |

An unapologetic straight edge hardcore record from the South Florida scene.

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Gulch, Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress (Closed Casket Activites, 2020)

By Thomas Vixxer |

16 minutes of complete chaos and fury.

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Bombardement, EP (Symphony of Destruction, Kick Rock Records, Destructure, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

D-beat mayhem coming straight from Bordeaux, France.

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STORM{O}, Reboot System - Rebound Collective (Self-Released, 2020)

By Benedetto Manzella |

Italian hardcore combo get the remix treatment from such artists as Bohrer and OvO.

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Umbra Vitae, Shadow of Life (Deathwish Inc, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Members of Converge, The Red Chord, and Twitching Tongues go on a death metal rampage.

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Rotting Out, Ronin (Pure Noise Records, 2020)

By Hugo Reyes |

A hardcore album built for these traumatic times.

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Thirty Nights of Violence, You'll See Me Up There (Unbeaten Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Much like their patiently sadistic moniker, the band dishes out sustained helpings of vicious hardcore.

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Throne Torcher, The Mechanics of a Nightmare (Self-Released, 2020)

By Todd Manning |

A "blend of metallic hardcore and noise rock, with elements of ambient creeping in around the edges."

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Couch Slut, Take a Chance on Rock 'n' Roll (Gilead Media, 2020)

By Mick Reed |

"The expression of grief and pain can be as intoxicating as it is poisonous."

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Various Artists, So This Is Progress Flexi / Zine 001 (...So This Is Progress, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

A 5-way split of roaring hardcore punk accompanied by a gorgeously rendered photo zine.

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Video Prick, Demo 2019 (Forever Never Ends Records, 2020)

By Ralph Aloia |

"The vocals snarl like a rabid dog snapping his/her jowls at the throat of life’s frustrations..."

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Phalanx, Golden Horde (Self-Released, 2020)

By Mick Reed |

War-ready death metal from members of Whelm and Deadbeat.

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Laffing Gas, It’s a Beautiful Day in the Gulch (Beach Impediment Records, 2020)

By Ralph Aloia |

15 minutes of Midwestern hardcore for you to chew on.

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C.H.E.W., In Due Time 7" (Iron Lung Records, 2020)

By Hugo Reyes |

Have you heard latest release from the Chicago hardcore punks?

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Gleemer, Down Through (Other People Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: Teenage Wrist, Duster, Hum

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