Reviews

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Never Again, Demo (Rebirth Records, 2021)

By Vince Gugliemi |

FFO: Breakdown, Outburst, Lockin' Out

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Anxious, Little Green House (Run for Cover Records, 2022)

By Gabe La Torre |

Will their debut album help them break through to a huge audience?

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Scowl, How Flowers Grow (Flatspot Records, 2021)

By Vince Gugliemi |

It landed on No Echo's Best Hardcore Albums of 2021 list, but what did this reviewer think?

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Fright, Fright (Gloom Records, 2021)

By Andrew Orlando |

Raw thrash metal, Japanese hardcore, and D-beat converge in a brutal musical union.

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Cold Brats, Punk in the Digital Age Extended (Convulse Records, 2021)

By Adam Yoe |

Bucharest outfit brings the weirdo punk with "an envy-inducing guitar tone."

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Sunfall, Reflections Beyond the Sun (Dedication Records/Modern Illusion/SP Discos, 2021)

By Thomas Vanderpol |

A look at a modern straight edge record that feels lyrically fresh.

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Genocide Pact, Genocide Pact (Relapse Records, 2021)

By Gabe La Torre |

The Washington, DC band fills a "Bolt Thrower-shaped void in your heart" on new LP.

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Heiress, Distant Fires (Satanik Royalty Records, 2021)

By Benedetto Manzella |

"It is refreshing and rewarding to hear a band that isn't searching for their sonic identity..."

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Mile End, Mile End (Self-Released, 2021)

By Vince Gugliemi |

FFO: Topshelf Records and No Sleep Records, circa 2011.

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200 Stab Wounds, Slave to the Scalpel (Maggot Stomp, 2021)

By Gabe La Torre |

Embraced by many folks in the hardcore community, the Ohio death metallers have birthed their debut LP.

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Just Right, Just Right (Demo, 2021)

By Vince Gugliemi |

The Canadian hardcore upstarts show promise on debut offering.

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Spy, Habitual Offender (To Live a Lie Records, 2021)

By Adam Yoe |

Does the Bay Area hardcore band's new EP live up to the hype?

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Sarcoughagus, Delusions of the Sick (Maggot Stomp, 2021)

By Gabe La Torre |

Pure. Uncut. Death metal.

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Last Gasp, The Storied Weight of It All (Dropping Bombs/Crew Cuts/Version City Blues, 2021)

By Adam Yoe |

Looking for hardcore of the speedy variety? We got you, fam.

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Friction, Conditioned to Chaos (Homie Shit Magazine, 2021)

By Vince Gugliemi |

FFO: Cold War, No Warning, War Hungry

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Xalpen, Xo´on (Black Lodge Records, 2021)

By Mick Reed |

Chilean band dishes out black metal with lyrics inspired by an extinct mountain tribe from Patagonia.

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Overexposure, California '98 (War Against Records, 2021)

By Thomas Vanderpol |

The album features guest appearances from members of such bands as AFI, Rotting Out, and Death By Stereo.

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Bitter Truth, Perfect World (Patient Zero Records, 2021)

By Flint Beard |

Examining the Michigan hardcore crew's new full-length album.

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