Reviews

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Various Artists, The Ghost Town Initiative (Ghost Town Initiative, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Our diligent writer offered his thoughts on EACH of the 94 tracks included. Damn!

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Xile, I Am Your God (Beatdown Hardware Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Dying Fetus

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Therapy?, Greatest Hits (The Abbey Road Session) (Marshall Records, 2020)

By Carlos Ramirez |

Melodic punk, AmRep-styled noise rock, metal, stadium-ready rock... it's all for the taking here.

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Street Weapon, Quick to Die (NFTW Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Hardcore for fans of the Only the Strong and Where the Wild Things Are comps.

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SØØN, What the Fuck Did We Dø tø the Earth (Self-Released, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

The Hawaiian band marries elements of fastcore, Youth Crew, straight-up hardcore, and punk’s grimier end.

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Mundy's Bay, Lonesome Valley (Pure Noise Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

"... a rare magic that makes me nostalgic for things yet to come."

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Constrict, No Eden (Flatspot Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Dark metallic hardcore from Los Angeles feat. members of Vamachara, God's Hate, and Forced Order.

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Scavengers Circle, Beyond Repair (Masasiorangutan Records, 2019)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: D-beat, Bolt Thrower, Nuclear Death Terror

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Change, Closer Still (REACT! Records, 2020)

By Flint Beard |

The band features veterans of the hardcore scene, but does their debut album hit the bullseye?

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Black Mercy, For the Man That Has Everything ((iN)Sect Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: Spazz, Negative Approach, Revolution Summer

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Typecaste, Between Life (Flatspot Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

"...quite content to pummel in the vein of Vamachara, Division of Mind..."

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Orthodox, Let It Take Its Course (Unbeaten Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Does the Tennessee metallic hardcore outfit rise to the occasion on their new record?

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Body Farm, Body Farm 7" (...So This Is Progress, Financial Ruin Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

"...hardcore punk-influenced power violence that’s blindingly fast, cutting, and fun as fuck."

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Ingrained, D.U.S.T.O.F.F. (The Coming Strife Records, 2019)

By Ace Stallings |

"Sonically speaking, you hear influence from '90s metallic acts such as Unbroken or Turmoil..."

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Smash Your Enemies, Become Death (Upstate Records, 2019)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: All Out War, Biohazard, Cold as Life

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Raising Hell: Backstage Tales from the Lives of Metal Legends, by Jon Wiederhorn (Diversion Books, 2020)

By Carlos Ramirez |

Not for the faint of heart.

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Fathers, You Deserve Hell (Sailor Records, 2019)

By Todd Manning |

From metalcore to D-beat, the Denver band returns with a new album.

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Dark Thoughts, Must Be Nice (Stupid Bag Records/Drunken Sailor Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Chew on some impossibly catchy "bubblegum hardcore" from Philadelphia.

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