Reviews

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Ball of Light, 2 Song EP (Rad Girlfriend Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: Glass and Ashes, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Strikeforce Diablo

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Rebelmatic, Ghost in the Shadows (Red Right Recordings, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

The NYHC outfit just dropped its debut album.

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FAIM, Hollow Hope (Safe Inside Records, 2020)

By Mick Reed |

Taking an early listen to the forthcoming debut LP from the Denver hardcore troupe.

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Chill Parents, At the Barricades (Self-Released, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

From blitzing hardcore to sloppy pop-punk, this DC trio keep things moving at a quick pace.

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Reserving Dirtnaps, Another Disaster (WAR Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Does the new EP from the Memphis bruisers live up to the promise of their earlier material?

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Be Well, The Weight and the Cost (Equal Vision Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

East Coast hardcore (and metal) veterans pool their talents on debut full-length.

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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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