Touche Amore have made a name for themselves in the hardcore scene with the release of their past record To The Beat Of A Dead Horse and a slough of 7inches and splits. While some Internet drama has led to a backlash against the band, this new full length Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me can be held as … Read more
Deathwish Inc. is definitely an interesting label. Their releases span the clearly generic (Damage's Final) to the very progressive (along with Converge's own releases on the label I'll cite The Power and The Glory's Call Me Armageddon). However, their more forward thinking releases tend to fall under the same category of super abrasive, showing a lot of noise rock/crust influence, … Read more
Admittedly, this is one hell of a split record. Seriously, it would be interesting to have been a fly on the wall when this idea was tossed around by the guilty parties. Starting with Extreme Noise Terror because of their longevity (having formed in England in 1985 and still going) and place in punk and grind history (with Napalm Death … Read more
With the recent resurgence in the archetypal screamo sound popularized by Gravity Records in the late '90s, few bands remain as true-to-form as Loma Prieta. Grandiose post-rock guitar lines, the relentless abrasion of grind, and the unbridled display of emotion captured on hardcore and emo records can all be found on this succinct five song, seven minute split from Loma … Read more
You know how after your favorite bands have been around for a while they eventually make that back-to-our-roots kind of record that reminds you of the fire they once had? Well this is one of the records that happen before that one. Existing well past the decade mark, Stockholm, Sweden’s Victims have been called many things—punk, hardcore, thrash, d-beat, crust, … Read more
Is the world filled with melancholy and sadness that gives way to brief moments of euphoric happiness or joy that carries people from peak to peak, or is that just those of us not blessed with “cheer-y” dispositions nor the ability to feign an air of contentedness or ease? Some people drown themselves in mood altering substances in the hopes … Read more
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