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Blade release new recordings
Read more: Blade release new recordingsBlade has a significant meaning in and vision on nowadays Hardcore which I will try to elaborate in this article. This write-up begins with a review of their newest record and ends with an earlier recorded 7 inch release. There are also has some discography details. Blade obviously takes influences from 90’s metalcore. You can…
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Born From Pain the new future
Read more: Born From Pain the new futureReview of this album by Born From Pain. Other genres succesfully mixed into Metalcore.
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Woodwork demo review
Read more: Woodwork demo reviewSome fine day the guitarist of a French band -from Toulouse to be more precise- contacted me. He asked to listen to their demo and eventually put the word out on my blog. Since I’m a big supporter of the spawning of the nineties New School Wave of metallic hardcore, I needed no second thought…
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Dirty Fingers & Truth In Blood review
Read more: Dirty Fingers & Truth In Blood reviewThis is not a regular post about vinyl. What follows is a review of a band that was featured on the V/A Beatdown Basterds CD. Both bands are newer bands from the Charleroi area, in the French speaking part of Belgium. It’s actually a split release between two Black Land Crew bands, the one called…
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Rise and Fall faith review
Read more: Rise and Fall faith reviewThe hard hitting guitars accompanied by the drums in the beginning of the album introduce you to the macabre mindset of the song “A Hammer And Nails”. The ‘hitting on nails with a hammer’-sound accompanied with swallowing and indulging background bring you in an state of ominous and fearful thought. Whom is he talking about,…
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Broken Clown songs for lonely teardrops
Read more: Broken Clown songs for lonely teardropsReview of the Broken Clown CD. A side project of members of Length Of Time, Arkangel and Backstabbers. Shows their different qualities.
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Ringworm scars
Read more: Ringworm scarsReview of the Scars album by Ringworm and the influence from Cleveland Hardcore in general upon the mid nineties H8000 hardcore scene.
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Rise and Fall deceiver
Read more: Rise and Fall deceiverFor those who don’t know Rise And Fall are making a new record and Deathwishinc. have just released a teaser 7″ with one song of the upcoming album called “Deceiver” and one very very special track that is the reason I make this post in general. There are several things that need to be said…
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Beatdown Bastards artwork analysis
Read more: Beatdown Bastards artwork analysisFirst of all, the artwork is iconic to say at least! The black/white stripes on the suicidal man forms the core of the mentality and mindset of Beat Down. Let me explain why. In current society humans tend to only think black and white. A polarization of thought about and judgment towards others. Whether people…
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