Let’s just get it out of the way, since everyone is going to expect me to say it at some point in the review…Rot In Hell are big fans of Integrity. I, also, am a big fan of Integrity, so I’m sure you can see where this is going. While I’m sure the band takes …
When I first heard Mother of Mercy’s full length III on Six Feet Under Records, I knew it was only a matter of time before a larger label picked them up. While there are certainly other bands that play a similar brand of thrashy metallic hardcore, not many of them do it quite as well …
In the Spring of 2008, I started collecting records. This led to me finding a bunch of new bands I hadn’t yet heard, as I would buy a whole bunch of EPs all at once to find new music, as 7”s are fairly cheap and don’t cost much to ship either. At one point I …
Six Feet Under Records has been releasing a plethora of solid hardcore records this past year, and Endless Roads by Perth, Australia’s Miles Away definitely falls under that category. With the exception of a few bands such as The Carrier, there aren’t many bands really exploring the boundaries of melodic hardcore without stepping into pop …
Energy has gotten a bad rap over the years. They were unquestionably the victim of a tidal wave of hype heading into their first full length, Invasions of the Mind. Once heralded as one of hardcore’s next big things, many reviewers didn’t find the record to be as solid as I did. In a way …
I’m not totally sure what exactly inspired it, but the wave of hardcore bands adopting a strong influence from Entombed is certainly pleasing to my ears. When Cursed was still around, I loved their gritty style of “Death ‘n Roll” influenced hardcore, and I’m happy to see that a couple years after their unfortunate breakup …
Sometimes the most difficult part of writing a review can be thinking of an introductory paragraph. A way to hook the reader and make them want to continue reading on. That being said, I sat looking at a blank Microsoft Word document for about 40 minutes trying to think of a way to properly introduce …
I love being able to listen to a record and have no expectations for it whatsoever and be pleasantly surprised. I’ll admit it; I wasn’t psyching myself up for this split. I like Narrows and I think their previous two releases were solid, but I wasn’t exactly blown away by either of those records. In …
In late November of 2009, a small newsbit regarding the recording of a then untitled new Ceremony record had surfaced on the internet. Upon reading it, my thought was that a lot of people were going to be turned off by this album, and I hoped that I would not be one of those people. …
These days, when one hears the term metalcore thoughts of swooped haircuts, tight jeans and obnoxious breakdowns come to mind. Before all that, there was Integrity. And most likely after all of that, there will still be Integrity. Though the only original member is vocalist Dwid Hellion, Integrity has been around since 1988. The lineup …