Born two years ago in Richmond, USA and raised with the sound of punk rock, This is Your Life have been making a name for themselves since their first S/T came out in 2010. After hundreds of shows, they are now releasing their first full length Before We Fade Away (released on September 4 through Reveille … Continue reading
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Review: Price To Pay – S/T
It took four long years for Dutch hardcore formation Price to Pay to bring out their first release, but it’s finally here! The band started in 2008 and are playing gigs ever since. Terror, Madball, and Every Time I Die are some bands who shared the stage with Price to Pay; quite an accomplishment knowing … Continue reading
Live Review: Converge @ Tivoli De Helling, 3 December 2012
Tivoli managed to book a great package of four very diverse and big bands on this cold night in Utrecht. With a great new record, Converge is on the road again to tear apart every city they play, and I had the idea that was gonna happen again tonight. First band of the night is … Continue reading
Review: Dependency – Love Not Wasted
Nashville, Tennessee; not exactly the hardcore central you would expect it to be, yet home to one of the most exciting acts in modern-day hardcore. Dependency, who formed in 2009, have released their debut full-length Love Not Wasted, their first musical outing since their 2010 EP, Convicted. What started with melodic hardcore and sticking true … Continue reading
Review: Code Orange Kids – Love Is Love // Return To Dust
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a city that is often mentioned as one of the most livable in the whole wide world. If that really is the case, Code Orange Kids try very hard to prove it wrong. On Love Is Love // Return To Dust the band sounds angry and maybe even a bit dissapointed, like … Continue reading
Review: Departures – Teenage Haze
Needless to say, it is hard to break through a crowded scene as the so-called melodic hardcore genre. Since they released their first LP When Losing Everything is Everything You Wanted, Departures got all my attention. This hardcore quintet from Glasgow is set to release their second effort Teenage Haze via In At The Deep End Records, and also … Continue reading
Review: No Bragging Rights – Cycles
Riverside, CA’s No Bragging Rights have recently put out their latest record: Cycles. The release features an impressive list of guest vocalists, with names such as Counterparts’ Brendan Murphy and Matt Lanners from The Greenery. It would go to far to discuss every track in this limited amount of space, but here are some of my favorite tracks. ‘The Advent Of Change’ is the opening … Continue reading
Review: On Point – Look Me In The Eyes
Positive and Focused Records takes you back in time with the vinyl release of On Point’s Look Me In The Eyes. The demo was originally released on tape in 2009, and was re-mastered by Phrank Hernandez (Hectic World) for the 2012 7” release. Even though the Orange County, California foursome broke up, this is definitely … Continue reading
Album of the Month: Brutality Will Prevail – Scatter the Ashes
Hardcore lives in South-Wales, at least if we are to believe Brutality Will Prevail, who are releasing their third full-length Scatter the Ashes on November 12th through Purgatory Records. Where their previous full-length Root of All Evil was still a straight-up hardcore album, their new release features more musical variation. Album opener ‘Life Lines’ sounds … Continue reading
Review: Black Shapes – In The Mourning Light
Black Shapes is a new force in the UK Hardcore scene. Bearing members of November Coming Fire and Jairus, the band has already released a EP and single in its 1,5 years of existence. October the 31th saw the birth of the band’s second EP, In The Mourning Light, which is a 11 minute long … Continue reading
Legends Arising 