Swedish straight edge band Anchor released its third full length Distance & Devotion on Bengans this month, a year and a half after they started recording the album. I was waiting in anticipation as I’m a big fan of The Quiet Dance (2008) and Discovery (2011). Anchor itself claims the album is a 11-track hard and heavy rock … Continue reading
Swamps, a hardcore band from Western Massachusetts that we got to know in 2011. By then they had just released their Corroding Kings EP. I was immediately intrigued by the structure and sound of their tracks and the combination of so many genres, seamlessly mixed together. Musically Swamps is a great band, but you can’t … Continue reading
Five piece female-fronted hardcore band All For Nothing from Rotterdam (NL) have released their second full-length called To Live And Die For. The record is out via GSR Music, released on March the 23th 2012. We were at one of their release shows, and this is what we think of their latest release. The album … Continue reading
Rise and Fall from Ghent, Belgium have been called “the next chapter of true hardcore/punk greatness”. Since 2004 they have toured the world and shared stages with the old elite and newcomers in hardcore, and they have seen the things major festivals have to offer. You could say the guys from R&F haven’t been sitting … Continue reading
Legends Arising 