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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Hawser Announce New Record
Our good friends in Hawser have officially announced the release of their debut record, entitled Shallow Earth. The 10″ vinyl will be self-released on January 31st. The guys will be playing three release shows that weekend: 1 Feb – Kroepoekfabriek, Vlaardingen (NL) 2 Feb – B58, Braunschweig (DE) 3 Feb – TBA, Hamburg (DE) Track … 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: 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
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: Parkway Drive – Atlas
Parkway Drive has always been a fan of experimenting with their sound, pushing boundaries where they can. What started on Deep Blue carries through on Atlas in a big way. Parkway Drive fans are split into three parties; those that like Horizons and Killing With A Smile, those that like Deep Blue and those that … Continue reading
Review: Coldburn – The Harsh Fangs of Life
Trying to take on the world from their homebase of Leipzig in Germany, Coldburn was formed in 2009. On September 30th, they released their first full-length, titled The Harsh Fangs of Life, on Beatdown Hardware, but can also be streamed through their Bandcamp. Staying true to their hardcore roots, album-opener ‘Losing Game’ starts off with … Continue reading
Underoath Announce Plans To Disband and Details Of Retrospective Album
Groundbreaking metalcore act Underoath are formally announcing their plans to disband following a remarkable 15-year career that made a monumental impact on millions of fans and forever changed the face of heavy music. “It’s sad to say that we feel like it’s time to close this chapter, but we have never seen things more clearly,” says … Continue reading
Review: Great Reversals – To The Ends of The Earth
While you were listening to Defeater again, hoping for some new material, guitarist Jay Maas was busy recording a ton of bands at his own Getaway Studios. Among them are Great Reversals, a young band from Detroit, Michigan, who just released To The Ends of The Earth, a 4 song 10’’ recorded in Boston in … Continue reading
Legends Arising 