Wednesday, 11 January 2017

Twin Rivals - 2016 Demo

Twin Rivals are a melodic hardcore band from Toronto, Ontario. Their 2016 demo is 4 tracks of blistering hardcore that fans of bands like Defeater, Counterparts and early Stick To Your Guns should be into. This one's been on repeat since I found it last month and I highly recommend checking it out, big things coming from these guys.

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Punisher - World Eater

Formerly known as Purgatory, Keswick's Punisher play a brand of heavy beatdown hardcore that fans of bands like Desolated, Xibalba, and Drowning should be into. World Eater came out last May and offers up 7 tracks of mosh worthy riffs. If you had to check out just one track I would recommend the title track, it's a complete shitkicker and leaves you wanting more. Check these guys out now and show them some love.

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Harriers - Mankind Will Fall

Hailing from Montreal, Harriers play a brand of metallic hardcore that boarders on crossover thrash. Throughout their newest release you'll find tons of mosh riffs, sweet guitar solo's, and vocals that sound scathing enough to tear your head off (including a guest spot from Maxime Vallieres of Prowl). Mankind Will Fall is another solid outing from these guys, don't sleep on it.

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Sunday, 8 January 2017

World View - Wilt

Vancouver's World View flew under the radar for me until recently when I came across them on another site and holy fuck did this one surprise the hell out of me. Their most recent release "Wilt" serves up two tracks of nonstop fight riffs that call to mind bands like Trapped Under Ice, Terror and even some early Madball. This one's another highly recommended EP and I can't see anyone being letdown by this one.

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Coffin Dragger - Desperation EP

Hailing from London, Ontario Coffin Dragger play a brand of metallic hardcore akin to bands like Knocked Loose and Varials. From the opening notes of "Desperation" to the final notes of closing track "Liar" Coffin Dragger manage to bludgeon you with some of the heaviest riffs you'll hear out of Ontario's burgeoning hardcore scene, frontman Nick Greeson yells and barks his way through all 7 tracks with a sense of purpose and provides more than most vocalists in the scene do. Overall this is a solid debut outing and you'll surely regret missing out on this release if you pass it up.

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Reliever - Two Songs

Reliever are a three piece hardcore band from Windsor Ontario. Two Songs, their newest outing was released November 15th, 2016. Opening track "Scale" starts of with an ominous riff and swells of feedback before leading into a blistering barrage of punk riffs that just build and build until it eventually hits a peak and drops you into a breakdown that'll have you banging your head like you're at a Slayer show, while the second track "Hunt" opens with a groovy two-step part before bringing in some blast beats only to switch seamlessly back and forth between the two before turning into a pit riff free for all. Overall this is a strong outing for these boys and a solid follow up to their previous EP "Something Wrong".

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Back From The Dead Pt. II

Well it's been a time hasn't it? The blog will be back up and running over the next couple days. In the time we've been inactive here we've been busy putting on shows and promoting bands on the facebook page but it seems like now's the time to come back and get back to writting... See you all soon.