Devilinside “Volume One” (Abacus) It’s a gruff metal chug with a touch of that rolling nu-metal guitar bounce backed by a ton of straight up riffage and gut wrenching vocals. This band was formed from the ashes of Minneapolis hardcore…
All Else Failed “This Never Happened” (Abacus / Now or Never) Erratic hardcore without the chugga chugga guitars or breakdowns. Throaty, scratchy vocals are thinly stretched over manic guitars and out of control percussions. Edgy structures to go with the…
Radiation 4 “Wonderland” (Abacus) When I first received Radiation 4’s self released album (of 1000 pressings) almost two years ago, I was immediatly hooked. It was as if Mike Patton’s little brother had started to hang out with some metal…
Glass Casket “”We Are Gathered Here Today”” (Abacus) Glass Casket are here to assault the senses every way possible, much like bands like Candiria and Converge have done in the past. The guitars screech with a fevered pitch while the…
Burnthe8track “The Ocean” (Abacus) This CD couldn’t have come at a better time. I put this in after listening to a couple hours of hardcore bands and I gotta tell you I couldn’t have been more excited to hear…