Lyrically, these guys are trying to do something, but musically they are like so many bands in every city that play generic, crusty, Sabbath...

Shadows Fall continue to carve a path for themselves to the top of the metal scene with The War Within. While The Art of Balance was reminis...

Old schoolers Slapshot take another kick at the can and deliver a decent album’s worth of hardcore. "Punks Dead, You’re Next!” deserves cred...

Back in the ’80s, Voivod were the kings of Canadian metal. War and Pain came out and fans couldn’t get enough of Quebec’s finest, with their...

Twenty-two songs of "less is more" hardcore works to a degree with me. Nice, short, angry and to the point songs that are lyrically funny wh...

I'll admit I've never really been into the Dwarves (besides their great covers), but their reputation as an insane live band has always intr...

Adrenalin OD, for newcomers, were one of the best bands in hardcore during the mid- to late ’80s. Funny and fast, their songs made hardcore...

First of all, what the fuck is that title supposed to mean anyway? It's like people trying to sound evil, yet enlightened (like vegans). And...

This record is packed with 38 songs, all of which have horrible production and from what I can tell, little to no talent behind them. I have...

Some kind of rip off is more like it. The title track is off St. Anger from last year, but they’ve added live tracks of some good songs, but...

I had never heard of Otep until I saw their video for "Warhead” on television, one with a message (to hate George Bush). Parts of House of S...

There's nothing new about younger hardcore bands paying homage to the legends by biting their style, every band has done that to some extent...

Formerly American Nightmare, GUTG have established themselves as a band that can easily compete with some of hardcore's pioneering bands lik...

The Good Fight are fast and straight to the point hardcore without all of the frills and metal solos that are dominating bands these days. W...

Fucking YES! This is one of the most surprising and powerful hardcore CDs to grab my attention in quite some time. There's a huge old school...

Victory's track record of late has been dismal at best. With bands like Thursday, Catch 22 and horseshit like that dominating their line-up...