Lyrically, these guys are trying to do something, but musically they are like so many bands in every city that play generic, crusty, Sabbath...
Articles By Rod Orchard
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Murder Squad T.O. To Ashes You'll Return Published Sep 01, 2004 -
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Shadows Fall The War Within Published Sep 01, 2004Shadows 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...
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Slapshot Digital Warfare Published Sep 01, 2004Old schoolers Slapshot take another kick at the can and deliver a decent albums worth of hardcore. "Punks Dead, Youre Next! deserves cred...
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Voivod War and Pain Published Sep 01, 2004Back in the 80s, Voivod were the kings of Canadian metal. War and Pain came out and fans couldnt get enough of Quebecs finest, with their...
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XFilesX Excruciation Published Sep 01, 2004Twenty-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...
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The Dwarves The Dwarves Must Die Published Sep 01, 2004I'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...
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Adrenalin OD Humungusfungusamungus Published Sep 01, 2004Adrenalin OD, for newcomers, were one of the best bands in hardcore during the mid- to late 80s. Funny and fast, their songs made hardcore...
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Burning Skies Murder by Means of Existence Published Sep 01, 2004First 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...
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Impulse Manslaughter Live at WFMU Published Sep 01, 2004This 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...
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Metallica Some Kind of Monster Published Sep 01, 2004Some kind of rip off is more like it. The title track is off St. Anger from last year, but theyve added live tracks of some good songs, but...
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Otep House of Secrets Published Sep 01, 2004I 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...
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Bonds Not A Phase Published Jul 01, 2004There's nothing new about younger hardcore bands paying homage to the legends by biting their style, every band has done that to some extent...
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Give Up The Ghost Year One Published Jul 01, 2004Formerly American Nightmare, GUTG have established themselves as a band that can easily compete with some of hardcore's pioneering bands lik...
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Good Fight Breathing Room Published Jul 01, 2004The 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...
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My Revenge! Less Plot, More Blood Published Jul 01, 2004Fucking 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...
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A Perfect Murder Unbroken Published Jul 01, 2004Victory's track record of late has been dismal at best. With bands like Thursday, Catch 22 and horseshit like that dominating their line-up...