Articles by Rod Orchard

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  XFilesX

  Excruciation

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  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 w...

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  The Dwarves

  The Dwarves Must Die

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  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 int...

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  Murder Squad T.O.

  To Ashes You'll Return

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

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

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  A Perfect Murder

  Unbroken

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  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...

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  Bonds

  Not A Phase

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

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

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  Give Up The Ghost

  Year One

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

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

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  Good Fight

  Breathing Room

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  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....

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  My Revenge!

  Less Plot, More Blood

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  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 schoo...