Road To Manila play some pretty in your face post-hardcore punk. With plenty of belted vocals, some well used down time, and a tough as nails attitude, the Denmark quintet are a band for fans of contemporary hardcore and screamo.
Here’s a whole bunch of music from Facedown Records by artists I’ve never heard of. Most of them sound every big as hardcore as that shark riding a motorcycle on the front cover. A couple of stndouts include Hands, Immortal Souls, and Saving Grace. The weak of heart need not apply.
Here’s an incredibly solid little six song split by two bands I doubt you’ve heard much from but need to know about. The Skye We Scrape’s three contributions feature a focused mix of gruff punk and solo heavy guitar with a hooky sense for melody and technical know how (think Small Brown Bike), with Hawkbit coming across a little looser, with songs that should find an audience with fans of Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves. Certainly worth your ear.
Here’s a tough as nails dose of Philly hardcore with the well suited name Sheer Contempt. Plenty of belted vocals and vicious drumming. Fans of 80′s hardcore will lap this stuff up. Downloadable in Mp3 or AIF.
Well, it’s not one of the most originally titled pieces of work, Don’t Give A Fuck‘s free five song EP is certainly as hard edged as its cold hearted title would imply. For an EP titled A Girl Burning And Dying, it’s actually pretty emotionally intense.
Ever feel like you’re literally on fire? Igniting in flames to become a smoldering pillar of ash? Well, if not, it’s something I imagine Massachusetts hardcore act Plagues knows a little something about. These guys sound like they’re completely engulfed in some sort of blazing inferno, frantically playing their instruments and screaming out hastily in hopes that some passing soul may hear their cries. There’s a good reason for the buzz around this malevolent hardcore quintet, so check them out with their aptly titled Plagues EP 2011.
Facedown Records are back with their annual summer sampler as a free download. This year’s edition features ten songs from the likes of Hands, Onward to Olympas, My Epic, Altars, Call To Preserve, Hope for the Dying and more.
Phoenix’s hardcore band Move Forward have posted their new self-titled EP online as a free downloading. Blistering fast drum work, lightning quick riffs and hoarse vocals delivered in a screaming furry – Move Forward reminds me of Raised Fist with a bit of One Win Choice and a dash of A Change of Pace. Check it out, you won’t regret it.
Pennsylvania’s Judges make a firm ruling in their latest full length, Lonely Kids In Dead Homes. The album features ten tracks of belted hardcore and crashing crescendos interrupted by brief moments of tranquility – like a storm deceptively parting for a few rays of sunlight. It’s not something I’d seek out normally, but I reckon it’s a great match for the hardcore crowd.
Formed in early 2010 in Santa Rosa, Brother Bear is an effort to create homegrown, honest, do it yourself emotional hardcore.
Within less than a year together, the band already had five songs written and recorded in the form of their debut EP, Head In The Clouds. The EP finds the group drawing from elements of ambient post rock and hardcore to create a cohesive and tightly knit body of work.
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