New music: Cold Hard Truth, Another Victory, Crown Of Glory and Fullback 89

This time we got new tracks from Cold Hard Truth, Another Victory, Crown Of Glory and Fullback 89. All of these songs sound pretty dope so let's cut the crap and get right down to business...

Cold Hard Truth

Cold Hard Truth took the beatdown scene by storm with their successful self released debut album Reflect The Conflict. The band is currently working on some new shit and to give you a taste of things to come, here's Punisher - one of the new songs with Pelbu of Knuckledust fame droppin' some guest vocals.

Another Victory

The band was born in 2006 and as they say, their style can be described as 'fast and strong metallic influenced Hardcore with a bit of mosh attitude'. The band is working on their debut album called 'Pray For Your Death' which will include 11 tracks of brutal hardcore. There are also plans for a video clip.

Crown Of Glory

Tight, strong, heavy, and downright tough Cali hardcore. While bands of similar style very often come off as trying too hard, Crown Of Glory make it all seem so natural and easy. There's lots of aggression pouring out of their songs and the band keep their sound focused, without falling into boring category. This song is one of the few the band has recorded recently and is planning to put on their upcoming EP.

Fullback 89

Here's something more in the old school style. Fullback 89 are from Spain and have a style that's heavily influenced by the old NYHC scene. While originality wasn't big part of writing process, it’s worth to check out this band for for the energy it delivers. It's a proof that it's still possible to make classic hardcore and sound fresh.

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Only Attitude Counts - Triumph Of The Underdogs

With this album, kings of Vienna hardcore remain true to the basics of the style they’ve been perfecting for years but play their music with a certain vitality and freshness that isn't often heard from such long going bands like them..

What struck me when I was listening to this shit for the first time Is that it seems the band wanted to go heavier with their music. Not metal, but the overall feeling I get with this album, they seem to be more focused on displaying their musical skills and showing that they can write much more detailed songs then they did before. There is some thrashy feel to some of the songs and it really works for them. They can go fast and aggressive or slow and menacing but the execution is always flawless. Usually, when hardcore bands do that we get a shitty album that tries to mimic metal, but that’s fortunately not the deal here. Take a song like Make Amends for example, with its catchy chorus backed up by typical punk rock gang vocals and a hint of melody in the riffing which is broken up by a slick breakdown with pounding drums, double bass and some heavier guitar work. It’s a short part, but effective.

Although they added a little more variation, the songs on this album are straight forward as always and mostly up-tempo. The riff work is above the average, ranging from some punk rock infused tunes to straight up metal and the rhythm section is pounding.

With this release Only Attitude Counts has taken their old school experience along with new ideas and passion to make an album that's both aggressive and modern. Even after listening to it countless times, it remains effective and catchy. It’s more musically detailed without ruining the raw sound the band is known for. I like the consistency of the album. The keep it tight right from the start and it gets more intense as the album plays out.

Author: Dloogi
Label:Swellcreek
Year: 2009

Only Attitude Counts at Myspace

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Taggers - cop's training video

Taggers is actually a real training video for police in Los Angeles from the early 90's. Advice for the coppers how to fight with the taggers that is give here is marvelous, especially one about chasing for the fattest guy if you're out of shape. Priceless!

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This Runs Deep - Demo 2009

Dumbed down, hateful beatdown metalcore from Chapel Hill, NC. Everything you like about heavy grooves in hardcore is here so give it a try!

Year: 2009 | Country: USA

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Eyes To The Sky - All Bets Are Off

The sound of this album makes me think of Throwdown and I just couldn’t escape this comparison. It is in the slow to mid-paced groove where the band feels most comfortable and the fast moments are really few and far between. While the band isn’t on the level of Throwdown in their prime, they still deliver some mean and uncompromising shit.

Lyricalwise, the album is filled with aggressiveness and the vocalist Ryan is dropping some seriously anti-social verses about self pride, brotherhood and bringing pain upon those who oppose him. This is the way I like it actually.

While I overall enjoyed the album, ETTS’s weak links seem to be the lack of good ideas to give their songs some variation. The band doesn’t try any new tricks and instead rely on a well set out formula of mosh driven hardcore. While they manifest some good ideas now and then , this is not enough to keep the album interesting for more than a couple of spins. I mean, they got what it takes to make a good music, whether it’s a solid musicianship or angry and convincing vocals, but somehow there aren’t many moments here that excite me. The albums opens up with some solid tracks and then the whole excitement seems to be disappearing somewhere along the way. Despite some strong moments early on, the album as a whole sounds relatively flat. They get my blood rushing again with the last song Live And Die Honor. Never mind its cheesy title , the band brings a lot more emotion out of this song with the right groove and nice guitar lines. It seems ETTS is finally starting to get things more vibrant and too bad it’s happening in the last song.

I know they’re working on a new record right now so I hope they will be able to carve out more of their own identity with the new songs. Overall, this is not a bad album and if you want just something to mosh to, it should play its part. I’ll be checking out another ETTS album for sure but it’s gonna need some more creativity to succeed.


Author: Dloogi
Label:Seventh Dagger
Year: 2008

Eyes To The Sky at Myspace

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Hardcore Press Review

Reactions to EDGE documentary and other scene related stories from all around the web:

“Edge” Documentary Sets Audiences Straight - The Celebrity Cafe

The culture of sobriety: EDGE offers a broad perspective on the straight-edge movement - Vanguard

Palace Theatre in Syracuse to present "EDGE" documentary featuring Karl Buechner [+interview] - Syracuse.com

Hardcore Krishna: Veteran punk singer Don Foose returns with furious music and a spiritual message - Cleveland Scene

Greg Bennick of Trial Interview - Seventh Dagger blog

Top 5 Hardcore Albums by Jason Mazzola of Cloak/Dagger - Decibel Magazine

20 best: US hardcore - FACT Magazine

Straight Edge Music - myfoxboston.com

Ghost Town Interview - All Year Summer blog

Sheriffs developing gang task force: "ut Fernley has the heaviest population of Hispanic gang members, while the more rural areas in the south of the county are seeing an increase in Straight Edge or Hate Edge gang members made up of predominantly white school-aged teens who are anti-smoking, drugs and alcohol, but have no problem with using violence to spread their message." - Biker News

Straightedge: What Every Parent (and everyone else) Should Know - Idaho Falls Today

Extreme Flashbacks: CM Punk and Constructing The Underlying Straight Edge(s) - The Wrestling Daily

Juggalo Rydas vs. Straight Edge Militants - Spike

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By Way Of Blood

"The reaction that the crowd shows a hardcore band compared to almost every other genre. The more they get into what were doing makes me that much more into it. "

Name: By Way Of Blood

Location: (jake)manchester,nh/(mark)not northern ma(a dig to those bands who lie)

Active since: Oct.07

How do you define your overall style?
Aggressive hardcore late 90's HARD hardcore(jake)

What’s your goal with this band?
Tour europe and make kids hurt each other. bring back that feeling from the late 90's scene.

What do you have recorded so far?
A couple demo tracks and an unreleased 5 song e.p.

Would you like to introduce yourselves to the readers who may not have heard of you, as well as a brief history?
Mark -drums Jake-guitar Mark l.-guitar Alex-vocals bass-????? (just Jake and Mark here now. drummer. no drummer. drummer no drummer. drummer no singer. band label no bassist. me and jake have been busting our asses for 2 years just to keep the band alive. i was the vocalist for the first year and a half and made the move to drums after having 3 disappointments with the ones we had. we are moving onto our 6th bassist. (i promise its not our fault) we found alex through a few friends who had a band with him that was on its way out. so we swooped in and grabbed him up. and couldn't be happier.

Congratulations on getting a label. How did the Demon-seed deal came about and does it mean that the debut album is coming soon?
We got offered to do a tour this december with blood-war, through our manager ED from graveyard booking and they checked us out and passed us on to the label and with the powers that be being kids from the mid to late 90's they jumped on us. Ed has been a HUGE part of the life of this band in the short time we have know him. Meshia and kyle always throwing down on the floor for us helps alot too!!!

Many kids tend to turn to hardcore as an outlet from something that they’re dealing with in their regular lives. What is it with you, why did you lean towards this type of music?
Jake-fat scene chicks!! haha umm.. the reaction that the crowd shows a hardcore band compared to almost every other genre. the more they get into what were doing makes me that much more into it.
mark-same old story felt out casted to my "peers" haha im gonna cry. no i was into like "heavy" radio shit and then i went to my first show (xproclamationx, big jon stud, ever-down, and strike 3) and i was instantly consumed by the whole feeling of what the scene was then.(1996)

I’m really feeling the All Family Here track, both musically and lyrically. Tell us how that song came about…
Well we have a song called kinsman that was more of a direct anthem to our close friends and family and we noticed that we were starting to make new good friends and fans and wanted to address them, and we thought what better way than a "kinsman part 2".

What bands do you think had the biggest influence on your sound?
Terror (old), no warning, to kill, buried alive, shai hulud, madball, death before dishonor, hoods, agnostic front, indecision, one king down, snapcase, gwar, gorilla biscuits, suffocate faster,earth crisis, helmet, the miles between, reign supreme,down to nothing, think i care, integrity, and ringworm. i guess haha

One of the purpose of the band is to resurrect the New Hampshire hardcore scene. So do you think it’s moving in the right direction right now?
Not really. the kids who care right now only care to be seen and the ones we want are so fed up with the way the scene is they don't bother but its moving forward. it will take time to make people remember why they need to give a shit.

How would you describe the climate of the scene over there? Are the kids working together to make it work or they rather sit and do nothing but talking shit? 
Cold and doing nothing. but there are a SMALL handful of kids and people doing their part!!

So what are some classic acts from NH and what are some of the newer bands everybody should pay attention to?
Ever-down, strike 3, distrust(the hardcore one),enough said, word for word, trials, relentless we stand, yellow stitches.


What are the future plans for the band?
Not be to drunk to play. haha. tour europe. just have fun and play. thats what its always been about.

Thanks for taking your time to do this? Anything you would like to add?
Check out demon-seed records! blood war!! graveyard booking(ed we owe you so much!!!) trials!! enough said!! and relentless we stand!! full length record coming out spring/summer 2010

Band's Myspace profile.

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Bad Choice - Demo 2009

Bad Choice are from Canada and play good old school hardcore/punk with a middle finger in the air and fuck the world attitude and that's always fine with me. The music sounds dirty but there's a hint of melody here. Overall this reminds me mainly of the 80' hardcore and I really enjoyed this trip down the memory lane.

Year: 2009 | Country: Canada

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Deadwalk: brand new full length album “Scandalous”

Deadwalk has been devastating the world of hardcore for the last 2 years and although the band is of a youthful caliber, they are far from inexperienced. From their debut EP “Powerhouse” to their brand new full length album “Scandalous”, the Montreal quintet has been breaking down barriers to make way for their own breed of hardcore.

In 2007, Deadwalk’s independently released EP, "Powerhouse", took the Canadian music scene by storm which and saw the band slowly cultivate an extreme dedicated following in both Quebec and Ontario. Having landed countless opportunities to share the stage with heavy hitting hardcore acts such as Emmure, Bring Me The Horizon, Elysia and Bury Your Dead, the band gained the opportunity to branch out into neighboring provinces. However, in 2008 the band encountered a myriad of lineup changes and other obstacles to the extent that there was a time when it looked as though the band would be derailed for good. Lucky for hardcore fans that ex-Too Pure to Die vocalist Greg Kepka joined forces with guitarist Jon Donnelly and together forged a new batch of raw and intense songs which would become part of the band’s debut LP. With the band officially becoming part of the Year of the Sun Records family in 2008, it wasn’t long before they had their first full length record in the bag and slated for release.

"I think when we took a look at Deadwalk we saw both a raw and aggressive band but also a band that has an amped up passion for both the music they create and the music scene in general," label president C. Benner stated, "A lot of bands say similar things about their commitment level but Deadwalk takes it to the next level which makes them a perfect fit for our roster. One listen to their new record and you’ll understand what I’m talking about."

Quite frankly “Scandalous”, which was produced by Mat Laperle (Blind Witness) is the hardcore record that fans of the genre have been waiting for. It’s raw, over the top, and just plain heavy allowing for songs like “Frailty” and “8 mm” to bounce just as much as they beat down. It’s a dynamic experiment that’s replaced the recent contrived aspects of the hardcore genre with more simple characteristics. What’s resulted is an angry and fun album that’s destined to be placed beside Bury Your Dead’s legendary “Cover Your Tracks” record. So, in the words of vocalist Greg Kepka, “Get moving or get knocked the fuck out!”

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Metal pick of the week: Musica Diablo

Musica Diablo is Sao Paolo based thrash project having Derrick Green of later day Sepultura fame on vocals. I haven't been following Sepultura for the last couple of albums so the fact that is doing all the shouting here wasn't really of a big importance. What matters is that this stuff is really good. With powerful chugging riffs, brutal vocals and a tight rhythm section they immediately managed to grab my attention. The band throws down some grimy but aggressive vibes. It's raw and energetic with a lot of good things going on. The song writing is great as the transitions from straight up fast and some more experimental parts goes naturally and the whole deal is very organic and flowing. Musica Diablo is working on the new album which is about to be released in early 2010 so let's hope it's gonna be as good as the songs on their myspace profile

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Face Your Enemy - Hard To Forget

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Cold Hard Truth - Reflect The Conflict

In a time where "beatdown" style bands are a dime a dozen and attention spans are that of birds, it's the right mix of attitude, aggression, and (sometimes) relatability that makes a band truly stand out. Cold Hard Truth have that concept nailed to the wall with a sharpened leg bone and let me tell you, sleeping on these guys would be like resting your head on railroad tracks.

Expect a new cd in the coming months loaded with more stake-driving, stomping brutality. For now, "Reflect The Conflict" remains a staple in my cd-players diet and stands above and beyond most of the current crop. Their uncompromising style immediately evokes the essence of such old-time heavyweights as Clubber Lang, Next Step Up, Bulldoze, and Fury of Five. So if you like your hardcore to the point, mean, and dirty, then this needs to find it's way into your collection fast!

Lyrically, expect straight up tales of vengeance and contempt-for-stupidity which we all encounter at some point or another. They don't go too deep so the relatability factor is on point.

Author: Jay Vindictive
Label:IWO
Year: 2008

Cold Hard Truth at Myspace

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Deflectime - Prepain For Pain

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2010 Zombie Calendar by Empty Room Studio

The times are tough so this is exactly just a type of stuff that you least think about when planning your budget for the next year but if you tell me this shit looks weak you're a joke. Whether you got the money or you just wanna take a look at it, Empty Room Studio released the zombie themed calendar for 2010 and it can be purchased here.

Empty Room Studios provides high quality illustration and writing services for the creative needs of companies and studios in the entertainment industry- namely comics, games and television/film.

And we are proud to announce one of the first of many ERS projects we’d like to share with all of you: our fans, our clients, our friends.

This project was designed for our artists to have fun, do something different and for ERS to showcase some of our best and most talented.

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Soul Train - Demo 2009

Straight outta Massachusetts comes Soul Train. The name of the band sounds a little bit hippie but don't let this put you off cause the music itself is really good. The music maintain a solid vibe and the rap layered vocals that appear from time to time are tight.

Year: 2009 | Country: USA

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