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From Monday 25 July 2016

Back On The Deck: Jimmy Eat World – ‘Bleed American’

Thursday 18 June 2015

Back On The Deck: Bane – ‘Give Blood’

When you discover the worlds of hardcore and punk, there is often that one album that sticks with you no matter how your tastes grow or change. The one album that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. The one album that resonates with you more

Tuesday 14 April 2015

Back On The Deck: Failure – ‘Fantastic Planet’

There are some bands out there that no matter how great their music is, they never quite get the recognition they deserve and ultimately fade into obscurity. More often than not, these bands usually influence a plethora of others that follow in their wake, and take a blueprint that

Friday 13 March 2015

Back On The Deck: American Nightmare – ‘Background Music’

Through the years there have been more than a few bands in hardcore that really strike a chord with their listener. They are the kind of bands that offer something different, and invite people to delve deeper into their art, rather than just caring about the hardest “mosh”

Thursday 19 February 2015

Back On The Deck: The Movielife – ‘This Time Next Year’

As every year passes, more and more reunions start to happen and lately there has been more reunions by bands that we thought would never happen again. No one thought Mineral would ever play again, and it seemed almost impossible that American Nightmare could ever make a return.

Tuesday 20 January 2015

Back on the Deck: Poison The Well – ‘The Opposite Of December’

Nowadays melodic hardcore is often considered a dirty turn of phrase. The scene has been saturated beyond the point of repair, and even using the term to describe some bands would be deemed wildly inaccurate. Back in the 90’s however there were bands that embraced crushing metallic riffs,

Tuesday 16 December 2014

Back on the Deck: Saves The Day – ‘Through Being Cool’

As you grow up there are certain records that stick in your mind and stay with you forever. The kind of records that make you remember where you where the first time you heard it, or that you still put on year afters its release and look back

Thursday 30 October 2014

Jawbreaker – ’24 Hour Revenge Therapy’

Jawbreaker are without a doubt one of the most influential bands of all time, let’s get that out of the way first. Whether you know it or not, the three piece from New York have inspired most of your favourite bands, and in fact probably inspired your favourite