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From Wednesday 14 August 2013

The Departed – ‘Steal The Crown’

Over the last ten years, the UK has found itself playing host to a burgeoning hardcore scene that could rival that of any country. Bands such as Azriel, Your Demise and More Than Life have helped to spread the word of hardcore outside of their home-town’s respective scenes to

Monday 12 August 2013

Dan Vapid and The Cheats – ‘Two’

Effective punk-rock is often short and sweet, and that’s exactly what we find on Dan Vapid and The Cheats’ second album. The imaginatively-titled ‘Two’, sees the former Screeching Weasel guitar and bass player (depending on the year) front twelve poppy and inoffensive tracks (all for a reasonable

Saturday 10 August 2013

Misery Signals – ‘Absent Light’

Misery Signals. Revered in metalcore, despite largely avoiding the heights that some newer (and less interesting) bands have reached in recent years. Now looking to stride forward, after a long gap, with this release, their new record ‘Absent Light’. Their first since 2008’s ‘Controller’. The band’s membership has shifted around

Friday 09 August 2013

Asking Alexandria – From Death To Destiny

‘From Death To Destiny’ is Asking Alexandria’s third album, and let’s get one thing straight: it’s an absolute blinder. Chances are you have some preconceptions about this band, but you need to ditch them. Seriously. Because regardless of anything else, this is a truly excellent album. While still classed

Thursday 08 August 2013

A Page Of Punk – ‘Fool’s Punk Line’

1234! 1234! If you subscribe to the notion of “everything louder and faster than everything else”, then you’ll most likely enjoy the shit out of the latest A Page Of Punk release – featuring 49 new songs and released by Drunken Sailor Records in the UK to fit with

Wednesday 07 August 2013

Modern Life Is War – ‘Fever Hunting’

After reuniting last year, Modern Life Is War haven’t really fucked about making a new record (not even bothering to announce the reformation until they were seemingly pretty much done with it). ‘Fever Hunting’ is the first effort since their 2007 album ‘Midnight In America’, and it sees them

Tuesday 06 August 2013

CB6 – ‘Succession’

It’s a little difficult to pick exactly where to start with CB6. The band’s updated take on “Old School” Thrash feels both refreshing and familiar, but if you’ve never really thrown down (even mentally) to Pantera, then it might go over your head. Regardless, there’s very little posturing or

Thursday 18 July 2013

Friends In America – ‘What It Is To Be’

Sometimes you get an album sent through at just the right moment. Sat here crouched over my desk staring at the sunshine outside, listening to all sorts of things to get me in the summer mood, I received an email from Glasgow based Friends In America offering the sounds

The Dangerous Summer – ‘Golden Record’

The Dangerous Summer have never been a band to shy away from controversy Tour cancellations and animosity haven’t eluded the band in their history, but returning with new full length ‘Golden Record’, the band look to come back unified and carrying a fresh outlook. ‘Golden Record’ follows on from the

Sunday 07 July 2013

Forever The Sickest Kids – J.A.C.K

By my reckoning we must be onto something like the sixth or seventh generation of the North American pop-punk genre by now. If the Descendents, Bad Religion and the Vandals were the originals; then a few years later Screeching Weasel, NOFX and the Offspring; onto Green Day, No Use