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<title>Fugazi</title>
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<category>Punk</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Often recognized more for their anti-corporate stance and rigid ethics than their vital music, it's easy to forget Fugazi are a band and not a socioeconomic public action committee or a guerilla marketing firm. Though some would argue their newfound introspective temperament signifies a major departure, the beautiful, orchestrated constructs of their more recent material may simply represent a blossoming of the seeds planted by their legendary, dissonant <I>13 Songs</I>. Ian MacKaye's Hardcore bellow and Gibson SG marched alongside Guy Piccioto's (formerly of Rites of Spring) demonic rasp and flailing Rickenbacker, serving notice to Punk's intelligentsia under the watchful eye of a razor-sharp, self-editing rhythm section. Six subsequent albums have shown Fugazi's continually evolving ear for sonic craftsmanship; writing and producing works that owe an equal amount to the Beatles and Radiohead as they do Gang of Four and AC/DC. Having reached a certain state of maturation, Fugazi have, to their credit, perhaps given themselves over to musical craft rather than live famously in direct contradiction to a self-made identity.]]></description>
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<title>Minor Threat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Imitated by many, paralleled by none, Minor Threat was known for their furious passion with which they played. They blew up the D.C. scene, creating the mold for Hardcore punk around the world. MT raised the bar for punk rock with their fiery sound borne of a genuine burn: Fast and loud, but never at the expense of not playing their instruments properly. As the band grew, MT's sound slowed just a bit, allowing them to squeeze a few hooks between the crushing guitar riffs. Their message was as important, if not more so, than the music. Just as they were screaming the loudest, MT went supernova only four years after their inception. Sure, the members went on to different bands (Fugazi, Dag Nasty, Government Issue, the Meatmen), but none -- save for possibly Fugazi -- have come close to MT's impact.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Snapcase</title>
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<category>Hardcore</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:55:03 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Aggressive Hardcore with pronounced personal/emotional edge to both the introspective lyrics and the angst-driven music. Crunchy, harmonized guitars broken by searing chords delivered in start-stop timing. The anger-driven vocals bleed energy, find their way through the loud chunking with sharp barking and powerful yelling.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Himsa</title>
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<category>Metalcore</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:16:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Every release from Revelation Records' hard-hitting Himsa is a calculated attempt to dynamite the foundations of Hardcore Punk. The band took its name from an obscure Eastern religion. It denotes harm or injury -- fair warning that this band is not for the faint of heart. Songs strike with lightning force and switch directions just as unpredictably.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Sick Of It All</title>
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<category>Hardcore</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:51:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For over ten years, Sick of it All have been mainstays of New York City Hardcore. Decorating their otherwise caustic sound with hard, rousing catchiness, their vocals burn with rage and street-tough dogma, while distorted guitars throw gasoline onto the fiery mix.
- Charles Hodgkins]]></description>
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<title>7 Seconds</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 6 Sep 2009 09:41:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Seminal NorCal Punk band that some refer to as the West Coast Minor Threat, probably because of their penchant for sing-a-long anthems. It's a decent enough comparison. Honorary captains of the Skeno skate crew.]]></description>
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<title>Throwdown</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:48:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Formed amid the OC hardcore scene in 1997, Throwdown is a straight-edge band that, because of the unhinged heaviness of their records (five so far) often gets tossed in with pure metal bands, although the band considers their music to be hardcore. Regardless of categorization, Throwdown has been a force in heavy music since their full-length debut in '98, for Indecision Records. Through lineup changes that have seen the band trade members several times with metalcore big shots Eighteen Visions, spots on the Ozzfest and Warped tours and in support of Swedish melody-metal band In Flames, Throwdown has remained true to their straight-edge ideals and apparent dedication to total sonic devastation.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Gorilla Biscuits</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:34:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[With just their two classic releases of the late '80s, NYC's Gorilla Biscuits were able secure a prominent position in the Empyrean of Hardcore Punk. Their charismatic, spasmodic frontman Anthony Civocelli (aka CIV) remains a key player in NYCHC, but for anyone who prefers their Punk with a knife edge, skip the CIV and pass the Biscuits.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Embrace</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:36:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>As Friends Rust</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:16:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As Gainesville Punk outfit As Friends Rust chug their way through melodic, muscle-flexing Hardcore, they step away from the standard of playing blindly fast and move into music that's more smartly assembled. Fast but still catchy, their anthems are topped with personal, introspective lyrics.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Earth Crisis</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:54:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Politically charged Earth Crisis erupt like a volcano of purely metal guitars, harsh, crushing vocals and an uncompromising, forceful rhythm. Always pushing boundaries to get their message across, they've stepped out of the Hardcore Punk world in which they were raised, leaning more into their Metal side.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>All Else Failed</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This band certainly goes for the gusto; their clear-cut approach to playing and singing doesn't leave a melody standing for miles around. Savage screams and roiling avalanches of tuneless guitars ride down like hell on horseback. Scorching.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Integrity</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:39:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Marked by an apocalyptic hatred for humanity and a fanatically idealistic notion of individuality, Integrity are certainly one of the most notorious bands of the 1990s. Equating complacency with death of the spirit, frontman Dwid preaches purity through aggression and power through unrelenting defiance from a pulpit of violent, Victory Records-style Hardcore.
- Doug Russell]]></description>
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<title>One Inch Punch</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Thick, chugging guitars and too-many-cigarettes barked vocals have got muscle, but not volume. Tough-guy New York Hardcore posturing that's got the spirit of '88.
- Tim Quirk]]></description>
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<title>Youth of Today</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:07:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Bold</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Lifetime</title>
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<category>Punk</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 7 Feb 2009 12:12:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Blurring the line between hardcore and up-tempo Punk Pop, New Jersey's Lifetime blurt out belt-busting, high-speed, melodic songs. Catchy, snotty vocals give 'em a pop touch; the guitars blast heavy chords while the rhythm section pulverizes you into thinking they're a hardcore band.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Funeral Oration</title>
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<category>Skate Punk</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[These twenty-year veterans play tight melodic Punk with a galloping drum beat and well sung, quivering vocals.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Teen Idles</title>
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<category>Hardcore</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Crown Of Thornz</title>
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<category>Hardcore</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:16:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New York City Hardcore will never die. Crown of Thornz carry on the tradition of guitars chugging like powerful locomotives and thick-necked vocals shouting and jumping around a pulverizing rhythm.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Good Clean Fun</title>
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<category>Hardcore</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:04:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Good Clean Fun dig through the rubble left by the D.C. Hardcore movement of the '80s and add a little gas to the fire with extra-emphatic vocals. Group chants that fill the background are reminiscent of 7 Seconds' <i>The Crew</i> (they're Straight-Edge too), albeit with just a wee bit more metal emphasis.
- Kali Holloway]]></description>
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<title>Split Lip</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 7 Jun 2009 07:59:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For better or worse, Split Lip have helped Hardcore utilize more complex song structures. Lyrics mix personal and political subjects, etching the vocals into the band's tight, multi-dimensional sound. Guitars create a dynamic wall of crunching, melodic Hardcore and help the rhythm section carry each song from introspective lows to stage-diving crescendos.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>In My Eyes</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:16:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This Boston Straight-Edge band deliver pretty much what you'd expect from a band who named themselves after a Minor Threat song: heavy-hitting Hardcore with an unmistakable thick Boston rhythm pounding home their holier-than-thou drug-free messages. In My Eyes are part of a new crop of Straight-Edge bands who have helped keep the genre alive and kicking, Ray Cappo-style.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Up Front</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New York Straight-Edge band plays tight, dynamically diverse Punk. Guitars chug along nicely with rapid-fire drums.
- Mike Cloward]]></description>
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<title>One King Down</title>
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<category>Metalcore</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:21:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hardcore/Metal/Straight Edge band may not smoke or drink, but they seem to have an open door policy on kicking rump. Graduates of the Slayer School of Appreciation create towering riffs that crash beneath tortured, anguished vocals.
- Kali Holloway]]></description>
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<title>Shelter (Post-Hardcore)</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:49:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Shelter -- a straight-edged post-hardcore act built on thunderous dynamics and pure devotion -- were born from the ashes of NYC Punk stalwarts Youth of Today. Plenty of bands boast about having a high energy delivery, but with their disciplined, full-fledged calls-to-arms, Shelter are among the relative few that warrant the claim.]]></description>
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<title>Slapshot</title>
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<category>Hardcore</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:04:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The nomad souls who have drifted in and out of the Boston Hardcore collective Slapshot would probably outnumber some of the audiences who attended their shows. Over the years, however, these stalwart power chord pushers have forged pioneering Thrash/Punk anthems. With gale-force intensity, Slapshot's music blows off the deadfall from American Hardcore, revealing its roots in Oi! and Heavy Metal. Hectoring vocals and devastating guitar riffs give their songs the feel of a bench-emptying, stick-swinging, blood-on-the-ice hockey brawl.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>The Path Of Resistance</title>
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<category>Metalcore</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:07:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This band features members of Earth Crisis doing sludge-tempo Old-School, similar to Uniform Choice and Negative Approach. Fans of Earth Crisis will find this a bit plodding, with dunderheaded and oafish vocals, but the unmistakable passion is still there.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Ten Yard Fight</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:21:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Does for football what Slapshot did for hockey -- turns it into an all-encompassing metaphor for the brutal conditions of a brutal existence. Uncompromising in their Hardcore Punk ethic, Ten Yard Fight assault listeners with head-butting drums, thick-necked vocals and massive, body-checking guitar chops. Bristling with the rage and intensity of late Negative Approach, this Boston crew will take you to the wall and force you to either fight back or get trounced.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Floorpunch</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:04:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Guitar riffs pile up like logjammed spars in flood waters of Punk virulence. This is unruly and frenzied Hardcore played at insane speeds. Somebody keep a spot warm for these guys on the Victory Records bench.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>108</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:54:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[108's brittle guitars influenced a lot of other straightcore bands. They sounded like Minor Threat horsing around with big Classic Rock riffs stolen from Judas Priest or Lynyrd Skynyrd. The next crunchiest thing to a bowl of tacks for breakfast.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Government Issue</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the most influential, long lasting and prolific of the 1980s DC Hardcore bands. Formed around the same time as Minor Threat and other now legendary Dischord bands, Government Issue kicked off their career playing loud, fast, harsh Punk, helping define the Hardcore genre. As the '80s progressed, so did Government Issue. They had varying success experimenting with their music, incorporating different styles into their slowing sound. In so dabbling Government Issue, along with bands such as Dag Nasty, helped mold what would become known as post-Hardcore. Working melodies into calmer, more complex songs, John Stabb's limited vocal range was put to the test, though bassist Jay Robbins really began to stand out in the later Government Issue songs. It's possible to hear early rumblings of what would become his next (and equally influential) band -- Jawbox. Though they aren't as well known as Minor Threat, Black Flag, or even Dag Nasty, true East Coast Hardcore fans swear that few other bands were as pivotal as Government Issue.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Racetraitor</title>
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<category>Metalcore</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:14:36 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Intense political midwest hardcore. Quirky (almost math-rock-like) tempos, but still in the slower, heavier side of hardcore. Like sludge spewing from the facorties in Gary, IN. These guys are completely wrapped in controversy due to their politics.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Strife</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:07:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Screaming about personal and political struggle throughout the '90s, Strife is a crushing force of musical energy and positive intent. They mix Thrash guitar anthems, wicked Hardcore speed and chanting vocals as leaders in the Hardcore underground.
- Marc Kate]]></description>
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<title>Nora</title>
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<category>Metalcore</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:02:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pinwheeling, floor-punching, hoarse throated Hardcore with an uneven, jagged, gnarled metal edge. The guitars mostly maintain a slow and sludgy pace, but occasionally erupt into a crushing jackhammer, matching the brutality of the vocals.
- Rosemary Pepper]]></description>
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<title>Side By Side</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:14:36 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Damnation A.D.</title>
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<category>Metalcore</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:25:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When listening to these songs, brace yourself for a serious pounding. Damnation A.D.'s searing guitars hurt as much as peeing on an electric chair, and the band shows as much mercy as an executioner when it comes to dishing out the pain.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Endpoint</title>
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<category>Straightedge</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:51 -0700</pubDate>
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