Mercy Brown’s debut album is a sledgehammer of a release. This Washington based band clearly aren’t keen to mess around; while not always the easiest of listens, this first full-length comes loaded with riffs the size of juggernauts, a production value so entrenched in bottom end that even the biggest riffs sound bigger still and their pneumatic rhythmic assault that’s like being repeatedly slapped in the mouth. They’re very much advocates of metal with a capital M and appear to have no time for the moulded and more mainstream bands that have so often filled the metal TV channels like Scuzz during the previous couple of years before this release.
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Dance Gavin Dance: US tour dates
Metalcore/post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance have a run of US live dates upcoming in support of their soon to be released LP ‘Instant Gratification’. All confirmed dates are listed below.
Cancer Bats announce dates for 2015 tour
Hardcore punk/metalcore band Cancer Bats have confirmed a huge run of dates for a 2015 tour. Stretching from March until May, the Canadian band will visit various countries with Until She Sleeps and Exalt. All confirmed dates are listed below.
Genovia Forever update EP material
In the summer of 2014, hardcore punk band Genovia Forever released their debut EP ‘Shut Up & Listen!‘. Their sound was raw but their energy immense.
A few months on, they’ve now re-recorded most of that EP material with a few new tracks. It’s still got that necessary rawness, but on the newer recordings, some of the vocals are more audible and the bass is bigger. The new recordings tie in with live dates in the US, the remaining dates of which are listed below.
THROUGH THORN AND BRIER – Good Grief EP
Through Thorn and Brier is a band made up of four musicians from New Jersey who claim their key influences and interests are “pizza” and “filth”. Although billed as crust/hardcore punk, their music rarely takes the speedy grindcore or powerviolence route of their closer contemporaries. Where most are content with thrashing out minute long bursts of noise paying homage to the likes of Discharge and F-Minus, Through Thorn and Brier take far longer to get their point across, preferring instead to throw down long, grinding metallic riffs, served up with a slightly raw garage punk production value. On this EP, the mix of styles serves them well.