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I Like Hardcore Music. Do You Like Hardcore Music? - SAM, YOU MUST POST!
spoon_of_grimbo:
that sounds awesome to me mate! actually, you mention HIFH, that reminds me of a band from a similar sorta era/scene who i should upload at some point, Frank Turner's old band Million Dead.
here's the stuff i promised earlier:
The Ghost of a Thousand - "This Is Where the Fight Begins" (2007)
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British punk'n'roll injected hardcore, from the same scene as Gallows, but without the posturing and hype. Fans of the Bronx's earlier, heavier stuff will love this. They've got a new album coming out soon on Epitaph, and judging by the new song on their myspace, it's gonna be good!
Hüsker Dü - "Zen Arcade"
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Hüsker Dü's last album as a hardcore punk band, before they moved towards a more alternative-rock sound, but still not your typical hardcore fare. Full of weird experimental twitches (not to mention 14minute-long feedback-drenched instrumental closer "Reoccuring Dreams"), this is an epic piece of work.
Blacklisted - "Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God" (2008)
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I bought this purely on the basis that the artwork looks awesome (and it really does; both the cover and the inner liner notes have some of the most brilliant, moody artwork, and it fits well with the music), but it turned out to be a short, but explosive blast of contemporary hardcore, completely devoid of cliches, and full of passion.
Drive Like Jehu - "Yank Crime" (1994)
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An intricate, heavy, pissed-off, varied bulldozer of feral post-hardcore/math-rock. Proper classic, and it's got John Reis (of Rocket from the Crypt/Hot Snakes/Night Marchers) and Rick Froberg (Hot Snakes/Obits) on guitars and vocals, so you KNOW it's gonna be good!
Glass and Ashes - "Glass and Ashes" (2008)
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The heavier bits are like Drive Like Jehu being burned alive whilst being sandblasted to fuck in a desert storm, whereas the more restrained parts harness the eeriness and atmosphere of post-metal, without the excessively drawn-out song structures. Brutal (NOT br00tal) throughout, and easily my favourite album of 2008.
Ghostlimb - "Bearing and Distance"
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The band describe themselves as "massively pissed-off hardcore," and this is about right, although despite the throat-scraping vocals, there's a lot of melody to be found here in the guitar parts, and the very clean production actually adds to the impact.
Thrillho:
Man, you have no idea how hard I've tried to find the Million Dead albums in shops. I only have 'Breaking The Back' on my PC because it's such an amazing song. Frank Turner was a clever dude. Not many bands out there referencing Turin in the middle of their lyrics.
iamiam:
I am not super into hardcore. I usually just am not angry enough for it?
I can tell you what I am into though. Conor Oberst's soulful eyes. Yeah I know, I know. Bright Eyes sucks etc etc. But this is the hardcore thread so that is not what I am here to talk about.
Is Desaparecidos an acceptable contribution? I hope so because they were pretty good.
Desaparecidos - Read Music / Speak Spanish
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spoon_of_grimbo:
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid on 03 May 2009, 15:24 ---Man, you have no idea how hard I've tried to find the Million Dead albums in shops. I only have 'Breaking The Back' on my PC because it's such an amazing song. Frank Turner was a clever dude. Not many bands out there referencing Turin in the middle of their lyrics.
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i think "harmony no harmony" is still pretty widely available on stuff like amazon.co.uk (that's where i got it, if i remember rightly), but "a song to ruin" is drastically out of print. i actually emailed the record label and they've got no intention of re-releasing it yet. i ripped mp3s off a mate's CD- he was savvy enough to get into the band earlier than me and bought it when it came out. but yeah, frank's a pretty great lyricist. i remember hearing "this air conditioned life has had me gasping for some reeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaal conversation" blaring out of the TV when the "breaking the back" video first started getting airtime and thinking "well, THAT's different!" even his simpler style in his solo stuff is still full of cool wordplay.
Chad K.:
I am more into the later hardcore stuff that came out in the 90's. Not interested in a purist "this is hardcore and that isn't' deabte. Just sayin' these are good records-
Refused "Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent" - Stylistic swedish hardcore record. Very influential, although not nearly as acclaimed as "Shape of Punk to Come" (which I think is probably not a hardcore record, despite some of the influence still left over in the songs).
Snapcase "Progression Through Unlearning" - This is just an amazing album, with some great twin guitar work and killer drums.
(Very odd snare drum sound on this album. It sounds like a piccolo snare tuned low, and he hits it on almost every 2 and 4 so that it's like having a metronome through the whole record).
One.King. Down. "Gravity Wins Again" - One of the earlier "metalcore" bands. Occasionally too metal, but good nonetheless.
Drowningman "How They Light Cigarettes In Prison," and "Rock N Roll Killing Machine" - Chaotic but much more focused than a Dillinger Escape Plan/Botch, etc. Really dark sense of humor and some of the most hilarious song titles ever. (e.g. "If God Loves A Winner He's Going to Want to Fuck Me In A Minute" and "Last Week's Minutes From teh Secret Society of Your Friends Who Actually Hate You.")
Dillinger Escape Plan- Arguably, this is stretching the label; although I always saw them touring with hardcore bands. Definitely the early stuff had the same vocal delivery, but the jazz interludes and total odd-meter stuff was sooo different. Hate the new record.
Hopesfall- "The Frailty of Words". I believe almost all of the band on this album has since quit making them almost unrecognizable, but this was a great album, Christian lyrical content aside. This was the first time I heard traditional hardcore blended with the 90's indie-rock emo style of bands like sunny day. I have a shirt form this tour that the singer gave me after a show. They were unbelievable intense live. At one point, a guest vocalist put a mic IN HIS MOUTH and ran out into the pit while screaming.
Coalesce - Great live band.
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