I wish I had time to review more hard-core. I seek some out, but when labels send it to me, it is often under produced and all sounds the same so often there is not a point of reference for me to start my search unless I am clicking around Bandcamp. I do keep my ears open, which put these guys in my lap asTodd Jones from Nails gave these guys props during his episode of "What's in My Bag". They play an almost rapped style of New York Hardcore. The opening track punches you in the guts but they do not feel as fresh with the punch they pack on "Jesus Bones". A great deal of this lies in the fact the vocalist is a one trick pony. "Echo of Nothing" finds a dissonance ringing out in some of the stompy chords. The chant of "Every Window/ deserves a brick " is a little more memorable than the delivery of the second song.
"Host/ Parasite" finds a more sonic rock n roll feel to some of the chords , though the bulk of the song is a double driven Slayer like assault on your ears. "Lie of Liberty" calls out cosplay soldiers. It has the obligatory break down like riffs punching at you, but I am listening for when they kick you with things you are not hearing from every other tough guy from NYC . The songs began to blur together by the time I got to "CTE", so I had to go back and give another listen. There is a Victory Records vibe in places when they get more metallic. The rapping is getting old for sure the more I delve into this . The drummer is pretty good, but four albums in he should be.
'Rats in the Cellar" is the last song that holds my attention it has a hooky enough groove to the riffs to carry the weight needed to compensate for the vocals. Other than that it fades into a bland pastiche honoring the regional sub-genre. I think even if you are into this sort of thing a 7 will be fair enough when it comes to how they keep the 90s alive here.
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