1. LaGRECIA – On Parallels

2. HAVE HEART – Songs To Scream At The Sun

3. H2O – Nothing to Prove

4. CONDITIONS – S/T

5. GRAVE MAKER – Bury Me At Sea

In theory, I should be totally ecstatic about UNDERMINDED. Eleven Eleven, the band’s second full-length strongly identifies with the not-real genre of music of “metallic melodic hardcore.” Too heavy to roam in the land of melodic punk rock, but not quite brutal enough to run with the metallic hardcore bulls, UNDERMINDED manage to plug up [...]

There are some bands that I just click with after the first listen, and REMEMBERING NEVER is one of them. Loud, booming, chaotic, cathartic, and downright mean-spirited, this band toils with your emotions and twists them like brittle wood falling off a tree. In order to truely get the feeling of this band, pick up [...]

Screamy hardcore/metal from Long Island that sounds like it should have came out about ten years ago. The band’s got some sharp influences, as they (credibly) cite CAVE IN, SONS OF ABRAHAM, and V.O.D. as mile-markers for their tunes. Check out two impressive demos on their MySpace page.

Taking a slight turn away from Rivalry’s stock of impressive youth-crew inspired hardcore bands, RED HANDED shoot for something that comes down from the BLACK FLAG institution of disobedience and distortion. Wounds Remain is a 14 song platter of heavy-handed hardcore that draws inspiration from the dearly missed NERVE AGENTS and the buzzsaw thrash of [...]

Interview by Jordan A. Baker Although I’m not one for omens, I do consider signs of them. This was my fifth attempt to interview THURSDAY’s vocalist, Geoff Rickly. After lost emails, general chaos, failed interview schedules and so forth, I like HATEBREED had perserverance, and would not rest until I got my chance to speak [...]

An ambitious poster on the Bridge Nine board did a modern take on an old-school scene report by chronicling some of the best hardcore bands in San Diego. Head over here to find music links, and brief write-ups on such bands as TAKE OFFENSE, DOWN AGAIN, IMPULSE, COLD STARE, LIFE OR DEATH, LEWD ACTS, BUILT TO LAST, RETALIATE, and a bunch more.

Newly signed Think Fast! artists NO HARM DONE have added another new song from their upcoming full-length, Escape, to their MySpace page. The four-piece melodic punk/hardcore band will be on tour for the next three weeks, heading up and down the east coast. RIYL: STRIKE ANYWHERE, RYAN’S HOPE, GOOD RIDDANCE.