1. JAMEY JASTA – Jasta (Last time I said something less than sweet about HATEBREED on Twitter, the band was unappreciative of my commentary, so this time around, I merely note that “JASTA” appears twice in the name and title of this record…)

2. BURY YOUR DEAD – Mosh N Roll (BURY YOUR DEAD have never been a band to hide the ball…)

3. DIRECT HIT! – Domesplitter (Noisy, snotty, obnoxious pop-punk… like grandma used to make it)

4. IT PREVAILS – Stroma (Vastly underrated melodic hardcore band in the vein of STRONGARM and SHAI HULUD. Their best yet, and should definitely attract some new attention with them now being on Mediaskare).

5. LAST CALL – Stay On The Outside (Fast post-hardcore with scream/shout vocals; reminds me of BELOVED).

6. SOVEREIGN STRENGTH – The Prophecy (Slow-moving moshy core… would make the fellas in BURY YOUR DEAD proud)

7. MARIACHI EL BRONX – Mariachi El Bronx II (I’m still waiting for MARIACHI EL SICK OF IT ALL to get off the ground…)