Relapse Records: 25 Years of Contamination Comp (2015)

Genre: Metal of all shapes and sizes

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The sampler is a 'name your price' option on bandcamp, so you can get this all completely free and bandcamp has the same file transfer rate as zippyshare so you're good. I highly recommend 5 or 10 bucks for this. Relapse records puts out some consistently amazing music, it's a friendly nod to the guys who put together this kind of comp. I paid $6.66 so that I could say that here in this post all smugly.

Holy shit though, this is one hell of a compilation. This is 184 tracks of some of the most influential metal that's been put out. A lot of this stuff is what really got me into metal when I was younger, any self respecting hardcore or metal kid is gonna need to give this a listen, so do yourself a favor and check it out, I already did you the favor of formatting the tracklist. You literally have no excuse.

1. Mastodon – March Of The Fire Ants 04:25
2. Neurosis – Locust Star 05:48ou
3. Red Fang – Blood Like Cream 03:33
4. Baroness – Take My Bones Away 04:59
5. Torche – Loose Men 02:28
6. Nothing – Bent Nail 02:57
7. Death – Lack of Comprehension (Remaster) 03:43
8. Dying Fetus – Praise The Lord (Opium Of The Masses) 05:31
9. Nile – Sacrifice Unto Sebek 03:02
10. Exhumed – Open The Abscess 03:34
11. Obituary – Violence 02:06
12. Obscura – Vortex Omnivium 04:13
13. The Dillinger Escape Plan – 43% Burnt 04:31
14. Pig Destroyer – The Diplomat 02:56
15. Nasum – Doombringer 01:57
16. Repulsion – Acid Bath 01:30
17. High On Fire – Devilution 04:46
18. Lord Dying – A Wound Outside Of Time 03:11
19. Pentagram – Be Forewarned 03:59
20. Windhand – Woodbine 09:22
21. Royal Thunder – Forget You 05:20
22. Christian Mistress – Pentagram and Crucifix 03:49
23. ASG – Day’s Work 04:20
24. Toxic Holocaust – Awaken The Serpent 01:38
25. Iron Reagan – Miserable Failure 02:15
26. Amorphis – Better Unborn 05:52
27. Suffocation – Infecting The Crypts 04:38
28. Necrophagist – Only Ash Remains 04:11
29. Incantation – Golgotha 03:29
30. Origin – Algorithm 03:31
31. Skinless – The Optimist 05:42
32. Abysmal Dawn – In Service Of Time 04:48
33. Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Moral Distortion 02:00
34. Cephalic Carnage – Dying Will Be The Death Of Me 04:41
35. Today Is The Day – The Man Who Loves To Hurt Himself 04:06
36. Godflesh – Messiah 06:29
37. Genghis Tron – Things Don’t Look Good 03:35
38. Black Tusk – Bring Me Darkness 03:05
39. Bongzilla – Greenthumb 04:07
40. Cough – Crippled Wizard 06:49
41. Rwake – It Was Beautiful 11:44
42. Indian – Rhetoric Of No 06:18
43. Inter Arma – Destroyer 10:13
44. Unearthly Trance – Unveiled 07:03
45. Kingdom Of Sorrow – God’s Laws In The Devil’s Land 03:56
46. Minsk – White Wings 05:34
47. Primitive Man – Loathe 11:02
48. Nux Vomica – Reeling 11:52
49. Atriarch – Allfather 06:22
50. Mindrot – Burden 09:02
51. Morgion – Canticle 06:42
52. Alabama Thunderpussy – Motor Ready 04:21
53. 16 – Throw In The Towel 03:20
54. Harvey Milk – I Do Not Know How To Live My Life 06:09
55. Jucifer – L’autrichienne 05:00
56. Usnea – Random Cosmic Violence 14:43
57. Bloodiest – Pastures 04:28
58. Serpentine Path – Disfigured Collosus 05:58
59. Bedemon – Child Of Darkness 04:12
60. Howl – Jezebel 04:25
61. Anatomy Of Habit – Radiate and Recede 20:11
62. Culted – Illuminati 06:42
63. Nebula – Let It Burn 04:52
64. Mose Giganticus – The Great Deceiver 04:06
65. Birds Of Prey – Buttfucked With A Shotgun Barrel 03:39
66. Facedowninshit – NPON 04:19
67. Dukatalon – ZX 06:23
68. Hail!Hornet – Disperse The Curse 04:22
69. Rabbits – Burn, Sun, Burn 04:40
70. Zombi – Digitalis 04:39
71. Terminal Sound System – Ghost 07:32
72. True Widow – Creeper 05:50
73. Don Caballero – Railroad Cancellation 05:16
74. Broughton’s Rules – Reversers 03:50
75. Horseback – Invokation 06:44
76. Locrian – Eternal Return 02:51
77. Wolvserpent – Within The Light Of Fire 16:24
78. Titan – Wooded Altar Beyond The Wanderer 08:00
79. Publicist UK – I Wish You’d Never Gone To School 04:24
80. Dysrythmia – My Relationship 02:29
81. Brian Posehn – Metal By Numbers 04:18
82. The High Confessions – Chlorine and Crystal 09:35
83. Merzbow – Woodpecker No. 1 06:43
84. Chris Connelly – Compatibility 05:24
85. Circle Of Animals – Invisible War 05:12
86. Halo – Buried In Light 04:37
87. Subarachnoid Space – Square Wheels 09:12
88. Vverevolf Grehv – Year Zero 04:08
89. Myrkur – Nattens Barn 05:55
90. Tombs – Edge Of Darkness 05:28
91. Cryptic Slaughter – Money Talks 03:41
92. Black Anvil – Margin For Terror 03:52
93. Morbid Saint – Assassin 07:05
94. Num Skull – Ritually Abused 04:27
95. Dekapitator – Deathstrike Command 04:19
96. Rumpelstiltskin Grinder – Nothing Defeats The Skull 04:13
97. Weapon – Vanguard of the Morning Star 04:19
98. Adrenalin OD – Office Buildings 01:12
99. Parasytic – Feast Of Fools 02:24
100. Control Denied – Expect The Unexpected 07:16
101. Voivod – God Phones 05:07
102. Warpig – Flaggit 03:09
103. Deceased – Fading Survival 02:59
104. Disembowelment – The Tree of Life and Death 10:25
105. Inverloch – The Menin Road 06:21
106. Coffins – Here Comes Perdition 06:41
107. Hooded Menace – Effigies of Evil 05:35
108. Death Breath – Death Breath 02:55
109. Gruesome – Closed Casket (Demo) 03:49
110. Revocation – Dismantle the Dictator 03:57
111. Spawn of Possession – Where Angels Go, Demons Follow 05:38
112. Pan Thy Monium – The Battle of Geeheeb 11:55
113. Devourment – 50 Ton War Machine 04:16
114. Misery Index – The Carrion Call 03:46
115. Mortician – Chainsaw Dismemberment 02:39
116. Ulcerate – Confronting Entropy 06:30
117. Obliteration – Goat Skull Crown 04:40
118. Pyrrhon – Sleeper Agent 04:04
119. Convulse – World Without God 05:00
120. God Macabre – Spawn of Flesh 04:27
121. Daylight Dies – Unending Waves 07:05
122. Haemorrhage – Flesh Devouring Pandemia 01:48
123. Mortals – View from a Tower 06:49
124. Morta Skuld – …Of Evil 04:06
125. Nirvana 2002 – Zombiefication 02:37
126. Inevitable End – Embracing the Origin 04:28
127. Man Must Die – Kill it, Skin it, Wear it 04:18
128. Coldworker – The Interloper 02:38
129. Alchemist – Tongues & Knives 05:15
130. Graves of Valor – Bridles of Incitatus 03:25
131. Dead World – Lies 06:07
132. Brutal Truth – Dementia 02:04
133. Human Remains – Weeding Out The Thorns 02:37
134. Soilent Green – It Was Just An Accident 04:12
135. Rotten Sound – Self 01:23
136. Exit-13 – Ethos Musick 01:44
137. Phobia – Degrading Humanity 04:26
138. Weekend Nachos – Watch You Suffer 03:25
139. Cretin – It 02:13
140. Fuck The Facts – Drift 03:55
141. Fall Of The Void – Ageless 03:27
142. Regurgitate – Abducens Eminence 00:57
143. Cripple Bastards – Malato Terminale 02:44
144. Blockheads – Pro-Lifers 02:13
145. Columns – Punching Nancy Grace 01:45
146. Gadget – Requiem 01:12
147. General Surgery – Slithering Maceration Of Ulcerous Facial Tissue 01:11
148. Kill the Client – As Roaches 01:20
149. The Drip – Rise To Failure 02:13
150. Noisear – Global Warning 01:01
151. Liberteer – Build No System 01:34
152. Looking For An Answer – Campo De Exterminio 02:24
153. Mumakil – Without Grief 01:21
154. Murder Construct – Red All Over 02:02
155. Primate – Drinking And Driving 02:54
156. Abscess – Aching Meat 04:44
157. Agenda of Swine – Decimation Through World Trade 01:32
158. Anal Cunt – Some Songs 01:07
159. Antigama – Disconnected 01:14
160. Mammoth Grinder – Total Extinction 03:20
161. Criminal Element – Crime & Punishment 02:39
162. Benumb – Struggle On 01:19
163. Blood Duster – Porn Store Stiffie 01:33
164. County Medical Examiners – Necrotic Apologues 04:15
165. Flesh Parade – Backstabber 01:14
166. Leng T’Che – 1800 Apathy 03:08
167. Hemdale – Pus Filled Carcass 02:46
168. Coalesce – The Plot Against My Love 02:58
169. Burnt By The Sun – Dracula With Glasses 01:46
170. Burst – Cripple God 06:42
171. Disrupt – A Life’s A Life 02:07
172. Disfear – Get it Off 03:17
173. Ringworm – Hammer Of The Witch 03:22
174. Unsane – Committed 02:41
175. Zeke – Long Train Runnin’ 01:39
176. Genocide Superstars – Hatestomp 03:08
177. Coliseum – Defeater 02:01
178. Buried Inside – Time As Ideology 03:14
179. The End – Throwing Stones 03:29
180. Ultramantis Black – Biomonster DNA 01:12
181. Unkind – Laumasielut 03:35
182. Car Bomb – M^6 02:15
183. Uphill Battle – Ripped Off Face 03:29
184. Hero Destroyed – That’s An Axe 03:27

Caravan - Chaos Is Ours (2014)

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Genre: Chaotic Hardcore

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"Combining chaos and emotion fueled melodic hooks, Caravan is a force to be reckoned with. Their first release, Chaos is Ours, gives you a taste of what they're capable of.

Kicking it off with 'Vow', the band makes a bold statement. Take an agressive intro, combine it with some groove, soothe the pain with some melody and top it off with a sludgy outro. 

Next up is Young and Forgotten. This track combines two tracks: an elevating melodic part, smashed to smithereens by it's chaotic brother The End. This shift between the two personalities of Caravan keeps the music from getting boring.

In Dahlia, the band leaves alone the chaos. This emotional serenade is a welcome resting point throughout the EP.

No Sleep shows band hasn’t forsaken its roots. This straight-on hardcoretrack, obligatory breakdown included, keeps the EP going with its relentless speed. Nonetheless, the band never fails to make it its own.

Chaos is Ours is without a doubt Caravans strongest track off of this release. In this song Caravan shows their true identity. Hard-hitting, groovy, chaotic and schizophrenic: they’ve kept the best for last.

Schizophrenia never sounded better."

I feel the same way, get into this.

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Flood Hardcore: All releases (Continents. , GTTRS, The Homeless, Crows-An-Wra, Midnight Souls, The Cold Harbour)

Flood Floorshows/Hardcore is one of the most promising and genuine labels we have here in Belgium. So when they gave me the green light to post their releases I was beyond stoked. So please check out these bands and their music, Flood has an eye for passionate hardcore and I know most of the people visiting this blog do to. Let's get to it!

They have some other sweet releases on their Bandcamp page (http://floodhc.bandcamp.com/) too. Go and support this awesome label any way you can, and maybe just start by liking them on Facebook and being kept up to date with all the cool things they do. Voila, FACEBOOK

FLOOD01: Continents. - ...And Silence Anchored Our Feet In Granite

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I loved Contintents. since the very beginning of this band and everyone who has been following the blog over the years knows this. When their debut EP came out I was playing this thing all the damn time. Anyway, this is their second release and it pretty much picks up right where the previous thing stopped. Emotive and heartfelt screamo, but they stepped things up a notch, anyway if you're into the genre this is pretty flawless.

FLOOD02: GTTRS - Sunlit World

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GTTRS were a dark hardcore band from Antwerp, who managed to get quite some recognition in their short lived time as a band. They find a mix between dragging, heavy and dark riffs and a touch of melody, which is a pretty working combination. Anyway, they disbanded a while ago and they are all working on some new music. Some of them formed Caravan, their EP will be posted some time soon.

FLOOD03: The Homeless - In Loving Memory Of What Could Have Been

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The Homeless, hailing from Hamme, play a very emotive kind of hardcore / screamo that'll hit you right in the guts with their powerful lyrics. To me they sound like a kind of old school More Than Life, but that's for you to decide. This is their first full length, and it's something a fan of honest and heartfelt music can't pass by. They're touring quite a bit in the near future so if you see their name on a poster somewhere near you, go out and take a look.

FLOOD04: Crows-An-Wra - s/t

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Genre: Skramz Screamo

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You all remember Crocus right ? And Ravachol ? Both were some damn kick ass bands from a few years ago, if you had no idea then go and check that out since they're pretty amazing. Anyway, what we have here is a best of both worlds thing, members of the previously mentioned bands came together to form Crows-An-Wra and some sweet music. The genre description says it all, it's 5 tracks of original and refreshing stuff.

FLOOD05: Midnight Souls - Always

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I certainly hope these guys don't need any introduction. They were one of the nicest and most passionate melodic hardcore bands that ever came out of Belgium. Here we have their last track ever recorded, and man, did they go out with a bang. 

FLOOD06: Continents.- In Streams Of Light Doth Linger

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I've said it before and I'll say it again, this band continues to blow my mind. This three track EP manages to be their best yet, and I found their demo EP to be flawless. They keep on killing it with sweet melodies that mange to be haunting at the same time, great lyricism (!) and just a strong and coherent overall vibe. 

FLOOD07: The Cold Harbour - Seasons

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Everyone who has been on this blog or just listenend / showed interest in the melodic branch of hardcore in general should know about this band. Ever since their debut release they have been pretty much flawless. They're almost always on the road too so there really is not a single excuse you can give me as to why you don't know all about these dudes already. So, I mentioned them being pretty much flawless on their debut, well, on their latest release called "Season" they just are. Really, I can't give any complaints other than it's only four songs long and they had me wanting more. 

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Hessian - Manegarmr (2013)

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Genre: Hardcore 

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Thanks to mantis for the link to this great display of what belgian bands are capable of doing. Take notes!

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Depressing - Life Just Gets Worse (2013)

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Genre: (Melodic) Hardcore

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Depressing is a band from Vancouver, Canada who formed in 2011.  Depressing features members of Baptists and Burning Ghats, so you know you're in for something top notch right off the bat. As implied by the band name, Depressing play dark, metallic, and crust tinged style of  hardcore/punk

this album is amazing, just get it.  

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No Omega - Shame (2013)

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This band and release doesn't need any introduction I hope. Amazing work.

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GTTRS - Sunlit World EP (2012)

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"Gttrs are four young dudes making desperate, passionate and in your face darkish hardcore. These five songs lay the foundation for what they're capable of, since the new songs take those and use them to go a more furious and "kick-in-your-face" path (but you'll have to wait a bit longer to hear those since they aren't released yet). Anyway, this is a band I'd like you to keep an eye on; they manage to find a balance between dark and heavy and then all of a sudden beautiful melodies are incorporated out of the blue, but this works. This EP shows the potential these guys have, so keep your eye open for new work (hopefully soon) and in the meantime listen to this to hold you over. I feel like if you're into bands like Grieved and Runes for example you'll like this too."

Couldn't have said this better. Check it out!

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Rot In Hell - Termini Terrae EP (2013)

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New Rot In Hell, that's never a bad thing.

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Children Of God - We Set Fire To The Sky (2013)

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Children Of God managed to capture my attention back on the great split they did with Seven Sisters Of Sleep, I kind of lost track of these dudes untill I saw this one. The progress they made is quite spectacular so if you were into the split you'll sure as hell love this one.

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Full Of Hell / Calm The Fire - Split EP (2012)

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Genre: Hardcore / Punk

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I have no idea how the guys from Elementary Revolt got this, but hey, they have it so that's most important right. "Full Of Hell take a more thrash/powerviolence approach this time out with two out of three of their songs lasting no more than forty seconds.  Full Of Hell give nods to bands such as Lack Of Interest, Weekend Nachos, and Iron Lung with these three songs.  The band's trademark experimentation with electronic/noise is still here as well.  Calm The Fire's three songs are equally as impressive as well.  Calm The Fire offer up three songs of blackened, metallic, and crust flavored hardcore influenced by bands such as Cursed, Integrity, From Ashes Rise, and The Holy Mountain.  Killer 7", to say the least.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!"

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Young and In the Way-I Am Not What I Am (2011)

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Alright, so if you like Full of Hell or anything Dark Hardcore that has substantial Black Metal influence, you'll definitely be down with this. I'm slow on shit and you all probably have this, but oh well!

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Mammoth Grinder - 7" (2012)

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Genre: Dark Hardcore 

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Mammoth Grinder are an awesome band from texas playing fast dark'ish hardcore with death metal influences. On top of that it's groovy as fuck so if you're into bands like Hatred Surge, Mind Eraser, Weekend Nachos,.. you should probably give this a listen!

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No Omega-Metropolis (2012)

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So I'm sure you guys probably grabbed their EP whenever it came out, and it was fucking glorious but has nothing on this. This entire thing rules so much and I love their sound. GET TO IT.

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Nigh-S/T (2012)

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The term Dark Hardcore seems kind of silly but I see a lot of things like this labeled that so I figured I'd use it more often for things that fit. I've been on a kick for this kind of music recently with bands like Full of Hell, Nails and Heartless and this is pretty much the same formula. Enjoy.

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I Want You Dead - AΩ 7" (2012)

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Genre: (Dark) Hardcore

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Band submission, these dudes are from Greece and play some raging (dark) hardcore. They change their more down tempo parts up with faster and more aggresive moments, and it all works pretty well for them. They have this fun, dragging sound that'll have you headnodding along quite instantly, maybe it's those Black Metal influences they mentioned. Anyway, this is a cool release by a band that has a lot of potential, a small remark might be that I sometimes don't get the agressiveness that I expected when they changed the tempo, but that might just be me. 

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Hang The Bastard / Brotherhood Of The Lake - Split EP (2011)

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Genre: Hardcore / Doom / Metal

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Any Hang The Bastard does is awesome to me so I was anticipating this split quite a lot. Offering was leaked before this came out and that one was a banger, and it assured me HTB were gonna rip this like they always do. I proved to be right, Crossjoint is one hell of a track : a slow; down tempo track that steadily build up to a climax that has you wanted to just march through your house and trash everything. Brotherhood Of The Lake is a band i'm not familiar with, they had this split with bastions which I liked but besides that they're fairly new to me. They manage to surprise me quite a bit, i'm not really sure how i feel abou them yet but they make some pretty heavy music and I think it might grow on me. Anyway, great split - you need this in you life instantly. Thanks to Morgan for sharing the link!

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Alpinist / Masakari - Split EP (2011)

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Genre: Hardcore 

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Wanted to post a Masakari discography but saw this release was lost when we got taken down, it's one of the best (if not THE best) split's that came out this year. I knew Alpinist for quite some time but was new to Masakari and man they managed to impress me so much with this release. I could give you a detailed write up of the split but the people at CVLT Nation gave this a pretty accurate one so i'm just going to link the one they wrote : HERE

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Goldust / Juggernaut - Split EP (2011)

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Genre: Hardcore / Dark Hardcore

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I have to admit I never heard of Juggernaut before this split (apparently they released a demo in 2009) so Goldust  was the band that got me to check this out (and the awesome artwork). Juggernaut gets to kick this split off with three tracks of furious hardcore topped with solos, awesome riffing, good vocals and shitloads of energy. After on track they already convinced me these guys are one hell of a band to watch! They take the slower approach on their second track/interlude and go for some spheric melodies to top it and it all works out great but as it turns out it's just a sick of a build up to their final track where they go all out and produce a  masterpiece of a dark'ish heavy hardcore track! Now on to Goldust, they take the build up approach too on their first track which isn't a bad thing at all because it's something I always kind of love and thise one has this "marching" feel (at least that's how i feel about it) to it. But the thing that made me actually post this is isn't all of the previous greatness but their track "worldgaeze", man, this track is just incredibly fantastic. It has been on repeat for the past week and I'm not even close to tired of it, they got these awesome "screechy" guitars in there combined with the vocals and the tension-creating drums and all. Man i love this track and just this split as a whole, a must have!

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Daggers - Euphoria (2011)

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Damn these dudes made some major progress since the last time i gave them a listen, this is quite fantastic actually. Thanks a lot to Perception Through Dissonance for the link by the way.

“Daggers hails from Brussels with a sound akin all the best, most tonally satisfying parts of Breach, November Coming Fire and Bastions - Daggers deliver an almost retro sounding rock’n’roll played through a dirty modern hardcore context. A dark and uncompromising sound . ”

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Black Haven - Harmbringer (2011)

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New release by our fellow-belgians Black Haven, they play some fast and angry dark'ish hardcore. Anon, thanks again!

 

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