With most of the old lineup gone, it’s been left to guitarist/vocalists Thalia Zedek and Chris Brokaw to keep the fire stoked, and they leave no hair unsinged.
Had they stuck with it, they would be mentioned in the same breath as Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, and Bold as fondly remembered straight-edge strongholds.
Heartwork makes Swansong look like a limp dick. Carcass chose not to further their technical abilities, but to rehash every Maiden and Priest riff available.
A sort of supergroup to redefine the fun and edge of hardcore. The result is eight songs of straight-forward, energetic, uplifting hardcore for the kids.
The noise was hypnotic. It sounded almost orchestral. The drums sounding like trumpets. Krz and Brett, their hair sweaty & stringy, looked like swamp creatures.
Astoundingly deft – no matter what mongrel genre catches his eye or what babble-of-the-gods trope trips off his lip, he always keeps one foot in the groove.