24-7 Spyz – Heavy Metal Soul By The Pound – Review May 1, 1997 24-7 Spyz play some hard-hitting metal splashed with funk and ten tons of groove that cast all musical boundaries aside.
Cause for Alarm – Cheaters and the Cheated – Review April 1, 1997 This band is Pre-Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, and any other New York olde time band. You’ve heard of old school? Well, CFA is pre-school.
In Flight Program – Review April 1, 1997 This is the new 26-band compilation that marks Revelation’s 50th album release. Revelation really is the epitome of what do-it-yourself punk ideals can become.
Ignite – Past Our Means – Review February 1, 1997 I would love to see them on Late Show with David Letterman. They’re energetic, powerful, positive, and everything else that is good in hardcore today.
Downset – Do We Speak a Dead Language? – Review February 1, 1997 Their music is tighter and meaner, with the hardcore parts more hardcore, and the hip-hop parts more hip-hop.
Warzone – The Sound of Revolution – Review February 1, 1997 Eleven new tracks of fast, energetic, positive, straight-up, old school style New York hardcore played just right by the real McCoys.
Crown of Thornz – Mentally Vexed – Review February 1, 1997 The music is a perfect example of everything that was good in New York’s hardcore heyday; melodic, heavy, and influential.
Anti-Matter Compilation – Review February 1, 1997 Previously unreleased stuff from Quicksand, Supertouch, Farside, and Strife, as well as a live version of “Don’t Gotta Prove It” from CIV.
Deadguy – Screamin’ with the Deadguy Quintet – Interview February 1, 1997 An interview with drummer Dave Rosenberg