SHZine: metalcore

Friday, November 25, 2011

Haapoja - Hallitsematonta Voimaa

Haapoja - Hallitsematonta Voimaa
Independent

Haapoja come from Finland, a country known for their love of metal, and while they do deliver a driving, metallic slab of 'fuck you' on this demo, their sound is largely grounded in hardcore. Haapoja kind of remind me of older Converge, if that band had been more influenced by early Mayhem and Hellhammer more than say, Slayer. Either way, this demo is an energetic and vicious cacophony of blackened metallic hardcore just waiting to be headbanged to. Grab some Pilsner and get to it.

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Torchbearer - The Dirty Swagger

Torchbearer - The Dirty Swagger
All Ears Music

Charging out of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Torchbearer step up to the plate with some incendiary hardcore/noise rock meant to kick in teeth. Made up of members of past hardcore/metalcore outfits like Ensign, Low End Theory, For The Love Of, Hellhole, Nora, and Mother Night, Torchbearer manage to lovingly collide some of the best things 90's hardcore had to offer with some punchy, ear bursting moments of noise rock and metalcore ferocity.

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