Counterparts – Prophets
01.28.10 Reviews | by: Steve
Band: Counterparts
Album: Prophets
Year: 2010
Label: Verona Records
Myspace
Best Song: Goodbye, Megaton
Score: 8/10
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Counterparts is a 5 piece melodic hardcore band from Ontario, Canada. Canada has a rich history of hardcore bands such as Cursed, Silverstein, Alexisonfire, Cancer Bats, Comeback Kid, and now Counterparts are here to help carry on this legacy. Counterparts brings a lot to the table with their debut effort entitled Prophets, from the beginning until the end you are hit with punishing vocals, hard hitting riffs, and solid breakdowns.
Some Pedestrians – Blackbird
01.27.10 Reviews | by: Steve
Band: Some Pedestrians
Album: Blackbird
Year: 2010
Label: I For Us Records
Myspace
Best Song: Eleonore
Score: 6/10
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Some Pedestrians is a five-piece hardcore band out of Belgium. This band knows how to thrash it up and mix it up instrumentally. I can only imagine how insane their live shows must be.
Meleeh – To Live And Die Alone
01.24.10 Reviews | by: Jimmie
Band: Meleeh
Album: To Live And Die Alone
Year: 2010
Label: Black Star Foundation
Myspace
Best Song: What I Carry With Every Heartbeat
Score: 9/10
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“Hardcore as it should be played” – that’s what Meleeh have been embracing the last 6 years of their existence and till this very day they are still holding on to that statement like it was a matter of life or death. They are a hardworking band whose goal always has been to have albums that measure up to their live sound. Their albums are a bit political and sadden but also sore and tender to give their own persona to the music they create.
Alesana – The Emptiness
01.21.10 Reviews | by: Steve
Band: Alesana
Album: The Emptiness
Year: 2010
Label: Fearless Records
Myspace
Best Song: The Murderer
Score: 8/10
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First off let me just give you a tip about listening to this album—Listen to it in order! If you skip around or put in on random you will miss one of the beauties of this album, which is the story The Emptiness tells. Most Alesana fans already know this but I am just giving you a heads up.
Download The Entire Blue Duck Records Library
01.19.10 News | by: Steve
To celebrate their five year anniversary, Blue Duck Records is opening up their entire library for digital download for the next few days.
Living Sacrifice – Rules of Engagement Video
01.13.10 News | by: Steve
Onward to Olympas – This World Is Not My Home
01.13.10 Reviews | by: Steve
Band: Onward to Olympas
Album: This World Is Not My Home
Year: 2010
Label: Facedown Records
Myspace
Best Song: Unstoppable
Score: 8/10
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Onward to Olympas is a five-piece metalcore band out of North Carolina. Here is some metal from the south that is made extremely well. This is not your typical southern fried metal like Maylene & the Sons of Disaster but just some good old death/metalcore from down south. While This World Is Not My Home is not anything new in this genre, it is still very impressive and played extremely well.
