FFO: Four
Year Strong and A Day To Remember
Website: http://www.myspace.com/hereweghost#!
Monday, April 23, 2012
Here We Ghost – Old Habits Die Hard
Heights – Dead Ends
FFO: Architects,
Dead Swans and Gallows
Website: http://www.facebook.com/weareheights
Heights – The Land, The Ocean, The Distance
Heights are
a post hardcore/metalcore band out of Britain. I don’t really listen to
too many bands like Heights but I thoroughly enjoyed this EP. The only problem I
have with this is that there are no physical copies (this EP was put up for
free download by the band and I can’t find the link) and this EP is way too
short.
I caught
Heights when they toured Australia
and even supported them in my band at the time. They are extremely passionate
live band and these recordings don’t really do them justice. They are all round
nice guys as well to top it off. Check this band out.
FFO: Architects
Website: http://www.facebook.com/weareheights
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Her Nightmare – Come Anarchy, Come Ruin
Not much
has changed between ‘No Heaven, No Hell’ and ‘Come Anarchy, Come Ruin’. More of
the same heavy hardcore with plenty of breakdowns to mosh to.
FFO: Samara,
Shot Point Blank and Day of Contempt
Her Nightmare – No Heaven, No Hell
Mosh heavy
hardcore with plenty of breakdowns.
FFO: Samara,
Shot Point Blank and Parkway Drive
Her Nightmare – Her Nightmare
2003 self
titled EP from Melbourne’s
Her Nightmare. Early 00’ mosh hardcore with breakdowns released by Sightline
Records. The artwork for this EP is absolutely horrible.
FFO: Samara
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys - Part II
German power
metal from 1988 packed full of riffs, solos and pretty cheesy.
FFO: Blind
Guardian and Iron Maiden.
Headless Horsemen – Unconscious On Arrival 7” (black / ???)
Headless
Horsemen were a shortlived hardcore band from Hornsby, Sydney with members of Meataxe,
Fistful, Dot Dot Dot and Nintendo Police. Raw, fast and thrashy with a
distinctive Australian feel. Released via Gash Records. Good stuff.
Hell Money – I (26/100)
Hell Money come
from South Wales and play punk rock with a
touch of hardcore thrown in. I knew nothing of them before reading an interview
with them in Jerk Store #10 (quality zine worth checking out). Members of Hell
Money are involved in other bands including Struck A Nerve, Little Red
Ambulance, Hunger Artist, A Thousand Arrows and Goodtime Boys, all of which I have
absolutely no clue who they are. They also booked a DIY tour of Australia,
which I unfortunately missed due to not finding out about it until the tour had
ended.
I’m growing
to this EP quite abit.
Website: http://hellmoney.bandcamp.com/
Hellogoodbye – When We First Met 7” (beer bottle / ???)
This is mygirlfriend’s 7”. I guess Hellogoodbye are maturing by stepping away from the
key boards and now writing boring ‘indie’ songs.
Hellogoodbye – Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
Full length
from 2006. Off kilter pop rock/punk with a shit tonne of auto tune. This is
really fucking annoying.
FFO: 3OH!3
Hellogoodbye – Hellogoodbye
Debut EP
from 2004. Off kilter pop rock/punk. Not a fan of this. I’m going to listen to
Reggie and the Full Effect instead.
FFO: Reggie
and the Full Effect
Heavens – Patent Pending
This is a kind
of depressing record. A collaboration between Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and
Josiah Steinbrick or F-Minus.
I picked
this up after hearing ‘Another Night’ on a compilation, and ‘Another Night’ is
probably the best song on this album.
FFO: Alkaline
Trio and Brand New
Heartsounds – Until We Surrender LP (clear turquoise /255)
I’ve slowly
found these songs becoming stuck in my head. During the day at work I find myself
humming these songs, I’ve found myself selecting their records to listen to
more and more.
Heartsounds
come from San Francisco
and play fast and techy modern day punk rock with a male/female dynamic. Heartsounds
were formed out of the ashes of Light This City (Laura Nichol and Ben
Murray’s metal band).
‘Until We Surrender’
was released through both Epitaph (CD) and Creator Destructor (vinyl). The
vinyl looks great. A glossy gatefold jacket with amazing artwork by Black Axe
(as usual) and clear turquoise wax, limited to 255.
My girlfriend, Jade, has this LP on pink, which is also
limited 255. Together we have both colours of the first press.
Heartsounds are also playing Fest 11 this year, which Jade
and I are attending. Very excited!
FFO: Strung
Out and A Wilhelm Scream
Heathens – Heathens
Dark and
pissed off hardcore with plenty of sludge. Coming fromRichmond, VA and featuring
ex and current members of Bracewar, Down To Nothing
and Cast Aside.
FFO: Integrity,
Eyehategod, Mind Eraser
Heathen – Breaking The Silence
1987 debut
from first wave Bay Area thrash metalers Heathen. This is some solid
heavy metal thrash. Great riffs, memorable vocals and solos aplenty.
I am a casual listener of thrash so don’t grill me on my FFO
too hard.
FFO: Iron
Maiden, Annihilator and Blind Guardian
Hear The Sirens – Lets Say All The Things We Never Said Before
Mixing pop
punk and melodic punk rock together to make a pretty decent EP.
Worth
checking out.
FFO: No
Trigger, Crime In Stereo and Polar Bear Club
Website: http://hearthesirens.bandcamp.com/
Hear The Sirens – Rebel Hearts Lost
Hear The
Sirens play pop punk with an edge. The songs on this full length are passionate
and sincere, backed with a fast tempo. All round pretty enjoyable.
FFO: No
Trigger, Strike Anywhere and Polar Bear Club
Website: http://hearthesirens.bandcamp.com/
Headaches – Headaches
Queensland’s
Headaches play melodic punk rock at its best. This Self titled album/EP provides
us with three new songs and the five songs from the demo via Arrest Records. I
wish more people knew about this band.
Get this and sing a long.
FFO: The Gifthorse, Lifetime and Kid Dynamite
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Headaches - Demo
Being a big fan of The Gifthorse it’s only natural to have an
unhealthy love for Headaches. Featuring current and ex members of The
Gifthorse, Against, Army Of Champions, Reach Out and Values Here, Brisbane’s Headaches fill
the void that Gifthorse left when they broke up. Melodic punk rock at its best.
If anyone has a hardcopy of this that they are willing to
let go, let me know.
FFO: The Gifthorse and Kid Dynamite
Haymaker – Haymaker
Angry,
bitter and full of hate. This is stripped down, back to basics hardcore that
will rip you apart with no hesitation.
Great artwork
by Pushead.
FFO: Integrity, Left For Dead and His Hero Is Gone
Haymaker – Love The Music, Hate The Kids
Pissed as hell
and out for blood. Fast, no bullshit hardcore.
FFO: Integrity, Left For Dead and His Hero Is Gone
Haymaker – Fuck America
Blazing and
raw hardcore drenched in hatred from Canada and a cover of Anthrax’s ‘Caught
In A Mosh’. This scares the shit outta me. I like it.
FFO: Integrity and Left For Dead
Have Heart – Songs To Scream At The Sun
Have Heart
take everything up a notch with ‘Songs To Scream At The Sun’. The raw passion and
emotion, the quality of the song writing, the messages, the lyrics, everything.
This is an intense listen. You need this.
FFO: Bane, Verse
and Shipwreck AD
Website: http://www.myspace.com/haveheart
The Haverchucks - Demo
The Haverchucks
come from Richmond, VA and play pop punk in the vein of The
Ramones. What is not to love? And it gets even better! You can find this demo
up for free download at Death To False Hope Records. Just download it. You won’t
regret it.
FFO: Teenage Bottlerocket, Off With Their Heads and The
Copyrights
Have Nots – Serf City USA
Hailing
from Boston,
The Have Nots combine punk with ska to create no frills ska punk from the
streets.
FFO: Rancid, Suicide Machines and The Flatliners,
Website: http://havenotsboston.com/
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Have Heart – The Things We Carry
Straight
edge hardcore at its best directly from Boston,
Massachusetts. ‘The Things We
Carry’ is a raw and emotional full length carrying powerful messages. Intelligent
lyrics and every chord incites a fury of excitement.
FFO: Bane, Verse
and Champion
Website: http://www.myspace.com/haveheart
Have Heart – What Counts
Have Heart
are/were a breath of fresh air. There is a sincere conviction in their songs
and their messages. Released in 2004, ‘What
Counts’ is an extremely passionate version of traditional hardcore but with a
new twist.
FFO: Bane, In
My Eyes and Champion
Website: http://www.myspace.com/haveheart
The Haunted – Revolver
The fourth
album by The Haunted, released in 2004. Peter Dolving is back on vocals.
Both Dolving and Aro (who fronted on the previous album One Kill Wonder) have a
similar hardcore vocal style. As with One Kill Wonder, I thought this album was
OK. I’m not going out of my way to search for any Haunted material.
FFO: Slayer
and At The Gates.
Website: http://www.the-haunted.com/
The Haunted – One Kill Wonder
The third album
by Swedish metal band The Haunted. Released in 2003. Aggressive riffs and
hardcore oriented vocals. This is ok. Not great. Just ok.
FFO: Slayer
and At The Gates.
Website: http://www.the-haunted.com/
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Harmony – Harmony LP (black ???/250)
Beautiful and depressing tracks in minor. Limited to 250
copies, this is Harmony’s debut full length. 11 ballads that bury themselves
deep into your soul.
Hats Off, Gentlemen – We Broke Ribs
5 piece Hessian
screamo/skram from Vancouver.
I downloaded this from Asshole Music for Asshole People. I can’t find too much out
about this band aside from them having an amazing live show.
FFO: La
Dispute and Calculator
Hatebreed – The Rise of Brutality
Beatdown
central. This was made to crush you.
FFO: Sick Of
It All, Terror and Earth Crisis
Website: http://www.hatebreed.com/
Hatebreed – Perseverance
The beatdowns
continue with Hatebreed’s second album.
FFO: Madball,
Terror and Earth Crisis
Website: http://www.hatebreed.com/
Hatebreed – Satisfaction is the Death of Desire
Debut full
length from 1997. Mixing in your face hardcore and the brutality of metal to
produce a confronting and tough sound. I overlooked Hatebreed in the past but I’m
starting to warm to them.
FFO: Madball,
Terror and Earth Crisis
Website: http://www.hatebreed.com/
Hard Luck – Dead End
Canberra city hardcore. Short and fast. Good stuff.
FFO: Jungle
Fever, Battletruk and Extortion
Hard Luck – What Went Wrong
Short songs
played fast and hard and pissed. Hardcore from Canberra. These guys have broken up.
FFO: Jungle
Fever, Faux Hawks and Outbreak
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