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The Suicide File

Twilight
Indecision (2003)

Even though adding metal and hardcore together is the newest equation for success, some bands are still keeping it real. A fine example of keeping it real is this album. At the same time that they are playing hardcore, they are adding new elements into make it sound different, but nothing too drastic. The vocals are nice, they are very strained and the every so often added mob back ups are nice for the overall flava. Read more

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The Suicide File

Twilight
Indecision (2003)

I consider myself at least somewhat picky when it comes to hardcore. At least, I don't jump at everything with … Read more

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At All Costs

Direction
Anti-H (2006)

There's an awkward goofiness to the Start Today album, or any of the first fifteen Revelation releases, that will always make them powerfully classic. None of the bands at the time really knew what they were doing both musically and culturally. These were just a bunch of bored kids, mostly in middle and high school, who felt alienated by their peer group and had enough tenacity to write songs about it. Almost everything after, with a few exceptions here and there, is merely a cheap attempt to rehash a sensation that can simply never be relived authentically. And this is why At All Costs fails as a hardcore band. This isn't to say they're a bad band, or that all current hardcore bands are attempting a youth crew revival, but … Read more

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