Nothing says summer like a good fistfight Raw, metallic hardcore is an alien scene to me, but I can’t resist a peek once in a while. Compared to the focused frame of standard metal, where motifs and themes build on each other to amplifying effect, an injection of hardcore adds volatile instability, with breakdowns liable to toss out the established stratagems and throw a wild haymaker because you were cuttin eyes at it in the wrong way. The musical mixology that balances the elements can produce ragged results from wiry crossover scrappers to rep-pounding beatdown, and even the glass you … Continue reading Hardcore Is A Friendly Pummeling