Survival post new song and E.P pre-order

Manchester straight edge leaders, Survival have posted a second track from their impending E.P Spirit Unchained.

They will be releasing their new E.P on Carry The Weight Records and a link for the pre-order of the E.P can be found here.

After playing a few shows on the recent Terror tour, even more people will have had their eyes opened to how good this band are, and releasing the E.P via Carry The Weight will only enhance their good reputation.

The newest song to be put out, Bad News, is a NYHC influenced stomp-fest with one of the best riffs you’ll hear in 2012. If the rest of the E.P is upto the same standard this will be on constant play when I receive it.

Check the song out for yourself and see what you think:

Survival have also been added to the Sheffield date of the Down To Nothing UK shows, a link to that show can be found here.

Survival release new song + announce shows.

Manchester Hardcore band Survival have been dropping announcements all over the place recently.

As well as being announced as support for the Down To Nothing show in Sheffield on the 14th of December they have also been announced to play UK Edge Day and have released a new song; its been a busy few days.

Down To Nothing recently announced two UK shows for December with the ‘northern leg’ being played at the Broomhall Centre in Sheffield. Survival, Abyss and The Pact have been announced as support bands so far, the event page for that show can be found here.

As well as the Down To Nothing show, Survival have been announced to play UK Edge day on November 10th in London. Alongside them on this bill will be some of the best edge bands the UK has to offer, including Inherit, Iron Curtain, Abolition and the mighty Breaking Point.

The final piece of Survival news is that they released a new track from their upcoming E.P last night. Spirit Unchained is the title track of said E.P and sees Survival stick to the same formula that made their demo release such a popular one.

The pre-orders for the new E.P will be up soon, so keep an eye on the Surival Facebook page for updates on that. In the mean time have a listen to the new track and see what you think.

E.P Review: Broken Teeth – Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked

Broken Teeth are back with Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked, an E.P that is harder than before, darker than before and undeniably more pissed off than before.

Compared to previous material, everything about Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked seems to have been turned up a notch. The slow drum and guitar intro to title track Life Worry soon make way for a fast paced riff backed by the angry bark of vocalist Dale Graham who sounds more enraged than ever.

The pace continues into The Evil Eyes where the instrumental side of this E.P shine through hard, the guitars are razor sharp, throwing riffs out for the entirety, the drumming is hard especially the double kick that pounds away just before the whole song breaks down. The mosh part in this song is perhaps the best thing Broken Teeth have put out so far, if there aren’t obscene amounts of pitting going down when this is dropped live there is something seriously wrong.

Final track Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked is the best thing Broken Teeth have put out so far. No questions asked. The guest vocals from Tom Curry just add to the track and the playoff between his vocals and that of Dales work really well. Half way through the final track when everything crunches down there is no option but to mosh. The lyric “You stop, stand and stare at the gates of Hell” is spat out righteously before the band reign it all in, guitars trading riffs to set up one final assault.

All fans of UKHC should be checking this E.P out. Although it only weighs in at three tracks long, there is more than enough in it to keep you listening over and over again. Anyone aware of Broken Teeth will know how the band work and will be blown away by this, anyone new to the band, get involved and get to a gig.

Hopefully this is just a taste of what is to come from the band leading the charge within Manchester Hardcore.

You can catch Broken Teeth out on the Backtrack tour which hits the UK on the 20th of April in Cardiff.

Pick up the record at www.purgatoryrecords.bigcartel.com and support your scene.

Check out the track Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked on Soundcloud as well.

Purgatory Records On Top

If you don’t know of Purgatory Records by now then quite frankly you haven’t been paying any attention to the current UKHC scene. Hailing from South Wales and boasting bands such as Brutality Will Prevail, By My Hands, Broken Teeth, Frustration and More Than Life to name a few, Purgatory have been leading the game for a while now.

Yesterday the most recent crop of Purgatory releases dropped on the website – (www.purgatoryrecords.bigcartel.com) – they were the new Broken Teeth and Frustration E.Ps. Frustration have been holding the Dublin Hardcore Scene down for a while now and this new release is a massive step up in song writing and the track they’ve released so far is a 7 minute epic featuring guest vocals from Ajay of BWP.

The other track that dropped is the new song by Manchester Hardcore stalwarts, Broken Teeth. As usual they have put out a song that takes a 90s hardcore vibe and updates it to bring a modern mosh. If the rest of the E.P goes as hard as this it will be one to match The Seeker.

When I get my hands on these releases I will be getting reviews of both up on here so keep your eyes peeled.