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If
there is a kind of hardcore that doesn’t leave me speechless
(and that’s usually a bad thing), then it is the kind of
hardcore that Coliseum makes. If hardcore had always been this
good then chances are I wouldn’t have been such a metalhead as a
young gun. Maybe it is that this Louisville, KY trio plays with
more passion than most hardcore bands. Because really, this
truly isn’t all that inventive. But gosh if this band’s latest
recording doesn’t crash and levels everything within sight I
don’t know what does. We can also blame part of their power and
spectacular songs on the half crusty/half Swedish guitar tone
that makes some of their songs so distinctive from the rest .
For instance, “Seven Cities” is by all means your typical
hardcore cut; built through bashing speed and beat you up
mentality it even turns its guitars through short sorta
breakdowns during which it just wails.
But is mostly
that No Salvation seems to wrap you tight in its dented
grooves and straight ahead brutality. The band certainly doesn’t
fuck around and the thirteen cuts included here headbutt you
from the start. The songs are intense with a one track mind as
far as the energy levels that are dropped and an invisible
backdrop as far as the subtle and catchy melodies. It’s like
expansive hardcore that makes no judgment on its influences.
“Interceptor” is indeed so rock and roll it almost sounds like a
more brutal version of Motorhead. The punk influence is also
more latent than in most hardcore bands. I am not trying to
compare the band against the rest of hardcore bands. But this is
simply better than all that chugga chugga shit. “Fall of the
Pigs” tears shit up. Killer speed and invigorating energy galore
make up for the take on hardcore after which most hardcore
combos looking for a future shall shape themselves after.
Coliseum has been perfecting their sound through numerous
records, No Salvation is their accomplishment. Blunt as
fuck.
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