DODSFERD
Cursing Your Will to Live
(Moribund)

THE WARRIORS
Genuine Sense of Outrage
(Victory)

CRUSHING THE
GRINDCORE
TRADEMARK
3-Way Split
(BlastAsFuk)

BLUT AUS NORD
Odinist
(Candlelight)

CREATURE FEATURE
The Greatest Show Unearthed
(Sumerian)

FACE THE PANIC
The Reclamation 

(Reaper)

PHASED
Medications

(Elektrohasch)

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Powerful is not a word I like to throw around when judging a record release by Victory. But this band has its merits. In most cases powerful would still be a bit of an exaggeration; mostly because California’s The Warriors make the kind of hardcore that gets me napping faster than a full bottle of barbiturates. But this sextet is somewhat gracious; more flexible in its approach this quintet is maker and owner of jumpy vibes and a very accomplished vocal element. Seriously, if all hardcore bands could make a song as good, immediate and catchy as “Life Grows Cold” then who knows, maybe I would have been more of a hardcore head. Not to offend anyone, but I’d love it if a band as good as this one embraced a more metallic side and added some guitar solos. The Warriors would rip asses worldwide then. But yeah, ok, a few lines lower. I guess I am convinced, Genuine Sense of Outrage is actually quite powerful.

Plus, any hardcore band that can get someone as great as Motorhead’s Lemmy to do a cameo has my eternal blessings. No kidding “Price of Punishment” is another scorcher. Great melodies, no silly and formulaic breakdowns, but the gravely voice of Lemmy adding the chorus and causing me to scratch my head until my scalp bleeds. My question would be, what did you Lemmy Kilmister saw in these guys as worthy of your time?  The key to The Warriors success is here; their riffs borrow freely from hard rock. “Destroying Cenodoxus” has a fantastic quasi stoner feel to it. The vocals of Marshall Lichtenwaldt are normal in that ‘I hate your face’ sense of the word but he delivers his lines in a rapid fire manner instead of the idiotic hammering of most hardcore heads. To that,  let’s add the fact that most songs don’t even make it to the third minute and what we have is a solid contender for hardcore album of the year.

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