Although its been a couple of months since this came out, it is never too late to review a great record! Carl Schwartz formed this band when he parted his ways with his former band Terror. I believe that Carl is tired of comparing his band with his former band, so I will not do that in this review. This album offers us 12 songs and they all have one thing in familiar. They all have word “rules” in the title of the song. Who heard this band knows what can be expected, that is merciless hardcore, angry, pissed off and made for singalong and slamming combined with stagediving. The songs are made in more modern hardcore style sounding like a cross between Earth Crisis and Bulldoze. The songs on the record just make you wanna jump and taste some pure hardcore energy. I believe that the band is excellent live and I am glad that I will be able to see them live in couple of weeks. This is very energetic hardcore record, so check it out! Top songs: “Rules of Life”, “Rules of Survival”, “Rules of Sacrifice”

8/10

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