Too bad I discovered this band just as they released their final e.p. with Zegema Beach Records. Rayleigh are not going to be band anymore, but I listened and reviewed their final release for this zine.
These guys are coming from Edmonton, Canada. The words which could describe their music are heavy hardcore. At times a bit chaotic, at times full on punk blast beat driven hardcore anger, but all of the time straight from the heart with personal lyrics accompanying the cool music. There are four songs on this record, all of them being equally great, all of them documenting the final swansong of this great band.
What is hardcore? Is hardcore on how many gigs you went, how many times you stagedived or moshed to, how many bands and famous people in the scene you know? No, motherfucker! It took me good 25 years to know that hardcore is what you feel inside, and being underground and loyal to the scene and ethics. Bands like Dim Into Dross give hope that hardcore lives and is stronger than ever. This record contains 10 songs of ferocious hardcore, played wild and with math precision. The guitar riffs are pretty noisy and dissonant, vocals are screamed and screeched, there are fast drumming straightforward parts, but also almost Dillinger Escape Plan inspired song parts bordering with noise and even metal. You can add to that some atmospheric parts and sludge visionary muddy rolling songs, you get the perfect picture what I am writing about, don´t you? I guess not. Have a listen. You won´t regret it. Recommended songs: We Will Break This, Osidian.
Binary are hardcore/powerviolence/metalcore/screamo band from Philadelphia and I reviewed their record for our zine. The record is out with Zegema Beach Records.
These guys play interesting mixture of metalic hardcore, screamo vocals and occasional powerviolence blastbeats delivering an energetic punch of in your face hardcore. There are 9 songs on this record. I love how they used samples or spoken word in some songs(Do You Know How An Angler Fish Works?) because I think such parts perfectly fit in dissonant and harsh music like this one. The songs are short and sweet, just the way they should be, with strange titles like I´ll Backhand The Fuck Out Of The Seagull or Like Us On Facebook To Make Us Hypocrites, haha, I swear I can also hear Converge, Today Is The Day and some New Orleans sludge influence in there, like EyeHateGod or Buzzoven similar parts thrown in. This is the kinda hardcore that I love nowadays. Underground scene is beautiful when you discover new and awesome bands every single fucking day. Great stuff!
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