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https://soundcloud.com/krillband/torturer/ Melding elements of punk rock, loads of both metal and garage rock influences and a dash of poppy, melodic lyrics and undertones, Krill’s “Torturer” from the forthcoming album A Distant Fist Unclenching is rousing and bludgeoning, yet focused in its wild need to be
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https://soundcloud.com/nnatapes/sets/guerilla-toss-smack-the-brick-cassette Everybody’s favorite funked-out, rock-out-with-your-pud-out, no-wave five-piece Guerilla Toss is back and funkier than ever with this new four track EP, Smack the Brick. The project finds the Allston act continuing to tighten their compositions, evoking something like a primeval Talking Heads with their
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNqgeV1s6-o&feature=youtu.be My Fictions is a loud rock four-piece from Lowell, Massachusetts apparently hellbent on pushing hardcore to its limit. They’ll be making their full-length studio debut next month with Stranger Songs. Above, you can check out the opening track
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Stream: MUTOID MAN – Helium Head Massachusetts metalcore titans Stephen Brodsky (of Cave In) and Ben Koller (of Converge) have teamed up under the name MUTOID MAN and have just dropped their debut project Helium Head. The people at Earsplit PR describes the sound of this expectedly whirlwind release as “classic
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2012 Demo by Blessed State Some catchy, energetic, and melodic hardcore punk coming from this new demo from Western Massachusetts’ Blessed State. It’s rough around the edges, but surely worth a listen. Some great guitar leads manage to shine through the grit of this recording, and some spots like
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We Can Live In The Exact Same Place by I Kill Giants I Kill Giants is a young band from Boston, Massachusetts that doesn’t like to waste anybody’s time. At least, that’s the impression I got from listening to their new album (“full length”? EP? single?) We
