Brisbane's Driven Fear drop their first full length after a string of splits and EP releases. Hard to describe the sound of this band as it varies so much from track to track on all 14 songs. At times I think I can hear Defeater influences shining through, then at other times I hear Raised Fist. Nevertheless it's this mix of style that makes this a really interesting record as you don't know what's coming next. Every song is really well structured and retains some form of melody and an undeniably intense hardcore vibe to it. Well thought out lyrics and a passionate vocal delivery round out the awesome production sound. This band really deserves more attention as this is a great release.
HIGHLIGHTS
Introducing DEFIANT GROUND From the Gold Coast
PROCESSION Interview with Jarrod Birch
Introducing BULLY SQUAD From Sydney
Introducing BLOODMOUTH From Canberra
Introducing HORSEPOWER From Melbourne
DIPLOID European Tour Diary
NEWS
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TOURS
THE GIFTHORSE "Give My Body To This Town"...
After a few years on hiatus and a couple of new bands forming out of the ashes of the initial breaku...
OUTRIGHT "Avalanche" Reason and Rage
What felt like a long time coming, has definitely been so damn well worth the wait. Melbourne's Outr...
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM "Get Hurt" Island Records
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NEW BLOOD
Introducing DEFIANT GROUND From The Gold Coast
DEFIANT GROUND are a new band out of the Gold Coast who have just released their demo through Set Th...
Introducing BULLY SQUAD From Sydney
BULLY SQUAD are a new band out of Sydney who dropped an impressive demo this year through New Ethic ...
Introducing BLOODMOUTH From Canberra
Bloodmouth hail from Canberra and are devoted to spreading their message of animal liberation by any...
INTERVIEWS
PROCESSION Interview With Jarrod Birch
After a string of catchy singles, Procession are set to release their debut album through Team Glass...
2023 The Year In Review
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DIPLOID European Tour Diary
DIPLOID spent July 2023 on the road throughout Europe on a gruelling road trip that included appeara...
LOOKING BACK
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The "Rise" tour of 1994 was the one and only visit the BAD BRAINS would make to Australia with THE M...
Looking Back On HENRY ROLLINS and the HARD...
In this latest feature of Looking Back we investigate how the classic release of "Let There Be Rock"...
Revisiting NIRVANA's 1992 Australian Tour
Nirvana's 1992 tour of Australia is etched into the history books as a feat of legend for many reaso...
COLLECTORS
Inside REGAN CADD's Record Collection
Regan Cadd is from Melbourne and really likes youth crew hardcore, especially the glory days of R...
Inside MATT FOOTY HORVATH'S Record Collection
Matt "Footy" Horvath has been an avid collector for a very long time and owns some very. very, ra...
Inside RYAN WILLMOTT's Record Collection
Take a peek into the record collection of Ryan Willmott, filled with Mindsnare, Radio Birdm...
CRUCIAL FIVE
Graham Nixon on TRIAL AND ERROR RECORDS
Resist Records kingpin, Graham Nixon breaks down his top five favourite releases from the Trial an...
Nigel Melder on RESIST RECORDS
Trial and Error Records mastermind, Nigel Melder breaks down his top five favourite releases from ...
Nick Horsnell on REVELATION RECORDS
Miles Away frontman, Nick Horsnell delivers his top five releases from the Revealtion Records cata...