I had no idea it was an ongoing concern (the limited split-tape noise scene has passed me by) but was glad to grip Without Tears. is a noise fixture dating back to the ’80s, the sort of name that might come up over polite dinner conversation about The Haters or Hijokaidan. Without Tears: Noise In Theory & Practice LP (Throne Heap)Īllegory Chapel Ltd.

Some things aren’t due for a comeback quite yet, I suppose.Īllegory Chapel Ltd. It sounds tight – Advent are clearly well polished, and I guess I can’t blame them for not doing the whole “blurred live band photo stretched out as a background with pixelated Varsity font logo” design style I’m used to accompanying bands who sound like this. I assumed people were still playing music like this (has any strain of hardcore-punk, since its inception, ever truly disappeared?) but I was surprised to hear it here, in this format. Pristine recording quality, prime chug, gruff barked vocals (but clear enough that the lyrics are intelligible), group backing vocals into mosh breakdowns, mosh breakdowns into extended pit violence, etc., all the hallmarks of classic ’90s metal-core are tightened up and in full effect, with four tracks all clocking over four minutes a piece. I’m hearing Hatebreed, Strife, all those heavy classics in the four songs Advent offer here. I throw the record on, expecting a noisy, reverb-laden tribute to Hoax and Gag, but Advent have no time for anything but the purest form of metal-core. The design of this Advent EP comes straight from the Youth Attack / Deranged handbook – imposing Old English fonts, grainy images of ancient occult violence… I had to scratch at the band’s name on the cover to make sure it wasn’t just a sticker covering Total Abuse’s name beneath. Here’s some proof that you can’t always judge a book by its cover, even when it comes to hardcore records. Advent Pain & Suffering 12″ (Bridge Nine)

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