The latest from Finland's Thug Free Records (along with Poolside Records, Words are Weapons Records, and WTF Records) is this killer split 7" between Dutch act Human Demise and Finland's Worth the Pain. Human Demise kicks things off with three new tracks ("Agony", "Anxiety", and "Acceptance") that basically ball up into one monster slab of their Ringworm-esque metallic hardcore. These guys are easily one of the most underrated of the new breed of "holy terror" hardcore bands, especially seeing as they were way ahead of the curve in reintroducing that term to the hardcore lexicon. I have a ton of respect for the band as a result, and will always be looking forward to hearing more from 'em. Worth the Pain takes side B with two of their strongest tracks to date, maintaining their fast-paced, traditional hardcore base and those sneering higher-end vocals while throwing in some very subtle melody, metallic leads, and amping up the chug factor with their heaviest and most efficient recording thus far. This is the style of contemporary Finnish hardcore I know and love, and it's great to see the band stepping it up across the board. This is a damn solid split, so I'm glad Thug Free was kind enough to hook me up!
Human Demise "Acceptance"
Worth the Pain "The Obsessed"
Unfortunately this one doesn't have wide distribution, so contact any of the bands or labels on MySpace to get more details about ordering information and all that. Hopefully the quality of the releases from these labels will start to garner better distribution in the US and elsewhere as time goes on!
Comments
If I’m not mistaken this is available on Interpunk.com also.
9.30.2009 | By Olli/WTP
Good call, thanks! Just added the link to the post. Not sure why I couldn’t find it when I was preparing the write-up!?
9.30.2009 | By Andrew Aversionline
The search sucks when trying to find split releases I guess. Thanks for the compliments BTW! While I’m at it, every Worth The Pain release is still available at Interpunk, even the MCD that we sold out ages ago.
10.1.2009 | By Olli/WTP
Fuck yes. I was wondering what happened to Human Demise, I hadn’t heard anything about them since Whitechapel Demise came out.
10.2.2009 | By Carlzilla
Debut full length soon..
10.6.2009 | By Human Demise
both bands rule. i love a lot of euro hardcore bands. Side note: US bands are starting to sound like Euro bands that initially were trying to sound like older US bands. Not sure if that makes any sense, but that’s how i hear it.
11.22.2009 | By ems