No Saving Grace really puts Beatdown on a pedestal. A dark and blown out delivery style makes for a chaotic and tortured landscape of pain and aggression. It's really so top notch that it ventures into that Harm's way territory bringing in some solid metal elements to open the pit up for even more action. It shows a band giving their all, the production mix is a bit interesting on the snares making some of the more rhythmic aspects get lost in the bass and vocals a bit. Songs likes ... read more

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This EP goes kind of hard. I've heard of Missing Link for a while now, but didn't decide to listen until Colin mentioned on an episode of Hardlore that he has early access to an upcoming release of theirs. I decided to check out what they already have released, and basically, I'm getting the same kind of high and serotonin uptake that I got from when I discovered Never Ending Game for the first time.

This goes absolutely hard, and the Mat Kerekes feature at the end just really works. The ... read more

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