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Twilight
Indecision (2003)

I consider myself at least somewhat picky when it comes to hardcore. At least, I don't jump at everything with fast snare; however, this album is undeniably a great hardcore record. Lots of finger pointing fun and plenty of room for floorpunching and windmills. If you're into hardcore, or even if you aren't, check this album out. Read more

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Baptists

Beacon of Faith
Southern Lord (2018)

Canadian hardcore is a weirdly veiled style. Like Canadian politics, it is highly deferential, often distinctly so. This means it both blends in with previous hardcore styles at the same time it writes original sounding songs, and it sounds highly derivative and mediocre despite the musician’s individual skill. Split in so many contradictory directions, Baptists newest release, Beacon of Faith, shows how the best musicians Canadian hardcore has to offer, can produce such an underwhelming record.Fundamentally there’s nothing interesting or artistic about the album. Aside from the title track’s atheistic abreaction in monosyllables, the album is fundamentally secular, politically personal, and subtly ideological. Beacon of Faith is full of partly articulated ideas attached sometimes to ready-made ideological societal observations, and sometimes to general feelings of 'bleagh'. I’m not sure if … Read more

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