![]() From it’s start anyone even remotely well versed in hardcore can tell exactly where this track is going. In a way it’s fitting that the titular track offer such a neat summary of the EP as a whole. And, fortunately for those digging into this EP, one does not need to look any further than track two, “No Mercy.” ![]() Truly the gang’s all here on this one, be it from the overly forced gang vocals to the mid-tempo “grooves” to those ever so (lovably) cheesy mosh calls. Unfortunately, it does not seem that Shadow of Doubt is one of those bands, nor is there debut, No Mercy, much more beyond your standard NYHC-in-2017-emulator fare. Regardless, some bands manage to find that sweet spot where they can emulate their heroes while still introducing some sort of new energy into the music. ![]() ![]() Hardcore bands everywhere still emulate the mid-tempo, occasionally fast into groovy breakdown of the NYHC sound, pretty much doing all they can to beat that dead horse to a pulp. Soon those sounds went from new and exciting to “how many bands can steal Madball’s riffs at this American Legion show?” Fast forward a good ten or so years and it seems that pattern hasn’t done much in the ways of change. Hardcore bands far and wide figured out what worked for those bands reaching peak popularity and were quick to follow. Those sounds, while new at the time, pretty quickly became standard fair however. Both of these styles were new and exciting, pushing where hardcore could go beyond just the classic “loud and fast”. NYHC, likewise, was always bound to be influential as acts like Cro-Mags and Madball introduced a new, previously unseen affection for grooves into their music. And why not? Infest and Man is the Bastard were aggressive on a level previously unseen in extreme music, so it was always obvious it would leave its mark. Be it from the East Coast kids now trying to emulate that classic West Coast powerviolence sound to just about everyone everywhere trying to get that NYHC sound, hardcore is largely caught up in the past. ![]() Hardcore is a genre that sure does love its throwbacks. ![]()
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