Every Time I Die – ‘Radical’ [Album Review]

Even at a colossal sixteen tracks long, there are very few moments on Radical where Buffalo punks Every Time I Die take their foot off the pedal. Not a chance. Yes, there are moments throughout the album where the tempo shifts, we’ll get into those later but, for the most part, Radical is just Keith Buckley and Co. at their most lethal. A screech of feedback gives way to Buckley roaring “Spare only the ones I love. Slay the rest.” and the tone is set. A hulking great slab of metallic hardcore with a massive groove, it’s a potent opener from the band but, as the album careers into the raging “Sly” where Buckley screams “I haven’t even peaked yet,” you know they’re only just getting warmed up. It continues with the corrosive “Planet Shit,” the trashy grind of “Post-Boredom” and the seething ...

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