Metallized hardcore band REACH AD hits hard with new EP “Oath Of Defiance”

Oath of Defiance, the newest EP from our recent guests REACH AD, sees the band enter a new era as a band, signified in both name, style and sound. While Reach AD undoubtedly remain rooted in the hardcore they grew up listening and loving, this record does see them explore different sounds that fall outside the more straight-forward oriented hardcore traditions they stuck to in the past. The mosh parts are still there, albeit heavier than before, as are the fast riffs that make the room spin, however, the metallic edge is a lot more prominent in the riffing, tracing it’s lineage to 90s death metal and the metallic hardcore that followed it, as well as smidges of powerviolence and sludge seamlessly woven into the tracks. If the musical departure was significant, lyrically it is an even...

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