Various Artists – The Extermination Volume IV

Flatspot Records, who have somehow survived the mean streets of Baltimore since 2004 to put out stellar hardcore albums, are back with The Extermination Volume 4. It’s a hardcore compilation not to be F’d with. Speed open up Extermination Volume 4 like a N.Y.C. pit being opened at CBGBs on a Sunday afternoon. One Blood We Bleed has Big riffs and Cro-Magesque vocals and it lands like bricks. This is angry northeast style hardcore jacking all the trademark tricks from the genre. The song is quick like a sucker punch from Harley Flanagan. Sydney, Australia, must see some ninja-kicking pits when this 5-piece band plays locally. I listened to this track on my 1000watt Yamaha P.A. system and in my Sony headphones. It sounds huge either way. This is a crushing way to begin this comp. The bar hasn...

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