Hardcore is a difficult genre to exist in. Fickle fans, guaranteed financial failure and quick stylistic turnovers lead to a short life expectancy for bands. The majority of bands that experience any success burn brightly for a time and fade away quickly or just stagnate, rarely releasing more than a handful of quality records. It’s exceedingly rare for a band to grow and improve in an environment crowded with the prevalent “I liked their first 7-inch better” mentality, but when dealing with Blacklisted, these trends simply do not apply. [more]