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Published on May 13th 2003 Yep, Some Kind of Hate is from Boston. They’re on Bridge 9, a local Boston label. The Boston city seal decorates the front cover of the album, and on the inlay, reads, “Boston is mine—It owes me a living.” So just in case you were hazy, yes, they are from Boston. Blasting through five songs in seven minutes, Some Kind of Hate’s self-titled release is just what you’d expect from a hardcore EP, and it is cleanly and energetically, recorded by Kurt Ballou, who has worked with Converge, American Nightmare (cough…excuse me….Give Up the Ghost), and The Hope Conspiracy. On another plus, the packaging is sleek and the actual CD has a translucent blue outer-rim, which scores definite points for coolness. I’d call this a throwback band. Some Kind of Hate’s style decidedly rests on the laurels of late 80s hardcore, taking the sound pioneered by bands like Agnostic Front and Madball, and infusing it with a little bit of that now popular hardcore-metal pairing. No youth crew here. This is plain, throwback hardcore. The guitars and drums are well done, never quite innovative but definitely solid, and Matt Pike’s vocals remain a raspy, throaty yell.
The song “Face Down and Fucked,” with the line, “So cliché, but it’s so true,” is my favorite of the five offerings, which seem to all be about relationship problems. It is possible to see this entire band as cliché. You’re going to hear familiar breakdowns, familiar lyrics, familiar vocal patterns, familiar chant-along-choruses--familiar music. But I see it as a throwback, not really doing anything new, but at least paying homage to the pioneers of the genre with new, energetic offerings in the vein of the past. And Some Kind of Hate is doing that really well. No date has been set for the LP, but this quick little seven-minute teaser is solid.
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You know, Snuffy was a heroin addict. when will people learn that the new hardcore is snuffleupagus hardcore. I like hardcore....but not the cookie monster "hardcore" shit....it's just too blurry and has zero intensity. Haven't heard this album though. Yeah, Terror is basically Buried Alive Lite sickboi gets 10 punk points for using the term "assclowns" Terror is over rated! Ok, a decent hardcore band but wo/ Vogel's name theyre a bunch of nobodies. Buried Alive on the other hand was the best of the best. Doesn't it seem just as likely they took their name from the Blood For Blood song? Anyway this bands pretty fucking good. They like punching stuff and moshing. More people should. Oh joy. Another Misfits' cover band. hmmm an "old school" hardcore band from boston named after a misfits song. Oh and they like the smiths too aparently. This sounds oh too familar... I've always liked these guys band name "Some Kind of Hate". I've only heard one track off the Terror. It was less brutal than Buried Alive, but I dug it. Vogel is back and ready to destory. I take it they took their title from the fits tune. Bridge 9. Gotta love that. Not sure about this band but I'll try em out just cause I like the label. You like the new Terror album? I've only given it a couple lessons but hot damn. |
