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Daggers

Daggers (2008)
Europe

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Published on March 3rd 2009


Many of you didn't really care for the EP from Belgium's Daggers we decided to stream in full last December. Bummer. I think it's pretty decent.

I can sort of hear why someone might think Daggers are "run of the mill pseudo crusty hardcore," but this sounds more in line with the driving, frill-free hardcore of the Hope Conspiracy to me, only a little rougher in production (but nothing extraordinarily ragged or messy). It's particularly in "Sharks and Hearts" where this is evident, as Daggers take a mid-tempo approach and drive it into the ground hollering weird lines like "How do you dare to speak when I just turned my world on mute." As English might not be their first language, it can be forgiven.

The "pseudo-crustiness" does howl about a little more on something like "Fucking Empty," the screams coming more desperate and filling the sphere more. But it just doesn't seem entirely indicative of the EP.

Daggers is a decent listen. A familiar one, but a fair one.

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    SilentStorms (March 6, 2009)

    And I would presume that would continue to be the case. Cuz ... y'know, I run punknews. Oh wait, that's bullshit. THEY BETTER PUT THE STAFF UP.

    SilentStorms (March 6, 2009)

    I do see a staff icon.

    friokir (March 4, 2009)

    score is for E.Dagger.

    xote (March 4, 2009)

    Not bad.

    mikexdude (March 3, 2009)

    Are there not going to be staff icons on reviews on punknews 5.0?

    slowstupidhungry (March 3, 2009)

    You quoted me. This band isn't as bad as I thought originally. I still think they suck, but it must have been a bad day for me. I am sorry, Daggers.

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