bob.

finally he gets into the glory days of Victory Records!

Strife is some damn good straight up hardcore....i was lucky to have caught them years ago with Integrity, Bloodlet and Deadguy.....insanely energetic live....great band....looking forward to seeing where the before mentioned bands and my personal favorite out of those days Snapcase land i your list

had never heard The Ghost of A Thousand....but i liked the tracks you posted....happen to be heading to the bay on Monday to catch Quicksand and buy records....gonna keep my eye out for them....thanks

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William_the_Bloody

Ah... I fear that you and I may be on the opposite sides of the hardcore pendulum my Quicksand loving friend.

It's weird but I've always found that there seems to be different brands of hardcore fans. For instance, you've got your GBH, Circle Jerks radioactive spikey hair mutant fans, & your Gorilla Biscuits Minor Threat, veggie eating, straigt edge, shaved head fans lol. I belong to the former crowd, which is why I want to make this an interactive thread, because musical taste is ultimately subjective, when I'm done if enough people provide their input at the end, I plan to overhaul the list & then cut and paste a new one as per MB member input.

You will be happy to know though that I have some Victory Record legends slated to be somewhere in the top 10-15 I hope it's a band you like, and that the list doesn't disapoint in general.

Finally, I think its important to state to everyone following this list that as a Canadian, I get a lot of British musical influence as well, so I am trying hard to straddle the line between the US & UK, while making room for Canadian bands, as well as some from other countries, so some bands like Integrity & TSOL got crowded out. Now with that out of the way lets rock on shall we.

William_the_Bloody

88. Municipal Waste Genre (Crossover Thrash) Virginia USA, era Modern &

Code Orange Kids Genre (Hardcore) Pennsylvania USA, era Modern

Municipal Waste:

I am always a little suspicious of bands that put so much effort into good videos, because they can often trick you into thinking the music is better than it actually is. That being said, Municipal Waste is a great band, and they are currently considered the kings of the crossover thrash revival.

All things considered, it should be noted that there are two bands further down the road that are currently dueling it out for the modern crossover thrash crown, one leans to being more of a hardcore band, while the other is defiantly more of a metal act...so I shall see if I picked the right victor when we get there. In the meantime make sure you get the right answer!

Wrong Answer



You're Cut Off



The Art of Partying



Code Orange Kids

I can't really think of another modern crossover thrash band at the moment, but the Code Orange Kids are probably the best thing going right now in American hardcore, although I can't help but notice some odd time signatures in some of their songs. I wish American hardcore would shelve this longstanding trend, from Black Flag to Converge, to Dillinger Escape Plan, to Code Orange kids, on & on it goes.


My Body is a Well



Flowermouth

Alfred

It has to be said that Canada is my favourite country for music, punk or otherwise. Probably a Canadian bias, but whatever. Fucked Up and Comeback Kid who you already touched upon are great examples. Some other great ones are The Flatliners, Single Mothers, Propagandhi, Cursed, Cancer Bats, and the late Alexisonfire.

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William_the_Bloody

Well Alfred at least one of those bands are on the list, and there is more Canadian hardcore to come. I prefer the old school stuff though, as it tended to be little more obnoxious and rebellious.


A shiner at a Gang Green concert lol, why doesn't that suprise me, a great, but often forgotten band.

I agree with you on Municipal Waste, the first time I heard them they sounded like a DRI clone to me...just not as good, and there always toted as crossover kings. I haven't heard anything mind blowing from them either, I prefer Warbringer & Toxic Holocaust.

The Batlord

I've only listened to a tiny bit of Municipal Waste, and they don't seem like anything special. I think they were just one of the first of the new wave of thrash bands, so they get mentioned a lot. Warbringer and Toxic Holocaust are pretty cool though, along with Evile, but I definitely don't see any thrash revival being anything more than a quick flash in the pan novelty thing. Thrash became a ludicrously overpopulated and stagnant genre in the eighties, so I don't see why anybody thinks that reviving it is going to accomplish anything.

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William_the_Bloody

I see your point, I don't mind the thrash revival because I think the genre has stood the test of time, in that its still pretty hard sounding by today's standards.

Outside of Toxic Holocaust though, I haven't heard any of the above mentioned bands put out any songs on par with the big four. In hindsight, it really makes me appreciate how phenomenal bands like Metallica & Megadeth were. Minus them, I don't think thrash would have carried the day, even with Slayer in the mix.

The Batlord

I don't know, this song hits about as hard as a sledgehammer:

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