Buried Dreams
Genre: Heavy Hardcore/Metalcore FFO: Buried Alive, All Out War, Rude Awakening
Probably the band that stood out the most at the show, Buried Dreams played second this night. You could tell they had a lot of fans in the crowd ready to have fun during the set. Featuring members from other metal and hardcore bands throughout Massachusetts, Buried Dreams play a style that is very heavy and riffy put still remains more on the hardcore side. Frontman, Austin Sparkman, spoke out and asked "how many of you consider us a metalcore band?" not sure if he was kidding or not but it gave everyone a good laugh. With the heavy breakdowns, all the fans were moshing with no remorse and hitting hard, at one point, Austin even joined in on the fun, and moshed while still singing. Tons of people were going for the mic. Buried Dreams ended with the anthem appropriately titled "Buried Dreams" where no mic was needed to hear the crowd scream "BURIED DREAMS MOTHERFUCKER!" and then proceeded into the final song.
https://burieddreams.bandcamp.com/album/winter-demo
Panzerbastard
Genre: Crossover Thrash/Hardcore Punk FFO: D.R.I. Amebix, Motorhead
Panzerbastard was next on the lineup. Another band consisting of members from various metal bands from Boston, Panzerbastard play a brand of crossover thrash metal that is very fast and reminiscent of the 80's. Frontman Kpanzer pointed out how excited he was to be opening for Negative Approach and stated that if it wasn't for them, none of these bands that we know and love would even exist considering it all started with them (amongst other bands). Now having being a band from Boston for over 10 years, they have some loyal fans who are always ready to dance for them. I'm pretty sure every song the played involved circle pits, and everyone spilling beers on the floor from all the ruckus, definitely an eighties vibe from the crowd and music. As many could tell, Panzerbastard are very heavily influenced by the great Motorhead and actually ended with a cover of Iron Fist. Kpanzer said before the cover " if you know the words, there are three available microphones up here" and surely enough members of the crowd got there chance to sing a Motorhead cover.
https://panzerbastard.bandcamp.com/
Opposition Rising
Genre: this band hates genres and I will respectfully not give them one FFO: Toxic Narcotic, Discharge, Conflict
Definitely another set to remember from the night was the performance by Opposition Rising. a prime example of punk rock at its finest, they would constantly say how much they hate genres, cops, and of course the world. Tons of fans were there circle pitting for every song and dancing for every breakdown, and the frontman would constantly say, "if you don't dance you don't get a cover". with the aggressive fast riffs and catchy choruses, Opposition Rising is the type of band you don't need to hear beforehand to have a good time at one of their shows. You could tell that some of the crowd just wanted to get the mic and only knew the repetitive choruses. When the moment came, Opposition Rising ended their set with the cover they promised and well enough it was the song Asshole by the vocalists old band Toxic Narcotic. If there's one Boston band that represents punk in every aspect, it's definitely Opposition Rising and if you hate everything as much as they do I highly recommend checking them out when they play again. Everything is free on their bandcamp and They will be playing Hardcore stadium again with Kill Your Idols Oct.7
https://oppositionrising.bandcamp.com/
Bloodclot
Genre: Crossover Thrash metal FFO: Cro-Mags, Leeway
Bloodclot is a new band out of NYC featuring John Joseph of Cro-Mags, and Todd Youth of Warzone, Agnostic Front, and Danzig and needless to say, it doesn't sound all to different from any of the bands they were in. If you could imagine Cro-Mags releasing another album but more on the thrash side but still having that NYHC edge, then that would be Bloodclot. Although not very many have listened to the new album, circle pits were still going on for each song with a little moshing every now and then. What peaked my interest was John's comments about punk and hardcore. He would talk about when he would play with Cro-Mags in the 80's in places very similar to the Hardcore Stadium, and pointed out one of the members of Bloodclot was actually in the video for We Gotta Know and now he's playing with one of his heroes. He mentioned a Bad Brains show in boston from the 80's and said who was there... the room fell into complete silence, until one guy said "it ain't Judas Priest". Overall, although Bloodclot's music was very enjoyable, I thought the cool part of the set was hearing about hardcore in the 80's.
Negative Approach
Genre: Hardcore Punk FFO: Black Flag, Agnostic Front, Bad Brains
Of course the real heroes of the night were the almighty Negative Approach. Some could recall when they played the hardcore stadium before at the AHC kick off, the bassist specifically said to keep the light on so he could see. The only reason I bring that up is because it was the first thing that came into my mind and I thought if he is going to still be like that, and right when they started, the lights went out and i saw him looking back and forth realy fast and I just thought, yep. Now personal jokes aside, Negative Approach without a doubt proved that they are still a huge pinnacle in hardcore and punk, there wasn't a single song played where there wasn't a tidal wave of people going for the mic. There were people jumping from the couches (myself being one of them) to get on top of the crowd, people swinging from the ceiling, bouncing off the walls, and just plain jumping from any elevated point they could find just to get a chance to sing. There was so much energy you could see the moisture from everyones sweat building up on the mirror behind the band which was pretty gross but, since when is punk about being tidy or anything. If there's anything else I could say about this band, I guess it would be that 30 years worth of experience in punk definitely pays off. the crowd was as wild that night as it could be back then. I never would've thought I would be lucky enough to see this band twice.
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