Gym Playlist

    Carrying on with the occasional playlists on here, I thought about continuing with the seasons but nobody thinks "huh this song reminds me of spring" so here's some heavy and confident jams to motivate you to get swole bro. Honestly upon writing this whole thing, give some of the FFO's a listen as well some are also appropriate. Word of advice, ALWAYS bring headphones to the gym, otherwise you will suffer through either country or club music for some reason.

Hatebreed

Probably an essential to any gym playlist is of course Hatebreed. Heavy hardcore jams primarily about perservearance and crushing everything in your path. No specific album needed, all Hatebreed is the same idea, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Cryptopsy - None So Vile

Genre: Death Metal FFO: Psycroptic, Necrophagist

You can never go wrong with this album. Heavy, riffy, and brutal. None so Vile will make you just as sore as your workout.

Vantage Point

Genre: Hardcore Punk FFO: In My Eyes, Stop and Think

Vantage Point present some good old fashioned Boston hardcore. Perfect for some cardio and huge boost of confidence guaranteed to get you to go that extra mile.

Bolt Thrower

Genre: Death Metal FFO: Autopsy, Dismember, Benediction

UK legends Bolt Thrower delivers with every release. These guys will gear you up for war especially with my personal favorite, Realm of Chaos.

Throwdown

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Bury Your Dead, Pantera, Hatebreed

Throwdown are a requirement to a gym playlist just as much as Hatebreed. Throwdown originally started as a straight edge metalcore band, featuring members from basically every Orange County band, in the vein of bands like Bury Your Dead and eventually replaced vocalist Keith Barney (Eighteen Visions) with Dave Peters (ex-Bleeding Through) and began more into what people would call "groove metal" but continuing the straight edge theme. I can't stress this enough, Throwdown belongs on your gym playlist.

Colin of Arabia (COA) - Pain Machines

Genre: Hardcore

If you don't know COA, you aren't from Boston. Granted Pain Machines is a compilation album but everything is a jam full of anger and pissed offery that remind you that Colin is a psycho. Warning: Listening to COA at the gym may cause you to beat up the kid that just stole your squat rack.

Unearth - The Stings of Consciousness

Genre: Melodic Metalcore FFO: Killswitch Engage, Diecast, As I Lay Dying 

Unearth's overlooked first release. Still got that extreme metal speed, technical riffs, steroid drumming and a hardcore edge. Walk the line! Break the walls! See the things you never know!

Napalm Death- Harmony Corruption & Smear Campaign

Genre: Death Grind FFO: Carcass, Terrorizer, Brutal Truth

Napalm Death gets two albums on this one. Smear Campain is more my personal preference, Harmony Corruption is one recommended by fellow gym bro, Rafa Castro. Smear Campaign being a newer ND record features a cleaner sound but of course maintain the classic death metal thrown in a grinder style. Harmony Corruption is one I was unfamiliar with, however it does have more of 90's death metal feel (granted it did come out in the 90's). A little surprising for me being so used to the grindcore sound but definitely a gym album. 

Harms Way - Posthuman

Genre: Metalcore

You could really listen to anything by Harms Way at the gym but this album really does it for me.The type of album that makes you smash the barbell on the ground to make sure everyone sees that you're stronger than them.

Winds of Plague - Decimate the Weak

Genre: Symphonic Deathcore FFO: Bleeding Through, All Shall Perish, Despised Icon

If you wanna be as jacked as Johnny Plague himself, you need to bench while perfectly spitting every verse of Reloaded. Also if Anthems of Apocalypse isn't enough too get you pumped, well.....good luck.

Advent - Naked and Cold & Remove the Earth

Genre: Metalcore 

When I suggest Advent to people I usually describe them as Harms Way but heavier and then the person I tel laughs, calls me a poser, and probably doesn't listen to them. Anyway, Advent is Harms Way but heavier. Hard to believe the vocalist used to sing for Beloved. Both of these albums will give you an irresistable urge to swallow 45lb plates and terrify everyone else at the gym.

Dying Fetus

Genre: Brutal/Technical Death Metal/Slam FFO: Suffocation, Decapitated, Aeon

You just can't pick one. You gotta Jam it all. Dying Fetus have been making big moves in the past few years and are gaining popularity all over. Considering they just wrapped up a tour with Hatebreed not too long ago, and Hatebreed was the first one on the list, these guys gotta be part of it too. You just can't beat the heaviness and brutality mixed with some sick technical riffs and monstrous vocals.

It Dies Today - Forever Scorned & The Caitiff Choir

Genre: Melodic Metalcore FFO: Bleeding Through, Remembering Never, Evergreen Terrace

Metalcore allstars from New York. Forever Scorned was less melodic and more tremolo picking aggression, while The Caitiff Choir is more melodic but still very heavy with the classic clean choruses. Powerlift to both of these for great results.

Rampage  - Limit of Destruction

Genre: Hardcore FFO: Righteous Jams, Mental

Talk about motivating. Limit of Destruction gives you that catchy sing a long hardcore sound you probably forgot about. Full effect for me comes from the dumbells. L.O.D.!

Danny Brown - Old

Genre: Rap FFO: Earl Sweatshirt, Flatbush Zombies

Can't list without some rap. Danny Brown Motivates you to "enter your zone" and "bring dem AK's back" with Old. These beats go hard  and might as well be an equivalent for breakdowns for all you tough guys.

Earth Crisis - Breed the Killers

The kings of vegan straight edge. If you don't know Earth Crisis, I don't know you. If you aren't deadlifting to Ultramilitance or End Begins, your muscles may not receive The Discipline they need. XVX

Candiria - What Doesn't Kill You

Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore/Rap/Hip hop/Alternative Rock FFO: E-Town Concrete, Earth Crisis

Candiria is another band where you could really listen to every album. What Doesn't Kill You is the one where the next song is something very different than the last. When can't decide between rap or metal/hardcore, Candiria will decide for you, but honestly the first track is enough to get you pumped right off the bat.

Blacklisted - We're Unstoppable & The Beat Goes on...

Genre: Hardcore FFO: American Nightmare, Cold World, Guns Up!

Most people that know me know that I will say American Nightmare is my favorite hardcore band, well Blacklisted is a very very close second. Both albums remain in the original nihilistic and aggressive style Blacklisted started with before experimenting more with post-punk influences. Just hearing the tracks, "Mother Theresa" and "That Ain't Real Much" will make your arms double in size.

Despised Icon - Day of Mourning

Genre: Deathcore FFO: Suicide Silence, I Declare War, Through the Eyes of the Dead

I'm sure most were expecting The Ills of Modern Man, but lets be honest, this album screams deadlifts, gym shorts, and snapbacks. Day of Mourning is perfect blend of death metal and hardcore and you gotta love those pig squeals. Become the "MVP" of the gym.

Kickback - No Surrender

Genre: Metalcore FFO: 100 Demons, Merauder, Buried Alive

Kickback are a force. When someone says "check out this band from europe" its usually a good sign that it's sick. Kickback have gotten praise from tons of big name hardcore bands (including Madball) for a reason. The breakdown in Still on the Prowl is a deadlift jam.

No Tolerance - You Walk Alone

Genre: Hardcore FFO: The Rival Mob, Step Forward, Stop and Think

Boston straight edge vets, No Tolerance give you some angry edge anthems. You Walk Alone Will make you burst through those gym doors and call everyone on roids a pussy. This might be more for the edge followers considering the militant lyrics but still a good album to wrap up with.

Sleeping Giant - Kingdom Days in an Evil Age

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Bury Your Dead, Betrayal

LIFT FOR JESUS! HALLELUJAH! Sleeping Giant remind you want all your hardwork is about: God!, Jesus!, Santa Claus!, Other religious symbols. These heavyweight jams are all about the lord. Each track is the heavy hand of god vigoriously shoving you into the depths of hell and the only way to earn his mercy is to lift! Prove your worth to the almighty king! HALLELUJAH!

Incantation - Diabolical Conquest

Genre: Death Metal FFO: Autopsy, Hate Eternal, Immolation

My personal favorite by Incantation. Brutal jams for some powerlifting. Easily one of the best death metal albums of the era.

Ion Dissonance - Breathing is Irrelevant & Minus the Herd

Genre: Mathcore/Grindcore FFO: Car Bomb, War From a Harlots Mouth, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza

I tried to pick between the two. Breathing is Irrelevant is a straight chaotic masterpiece, while minus the herd, while still chaotic, is on the off timed Car Bomb style breakdown thing. Both guarantee progress.

The Banner - Frailty

Genre: Dark Metalcore FFO: Ringworm, Pulling Teeth, Cursed

As seen on the Halloween playlist. Some heavy and evil riffs and angry lyrics to help motivate you.

Your Demise - Ignorance Never Dies

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Throwdown, Hatebreed, Bury Your Dead

If you saw the name Your Demise and nostalgia hit you like a brick, I salute you. Some of you young-uns may not know about these guys but back in the day they were the heavy hitters. Ignorance Never Dies features the orignal vocalist and less melody and dubstep interludes, and fuck you they fit in.

New Lows - Harvest the Carcass

Genre: Metalcore/Dark Hardcore FFO: The Banner, Cursed, Pulling Teeth

In the words of Tommy Leahy, New Lows and this album are, "Severely underrated". Harvest the Carcass was made for powerlifts and super sets. Heavy riffs with some old school hardcore influence and some dark atmosphere. 

The Secret - Luce

Genre: Metalcore/Grindcore FFO: Zao, Burnt by the Sun, Martyr AD

Italian metal masters, The Secret, bring you a shockwave of metalcore you never knew existed. Prepare to get swole. this album is a dissonant and heavy sludgehammer to the face. The song Memento Mori was made for the gym.

Coalesce - Functioning on Impatience

Genre: Mathcore/Sludge Metal FFO: Converge, Knut, Swarm of the Lotus

Coalesce doesn't get appreciated enough. This album is heavy heavy heavy! Sludge metal with a mathcore mix has got to be one of the most godly creations ever. Prove to everyone that "You Can't Kill us all" because of  "My Love for Extremes" and you will feel "The Reoccuring Ache of..." the weight you just bench that was "Measured in Gray". Ok I'm Done.

Waking the Cadaver - Beyond Cops, Beyond God

Genre: Slam Deathcore FFO: Annotations of an Autopsy, I Declare War, Abominable Putridity 

Yeah, I'm throwing this in. Waking the Cadaver was another big one for us back in the day. BCBG introduces a more hardcore influence into their already BR00T4L sound. 

Cannae - Gold becomes Sacrifice

Genre: Metalcore FFO: The Agony Scene, Shadows Fall, A Life Once Lost

Old school metalcore baby. That's what we're all about. Heavy and thrashy very similar to Shadows Fall and The Agony Scene with some ripping solos. 

Foundation - When the Smoke Clears

Genre: Metallic Hardcore FFO: Dead End Path, Downpresser, Turmoil

foundation is that one band that I feel got love from all hardcore kids whether they be punks, trend followers, into the heavier side or the ones like me who are more into metal. foundation is loved by all. The first song asks, "Who will march forward" will you?

Most Precious Blood - Our Lady of Annihilation

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Indecision, One King Down, Embrace Today

MPB took off from where the original Indecision vocalist left off. Keeping the same metalcore style but incorporating more of the NYHC emphasis into it. Personally I prefer MPB over Indecision. You just can't beat that aggressive hardcore force and those powerful vocals and words.

Think I Care - World Asylum

Genre: Hardcore FFO: No Warning, Bracewar

I recall getting this album free with a Bridge9 order but only gave it a few listens, revisiting it however definite shows potential for some heavy lifting. I can definitely hear this album as an influence on many hardcore bands around nowadays. No specific excercise needed, you name it, World Asylum was made for it.

Field of Vision

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Soul Search, Buried Alive, Martyr AD

 

Boom.

Autopsy - Mental Funeral

Genre: Death Metal FFO: Cannibal Corpse, Immolation, Entombed

Some absolutely disgusting death metal for some absolutely heavy lifts.

Symphony in Peril - The Whore's Trophy

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Sinai Beach, On Broken Wings, Scars of Tomorrow

One of the best christian bands ever. This album will forever be up there for me. All you need is the song "Stiletto", but the rest of the album is just as incredible. Very angry lyrics.

Trail of Lies - W.A.R. 

Genre: Heavy Hardcore FFO: Not my thing I got nothing

This band is outside my interests and I personally do not enjoy them, but I got multiple suggestions for them so here they are. While I will admit they are heavy, and from what I understand straight edge, the vocals kill it for me. However if you enjoy the new age of heavier hardcore, give it a shot and you will probably enjoy it.

Hell Within - Asylum of the Human Predator

Genre: Metalcore FFO: 100 Demons, Scars of Tomorrow, Diecast

Hell Within I feel are underappreciated as well. I like to think of them as a more commercial sounding 100 Demons as wrong as I may be. As most know, I'm all about that early 2000s metalcore sound and Hell Within are no exception.

Suffocation

Genre: Death Metal FFO: Cannibal Corpse, Autopsy, Dying Fetus

If you love death metal and you aren't jamming any Suffocation at the gym, you ain't going nowhere son. Not many live up to the heavyness Suffocation bring forth. Like Hatebreed, Suffocation follow through with the same style that never gets old for them and do it well.

Disfear - Live the Storm

Genre: D-beat/Crust FFO: Wolfbrigade, His Hero is Gone, From Ashes Rise

Nonstopfastpacedhighspeedcrust. Supah set!

Shadows Fall - The War Within

Genre: Metalcore/Thrash FFO: Killswitch Engage, God Forbid, Overcast

I'm all about this album, one of my favorites for a long time. No matter what for whatever reason, out of the 4000+ songs on my spotify gym playlist, Shadows Fall always always always plays at least once per visit, and man does it pump me up.

Overcast - Only Death is Smiling

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Aftershock, Shadows Fall, Hatebreed

Like Shadows Fall, Overcast seems to find its way on shuffle every time as well. Kinda funny considering Brian Fair was in both bands. Only Death is Smiling is a compilation of a good majority of Overcast's discography. These guys were the original Massachusetts heavyweights with the members going on to form just about every later Mass metalcore band and I'll say it, heaviest metalcore band I've seen live.

Black Sheep Wall - I Am God songs

Genre: Post-Sludge FFO:???

I know I'm using the word "heavy" a lot but thats what the gym is all about. Now then, these guys are H E A V Y. It's really tough to compare this to anything. Some really heavy riffs all throughout the album with surprise tremelo picked melodies out of nowhere. The thing that really sticks out about these guys is the timing. I would not suggest your reps to match with the timing of this album considering one of the following would happen:

a) You won't keep up b) you'll get hurt

Pantera - Far Beyond Driven

Essential.

Aftershock - Through the Looking Glass

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Overcast, Killswitch Engage, Blood Has Been Shed

Aftershock came from the same era as Overcast and deliver just as hard. Adam D and Joel from Killlswitch originally came from this band and played alongside Adam's brother on vocals. You can definitely hear the Killswitch sound in this album, I still want a reunion.

Evergreen Terrace - Burned Alive By Time

Genre: Melodic Metalcore FFO: It Dies Today, Misery Signals, Your Demise

I constantly praise ET. I've said it multiple times that they are one of my all time favorite bands. Burned Alive by Time was a more aggressive heavy release that really brought the foundation they began to ascend to. This album brought more dissonant breakdowns that the previous one and still keeps the punk attitude, occasional clean choruses, and the pop culture song titles. The first time I deadlifted three plates was to the song "No Donnie, These Men are Nihilist".  

 Killing the Dream - In Place Apart

Genre: Melodic Hardcore/Chaotic Hardcore FFO: This is Hell, The Carrier, Converge

Killing the Dream's most extreme release. Nothing is more motivating than hearing the word "fuck" hundreds of times, especially considering you might get kicked out for saying it out loud. Another good one for a supah set.

Unbroken - The Death of True Spirit

Genre: Metalcore FFO: One King Down, 108, Strife

More straight edge jams. I wish I could say these guys were still edge but unfortunately they are not. The Death of True spirit is filled with heavy metalcore riffs inspired by old school hardcore.

Bury Your Dead

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Throwdown, Hatebreed

I got 4 words for ya: BURY YOUR FUCKING DEAD!

One King Down - Bloodlust Revenge

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Strife, Earth Crisis, Snapcase

More NYHC influenced metalcore for ya. Also more straight edge songs. One King Down are probably gonna get jocked after TIHC so do the right thing and jam them at the gym because of me and be able to say "I heard them before TIHC". OKD are one band with some really sick lead guitar parts behind heavy breakdowns that are uncomparable to others for the most part. 

Black My Heart - Before the Devil

Genre: Heavy Hardcore FFO: Hoods, Since the Flood

 

I don't know many hardcore fans that don't love this album. Massachusetts hardcore heroes, Black My Heart are aggressive and all about friends and family. Something I wish was still a thing for heavy hardcore. Look up any live video of these guys and you will wissh you were there for it. Lift with your friends, for your friends.

Cardi B - Gangsta Bitch Music vol. 2

Name one commercial rapper that goes harder than Cardi B.... Thats what I thought. Cardi goes hard, and will fuck you up. Gangsta Bitch Music 2 keeps her aggressive, "be afraid of me" attitude in check and is a guaranteed banger all around.

Turmoil - The Process of...

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Martyr AD, Bloodlet, Disembodied

Metalcore allstars, Turmoil give you the dissonant and heavy metalcore sound that is becoming a huge trend as of recent. Most have gotten into bands like Disembodied recently, so I highly recommend Turmoil for those people. 

Strife - In this Defiance

Genre: Metallic Hardcore FFO: Embrace Today, Earth Crisis, Burn

A pinnacle for straight edge. A ton of bands today are influenced by Strife, Blistered actually got their name from a song on this album. Heavy but still remains punk, a little bit for everyone.

 Rotten Sound - Cursed

Genre: Grindcore FFO: Pig Destroyer, Brutal Truth, Nasum

Rotten Sound are a finnish band that are as terrifying as this album cover. This album will make you feel like a demon and as you lift, your wings begin to spread.

Sinai Beach - Immersed

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Symphony in Peril, Zao, Alove For Enemies

Praise Jesus! Never forget the lord saved you from the devils venom! Hallelujah!

Killing Time - Brightside 

Genre: Hardcore FFO: Breakdown, Leeway, Turnstile

Everyday do you say to yourself, it can't be done? Trying to look on the brightside and found there isn't one? This album is for you grab that barbell and say "No More Mr. Nice Guy" and won't be on a "Backtrack" and it won't be a "Telltale".

Misery Signals - Mirrors

Genre: Melodic Metalcore FFO: Shai Hulud, Poison the Well, Remembering Never

Misery Signals are perfect. I know most will disagree, but this one is my favorite. Starts off strong with a great balance of emotion and aggression as well as melody and heaviness. The song with Patrick Stump is iconic. COWARD YOU WILL FACE YOURSELF!!!

Mind Eraser - Glacial Reign

Genre: Powerviolence/Hardcore FFO: Coke Bust, Iron Lung, Wound Man

 

You don't hear about this band too much. Boston powerviolence punks, Mind Eraser, are a crowd favorite who great for a heavyweight super set. Sporadic riffs and drumming progress abruptly with sludgey slow breakdowns that will drop you to the floor.

Nails - Unsilent Death

Genre: Grindcore/Powerviolence 

 

We could argue which Nails album is best for the gym, but Unsilent Death is the one. All the feedback and muddy breakdowns and Todd Jones' vocals at their best, I mean c'mon. 

Remembering Never - Women and Children Die First & God Save Us

Genre: Metalcore FFO: On Broken Wings, Ligeia, Martyr AD

Now these are metalcore gems. Remembering Never are just plain mean but then with sudden melodies you wouldn't expect only to lead into heavy dissonant breakdowns. Both albums will remind you that betrayal and america sucks and will cause to lift until you're strong enough to take out the secret service and punch Donnie "Dope 45" Trump in the balls hard enough that he gets a sex change. Tons of hatred from this band.

The Red Chord - Clients

Genre: Technical Death Metal/Grindcore/Mathcore FFO: Converge, Cattle Decapitation, Animosity

Another favorite album of mine. Just sit back and let The Red Chord do the lifting for you. Once you get that barbell overhead, just throw it across the room.

Since the Flood - No Comprimise

Genre: Metalcore FFO: First Blood, Hoods, Thick as Blood

Not sure why these guys are always labeled as beatdown because I don't really hear it. Since the Flood should be considered another gym essential. Look up any video of these guys playing and you will understand why they're a favorite amongst Boston's heaviest.

Violence to Fade - Unstoppable Force

Genre: Hardcore FFO: Killing Time, Outburst, Big Contest

Violence to Fade were a lot of fun to see live. Become an Unstoppable Force and jam some NYHC inspired hardcore from MA. Warning: You might......no, WILL dance.

Embrace Today - Soldiers

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Strife, One King Down

I probably should started this list by saying "if you're edge, this list is for you". Embrace Today are just as militant as Earth Crisis with edge. Imagine if One King Down was faster. That is Soldiers by Embrace Today. Some of these songs will come up for me every other visit or two.

Mourned - Rift Ripper

I think I've reviewed Mourned enough for everyone to understand.

On Broken Wings - Some of Us May Never See the World

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Bury Your Dead, Remembering Never, Since the Flood

Drop that barbell so it bangs against the floor with the claps in Like Starscream

Girlfight - Infinite Carcass

Genre: Mathcore/Metalcore FFO: Every Time I Die, Harlots, Botch

I remember hearing this band in high school and loving it, then last year I was trying to remember their name and just couldn't for some reason. However, listening to the Breakfast Club morning show on the radio, I heard them say girl fight talking about UFC and the Conor McGregor incident and I was like "Holy fuck that sounds familiar....What a minute." and surely enough I immediately search it on spotify and there they were. Think ETID but replace the fun rock n roll part with complete chaos and hatred.

Stick to Your Guns - For What It's Worth

Genre: Melodic Hardcore/Metalcore FFO: Evergreen Terrace, Your Demise, The Ghost Inside

Stick to your Guns' first album is far different from the later albums. This one was more heavy and Jesse's vocals were borderline deathcore style. If you were around for it, you know that breakdown in "This is More" and of course "All Time Low". 

Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz - Put Yo Hood Up & Crunk Juice

Genre: Crunk FFO: Lil Scrappy, Ying Yang Twins, Boyz n da Hood

When most think Lil Jon, you probably think of Get Low, the Chapelle skit, or the newer "Turn Down For What" type songs. However, if you were around in the 2000's hopefully you've heard him shouting about "representin' yo' shit" with these two albums. Both of these albums are the hardest hip-hop related things of the 00's. I 100% blame Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz for getting me into metal and hardcore and if you don't believe me, the song "Stop Fuckin' Wit' Me" literally uses the riff from Raining Blood. Please bring crunk back.

Burnt by the Sun - Heart of Darkness

Genre: Technical Metalcore/Grindcore FFO: Deadguy, The End, Premonitions of War

BBTS are a different kind of band. For the most part its metalcore, but with heavy, sludgey breakdowns, and technical chaotics riffs. All about the heavyweights.

Her Nightmare - No Heaven, No Hell

Genre: Metalcore FFO: 100 Demons, Reign Supreme, Buried Alive

Some great bands come from down unda' and Her Nightmare is one of them. I'm sure not many have heard these guys, I only just discovered them back in the fall. These breakdowns are a triple plated deadlift waiting to happen. There's even a song on here entitled "Kettlebell".

Frontierer - Orange Mathematics

Genre: Experimental Mathcore FFO: The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Car Bomb,Ion Dissonance

Frontierer are from the UK and from what I understand contain members from two big name bands in the area. Frontierer and different from the average mathcore sound. They manage to use a ton of diferent effects on the guitars, the timing is rediculous, and the vocals often synchronize with the rhythm. Not only all this, the production is absolutely amazingand just makes it sound even heavier like you got surround sound in your dollar store ear buds. 

Comeback Kid - Wake the Dead

Genre: Melodic Hardcore FFO: Bane, This is Hell, Evergreen Terrace

Earlier Comeback Kid was far more melodic than the newer releases. Wake the Dead from what I understand is most people's favorite. While the new agressive hardcore sound is also good for the gym, the motivation that Wake the Dead brings is untouchable.

Ramallah - But a Whimper & Kill a Celebrity

Genre: Heavy Hardcore FFO: 100 Demons, All Out War, Blood for Blood

White trash Rob will put you in your place and remind you MTV is fucking stupid and your privileged life makes you a poser. KILL A CELEBRITY!

Product of Waste - You Won't take me Alive

Genre: Hardcore FFO: COA, Bracewar, Wrong Answer

I still consider POW to be the best band from Rhode Island. Everything about them screams hardcore: Fast, pissed, and ACAB. You gotta defend yourself from cops somehow, allow POW to show you. As always, R.I.P. T.

Decrepit Birth - ...And Time Begins

Genre: Death Metal FFO: Origin, Hate Eternal, Spawn of Possession

Man oh man, do I love this album. As you probably could've guessed, the album has a very intelligent theme, with the lyrics being about universe theories and a bunch of nerd stuff. This will make you ready to beat up all the nerds at school, remember the real reason you're at the gym. 

Hammer Bros. - The Vitality

Genre: Hardcore FFO: Think I Care, Rude Awakening, The Mongoloids

MVHC allstars. Hammer Bros. Were just like most bands of the same era. Equal between both the heavy and punk sides of hardcore that ended up being branches today. Lift 'til "It Hurts".

Bleeding Through - This is Love, This is Murderous

Genre: Melodic Metalcore FFO: Cradle of Filth, Winds of Plague, As I Lay Dying

 

Bleeding Through is on a roll considering they pretty much made it all the playlists I've made on here. This is Love, This is Murderous was my favorite after Portrait of the goddess. Bleeding Through exhibit a balance betwwen each of their influences in this album, hardcore, black metal and death metal. The symphonic elements are used and sound incredibly echoey and feel like you're in a movie.

Terrorizer - World Downfall

Genre: Death Metal/Grindcore FFO: Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Cattle Decaptitation

I feel like most people know Terrorizer, but thats all. If you're one of them, Terrorizer's World Downfall is a sick blend of death metal and grindcore that is a power lift jam.

Premonitions of War - The True Face of Panic

Genre: Metalcore FFO: Blood has Been Shed, Burnt by the Sun, On Broken wings

I shouldn't need to say anything about these guys, but I have to because they're not popular. Let's just say if they were around now, they would be jocked very hard.

Skinless - Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead

Genre: Brutal Death Metal/Slam FFO: Mortician, Internal Bleeding, Dying Fetus

Skinless should be considered legendary at this point, if not already. They've been around since the 90's, and have been brutal ever since. Trample the Weak features that classic brutal sound with tons of movie samples. Brutal.

Scars of Tomorrow - Rope Tied to the Trigger

Genre: Melodic Metalcore FFO: Atreyu, Bleeding Through, Misery Signals

Very underrated band from Orange County, aka the metalcore promise land. Scars of Tomorrow are emotional but the riffs are just mean with smooth amazing melodies, and of course heavy.

First Blood - Killafornia

Genre: Metalcore/Beatdown FFO: Thick as Blood, 100 Demons, Since the Flood

First Blood are one of few bands that would be considered beatdown that I actually enjoy. Each song has a breakdown that just gets slower and slower, and each time it gets slower it gets heavier. Not only that but the lyrics are catchy, the vocals are powerful, and some of the riffs can get really metal.

Antagonize - Demo 2018

Genre: Hardcore FFO: Iron Age, Think I Care, Chaos Cross

Brand new release from brand new Boston hardcore supergroup, Antagonize. Featuring members of, Bane, Vantage Point, Glory and more. (?) Very aggressive with some powerful riffs guaranteed to make you dance after you max out. 

Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli

Fucking essential.

Zach Ganshirt is a pussy.