Someone posted a comment here and recommended Connecticut’s Unforgiven to me some time ago, and I’ve been eagerly waiting for this shit to come out ever since. I don’t think I’ve ever made a note to keep checking back on a band’s MySpace page before to see when a release was finally out, but I did for “Last of the Few”, which finally hit the streets a couple months ago thanks to Eightfold Path Records, it just took me until this weekend to realize it! I’m talking six tracks of absolutely perfect metallic hardcore in just 13 minutes. The band cites their influences as New York, Cleveland, and Connecticut hardcore, and that about says it, ’cause there’s plenty of that chugging 90’s style of NYHC in there alongside some driving midpaced Clevo rhythms and heavier tinges of a little straight-up old school styled hardcore - plus some unexpected little melodic flourishes to color things up just a bit and add some extra (tactful) variety. It’s just hard, in your face, and pissed off, just how I like it… and the fact that they toss in some little Burn sounding riffs and shit, I mean, that’s just bonus awesomeness as far as I’m concerned. Plus, they scored a great recording, so… there’s not a damn thing missing. I’m all over this shit. Highly recommended, and I can’t fucking wait to hear more from these cats…
FROM:
http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2008/05/13/unforgiven-last-of-the-few-cd
Itunes FINANNLY accepted the account request, so look for digtal DL on there asap. Or you can go to www.downloadpunk.com. I’ve been searching for smaller distros overseas. I’m sure there are some out there that I just don’t know about so please contact us. We need as many distro leads as possible! Don’t forget you can buy releases directly from us off the website, or hit up REVHQ. Deathwish will have our releases next week for distro as well.
Forfeit and Foundation will be touring together this summer, please support these two amazing bands. Check back soon for dates!
Unforgiven and I Rise are going to be tearing it up at AS ONE fest next weekend, MAY 17,18,19. “OVERPOWER, OVERCOME”
New Foundation 7″ out this summer on Triple B Records
From the desk of Sam @ Triple B:
4.11.08
It’s been a little bit since our last update, but things have certainly been busy on our end as we gear up for the summer and some new releases. Lay your peepers on it…
We’re proud to welcome one of our favorite bands doin’ it right now, FOUNDATION, to our roster. FOUNDATION is a straight edge band from Atlanta who do the mid-90s sound somewhere in between Trial and Mouthpiece. Don’t expect something hackneyed or gimmicky though, this band is the real deal and their music speaks for itself. They’ve put out a demo and a killer 7″ on Eightfold Path Records, and this summer they will be releasing a 7″ with us consisting of 2 new songs. Check these guys out in your city this summer as they will be touring the US. Be on the lookout for preorders and more information soon, as the record will be out in July.
www.downloadpunk.com For those of you who bought the 7″ already from EPR, we will email you the DL version to the email address that you used for Paypal.
From www.razorcake.org
FOUNDATION: Self-titled: 7”
I’d never heard of Eightfold Path Records prior to hearing this record, but it seems to me that they’re picking up where Equal Vision left off in their early Shelter/108/Prema days, featuring plenty of thought-provoking hardcore bands with borderline “spiritual” undertones.
Atlanta’s Foundation also picks up right where bands like Trial and Outspoken stopped, delivering that heavy-yet-emotional brand of hardcore that dominated the mid-to-late ‘90s. Fast, heavy and breakdown-laden yet without even a hint of brutish posturing with lots of those great talking-to-yelling vocal buildups that completely characterized the subgenre they so obviously worship. I thought I’d grown way past getting into new bands of this particular persuasion, but Foundation has officially proven me wrong. Straight edge hardcore, who knew?
–Dave Williams –
UNFORGIVEN ”Last of the Few”
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