This post has been a long time coming and was kind of birthed from yesterday’s article, “Has Metal Succumb To Trend Whores?“. There used to be a day when the word Hardcore meant something in terms of music. These days it’s broken down in the form of different genres by bands that have no clue about what really is “Hardcore“. People think Hardcore is a genre of music when in reality it was a way of life, a subculture.
Hardcore stemmed from Hardcore Punk. The hardcore genre came from kids in large cities like D.C., NYC, Boston, Chicago, L.A., …read more

Facedown Records is extremely excited to announce that War Of Ages will embark on their first European tour this December on none other than the annual Persistence Tour!  The Persistence Tour runs from Dec. 4 – 14 and along with War Of Ages, this year features Sick Of It All, H2O, Terror, Heaven Shall Burn, Born From Pain and Discipline.  This is a huge tour and for all of those fans oversees waiting to see War Of Ages, this is your perfect chance!  Following the Persistence Tour, War Of Ages will stay in Europe for an extra week to …read more

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MADBALL..SICK OF IT ALL..
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR..WISDOM IN CHAINS
DONT MISS HC HISTORY !!!
Jan 22 2008 7:00P
Alley Katz Richmond, Virginia
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Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, North Carolina
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Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia

News time. I have a lot of stuff to cover from the last few days…
The new version of Halloween, directed by Rob Zombie has been airing trailers on television. It looks o.k. from the previews but there are just some classics that should be left as they are. You don’t see movie makers remaking Casablanca do you?