REVIEW: Deez Nuts – Binge and Purgatory

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Honestly at this point, it should be quite obvious to even a casual listener of Deez Nuts that they have a comfort zone and have never strayed too far from it. While their fifth album, Binge and Purgatory, more or less conforms to this belief, there is a feeling that the band is tentatively trying to spread their wings, with a stronger lyrical focus and a strong sense of dynamics.

(I’ll skip the normal little band introduction part, because I’m sure people don’t need to read a another paragraph about how Deez Nuts were formed by JJ Peters after I Killed the Prom Queen broke up for the first time and they play a combination of hardcore and hop hop, like every other review of theirs mentions).

So what should a first time listener expected from Binge and Purgatory?

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Stick to Your Gun release a music video for ‘The Never Ending Story’

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California hardcore band Stick to Your Guns have released a music video for The Never Ending Story, the second single released off their Better Ash Than Dust EP.

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REVIEW: Vices – Now That I Have Seen I Am Responsible

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Since their 2013 debut album, Between My Mind and the World, Sydneysiders Vices have been carving out a niche in the Australian hardcore scene with their melodic hardcore sound and cathartic, introspective lyrics.

With their latest album, Now That I Have Seen I Am Responsible, Vices teamed up with producer (ex-Defeater) Jay Mass to deliver an album that sees Vices bringing in heavier elements to their sound and broadening their lyrical perspective.

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