NEW REIGNITION (PA) SONG POSTED!

REIGNITION from york, pennsylvania just posted a new song entitled "fire breathers" off of their new upcoming 7" the epitome of freewill on their myspace that is definitely worth checking out. this is their first set of recordings with their new vocalist, and they came out awesome. band has been working pretty hard the past year or so and it definitely shows, be on the lookout for some big things from them soon.

http://www.myspace.com/reignitionpa

OUR CROSS TO BEAR 2009 DEMO REVIEW

OUR CROSS TO BEAR is a hardcore band out of middletown, new york playing early a more modern sounding early-2000's inspired hardcore. one thing right off the bat, the name doesnt do it for me. it would definitely make an awesome album name, but as a band name its not working. but onto the music: the first thing i noticed about this demo is that its well produced and high quality, mixed very well for a demo which is awesome. the vocalist seems to be an angry dude, but sometimes his gruffer yelling approach doesnt quite fit the music. i will give him points for not succumbing to a typical vocal style and for not going for straight "wes-worship," which with this style of hardcore would be easy to fall into. maybe this is his first time doing vocals, maybe not, but with a little work he could really bring a lot more to this band, because his vocals are good, they just need some work with this particular project. some of the gang vocals sound a little stale and unnecessary, but they work perfectly in the track "leave mine to me" which is styled a little more like a hardcore punk anthem, it works out awesome (EDIT: "leave mine to me" is a bad religion cover and im a total tool for not realizing that and just thinking it was familiar-sounding for no real reason. LOL@me). my only REAL qualm with this demo is sometimes the guitar leads can go a little overboard. dont get me wrong, they are cool a lot of the time and add to the songs, but i think taking it down a notch would actually up the quality of the songs as a whole.

all in all, this is an awesome 3 song demo. if youre into AN or carry on, you would definitely be into this band. with a little work, this band could definitely turn some heads, ill keep my eye on them. check our their myspace and grab the demo at the mediafire link below.

http://www.myspace.com/ourcrosstobear
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=9ad0accaec1d641e9bf8d6369220dcab60e4f483a7eae3ec5621d66e282a0ee8

TRACKLISTING:
1. the chin
2. underground
3. leave mine to me