TERROR

Total Retaliation

CENTURY MEDIA

LA’s hardcore mob prove that dinosaurs are still fucking cool Terror’s stubborn commitment to old-school hardcore may seem tiresome to some when the scene they exist within is making such thrilling advances, but the old adage of not fixing things that are broken immediately springs to mind when considering Total Retaliation. Save for the 90-second hip hop break of Post Armageddon Interlude, this is straight-up, pure punk rock aggression, stomping beatdowns, huge barked gang vocal chants and Scott Vogel’s vein-popping snarl from start to finish. If you’re a Terror disciple you’ll love this record, especially when imagining just how great a song like Break The Lock will sound in their live set. If, however, you believe that the bar for what hardcore as a genre can do has risen over the last few years then this might just be nothing more than an enjoyable distraction. FOR FANS OF: MADBALL, KNUCKLEDUST, EARTH CRISIS

STEPHEN HILL