Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Let the animals out of their cages -



After reading my brother's top ten list, I checked out the Boston, Mass. hardcore outfit The Hope Conspiracy. Their latest album Death Knows Your Name totally slays. It blends straightforward old-school hardcore raging with more brutal and chaotic modern elements so successfully employed by bands like Converge.

Death Knows Your Name was recorded with Kurt Ballou of Converge after a four year hiatus for the band. I haven't heard much of their earlier material, but this album is heavy, angry, and (despite a lack of melody) actually pretty powerful and moving stuff. According to the band, the album's concept is loosely based on George Orwell's Animal Farm, and I think that that bleeds into the music. It just sounds like an album about escaping and overcoming oppression.

Anyhow, the record is out now on Deathwish, Inc. Pick up your copy today.

MP3 | Hope Con - Hang Your Cross Death Knows Your Name
MP3 | Hope Con - They Know Not Death Knows Your Name


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