Violent
Reaction- Marching On LP review
This is what I’ve been waiting
for! The steady improvements that
Violent Reaction have been since their flexi (when I started listening,
anyways) have culminated into this monster of an LP, one of the best I’ve heard
as of late. The blue-collar straight
edge skinhead/Oi! influenced hardcore punk they play hits harder than any
mid-tempo band who focuses exclusively on breakdowns and sloganeering lyrics
ever could. The vocals are booming, the
guitars are tuned and distorted just the way they should be (normal EADGBE and
high-EQ distortion, I think), giving off a bit of an 86 Mentality vibe but
better, the bass is bouncing like their Doc Marten soles, and the drums hit on
all cylinders, large and small. The
lyrics are no doubt primitive at times, but still provoke enough though to be
worthwhile and still fitting of what is no doubt a genre best left to the
realms of simplicity. From the brutal
intro of M1 Stomp to the almost Blitz-ish Marching On, this is THE LP to get if you like hardcore punk,
no matter who you are, or what subgenre therein you like. This is the New Wave of British Hardcore, and
VxR are the ones marching on into battle, waving its flag.
-Aunty Social
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