Author: JoshIVM

Band: Society’s Finest Title: And I, The Drunkards Label: Hand Of Hope Release Date: 5/16/06 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. NYC 02. And I, The Drunkards 03. Cutters, Oh Cutters 04. One More Kiss 05. Holland 06. Sunday Prayer 07. Goddess 08. Fourth Floor Corpse 09. Nebraska 10. Dear Rebecca Nurse 11. Untitled 12. Deadlightstrangers Members/Duties: Joshua Ashworth: Vocals Eli Bowser: Guitar Guy Turner: Guitar Daniel Barton: Bass Stephen Poole: Drums Society’s Finest have been a household name in metalcore for over 8 years. They’ve released an EP on Pluto Records (“Private Conflicts And Suicides”, then took over Solid State with their crushing debut “The Journey So Far” (which by the way still maintains a slot in my disc player), then after that seemed to disappear.… Continued →

Band: Kingston Falls Title: The Crescendo Of Sirens Label: Strike First Release Date: April 4th, 2006 Tracklisting: 01. The Infection To Quarantine 02. Brutality And The Beast (Part 1) 03. We’ll Let The Dice Decide 04. Botulism (And A Horse Called Bartholemew) 05. The Weak Shall Prevail 06. Lieutenant Never 07. Beauty And The Sentiment (Part 2) 08. Diplomacy, Day 8 09. Alibi: Destroyed 10. This Is Ghost Town Members/Duties: Josh B: Guitar Josiah G: Guitar, BV’s John B: Vocals Brent Z: Drums, BV’s Jason G: Bass Kingston Falls, out of Indiana, was a band I was turned on to a few years back.… Continued →

Band: Burden Of A Day Title: Pilots & Paper Planes Label: Blood & Ink Release Date: May 9, 2006 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. For Tomorrow We Die 02. High Noon 03. Escapism Is An Art Form 04. No Blood No Foul 05. “Oh The Humanity” (A Prologue To Tragedy) 06. Ashes To Ashes 07. Hello My Name Is Euphoria 08. Cupid Missed His Mark 09. Anatomy Of A Scene 10. Bite The Bullet 11. Sound Of Solace 12. Lost In The Shuffle Members/Duties: Bryan Honhart: Guitar Kendall Knepp: Vocals Terry Clark: Bass Josh Sommers: Guitar Jesse Hostetler: Drums Burden Of A Day coming from the ever blossoming band haven of Florida bring a melodic hardcore sound that we’ve seen so many times before.… Continued →

Band: The Classic Crime Title: Albatross Label: Tooth & Nail Release Date: May 23rd, 2006 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. The Fight 02. Flight Of Kings 03. Who Needs Air 04. Blisters & Coffee 05. The Coldest Heart 06. All The Memories 07. Say The Word 08. I Know The Feeling 09. Warrior Poet 10. Bitter Uprising 11. We All Look Elsewhere 12. Headlights Members/Duties: Matt MacDonald: Vocals Justin DuQue: Guitar Robbie Negrin: Gguitar Skip Erickson: Drums Alan Clark: Bass It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Tooth & Nail promote a band this much.… Continued →

Band: Family Force 5 Title: Business Up Front, Party In The Back Label: Gotee Tracklisting: 01. Cadillac Phunque 02. Kountry Gentleman 03. X-Girlfriend 04. Drama Queen 05. Put Ur Hands Up 06. Love Addict 07. Earthquake 08. Replace Me 09. Lose Yourself 10. Peachy 11. Supersonic 12. Numb Members/Duties: SOUL GLOW ACTIVATOR (Solomon Olds): Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keys CROUTON (Jacob Olds)—–Lead Vocals, Drums PHATTY (Joshua Olds)—–Background Vocals, Bass NADADDY (Nathan Currin): DJ, Percussion, Keytar CHAP STIQUE (Derek Mount): Guitar My first experience with FF5 was a mixed video featuring a few of their tracks mixed into one video.… Continued →

Band: Fair Title: The Best Worst-Case Scenario Label: Tooth & Nail Release Date: June 6th, 2006 Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Monday 02. The Attic 03. Carelessness 04. The Doubfound Game 05. Pause 06. Grab Your Coat 07. Bide My Crime 08. Get You Out Alive 09. Cut Down Sideways 10. Confidently Dreaming 11. Blurry Eyed 12. Unglued Members/Duties: Aaron Sprinkle: Guitar & Lead Vocals Erick Newbill: Guitar & BGV’s Joey Sanchez: Drums & percussion Nick Barber: Bass & BGV’s Aaron Sprinkle is a name that many people will recognize.… Continued →

Band: WRENCHINTHEWORKS Title: Prodigal Transmission Label: Redscroll Records Review By: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 1. Pale Fire 2. Tonight Is War 3. Caterpillar 4. Bitten By Flies 5. Psalm 151 6. Wires Of Resentment 7. Woven 8. Streets Paved Of Gold Members/Duties: Mehl: Guitar & Vocals Darrell: Bass & Vocals Andy: Drums WRENCHINTHEWORKS is a 3 piece metalcore outfit hailing from Connecticut. After a few years together they completed “Prodigal Transmission”. I ran across this band on myspace and wanted to check out the full album to get a good vibe.… Continued →

Band: Woodale Title: Finish What You Start Label: [none] Release Date: Out Now!! Review by: Josh IndieVision Tracklisting: 01. Here 02. Listen For Me 03. She’s Got A Way 04. Baby, I can’t Wait 05. Keep Driving Members/Duties: Matt: Lead Vocal, Guitar Ryan: Drums Tom: Bass Dubs: Guitar, Piano, BGV’s Adam: Guitar, BGV’s The EP starts off with “Here”, the piano and vocals really stand out on this track. The first verse stays on the softer side and then the backbone of bass and drums kick in.… Continued →

Band: The Working Title Title: About Face Label: Cause For Alarm (Universal) Release: June 27th, 2006 Tracklisting: 01. About Face 02. Nothing Less Radiant 03. P.S. 04. Glorious 05. Under The Ground 06. The Crash 07. Something She Said 08. Weigh Me Down 09. Never Run Again 10. The Mary Getaway (I Lost Everything) 11. Blind 12. There Is None 13. Enslaved 14. Turbulence Members: Joel Hamilton – Vocals Adam Pavao – Guitars Chris Ginn – Bass Ross Taylor – Drums This South Carolina quartet formed in 2001 and have been making their mark ever since.… Continued →

Band: Flee The Seen Title: Doubt Becomes The New Addiction Label: Facedown Records Release Date: March 14th, 2006 Review by: Josh Indie Vision Tracklisting: 01. Celebrate The Static 02. Wardrobe Full Of Fiction 03. Do You Think Dallas Is Still In The Slammer? 04. I’ll Be Back On Sunday 05. November 5th 06. Wire Tap Out 07. Broken Thoughts Of Praise 08. Walking Past You 09. Right Before You Disappear 10. Start The End Again 11. 300 Voices At Liberty Hall Members/Duties: *Kim Anderson: Bass, Vocals *RL Brooks: Guitar, Vocals *Manuel Sanchez: Guitar *Aaron Crawford: Drums This four piece, formed in 2003, had independently released 2 EP’s and made a name for themselves around Kansas City, where they are from.… Continued →

Band: Transition Album: Get There Label: Floodgate Records Releases: May 9th, 2006 Transition will be new to most people, however they’ve been under the radar for awhile independently releasing two independent albums. (Including the extremely impressive “Sunset Wakeup” which by the way can be ordered from the band’s merch site). Having listened to that album and seeing they had signed with Floodgate I was looking forward to this release. Then finding out Mike Herrera (frontman: MxPx) was at the helm producing only doubled my interest. I’ll be honest and say that I went straight to the fourth track #4 featuring Mike Herrera, because well I have always been a huge MxPx fan.… Continued →

Review by: Josh IndieVision Band: Anam Cara Title: Ready To Live Label: Strike First Records Release Date: April 11th, 2006 Tracklisting: 01. Intro 02. You’re Not Aware 03. Our Air To Breathe 04. Consequence Of Being Irrational 05. Ready To Live 06. Closer 07. It’s Not Too Late 08. Don’t Look Back 09. Thief In The Night 10. Hear Me Out 11. Just Reassure Me That Everything Is OK Members/Duties: *David Bills: Vocals *Matt DeSear: Guitar, Vocals *Bobby Canfield: Drums *Alex Zalo: Bass Anam Cara, the self-proclaimed “Florida Hardcore Band”, does indeed put out hardcore music but with enough variety to set them apart from their cohorts.… Continued →

Band: Zombie Gutz Title: Who’s Come’n With Me? Label: Wounded Records Tracklisting: 01. Moonpies And Brownie Chocolate 02. Wilkesboro 03. Bo Fever 04. How Does It Go 05. Burned Alive 06. Sold 07. Wacko Jacko 08. Track 7 09. Keep Poundin 10. Dumpzilla 11. Alexander 12. Water Hockey Members: Ryan C. – Lead Guitar Ryan H. – Drums Chase – Vocals Brandon – Guitar Van Lowe – Bass/Vocals (currently serving in Iraq) Joe – Bass (fill-in) My first thought was man these guys have a great name to design merch for.… Continued →

Review by: Josh IndieVision Band: Dalton Title: Taste The Sky Label: Selectric Release Date: May 2nd, 2006 Tracklisting: 01. City Lights 02. Taste The Sky 03. Life Afraid 04. Overlight 05. 600 Feet 06. Gabriel (Hold On) 07. Above You 08. Take What You Want 09. Streets 10. Breathing In 11. Hold Me Now (Summer’s Song) Members/Duties: *Steven Kanicka: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals *Spencer Dalton: Drums & Lead Vocals *Preston Dalton: Guitar & Lead Vocals *Chris Santos: Bass Dalton brothers, Spencer and Preston, decided that music was their mission back in high school.… Continued →

Review by: Josh IndieVision Band: NeedToBreathe Title: Daylight Label: Atlantic Records Release Date: April 4th, 2006 Tracklisting: 01. Don’t Wait For Daylight 02. Quit 03. Shine 04. Don’t Leave Just Yet 05. Haley 06. You Are Here 07. Knew It All 08. More Than 09. Over Now 10. Lost 11. I Won’t Look Back Members/Duties: *Bear Rinehart: Vocals, Guitars *Bo Rinehart: Guitars, Backup Voc’s *Seth Bolt: Bass, Backup Voc’s, Programming *Joe Stillwell: Drums, Backup Voc’s The quartet known as NeedToBreathe has been creating quite the buzz lately.… Continued →

Band: Sacred Sorrow Title: Deliver Us From Evil Label: Wounded Records Tracklisting: 01. No Surrender 02. Idolatry Of Fashion 03. Judas 04. Sunsets Over Salem 05. The Kiss Goodbye 06. Less Than Here 07. Paper Airplanes 08. From The Wings Of A Fallen Angel 09. A New Hope 10. Conflicted 11. Proverbs 23 12. Social Suicide Members: Blake: Vocals Jeremy: Guitar Joshua: Drums Dustin: Bass Mike: Guitar Sacred Sorrow formed in early 2003, after a praise and worship session. The band has made it clear that they were fed-up with the “anti-god hardcore scenes” and “set out to change the pace”.… Continued →

Band: The Afters Title: I Wish We All Could Win Label: Epic/INO Tracklisting: 1. Beautiful Love 2. Until The World 3. Someday 4. Love Leave Me On 5. All That I Am 6. The Way You Are 7. You 8. Love Will Make You Beautiful 9. Wait 10. Thank God I’m Not The One Recently receiving the Dove award for “New Artist Of The Year” comes The Afters, with their debut “I Wish We All Could Win”. This album has already gained them widespread media attention and I believe that will only continue to grow.… Continued →