1:18 mark.
When I was first getting into hardcore 7 years ago (i.e. more than just metal shows that Hatebreed and Sworn Enemy played on the bill), one of the first current bands I encountered was Steel Nation and their "Soul Swallower" album. It has become one of my favorite hardcore records and this is easily my favorite track.
Vocals screamed with such a raw, throat shredding approach it is quite possible that the reason the singer was dismissed before the next album was because he can no longer speak. Going mute for the sake of screaming about the evils of the world punctuated by larynx crushing YEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH's, what a way to go.
The guitar tone is a 300 pound lumberjack starting a chainsaw in preparation to decapitate a co-worker. The drums while not overly complicated, maintain a rhythmic beat not unlike being clubbed to death with a gunny sack full of ball bearings.
The next record "Forever Wounded" marked a significant change in sound, towards a more metallic hardcore stomp in the vein of All Out War or Merauder. A new song entitled "The Harder They Fall" was released today as a teaser for a new record of the same name, the bands first new material in 5 years.
Bonus riffage!
0:56 mark.
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