Horde, The - Join Or Die CD 1234GO 012
NO FRONT TEETH (UK): -
I've joined! This is vicious hardcore punk with great production really highlighting the force and fullness of THE HORDE's sound without polishing it up.this maintains a concrete edge. THE HORDE, as their song suggests 'mean business'. This is an inexorable, fiery CD and I'm addicted to it. It makes me sweat with enthusiasm and excitement. This fuckin rules.everything about it- the music, the production, the artwork.you have to join.
INSIDE KNOWLEDGE (EU): -
The Horde are really rocking their socks off. Sharp Bars / Hope Conspiracy like hardcore has been brought together with old school punk. It’s just no-nonsense aggressive music to drive your parents / neighbours mad. The first four songs have been recorded for 7” that came out in 2003. The band disbanded after that, but some power surge brought this undead band back among the living to make us all move. So they recorded five more songs, one of which is a Misfits track. This music is like throwing saw blades into the audience. Blood on the dance floor can’t be avoided. Where’s the dotted line… I’m ready to join.
FLEX YOUR HEAD: -
Yeah, super stuff from The Horde here on their debut full-length. Well, is 19 minutes a full-length? Sure it is, with nine raging hardcore songs, it's a perfect length, really. And what sets The Horde apart is an inability to pin them down; not old school, not new school, not any kinda' hip screamo shite, just a straight-up, pissed-off approach to angry, fast and loud music. Kinda' like some of the more aggressive stuff on Ebullition a half-decade back (or more... what year is it?), The Horde eschew melody and Soundscans for honesty and a love of sincere and angry music. Gotta' love it, even if it's not the kinda' thing that has a lot of staying power.