Alpha Hopper are weird spaced out punk from Buffalo, New York.  Last Chance Power Drive (2016) is a great release by this unique, original band.

Alpha Hopper’s female fronted vocals are cleaner and off-pitch but there are also harder moments with more screaming vocals.  The riffs are catchy, syncopated and often bass-focused, with the bass prominent in the mix.  It all sounds weird enough to be spaced out.

            Last Chance Power Drive is released by Radical Empathy and limited to 300 copies on smoky blue vinyl.

 

If you listen to some of the newer bands in hardcore today, you’d think that hardcore is about punching people in the face and being negative.  Eat Me Fresh from Czech Republic are a refreshing reminder of what hardcore is really about.  Young people with a positive message, expressing themselves and having a good time.

Eat Me Fresh have got some serious groove.  Songs have unpredictable arrangements and nice change-ups that keep the tension and intensity going.  The hardcore style vocals are spot on, and hook you in right away.  Their lyrics deal with overcoming the internal and external pressures and struggles we each face every day.

            Eat Me Fresh are one of the newer, younger bands in hardcore that remind us that hardcore is about being young, having fun, and expressing ourselves with a positive message.  Facing the Truth (2016) is available on white-black splatter or black vinyl at Powertrip Records in Germany.

Stockholm kings of speed Massgrav split with Kronofogden from Hudiksvall.  A super-fast Swedish hardcore punk assault.  Massgrav brings their signature sound of blastbeat infused hardcore punk while Kronofogden hits you with fast, crusty, hardcore punk.  There are plenty of d-beats and both bands deliver unique, original sounding vocals.

            Kronofogden/Massgrav Split 7” EP (2016) is released by Blindead Productions in Sweden and is available on red or black vinyl.