the new hardside record in my hands. their last album 'time is punishment' was a rager and even got better the more i listened to it. i loved this ace mix of heavy hardcore and heavy metal-ish sung choruses. therefore i was stoked when beatdown hardwear announced pre-orders for 'the madness'. i was pretty early in the game and snagged a copy of the most limited colour-way. strike!
when the record came in and i listened to it for the first time, i was a bit underwhelmed. their heavy, groove-laden hardcore stayed but somehow the cool sung parts were missing. not completely but i had to turn the record for the b-side to get what i craved for. after repeated listenings i like the a-side too and have to say that 'the madness' is a great album, but 'time is punishment' is better in my book.
you can stream the whole record at beatdown hardwear's bandcamp an make sure to check out 'resurgence' and 'till my blood runs dry'. the presentation of 'the madness' is awesome. lovely cover art, matching red printed dust sleeve, nice poster and the very lovely yellow with red marble vinyl record. all out of 75 copies. well done, well done. all colours still available! beatdown hardwear. 2015.
