Barricade is another band that was discovered on our chance outing to Nashville for a 3 day music excursion (reference to I Rise review). Barricade is a band that mostly stuck with us mostly because the band members resemblance to actual bears.
They are mean looking, they are hairy, and they are all large guys. Their bass player 'Pat Bastard' is also in a pirate metal band, and you don't cross pirates.
So to get down too it. Barricade is a mean sounding band. Their previous release "Be Heard" came out on Blackout Records in 2006 and it is chockful of negative, punishing hardcore. I won't say that is the best of albums... My listening experience with it was somewhat mixed. There were a few songs that I really liked a lot, and then the rest of the songs just felt like after thoughts.
Thankfully, their Eulogy Records follow up is nothing like that. It's still mean as hell, it's pissed and heavy, but the song writing this time around is much more solid. Barricade is not a band that is pushing the boundries of hardcore, but they are a band that fans of hardcore in the vein of Terror, First Blood, things of that nature.
While the whole of the album is very solid, I certaintly think that the first half is much stronger than the second. The first 3 tracks in particular are really good. 'Michelle' has an awesome anthem-esque sing a long at the end that I can imagine a lot of kids going nuts for. In general, I picture kids who like aggressive hardcore down with most of the heavy parts in this album, and I'm really excited to see these guys again just because I imagine the live show being good.
So 'Demons' isn't exactly the second coming of hardcore, but it's fun and angry, so I think it's worth checking out.
Barricade on MySpace
Eulogy Records
Barricade : Eulogy Webstore
Amazon
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