Origin: Maine, USA
Current Label: Think Fast!
Status: Active
The newest record from a band that is without a shadow of a doubt one of the hardest working bands in the Hardcore/Punk scene today, Outbreak continue to blow me away with with another flawless album. With over half of the band leaving Outbreak to pursue a full-time passion in Cruel Hand (another great Hardcore project), they still get together when they can to work on new jams for Outbreak. On this particular record, Outbreak decided to go all in and produce a landmine that would simply bash your head against a gravel paved road. Clocking in at just over 20 minutes, this fifteen-song godsend has some of the elements that bring us all back to the days we loved in Hardcore, the 1980's & 1990's.
Lyrically, it's still the same ol' angry as fuck Outbreak, nothing has changed in that boat at all. With this album they seemed to keep a steady generic punk feel to it with a bit of hardcore vibes thrown in there for good measure. With most hardcore leaning towards this whole metalcore/deathcore era bullshit, I am very pleased that a band stays true to their roots and bangs out real tunes for real people. Now if anyone wants to tell me that production is a huge part of being "Hardcore" or "Punk" then you need to open those eyes. "Outbreak (ocrd) has production that's very well off yet it still has this raw and gritty feel to it, which I love, I can't get enough of it.
The album does have some low points overall but nothing that totally ruins the record. The biggest low of the album is a track called "Down Not Out", which is also the opening track on the album. It isn't a horrible track, I just personally feel that the whole album clouds that single track, it's easily the weakest song on the album but it's still a decent track, just not great.
Having listened to everything this band has put out, if you are looking for a more mediocre, new-user friendly album to start out with, this is the album for you guys and girls. Earlier work such as "Failure", "Eaten Alive" and "You Make Us Sick" are a lot heavier, faster and take more of the "long term" fan route. The self-titled album though is outstanding, damn near close to flawless in my eyes but most of you probably won't agree, all depends.
All I can say is that this record brings out the "rage" side of me and it'll quite possibly do the same to you, if you aren't careful. Give it a shot and if you hate it then just delete it from your HDD, pretty easy, right?
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