Failures - Failures

Artist: Failures
Genre: Thrashcore/Fastcore
Country: United States
Record Label: Youth Attack!

Another excellent Mark McCoy project, Failures spastic thrashing breakdowns are reminiscent of what a more mature Charles Bronson would've sounded like during their later, more powerviolence influenced days. This is personally my favorite vocal performance from him (aside from his work in Arts) and overall the music is really great on this release.

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The Gentle Art of Chokin' - Discography

Artist: The Gentle Art of Chokin'
Genre: Thrashcore/Fastcore
Country: Germany
Record Label: ???

With only 3 releases so far (a s/t 12", and two splits) The Gentle Art of Chokin' has certainly made a name for themselves with not a whole lot of material. Dissonant, violent The Gentle Art... at times almost reach powerviolence levels of aggression but always maintain a firm stance in hardcore derived melodies and grooves, a great combination that makes listening to their relatively short discography nothing but a pleasure. Great instrumentation, great vocals, and overall just great everything, it would be a big mistake not to pick this up.

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The Cancer Kids - The Possible Dream (2006)

Artist: The Cancer Kids
Genre: Thrashcore/Fastcore
Country: United States
Record Label: Youth Attack!

Easily one of my favorite Youth Attack! releases, The Cancer Kids' The Possible Dream LP is an absolutely fantastic slice of thrashcore madness. Featuring members from Bucket Full of Teeth and Failures, this now sadly defunct act from Western Massachusetts swirled the melody of eighties hardcore with blast beats played at a grindcore tempo, also generously throwing in some fantastic mid-tempo breakdowns to boot.

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