Innominate is a duo formed by Belgium hero Igneon System and Polish madman I:Gor. These two have been pumping out releases left and right this year and only a few weeks after “Built to Hurt (out on PRSPCT Recordings)”, they have two more tracks for us already! Out on Igneon System’s sublabel for The Third Movement, Heresy, A-side is ‘Execute’ featuring Sei2ure. Running at 175 bpm, Sei2ure has most of the sound design with his signature kick drum and noise-based leads. B-side, my favorite of the two, “Let the Blood Spill” is headed by Tugie. Sitting at a comfortable 196 bpm, it’s the kind of up-tempo Crossbreed track that I’m known for closing my sets with, and who knows, you might get to hear this one out very soon!
It’s always a wonderful little pick-me-up when I see that E-Force has released a new track, especially because this one is featuring a long time Hardstyle veteran, Luna. The track is lighter as compared to other tracks by E-Force, but Luna offers a wonderful synth design behind the aggressive chugs of E-Force’s kicks which makes this release a dance-floor banger without a doubt.
Typhoon is my favorite producer to have been discovered by Zatox when the Italian legend started his Unite record label. It’s actually been close to two years since Typhoon has released anything new and so what a better way to break back into the scene then to collaborate with another artist rapidly climbing the ranks like Regain. Of course, the result is something along the lines of a hailstorm of bullets! You can hear both artists hand in the making of the kick (super crunchy with a hefty amount of low end) and the anti-climax makes the entire atmosphere blackened and angry.
The Las Vegas based blackened speed metal duo is back at it after ten long years, this time in a stunning and massive 16 track digipack via Sawblade Records (limited cassette version as well)! This release features incredible sound design incorporating guitars and vocals along with drum machines and sequencers to blend hardcore techno elements with black/speed metal as well as featuring some noise pumping remixes from artists all across the world!
Acid Enema’s Misanthropic Visions CD and Cassette releases (SOLD OUT). You can also buy the digital release on hardtunes.com
Most notable tracks on the release are the title track ‘Misanthropic Visions’, Hymn of the Godless (Novokain Remix) and Eviscerating God (Tragedies from Hell Remix). Each one of these tracks shows the listener in its clearest form the powerful blend of hardcore techno and black metal. Although this sound is not for everyone, the work done by members Abhorrent (vocals and programming) and Noth (guitars and bass) show the ingenuity and passion that these two have for music as a whole.
You can catch Acid Enema in Seattle, WA at the Highline Bar on June 9th, and at the American Gabberfest Jun 18th-19th at the Hard Hat Lounge in Las Vegas, NV!
Abhorrent (vocals and programming) and Noth (guitars and bass) from the barren wastelands of Nevada!
As if we needed any more evidence that hard dance music is taking over in 2016; Frontliner was set to headline Apocalypto this last Saturday at Vinyl in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and the event SOLD OUT! “I couldn’t be happier to see hard dance thriving in Las Vegas!” says Matthew Levin, who gave all of his ambition in making sure of this outcome. What was most exciting was showing up about an hour before the show, absorbed by the empty room, witnessing the amount of prep that it takes up to the very last minute to make sure an event like this goes off without a hitch, then suddenly: show time! And watching that once empty room fill to the brim in a matter of minutes like a pilsner beer glass.
Kung Pow at Apocalypto, Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas, NV. Photos courtesy of Tone Martinez. Set the Tone Photography.
The night started off with local Vegas vets Joji (who spins a hard dance monthly at the Phoenix Bar to 100+[people]), Jack Spaidz – who is to psytrance what System Malfunction is to hardcore [in Vegas], and Kung Pow – my second favorite act of the night – a multi-genre DJ who can make anything sound incredible, together or separate. Arriving early is very important, because believe it or not, you’re missing out on a lot of pure talent, and since I’ve been witness to this it makes me feel that Vegas DJs are vastly overlooked.
Frontliner took the stage to a thunderous roar and conducted an interactive set filled with popular antics to interact with the crowd. It was a fun, uplifting set, and if you know this artist well, even his euphoric tracks have a certain roughness to them. As he moves from ‘Shivers’, to the Defqon.1 anthem ‘No Guts, No Glory’, Frontliner never dampens the energy he creates. But there is still one question that remains… who were those guys in the masks?
The debut of RVLTN Black at Apocalypto, Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas, NV. Photos courtesy of Tone Martinez. Set the Tone Photography
This night, we also witnessed the debut of a new Las Vegas tag team: RVLTN Black! Two insane, rowdy rough boys who unleashed rawstyle/uptempo hardcore to the crowd in a quickfire blitzkrieg. They even dropped American terrorcore producer Tim Shopp’s track “Terror Squad”, at which point the taller member of the duo grabbed the mic from the MC and yelled “when this track drops, someone fucking bleeds!” Of course, it was inevitable that a mosh pit was to ensue, and with an ear to ear grin, I couldn’t help but take part. What a show!
A huge thank you goes out to Matthew Levin and the entire Ravealation crew for making this event possible and for making the trip from Utah well worth it. Las Vegas has a seriously dedicated crowd to the harder styles so make sure that they stay well fed and nurtured.
