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MarsKid
Emeritus
April 13th 2020


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Ah okay, I didn't know crossover was exclusive to that sound. Appreciate it

botb
April 13th 2020


17972 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I mean obviously it’s interchangeable for other crossover genres but I think generally that’s what people mean out of any sort of context when they say it

MarsKid
Emeritus
April 13th 2020


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

These guys used to have that tag but I'm not getting a whiff of thrash out of this

MarsKid
Emeritus
April 13th 2020


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Yeah, it isn't thrash, but they had been previously tagged as crossover. That's what I said lol

haesslichermensch
April 13th 2020


131 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

just love the album. seems that i am in the minority here

MarsKid
Emeritus
April 13th 2020


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Like what you like, no one stopping you friendo



I'd def recommend what I listed above if you want some other recs to jam!

brainmelter
Contributing Reviewer
April 13th 2020


8345 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Not sure how familiar some of you are with santa cruz. I live here, and tried participating in the scene, but there's a serious kool kids klub vibe here. You can't sit at our lunch table kind of stuff. If it's not east coast chugs they will actively hate you haha! I wish it wasn't like that. They just want more drain. Before my band even put anything out, they were already shitting on us. serious politics going on.


Not from Santa Cruz in particular but am from Cali and know how it is there. For such a progressive state a lot of the scenes are extremely closed-minded and ignorant tbh

MarsKid
Emeritus
April 13th 2020


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Unfortunate to hear. Anyone coming out of there worth checking?

NoHellsNoHeavens
April 14th 2020


265 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Is it great? Not really, but it is a lot of fun. I wish we had a non-rating "is fucking fun".

parksungjoon
April 14th 2020


47235 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

i mean



you can rate however you want



nothing wrong with giving a higher rating cuz u enjoy something



nothing wrong with enjoying something u give a lower rating to either

parksungjoon
April 14th 2020


47235 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

but yea for me this had a few redeemable moments here and there. floating on a sea of chunder and chugs

MarsKid
Emeritus
April 14th 2020


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I think fun hardcore has been produced better than this, but whatever floats your boat.



Even though beatdown goes in one ear and out the other, this album would benefit from packing more of a punch. Always criminal to have such a minimal bass presence. You need those grooves and you need that low end if you're going to use a fair amount of breakdowns.

Ray91
May 11th 2020


833 Comments


record is fun in the dumbest of ways and the vocals remind me a lot of rotting out. Somehow the hardcore scene really is sleeping right now. Maybe I've just grown out of it but can not think of anything remotely fresh coming out in 2019 and 2020

Recs are welcome

TiedDown93
May 16th 2020


77 Comments


I can’t tell if Drain wants to be a crossover band or a mosh band. The vocals are the worst part of the band. They seem really cool live and would check them out but this record is a big no from me. Good review.

possiblyafridge
July 9th 2020


15 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5



CA hardcore prove once again theyre only good at trendy mimicry and cheap imitation. Youd think one of the 6 bands these members are in would have an original idea.

NonApplicable
July 17th 2020


3017 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Drain is everything I wanted from Power Trip

botb
July 17th 2020


17972 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Good lord thats a v bad take

parksungjoon
July 18th 2020


47235 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

woah

possiblyafridge
December 28th 2020


15 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

“ Not sure how familiar some of you are with santa cruz. I live here, and tried participating in the scene, but there's a serious kool kids klub vibe here. You can't sit at our lunch table kind of stuff. If it's not east coast chugs they will actively hate you haha! I wish it wasn't like that. They just want more drain. Before my band even put anything out, they were already shitting on us. serious politics going on.”



100% can confirm this is exactly how this scene is. 12/15 dudes telling everyone what’s cool, Sunami being the biggest example of a band that would get clowned to death if it were anybody but those people.

BMFD4567
January 2nd 2021


959 Comments


Emotional



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