Sunday, February 22, 2009

What Hapen Next? - Standfast Armageddon Justice Fighter



This was a re - relase by Pollution Records of a crucial record by these legendary thrashcore leading act - What Hapen Next in 2008 which the original "Stand Fast Armageddon Justice Fighter" was released in 2000. For the first, let's get back to the glory days of Crossover era, the era of a mixture of punk and metal. I miss those days. Punk was no longer the three chord simpleton. A hot fuel injection of speed and dexterity was shot into those veins and brought about quite a monster. Now, people still dismiss the influence of metal in punk, but you know I always thought all that hardcore stuff was just metal anyway. And What Hapen Next is leading the pack of the 80s positive hardcore revival bands. What started out as sort of a joke/tribute band has blossomed into a serious and powerful musical force. Inside this "Stand Fast Armageddon Justice Fighter" CD, you can find an album with Intelligent lyrics, tons of fast and catchy riffs, this is just pure fun. They get lumped in the crossover genre - they have their D.R.I., Attitude Adjustment and C.O.C. influences, but for the most part it's just pure fast, blazing and energetic hardcore. What Hapen Next.? are going straight for the throat with their mixture of blender guitars and pounding rhythms and they definitely draw blood. The vocals are classic hatecore flavored (a style that has never lacked severity) and are the perfect compliment for the personal and political tirades of the lyrics. Too bad this band got disbanded, i think What Hapen Next were the master of the masters of "gone in 60 second" music.

Download What Hapen Next? - Standfast Armageddon Justice Fighter full album.

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