Ripcord: Harvest Hardcore 7"
Official reissue of the first Ripcord 7"! Blazing US-style hardcore, but from the UK in 1988.
Our take: First official reissue of the first Ripcord 7â (The Damage Is Done was a flexi, ya dingus!) from 1988. Whenever you see the word âRipcordâ referring to the late 80s UK hardcore band you can bet that the word âHeresyâ won't be more than 20 words away, and Iâm here to maintain cosmic order. Truthfully, I was always more partial to Heresy. Iâm a smidge too young to have gotten into these groups when they were around, and whether it was that Heresyâs material was more available or that they maintained their back catalog in a more attractive way (I suspect both), Iâve always reached for the H section rather than R when Iâm looking for something faster than fast. Today, though, Harvest Hardcore is hitting me right. Ripcord really were a twin-headed beast with Heresy, with both bands sharing blistering fast, dunka-dunka hardcore beats, big breakdowns, and a curated list of cover tunes that still speaks to 21st century tastes (Siege and SS Decontrol on here). The production is solid and the playing tight and locked in, never degenerating into the semi-incoherent blur of, say, Napalm Death. It feels like this era / style of hardcore isnât the most fashionable at the moment, but then again we sold quite a few copies of that recent reissue of Heresyâs Face Up To It, so maybe Iâm wrong. What I can tell you is that Harvest Hardcore is one of the better records to emerge from that scene, particularly if your tastes lean toward straightforward hardcore rather than grind and power violence.
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Ripcord: Harvest Hardcore 7"
Ripcord: Harvest Hardcore 7"
Official reissue of the first Ripcord 7"! Blazing US-style hardcore, but from the UK in 1988.
Our take: First official reissue of the first Ripcord 7â (The Damage Is Done was a flexi, ya dingus!) from 1988. Whenever you see the word âRipcordâ referring to the late 80s UK hardcore band you can bet that the word âHeresyâ won't be more than 20 words away, and Iâm here to maintain cosmic order. Truthfully, I was always more partial to Heresy. Iâm a smidge too young to have gotten into these groups when they were around, and whether it was that Heresyâs material was more available or that they maintained their back catalog in a more attractive way (I suspect both), Iâve always reached for the H section rather than R when Iâm looking for something faster than fast. Today, though, Harvest Hardcore is hitting me right. Ripcord really were a twin-headed beast with Heresy, with both bands sharing blistering fast, dunka-dunka hardcore beats, big breakdowns, and a curated list of cover tunes that still speaks to 21st century tastes (Siege and SS Decontrol on here). The production is solid and the playing tight and locked in, never degenerating into the semi-incoherent blur of, say, Napalm Death. It feels like this era / style of hardcore isnât the most fashionable at the moment, but then again we sold quite a few copies of that recent reissue of Heresyâs Face Up To It, so maybe Iâm wrong. What I can tell you is that Harvest Hardcore is one of the better records to emerge from that scene, particularly if your tastes lean toward straightforward hardcore rather than grind and power violence.
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Official reissue of the first Ripcord 7"! Blazing US-style hardcore, but from the UK in 1988.
Our take: First official reissue of the first Ripcord 7â (The Damage Is Done was a flexi, ya dingus!) from 1988. Whenever you see the word âRipcordâ referring to the late 80s UK hardcore band you can bet that the word âHeresyâ won't be more than 20 words away, and Iâm here to maintain cosmic order. Truthfully, I was always more partial to Heresy. Iâm a smidge too young to have gotten into these groups when they were around, and whether it was that Heresyâs material was more available or that they maintained their back catalog in a more attractive way (I suspect both), Iâve always reached for the H section rather than R when Iâm looking for something faster than fast. Today, though, Harvest Hardcore is hitting me right. Ripcord really were a twin-headed beast with Heresy, with both bands sharing blistering fast, dunka-dunka hardcore beats, big breakdowns, and a curated list of cover tunes that still speaks to 21st century tastes (Siege and SS Decontrol on here). The production is solid and the playing tight and locked in, never degenerating into the semi-incoherent blur of, say, Napalm Death. It feels like this era / style of hardcore isnât the most fashionable at the moment, but then again we sold quite a few copies of that recent reissue of Heresyâs Face Up To It, so maybe Iâm wrong. What I can tell you is that Harvest Hardcore is one of the better records to emerge from that scene, particularly if your tastes lean toward straightforward hardcore rather than grind and power violence.
