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9 out of 10
North Side Kings belong to the breed of hardcore kid who came to this scene via the crossover thrash scene. Preferring Slayer to Minor Threat they take the hardcore blueprint laid down by generations past and turn everything up to 11. The intensity and ferocity of the tracks on this release compliment the brutally honest lyrical content perfectly and there are beatdowns a plenty for those knuckle dragging pit apes.
"Giving Emo Kids Something To Really Cry About" is one of the best and hardest intros to an album I've heard in years. It's purely chug and chants and feels like being lead into battle. This type of music is pretty much set in stone and will never change how it is played over the years. It's true hardcore for true no bullshit hardcore kids; whose only ethic is hard fucking work and using the bottle to the head method for confronting their problems. All in all this reminds me of Blood For Blood a hell of a lot and that definitely isn't a bad thing. When hardcore has all but turned into hinting vaguely at statements of rebellion, there are bands like North Side Kings who cut through it all and show people for whom they truly are.
Listen: www.myspace.com/northsidekings
Tracklist:
1. Giving Emo Kids Something To Really Cry About
2. This Means War
3. My Sins
4. Street Trash
5. Downtown At The Bar
6. Hustle Don’t Stop (Blood Money Anthem)
7. When Push Comes To Shove
8. Step Aside
9. Nice Girls Finish Last
10. Organizing Our Neighborhood
11. Thugcore
12. Bad Reputation
13. The Bearer Of Bad News
14. Outro
15. Among The Living
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