Album Review: Terror-Keepers Of The Faith

Los Angeles hardcore act Terror doesn't fuck around. They have kept their no bullshit style of hardcore alive through many trends and helped shape the current hardcore scene. On Keepers Of The Faith, Terror continues their reign as one of the kings of modern hardcore.

Keepers Of The Faith would make the founding fathers of hardcore proud. Terror knows how to do hardcore right. Make intense tracks yet balance that intensity with postive lyrics and a fun attiude. Terror does that and then some. Album opener "Your Enemies Are Mine" opens the album with a bang. The riff is vintage hardcore and vocalist Scott Vogel brings a ton of energy to the track. Terror keeps the intensity at breakneck levels througout Keepers Of The Faith and you have to admire the emotion and power that is put behind every track. The instrumentation is a bit more complex than usual for Terror and that was a nice surprise. There is a good variety of riffs and none of them feel recycled in any way, shape or form.

Keepers Of The Faith is a must listen for any fans of the hardcore genre. Terror are one of the "Keepers Of The Faith" for the hardcore genre. Any old-school hardcore fan of bands like Sick Of It All and Cro-Mags should check out Terror, they are keeping the hardcore genre alive right now. This is the best Terror record since One With The Underdogs. Keepers of The Faith is the hardcore record of the year (still haven't heard the new Sick Of It All but that is the only hardcore record I can of that could top it) and should crack my Top 20 overall of the year.
4/5 Stars
Standout Tracks
1.Hell and Back
2.Your Enemies Are Mine
3. Shattered