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Barricade
I Be Heard
Blackout! / Creep CD
“Unless you stand up and join the fight / There will never be an end in sight / Get the fuck off the fence and fight / Fight / Stand up for what is right / Stand up and join the fight.”*
Pennsylvania’s Barricade comes at you with straight-forward, uncompromising hardcore. There’s nothing groundbreaking on I Be Heard, but the band does show nice aggression musically and vocally.
Ziggy’s vocals are deep and guttural, but you can clearly understand the anti-fascist, self-empowering lyrics. Barricade’s hardcore delivery zips through fast upbeat tempos to some slower, moshable gang-vocal sing-alongs like “We’ve Had Enough.” Mostly straightforward, however I Be Heard does contain some nice spurts of melody as heard on “Be Heard” and “Til the End.” I Be Heard definitely gets the heart pumping.
Nothing new, but it’s a decent listen that’s not entirely insipid. I Be Heard is guaranteed to start a circle pit or a hardcore mosh aerobic class in your living room.
by Fake Train
*Taken from “Fence Walker”
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