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This month's recommended band:
VIOLENT DESIGN
One of Engand's finest, Violent Design hail from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Their promise to deliver a modern-day multitude of styles has remained unchanged since the band started in 1998. Blending hardcore groves with thrash-tight riffs and utilising lyrical subjects as you might find inside a Metallica, Slayer or Biohazard inlay card this band are bound to catch on.
It's possible you may have already come across Violent Design before. They are plastered over every unsigned webzine on the internet and are never without something to do. The year 2000 proved to be a successful one for the band as bassist Matt Smith joined as a full-time member. Not only that, the band released their debut demo CD titled "...And The World Will So Allow It!" and embarked on a UK tour to promote their release. The first date of the said tour, the band sold completely out of copies of their CD, leaving the rest of the tour with nothing to promote but a shit-hot live band!
"...And The World Will So Allow It!" boasts a whopping nine tracks (this rarely happens for a band to price such content as £6!) and features a cover version of seminal hardcore veterans Cro-Mags' anthem "Hard Times" (off the "Age Of Quarrel" LP), the band consider this to be a regular favorite at their shows and it is rarely dropped from their set.
2001 will prove to be an equally successful year for the band as they hope to go into the studio to record another EP or single and have it released in time for their next upcoming UK tour. Local dates in and around Birmingham include April 25th at the Railway in Birmingham and April 26th at JB's in Dudley. It is unknown whether the band has made any plans to support any more "established" bands this year, however the band has previously supported Brutal Deluxe, Raging Speedhorn and JUST missed out on supporting Earth Crisis and Sick Of It All at Birmingham's Foundary last year.
FIFTH AMENDMENT HARDCORE is currently stocking Violent Design's debut CD, "...And The World Will So Allow It!" for £6.00 only (that's including the postage!). To take advantage of this amazing deal you can click HERE to add it to your shopping cart. To view Violent Design's website, click HERE and for a free preview, go to our DOWNLOAD page. You can also get in touch with the band by e-mail at: violentdesign@hotmail.com.
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