Guilt Parade: Guilted Palace of Sin 7″

Description

Looking at the cover of Guilted Palace of Sin, the new Guilt Parade EP, youll notice the emphasis on the word sin; its emblazoned in a stamplike, serif font and positioned dead center. Sin is just as easy to find off the cover. Guilt Parade, a hardcore punk band from Washington DC, spends the short time on their record railing against societys most egregious and incessant sins war, greed, power over jagged guitar riffs and D-beat drums to create chaotic yet tight songs of opposition for the modern era. -Ned Russin

Our take: Debut vinyl from this DC hardcore band featuring a bunch of scene veterans. While there are obvious influences from the worlds of Scandinavian and Japanese hardcore (Framtids density and Totalitrs catchy riffing style come to mind), I think what makes Guilt Parade unique is their ability to light up the dance floor with a crushing mid-paced part. Victim Insane, B.B.T.B., and G.P. (Reprise) sound like a wall of death coming right at you, and as with Torso these moments serve as a reprieve from the all out attack. Bruising.