Some sick hardcore outta Richmond, VA today from the four-piece Barge. Looks like these gents have a twelve song LP due out via Grave Mistake Records sometime in 2016, but till then the band and label have posted this nasty 2-song sampler. Beltway hardcore gets a psychotic makeover on “Dead Generation/Never Trust“, breaking down in a sludge metal swamp before rallying once again with nihilistic abandon! Played at ferocious speeds with any residue of self-righteous indignation long ago burnt out, this dead generation’s rallying call is now “never trust”–and with fools and crooks in power everywhere you look, who can blame ’em. “Get Out (Madball)” is the other brief offering here, and it has murderous intentions and mindless choruses of “kill, kill” to go along with it’s fast and loose blending of hardcore and metal into the kind of sonic speedball sure to send you over the edge.
Barge has just kicked off a fairly extensive tour of the US, and from the sounds of this promo offering, this is a band not to be missed live! Here are the upcoming dates…
6.30.15 – Las Cruces, NM @ Haphazard Hall w/ Missing Link, Slow Eater *
7.1.15 – Phoenix, AZ @ 51 West Venue w/ Sex Prisoner, Humiliation *
7.2.15 – San Diego, CA @ Legend Records w/ Cold Stare, Drug Control *
7.3.15 – La Puente, CA @ Bridgetown DIY w/ Convict *
7.4.15 – LA, CA @ East 7th w/ Fury, Free At Last, Burst of Rage, Lock *
7.5.15 – Bakersfield, CA @ Babylon *
7.6.15 – San Jose, CA @ San Jose Rock Shop w/ I.C.E., Subtle Violence *
7.7.15 – San Francisco, CA @ Honey Hive Gallery w/ Scalped *
7.8.15 – Oakland, CA @ 1-2-3-4 Go! Records w/ Burnt Books *
7.9.15 – Portland, OR @ The Know w/ Cum *
7.10.15 – Olympia, WA @ Old School Pizzeria w/ Gag *
7.11.15 – Seattle, WA @ Nuthole w/ Bricklayer *
7.12.15 – Boise, ID @ Feral House w/ Left Astray, Twat Trap, ForcedxIdentity
7.13.15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court w/ Ceremony
7.14.15 – Denver, CO @ Seventh Circle Music Collective w/ Cadaver Dog, Negative Degree, Culture Shock
7.15.15 – Kansas City, MO @ Sandbox w/ Reality Abuse, Organ Trail
7.16.15 – Minneapolis, MN @ Rathole w/ Lard Boys, Much Worse
7.17.15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cocoon Room w/ Falter, Short Walk, Writhin’
7.18.15 – Chicago, IL @ The 2040 w/ Sin Orden, Public Assault
7.19.15 – Indianapolis, IN @ TBA w/ Social Damage
7.20.15 – Columbus, Ohio @ Legion of Doom w/ Minority Threat
7.21.15 – Buffalo, NY @ Sugar City
7.22.15 – Boston, MA @ The Boiler Room w/ I.C.E
7.23.15 – Easthampton, MA @The Flywheel w/ Chemiplastica
7.24.15 – New York City, NY @ Palisades w/ Concealed Blade, NYC Headhunters
*with Hard Stripes