Artist: Endless
Label: Da'Core Records
Release Date: 1/13/04
Rating: 2 Skulls
| | Title: Decade of Obscurity Artist: Endless Label: Da'Core Records Release Date: 1/13/04 Rating: 2 Skulls | ||
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Reviewed by Slither (2/23/06):
I won't get right to the complaining, although, at this point I don't know why I even bother trying to give the impression that I am not a complete ass. This HC crew who has apparently remained largely unnoticed for the better part of ten years is called Endless. Utterly shocking that a hardcore band from Pittsburgh, PA would find itself so mired in colleagues that nobody outside their immediate area would notice. That being said, this is not a bad bit of DIY hardcore from the American Northeast. Presented here for listeners are four new songs, a cover of Suicidal Tendencies "Subliminal" and two "lost" live tracks. By lost, I assume they meant, "Horribly recorded mixing board dumps that we dug up to flesh this EP out enough to charge 8 bucks and not feel like total thieves."Not metal in the least, this is straight laced stomping hardcore. Typical themes abound: don't complain about shit you can't change, agree with our values, and work with great vigor and fury to attain the goals that are within your reach. Much like self help books, if there were only two or three of these things floating around I might care, but this has been done to death so many times and so much better that the lyrical assault here just strikes me as contrived.
The album highlight Suicidal Tendencies cover gives the impression these guys may have more of a crossover thing going, but that is just not the case. The four new songs are competent and recorded surprisingly well for an independent release, the cover song is great, and the two live tracks sound like utter shite. These guys play with a level of skill that I'm sure allows them to appear on any bill in their hometown and receive nothing but praise but in the grand scheme of things they just do not stand out from the pack. Let it be said that if a band can only produce twenty minutes to sum up a decade, and the seven tracks comprising those precious minutes come out this mediocre, they are not going to generate any interest in the next ten years of work. While a full album from Endless would most likely receive a higher score, I find this package in general to be an underwhelming experience and I can recommend it only for obsessive collectors of American DIY hardcore.
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