World I Hate – Years Of Lead LP ***PRE ORDER***
€28.90
World I Hate – Years Of Lead LP ***PRE ORDER***
NEW AND UNPLAYED
War Records
STREET DATE: END OF SEPTEMBER
Music journalists love to celebrate hardcore that they perceive as clever, boundary-pushing, or
innovative, but for all the lip service paid to novelty, hardcore’s efficacy can actually be gauged
by one incredibly simple metric: Its ability to incite a room full of maladjusted goons to extreme
violence. Measured with that barometer, Milwaukee’s WORLD I HATE is ten times the hardcore
band any flavor of the week act could ever hope to be.
Initially formed at the end of 2018, WORLD I HATE released their debut EP, Collapse, in 2020
and played their first show in 2021. The band performs a brand of hyper-competent, no-frills
hardcore that combines the best parts of the genre’s last 25 or so years into a potent and hard-
hitting formula that’s nearly impossible to dislike. The fact that their lineup is bolstered by a
member of Texas stalwarts JUDICIARY doesn’t hurt matters.
On their new LP, Years Of Lead (releasing on WAR Records), the band delivers on the promise of
Collapse and further hones their already razor-sharp edge. Unafraid to blend blazing fast, near-
powerviolence tempos with battering-ram, New York hardcore stomps, Years Of Lead expands
upon the template put forth 20 years ago by Massachusetts legends THINK I CARE and rises to
the standard set by likeminded contemporaries such as SPINE or ODD MAN OUT. The record’s
19-minute runtime is replete with breakneck speed and room-clearing breakdowns, bolstered by
production that is crushing and crisp without a hint of sterility.
If you prefer your heavy music to have radio-ready choruses and crossover appeal, look
elsewhere. But if you’re in the market for unrelenting, capital “H” hardcore that is unconcerned
with trends, look no further than WORLD I HATE.
