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  Hatebreed's new 17-song, self-titled release is pretty much what’d you expect from this Connecticut 5-piece: Jamey Jasta’s scornful, throaty hollering surrounded by surging walls of monster, crunchy riffs. The band cut its teeth in the late-‘90s New York City hardcore scene, so it’s not too surprising that the stomp ‘n’ mosh opener “Become The Fuse” sounds a lot like their punk brethren from NYC, Sick Of It All. There’s also plenty of posi-core /self-actualization lyricism in songs like “Not My Master" (“This fight is worth fighting for/This hope is worth hoping for”) and “In Ashes They Shall Reap” (“I was born to bleed/Fighting to succeed”), which prove they still have one foot in the five-dollar matinees they were born out of. “Between Hell And A Heartbeat” and “Hands Of A Dying Man” reek of Slayer; Kerry King has long been a vocal Hatebreed supporter, even hand-picking the band to open for Their Slaytanic Majesties on tour - and if Hatebreed are good enough for Slayer, they should be good enough for you. Toss in an early Metallica cover (“Escape”), and there’s plenty here to satisfy the hardcore Hatebreed fan. – Greg Barbera

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  Hatebreed's new 17-song, self-titled release is pretty much what’d you expect from this Connecticut 5-piece: Jamey Jasta’s scornful, throaty hollering surrounded by surging walls of monster, crunchy riffs. The band cut its teeth in the late-‘90s New York City hardcore scene, so it’s not too surprising that the stomp ‘n’ mosh opener “Become The Fuse” sounds a lot like their punk brethren from NYC, Sick Of It All. There’s also plenty of posi-core /self-actualization lyricism in songs like “Not My Master" (“This fight is worth fighting for/This hope is worth hoping for”) and “In Ashes They Shall Reap” (“I was born to bleed/Fighting to succeed”), which prove they still have one foot in the five-dollar matinees they were born out of. “Between Hell And A Heartbeat” and “Hands Of A Dying Man” reek of Slayer; Kerry King has long been a vocal Hatebreed supporter, even hand-picking the band to open for Their Slaytanic Majesties on tour - and if Hatebreed are good enough for Slayer, they should be good enough for you. Toss in an early Metallica cover (“Escape”), and there’s plenty here to satisfy the hardcore Hatebreed fan. – Greg Barbera