Album Reviews

It has been four years since Incendiary bashed people over the head with their crushing brand of hardcore, but they are back now. And how! On “Thousand Mile Stare”, the Long Island, NY band sees everything you loved about this band’s previous releases and raises you an even more refined version of their take on hardcore.

“Thousand Mile Stare” picks up where 2013’s “Cost Of Living” left off, and then takes it even further. All your favorite hardcore ingredients are present and accounted for. Brutal riffs, drums that pummel you into submission, breakdowns and the kind of foaming-at-the-mouth outrage you just can’t fake. It’s all there, nicely dosed in ten songs. But where Incendiary set themselves apart from the rest is in the way they take their time to let things build up before letting it all explode. It might have taken them four years to release new music, but you can tell they have spent a fair amount of time honing the songs that make up “Thousand Mile Stare”.

And while the rest of the band is wreaking havoc on your eardrums, vocalist Brendan Garrone becomes rage personified in every single song. Whether he’s lashing out at the current state of American politics or at religion, you can tell he means business.

When Incendiary started out, they allowed themselves to be inspired by bands like Snapcase and Indecision. I think it’s fair to say that now, they are playing in the same league.

Track listing:

1. Still Burning
2. Hanging From The Family Tree
3. Front Toward Enemy
4. Awakening
5. The Product Is You
6. No Purity
7. Hard Truths Cut Both Ways
8. Sell Your Cause
9. Fact Or Fiction
10. Poison