Seriously, can labels get more hardcore than Deathwish? I don’ t think so which is why I didn’t expect their latest release, Cold World’s “Dedicated To Babies Who Came Feet First”, to start off with a hiphop intro. That’s right… beats, scratching and some guy telling us to ‘turn it up’. There’s a couple more interludes during the album that I personally could have done without but oh well!

The actual songs are still pretty hardcore though… mostly mid-tempo stuff that doesn’t lose any of its aggression due to a slower pace. I’m hearing a lot of nineties Biohazard in there and with Billy Graziadei producing the album, it maybe shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise. Other than that there’s some “River Runs Red” era Life Of Agony going on as well and they’ve plenty of groove to throw around.

I would’ve liked the album more without the hiphop parts but overall “Dedicated To Babies Who Came Feet First” is a pretty decent album that sounds unlike most hardcore released these days.