PUNISHMENT
BROKEN BUT NOT DEAD
THORP

LINKS:

thorprecords.com

Bleak album title, eh? Well, the quintet known as Punishment echoes that lackluster sentiment on its punishing (no pun intended) 11-track metalcore release, Broken But Not Dead. The Philadelphia based outfit don't pull any punches. In fact, these guys are throwing them, evident in the brutal guitar assault found in "Burning Souls" and in the throaty aggressiveness screamed in "Struggle and the Sacrifice".
Reverberating the residual effects of urban decay, perseverance, and day-to-day survival, Punishment's visceral brand of hardcore is as real and brutal as life itself, and chances are if you dig the harder edge of the East Coast scene, you'll feel Punishment's harsh reality.

----Mike SOS