antiMUSIC - Best of 2003

Best Hard Core Album

Hatebreed - "The Rise of Brutality"� antiGUY

Short and sweetly brutal! - antiGUY

Short, sharp and believable shocks of rage. Convincing anger portrayed with weight. � Tim Byrnes

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The Mars Volta - "De-Loused In The Comatorium"- Tim Byrnes

A grab bag of all the good stuff and then some! - antiGUY

Nothing else this year rocked as hard, or as strange, as this CD. Powerful. Tribal and maddeningly eclectic, Comatorium takes hardcore into the 21st Century with intelligence, grace and the sense of daring so often missing from most modern bands. � Tim Byrnes

Fans of now defunct intelli-screamo band At the Drive-In had their minds blown by this album-long suicide tale set to free jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms and two afroed geniuses. Listen to "Eriatarka" and "Cicatriz Esp." � Dan Grote

ATDI broke up for a good reason and thank God they did! -Scott Slapp

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Converge - "Unloved and Weeded Out" ( re-issue ) � DeadSun

Want to recapture those bloody-pit memories? A must have for any self-respecting Hard Core collection. - DeadSun

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Most Precious Blood � "Our Lady Of Annihilation" � Dr Fever

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Chimaira � "Impossibility Of Reason" - Hobo

Chimaira's album soundly beats any competition from Entombed or Hatebreed this year. - Hobo

Brutal without falling into monotony, or resorting to laughable attempts at rapping. Perhaps this is the "new" direction that Nu-Metalers falsely claim that THEY have taken Metal? Good stuff. - DeadSun

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What is your pick for Best Hard Core Album?

Fan Speak:

Posted by xXmoshmetalXx:
ok buddy first of all katakalysm is not hardcore there death so you do not know what you are talking about and must not know what your listening to. and second of all hatebreed is noted the best hardcore/moshcore (tough guy hardcore band) ever!!! so rise of brutality is definitely brutality.. mhmm

Posted by Slipknot:
SlipKnoT Is the BEST band ever!!!!

Posted by hatebreedfan:
hatebreeds rise of brutality

Posted by RedDragon:
Hatebreed- The Rise Of Brutality

Posted by The Jimbolian:
Best hardcore album? I'm gonna have to say Sworn Enemy's "As Real As It Gets". These boys got a lot to offer and this is one hell of an album.

Posted by Cheez Face:
Kataklysm "In Shadows and Dust" i think its the best hardcore album of 2003