After a manufacturing delay, the vinyl pressing of New York blackened hardcore heathens New Plague's debut 7" EP is now available for purchase. The 7" is available through Fly The Light (US)/Frail Abuse (UK) and through the band themselves.
New Plague is a fast, furious and unrelenting release that features six short, blistering tracks that collectively clock in at 10 minutes in length. These monstrous metallic hymns showcase a band who have a penchant for unadulterated chaos.
New Plague was recorded in August of 2014 by Kevin Bernsten of Developing Nations Studios in Baltimore, Maryland and was mastered by the prolific Brad Boatwright at Audiosiege. The music is immediate and unforgiving; channeling the likes of Converge, Trap Them and others. The songs churn out black metal inspired coldness, frenzied, angular complexity, catchy yet bruising grooves and a healthy amount of grime and grit. American Aftermath said of the EP: "Hardcore of this ilk is pretty widespread at this point, so it is refreshing to find something that, while familiar, is immediate and assertive in its approach. It's all killer, no filler here." Lambgoat boasts: "New Plagues' debut is a pretty impressive showing for this brand of hardcore." Exclaim.ca gushes over the EP in an 8/10 review saying: "Their debut self-titled EP comprises six short tracks of fierce, blistering hardcore featuring elements of black metal and thrash. It's discordant and unpredictable throughout, yet features moments of simplicity and plenty of groove-filled breakdowns."
New Plague Live:
07/18 - Copiague, New York - The Wood Shop w/Outer Heaven, Gatecreeper, Carcosa and Annulment
"Their debut self-titled EP comprises six short tracks of fierce, blistering hardcore featuring elements of black metal and thrash. It's discordant and unpredictable throughout, yet features moments of simplicity and plenty of groove-filled breakdowns." - Exclaim.ca
"New Plagues' debut is a pretty impressive showing for this brand of hardcore." - Lambgoat
"In a sea of metal & hardcore acts New Plague provides thick metal riffs with hardcore undertones and hints of black metal throughout this release. Fantastically executed chaotic drums played by drummer George Hayduk easily pounds you into submission, and angrily screamed vocals carry their message from start to finish on this uncompromising metal release." - New Noise
"Hardcore of this ilk is pretty widespread at this point, so it is refreshing to find something that, while familiar, is immediate and assertive in its approach. It's all killer, no filler here." - American Aftermath
"New Plague's sound is heavy hitting and not nearly as formulaic as you might expect, there are big moments on here with riffs and fast paced music. These 6 songs clock in at 10 minutes so the energy is on full blast the entire time. Structured yet hectic, I am glad I checked out these guys. Their drum sound is amazing, the guitar tone is quite heavy and the vocals being screamed into my skull are satisfying. Gnarly." - Headbang or GTFO
"This truly is a New Plague. They will infect the majority, leaving them to decay slowly. This epidemic is the start of this rising blackened hardcore band. New Plague only introduces their bloodthirsty disaster with their debut self-titled EP. Soon, the venues will have to be quarantined to prevent an outbreak." - The Age of Metal
"This shit will get your adrenaline pumping and leave you breathless if you have any love for hardcore at all. I'll take this style over dumb ass downtuned breakdowns the whole song with pop barely in tune even with auto tune emo vocal clean choruses any freakin' day." - Metal Newz
"You're gonna read other reviews that use words like "brutal" or compound hyphenated words like "face-melting" and though I don't feel brutalized, OR particularly face-melty, I do wanna circle-pit/core-dance like a giant asshole to this ten minutes of genuinely fuckin' good hardcore. Dudes sound mad, and sweet fuck do I love me some mad." - Exiled in Eugene
