Doomsday 2022

I didn't pay any attention to the first Warfare record that Triple B released back in 2018. Other than the Mindset LP, the label didn't seem to have too much going on that year that interested me, so the Warfare record hardly made a blip on my radar. When I picked up the new split with Restraining Order earlier this year, the two Warfare songs were enough to make me want to hear more from the band. Instead of chasing down the first Warfare record, I decided to preorder the new one that the band had on the way.

The split 7 inch with Restraining Order and Warfare was hyped with the tagline of "The Return Of Fast Hardcore". Hell yes. That's what I want to hear, and Warfare continue that spirit with the Doomsday album. 10 songs clocking in at 18 minutes. While I do enjoy these songs, there is something that feels missing here. It is a decent listen, but it isn't really igniting a spark right now. Maybe it is just in the shadows of all the other new records that I've been listening to lately, or maybe I expected more from Sam Triple B and ex-members of Trapped Under Ice and Fury. Who knows, maybe it will click more with repeat listens.

229 pressed with the nuclear pattern colored vinyl.

Restraining Warfare

It has been a couple of years since Restraining Order released their album, This World Is Too Much. Man, that album title turned out to be a bit prophetic. When I saw the band live at the end of 2019, they had me pretty amped up to get out for more hardcore shows...and then Covid came through and burned everything to the ground. Hardcore shows have been back for a little while now, but I'm still not feeling too confident about getting out and seeing bands live with kids jumping all over each other. I'll continue to sit them out for a bit longer. Still, Restraining Order have been hitting the road quite a bit as it seems that the band is always heading out for some quick tour. Fuck, I really want to see them again. In the meantime, though, at least the band dropped a couple of new songs on a split 7 inch with a band named Warfare.

Apparently Warfare features Sam from Triple B on vocals, and his label released a 12 inch from the band a few years ago. For one reason or another, I ignored it at the time, but the songs here on this split have made me see how dumb I was to let that first Warfare record get by me. These two songs are great, and I'm definitely going to need more from them.

Obviously, the two Restraining Order songs here are great. Fuck. This band is so good. This split 7 inch was hyped as "the return of fast hardcore", and it delivers on that promise. My only complaint is that it is way too short, clocking in around four and a half minutes total. Give me more.