Jackal

 

 

picture by Zach Rogers

 

Jackal is a young hardcore band from Florida and has probably been around since 2016.

 

Well to be honest, since the beginning of this blog I wanted to write a little something about these young swamps fennecs. Their demo and 7" blew me away and I was just waiting for a more recent release to keep it nice and fresh... and here is finally the occasion.

 

These guys play some great punk hardcore with a pinch of toughness, Negative Approach and SS Decontrol will of course immediately come to mind but also some more recent (great) bands like Back To Back, Obedience, Mind Violence and many others...

 

From the very first seconds of their 2017 demo, you know you have not stepped in a lounge bar: super dirty and noisy guitar sound, deafening cymbals, stomping drums and heavy (but not too much) vocals, these guys came here to stomp on your faces...

Sometimes fast, sometimes very fast, Jackal does not forget the heaviness of the mosh parts and respects perfectly all the codes of the genre: this is definitely hardcore baby!

 

The songs are dealing with classic hardcore themes about putting yourselves together, taking your life back, getting rid of bad influences etc... Predictable but efficient! 

 

 

 

 

Two years later, the Boston label Pain Killer Records specialised in Boston style HxC (gnarling vocals all over the place) releases the band first EP.

Jackal delivers 4 super aggressive, fast and heavy tracks which match perfectly the label criteria. Made from the same mould as the demo, this EP confirms that Jackal rules!

 

 

 

With a great sense of danger, urgency and violence of the Me-Against-the-world spirit (Jackal, Robbed Life, Cornered) but without putting aside the positive lessons of HxC (Help Yourself), these young dudes master a great EP in the tradition of the best 80s American Hardcore bands.

 

 

 

 

And here is their latest release which allows me to have Jackal on RAF!

Recorded live at the Paincave (Pain Killer Records recording studio I suppose) last September, we finally get to have a better idea of how Jackal sounds live.

Within these 8 songs (including two new songs from an upcoming EP), Jackal keeps stomping again and again some great hardcore punk. A great recording and live energy give to the whole lot a more interesting value than most live releases have (in my humble opinion).

I still believe the southern boys sound better on their EPs but well, I am a grumpy old man...

Digital only for now, it will be released as a tape in a few days.

 

   

 

Can't wait for the new EP!

oh and please make some new t-shirts, I love the artwork of the old ones but did not manage to order one on time! 

picture by Zach Rogers

You can listen to Jackal on Rien à Faire #14.

 

N,J'Oi!

 

 

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