Reflections Tour wrap up

Whereas I initially planned to be a part of this tour for all ten dates due to circumstances I only ended up attenting the first two shows of the tour and the last one. But hell it was a great time.

Reflections Records turned 15 years old this year. I still remember getting to know Reflections through the magazine they did which eventually grew into a label releasing bands like Reaching Forward, American Nightmare, Modern Life Is War, Paint It Black and No Turning Back to name but a few.

To celebrate this six current bands on the label played ten shows together all over Europe.

The whole thing kicked off in Ibbenburen Germany where a full crowd moved to the likes of Deal With It, Ritual and No Turning Back as you can see here:



The second date was in Mol, Belgium at the same venue where True Colors said goodbye last year. This show was great as well if only for the awesome hangouts behind the distro and the boys of Deal With It singing boisterous songs.

The next couple of days I couldn't attend but I sure as hell didn't want to miss the last show in Den Bosch. Deal With It did an impressive cover of Life Of Agony, Midnight Souls and New Morality both showed why they're the future of European hardcore each with a style of their own and Ritual raged as usual. No Turning Back finished it all off with one last set full of singalongs.

To have such a package of bands go on tour with only great shows... amazing.

Hardcore 2010 - Still Alive

Who says hardcore is dead? The Effort will drop a new record soon on Panic Records, Skull Crusher and Stay Hungry will tour Europe in autumn as well as Bane and Alpha and Omega, Kid Dynamite and Hands Tied are reuniting for This Is Hardcore and Said and Done, No Turning Back, State Of Mind and New Morality show the world there's still life in the Dutch scene as well.

Hardcore - nothing can compare

New Morality - Fear of Nothing

While Dutch youngsters New Morality are often compared to fellow European powerhouse No Turning Back, the comparison does the band a bit short.
Both bands have definitely some things in common, besides sharing the same label, they also play that kind of hardcore that Madball once played (before they thought using hip hop influences was a good idea). Both New Morality and No Turning Back know how to rage at the world and at themselves and most obvious both bandnames start with a N. (duh)

So is New Morality the new No Turning Back? No. New Morality has a style of their own. Less fast and a bit darker than No Turning Back. Where NTB takes a lot of influences from Youth Crew hardcore, New Morality goes for Crown Of Thornz, Subzero and Yuppicide (who they cover).

I'd like to see the band use even more Yuppicide influences or other ways to stray off the NYHC path that way the songs will get more diverse.

If you like your hardcore from New York, New Morality is the new thing for you to follow.

Myspace: New Morality