Ice Hockey

From: USA

Genre: Emoviolence, Screamo, Skramz

For Fans Of: Joshua Fit For Battle, Orchid, Neil Perry

 If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say that these guys spent a significant amount of time listening to the "Brothers from other mothers" Joshua Fit For Battle/Neil Perry split. Now, in no way is this a bad thing. Ice Hockey is everything an emoviolence band should be. Raw, passionate, in your face. These songs don't just make you sad, they pummel you into submission until you're forced into being sad. And the songs don't just get violent and sad either. Like their forefathers, Ice Hockey acknowledges that what sets emoviolence so far above the rest of hardcore subgenres is the fact that it knows how to mellow out a bit in the midst of all the chaos. The band doesn't just wildly flail through their songs, but also slows down and gives the melody some room to breather, allowing each song to take on a much more distinct and unique sound. A lot of bands playing in extreme music genres forget that each song actually needs to be recognizable on some level as its own song. Ice Hockey doesn't simply painstakingly push through blasts of emoviolence, but instead allows them to grow and flourish.

Tunes: https://icehockey.bandcamp.com/album/wavefunction-collapse