North Side Kings
Suburban Royalty
Rating
Style: Hardcore
Release date: September 9th 2008
 

They wanna be down with the King...North Side Kings, North Side Kings …, the intro reminds me of Mucky Pup, after that it is quite clear where their roots lie. The grooving, sometimes catchy, sometimes very heavy hardcore terrorizes your speakers. Names as Madball, Sick of it All, Hatebreed and Pro-Pain comes to mind.

As it should be, the lyrics are sometimes full of anger, sometimes funny and of course sarcastic and straight to the point. In "Organizing Our Neighborhood" the sentence: 'I got the biggest dick on the block' leaves no questions asked. With guest vocals of Puerto Rican Myke of Skarhead/District9, Jason of Authority Zero, and Dennis Welch of Sam the Butcher/The Revenge, the party is complete.

Expect no emo, fashion metal or screamo, just pure hardcore as it should be played. On my promo I also found the covers Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" and Anthrax's "Among the Living". If they come with the regular CD or with a kind of digi-pack I don't know, but if you buy the record look if they are listed.


Tracklist
01. Giving Emo Kids Something To Really Cry About
02. This Means War
03. My Sins
04. Street Trash
05. Downtown At the Bar
06. Hustle Don't Stop
07.

When Push Comes To Shove

08. Step Aside
09. Nice Girls Finish Last
10. Organizing Our Neighborhood 
11. Thugcore
12. The Bearer of Bad News
Label: I Scream Records
Distribution: Gordeon Music Promotions
Reviewed by: Reinier de Vries
Date: September 22nd 2008 
Website: www.myspace.com/northsidekings