Seminal NYC hardcore veterans Agnostic Front have changed the face of music throughout their 30-year long career. The two records that started it all, ‘United Blood’ and ‘Victim In Pain’, are legendary New York hardcore releases that were partially responsible for the creation of the hardcore genre itself. Now with their 11th studio album, ‘The American Dream Died’, the band have perhaps made their most aggressive album in recent years, while still embodying every era of their music. From crossover to proto grindcore, to subtle Oi influences; there’s something for every Agnostic Front fan. “Myself and the band has never felt so confident and passionate about a release,” affirms vocalist Roger Miret. “It’s full of anger, rage and honesty; all the makings of a classic! The session was really intense and the results show it all!”

These rarely confronted and always respected leaders of hardcore were established as one of the meanest-sounding bands in the emerging punk genre, helping to initiate the term ‘hardcore’ and placing an entire uproar on the New York map by association. From the start, Agnostic Front have released a catalogue of fast and violent punk tunes consisting of distinctive and aggressive drumming, fuming guitars, overdriven bass work and a non-stop barrage of chaotic shouting.

Once again, with the help of producer Freddy Cricien (Madball), Agnostic Front continue to prove that ‘hardcore for life’ isn’t an empty slogan or a musical dead end. Cricien also guests on ‘Never Walk Alone’ along with Toby Morse (H2O) and Lou Koller (Sick Of It All). Recorded at Buzzbomb Sound Labs with Paul Miner (Terror, H2O, Atreyu), ‘The American