[4/5] Career Suicide celebrate the last 25 years of hardcore punk by completely ignoring the changes and trends the genre's gone through, and it's absolutely glorious. Attempted Suicide is packed to the brim with purely early-'80s hardcore played with a snotty authority at blistering speeds and an authentic, raw coating unlikely to be matched unless your name is Government Warning or Set To Explode. For 21 minutes, the absolutely incensed Toronto act rail out at role-playing ("Play The Part"), giving in ("The Last Say") and misunderstanding ("Keep To Yourself") as Martin Farkas' raspy scratch of a vocal perfectly ambles along. If the band ever let up on their accelerated tempos, it's only to procure equally outraged anthems like "Recipe For Disaster" and the garage-edged title track. It's become a hardcore cliché to tell one to "buy this record or kill yourself," but it feels entirely appropriate here. (DERANGED) Brian Shultz
 Official Website: http://www.derangedrecords.com
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