Vicious Circle-Split This Open album review by Mark J.. FFO: Breathtaking Old School Hardcore with some new tricks up their sleeve.

Vicious Circle-Split This Open album review by Mark J. FFO: Breathtaking Old School Hardcore with some new tricks up their sleeve. These hardcore kings have been blazing a robust hardcore trail since 1983 and their influence on bands and punters has been massive. This writer personally was hooked the first time I heard this incredible band on 3PBSFM radio with the track Price of Progress. The progression, energy and solid lyrics were what always set them apart from their peers. They have toured heavily (USA, Europe and Asia) and have played with pretty much every classic hardcore band; just to name a few; MDC, Christ on Parade, Attitude Adjustment, Raw Power, Life Sentence, Descendents, Final Conflict, DRI, Agnostic Front and GBH, like wow!. Split This Open is their ferocious debut album for 1054 records and not only one of the year's best hardcore albums but one of the band's greatest-ever releases. Each album adds to the solid catalogue, but in the more modern era, the las...