Always the Hard Way

Terror | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Trustkill Records
• ASIN: B000G7PNXG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,788 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Revolver

They deliver more brutality than Reservoir Dogs

Putting the hard back in Hardcore

Product Description

This past winter Terror hunkered down at Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts to record their second full-length "Always The Hard Way" with Producer, Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Throwdown). Flying in during a record snow storm, the band managed to bring in a slew of amazing guest vocalists who braved the ice to appear. Eddie Sutton from Leeway, Aaron from Death Threat and even hip hop greats emcee Murs and Mr Dibbs (Atmosphere’s DJ) add their talents to the upcoming release. Those surprised by the inclusion of hip hop in Terror’s brand of hardcore should know that Vogel is a HUGE hip hop fan and even sports a Gangstarr tattoo on his arm, which is near the back piece he has of Leeway’s first album "Born To Expire."

Make sure to check out the newly released DVD "The Living Proof" to see the behind-the-scenes action of recording the new album, as well as live footage from around the world.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What else did you expect ??, July 26, 2006

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C. Valls "CHRIST-Off !" (Jacksonville, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Always the Hard Way (Audio CD)

Well, like the title of my review says, "What else did you expect?"
If you liked "Lowest Of The Low", and you liked the slight transition from that album to "One With The Underdogs" ...I can't see this album disappointing you.
They basically do, with this album, what Hatebreed did with "Rise Of Brutality"
They gave you another album that the writing was just barely different, almost not enough to make mention of. And the album still is as hard as it should be.
They said themsleves that they really did exactly what the wanted to on this album. And that was to concentrate on bringing you new songs that sounded fresh and had a new life to them, but, were still the familiar TERROR sound.
This album does not let down in any areas in my opinion.
They come out swinging from the first song, and they really don't slow down, or change styles until track #12 "Dibbs And Murs Check In"
The one and only hip-hop song on the album.
Please don't be frightened by this. Honestly, how many of you "hard-core" fans don't own a few hip-hop CD's ???
Besides, Scott doesn't even put any vocals on that song.
They say it all with the title of the album..."Always The Hard Way"
My current fav's are: "Hell To Pay" , "Test My Convictions", "Hardship Belongs To Me"
There really is no downside to this album. If you are a true fan of TERROR, or even the scene that they represent, I see no reason why you wouldn't like this album.
If you think otherwise, maybe you would prefer the album "Always The Soft Way"
or the other favorite "Always The Pansy Way"

Eat it up. Always The Hard Way.
Bang your heads, circle pit, mosh, start something when these guys play in your town.
You owe it to them, and yourself.
Support this hard-working, and respectable group.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terror Smashes Through As Always, August 14, 2006

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Illiterate (...) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Always the Hard Way (Audio CD)

I just have to say that this album is brutal. All the way through, Terror stays true to hardcore's roots and their origional sound, while still creating something new that is different from "Lowest of the Low" and "One with the Underdogs". The opening song, All For Revenge was a perfect way to start off the album... hard guitar riffs, fast and never slowing. The vocals are much harder than before (relates much more to "Lowest of the Low" and the instrumentation has gotten better as well. Their choice of guest vocals was also totally different from their previous albums. I do not know the singers or what bands they are from, but everyone of them were much more melodic; they did it for a reason and it gave each song more of a backbone to it. A good example of this is in track Close to Defeat.

Overall this album is amazing. One song however, that is completely different... was the last song Smash Through You. It is slow, but it is amazing how Terror molded it into something hardcore and amazing. I believe that experimentation is good (especially when it is just in one song and not the entire album... especially if it flops), but Terror did a great job and just smashed through everything... of course Zeuss produced it... and he is amazing lol!

There is also rap in it... 12. Dibbs And Murs Check In. But I don't mind. I don't mind rap... especially good rap and they are awesome. It just changes the texture from hearing screaming vocals... hardcore and rap together is amazing. Stay true Terror! Keep up the great work and I hope to see you on tour!!!! Rock on!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best hardcore in recent memory, August 11, 2006

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A. Stutheit "Teyad" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Always the Hard Way (Audio CD)

The California based quintet known as Terror practice two main elements on their fourth full length effort, "Always The Hard Way": brevity and brutality. The whole album lasts only 29 minutes, and no song is over three minutes long, but Terror still make sure fans get their money's worth. Terror combine sharp production with foaming-at-the-mouth rage, and mix that in with brutal music and feverish speeds. The result is a lethal combination; to call it "aggressive" is a vast understatement. Every one of these songs bristle with busy, bludgeoning guitar arrangements, pummeling drums, bulldozing rhythms, and full-bodied bellows.

Songs like "All For Revenge"(the album opener), "Test My Convictions," and "Hardship Belongs To Me" pulverize the listener with an avalanche of ferocious, blinding riffs, quick, walloping drums, and thunderous rhythms, and "Strike You Down" and "Survival Comes Crashing In" are filled with ear drum shredding guitar noise. The title track is one of the disc's catchiest tracks, due to its scorching riffs and memorable shout-along refrain of the title phrase. The chainsaw guitars on "So Close To Defeat" and "Hell To Pay," the fiery, blazing eleventh track, "You Can't Break Me," and the slower, grinding album closer are also among the record's most memorable songs.

"Always The Hard Way" is hardcore through and through--there's nothing metal or melodic about this album. It's easily the genre's best release so far this year, and the best since Hatebreed's 2003 disc, "The Rise Of Brutality."