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Band
Walking With Strangers
Title
Hardships
Type
LP/EP
Company
Panic and Action
YOR
2011
Style
Metalcore/Hardcore
Popular Reviews
Walking With Strangers is a Swedish Metalcore band whose album "Hardships" delivers a pretty solid piece of metal within. Tracks like "Roots", "Dead Hands" and "Unforgiving" showcase the melodies of guitarists Christoffer and Pontus while allowing singer Robin to showcase his ability to switch between solid death vocals and decent clean vocals. Wouldn't have known these dudes were Swedish just by ear. Drummer Anton and bassist Christopher bring up the rhythm section with some polish and nice filler. This isn't gonna blow any minds but it's a solid release worth checking out.
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Hardships 2011 Panic and Action Greg Watson 1/24/2012 3.5
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