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HOPE FOR HARDCORE

 Monday, December 21st, 2009 at 11:30am by

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Now ten years since originally forming, The Hope Conspiracy is still killing it. The band’s latest release was this year’s True Nihilist, a killer three-song EP showcasing the savage yet smart hardcore that we’ve come to expect from the band. No official word yet on when we’ll see a proper (and overdue) full-length follow-up to 2006′s Death Knows Your Name, but you can ask the guys yourself during their upcoming flurry of European and American tour dates this coming January. Opening acts for these shows vary, but include Nails (the latest project from Todd Jones, formerly of Terror and Carry On) and fellow Deathwish acts (and my Best Albums of 2009 picks) Blacklisted, Lewd Acts, and Rise And Fall. The New York date (flyer above) boasts an especially awesome lineup of hardcore supergroup United Nations, black metal locals Black Anvil, and Pennsylvania’s Mother Of Mercy, as well as the aforementioned Blacklisted. All dates below, with ticketing info when available.

January 6 / Kafe 44 / Stockholm, Sweden
January 7 / Cassiopeia / Berlin, Germany / Opener: Rise And Fall
January 8 / Werkstatt / Koln, Germany / Opener: Rise And Fall
January 9 / Trix / Antwerp, Belgium / Opener: Rise And Fall
January 10 / AN Club / Athens, Greece / Opener: Rise And Fall
January 13 / The Underworld / London, UK / Openers: Attack Vipers, Rot In Hell
January 15 / Cake Shop / NYC, NY / Openers: Blacklisted, United Nations, Black Anvil, Mother Of Mercy (Tickets)
January 16 / 924 Gilman / Berkeley, CA / Openers: Touche Amore, Lewd Acts, Nails, Never Healed
January 17 / West Seattle Legion Hall / Seattle, WA / Openers: Get The Most, Vanguard, Heiress
January 21 / Chain Reaction / Anaheim, CA / Openers: The Mistake, Touche Amore, Lewd Acts, Nails
January 22 / Che Cafe / San Diego, CA / Openers: Touche Amore, Lewd Acts, Nails
January 23 / Emo’s / Austin, TX / Openers: Bitter End / Eightfifteen / Power Trip (Tickets)

-GS

[Gary Suarez can rub you the right way. He helps manage Shadows Fail and the consistently off-topic No Yoko No. Say, why don't you follow him on Twitter?]

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  • builtforsin

    The Hope Conspiracy rules!

  • Alex_P

    Black Anvil are pretty good. Lots of Sludge, and it works.

  • stu1

    I’d have to double check, but I’m pretty sure they said when True Nihilist came out, that it was the precursor to the new record.

  • smear

    oh shit…. United Nations is amazing. lucky NYC bastards.

  • change

    TOUCHE AMORE, FUCK YEAR

  • bobovdeath

    “the hope conspiracy”,”the binary code”…

    band names sure are getting stupider

    these are almost as stupid as any 3 or four word name that begins with “a” (a sklyit drive,a life once lost)

    i think i see 1993 coming around the corner,all these stupid lameass bands are just like the shitty vague 90s bands and theyre gonna get even bigger cuz its stupid music and thats what the public wants

    • I killed a Dunky

      bobovdeath papi can u send me $500 to go an see them XD. if u dont like it then y comment

    • mr lun

      good to see that the general populace of geniuses still takes time to frequent the comments section even in the holiday season. not like the band with the “stupid name” has been around for roughly a decade or anything.

    • bradylikesbigbird

      LOL at being smarter than the “public” ( since when is hope conspiracy and blacklisted public) but raging about something totally irrelevant like band names

    • Double D

      Shut the fuck up.

  • nzisthelandofsheepshaggers

    Hardcore is homoooooooooo

  • Double D

    I fucking love THC. I had no idea that they were even still together. I also had no idea that their abbreviation is “THC”.

  • Kevin

    Fuck that no chicago date sucksssssssssssss

  • brandonmetal

    thc is still a band? i haven’t seen them in a long time