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    HM Magazine #89/Vessel
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    Vessel

    Vessel

    (2000)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Burning RecordsHM Magazine #89May 2001
    hardcoremetalcorepost-hardcorepunk

    Meaty, straight-ahead punk of the hardcore variety. Plenty of metal toughness is present - the kind of muscle-bound hardcore that is exemplified by bulging veins in the forehead and neck, and spit flying everywhere. Make sure you clear a wide empty space in your room before playing this album, cause you might break stuff.

    Other coverage for this album

    Decapolis 2001Reviewed by Nate BaileyFrom Ohio, Vessel has put out this nine song EP on new label, Burning Records. This release is a hard listen, with slow songs and a very, very bad recording. Playing a generic form of metalcore, Vessel just doesn't leave a good impression with this EP. To start with, the whole recording is very flat sounding with songs that are painfully slow in developing. The overall presentation makes it very…The Phantom Tollbooth 2000Reviewed by Michial FarmerWith a band name like Vessel and a label name like Burning Records, what else could this be but hardcore? Now, it's pretty much no secret that I'm not a big fan of the genre (see my Tollbooth review of Selfmindead if you don't believe me), but every once in awhile, a hardcore band will put out an album that blows my little Georgian mind. So where does Vessel fit into this equation? Somewhere in…

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