when i was ordering the latest nasty record i checked other stuff at beatdown hardwear records. warhound was among a few others and i remembered seeing a tape of warhound on ebay with a biohazard 'urban discipline' rip off cover. didn't check them out at that point but the time had come, i thought. so, as pretty much always i jumped over to youtube and searched for some tunes. first song i listened to was 'colder than ever', the title track. the biohazard comparison was quite accurate and as i have a soft spot for biohazard in my heart i wanted it.
some days after i pre-ordered the record i came across a warhound video called 'the demonstration 2013'. boy, that's horrible! i mean i can enjoy a well dose of hip hop influence from time to time but this is just shallow. i regretted that i ordered. as the record came around i thought to myself, ok i paid for it so i can give it a shot at least. i was happy to find that this demonstration song wasn't on the record. the music is actually quite good. the lyrics are far from embarrassing. 'the realness' features some real positive lines:
nothing more, it's what i need
the beauty, what i've seen
it surrounds me
hardcore is forever
that's cool. i even read an interview in a german fanzine called 'fuze'. the answers sounded pretty reasonable plus i really enjoy this record. hopefully that video was some kind of joke. otherwise i don't know how to justify myself, haha.
beatdown hardwear records pressed four colours of the debut of this chicago based band. 50 on a blue-red-purple mix colour, 100 on marbled white vinyl, 250 on black and 100 on my marbled blue version. they are all hand numbered, mine is 59/100. it comes with a download card. beatdown hardwear rec. 2013.
