TAKE OFFENSE - Tensions On High (Sealed) (MC)

Veteran Chula Vista skull crackers return with another EP of concrete solid, blazing metallic hardcore. Established in 2004, TAKE OFFENSE could easily slide into the “established band” pattern of putting out a passable, if uninspired album every few years. Instead, spending the past five years touring, refining and dialing in the tracks on Tensions On High yields only the most prime, crucial outbursts the band has to offer. Drawing from the ’80s hardcore pantheon, particularly the visionaries who pioneered hardcore and metal’s earliest alchemical experiments (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, AGNOSTIC FRONT, D.R.I.), TAKE OFFENSE pushes their sound to dizzying heights on Tensions On High, forging a sound that’s as familiar as it is fresh.