I'm sure many of you can relate to the idea of championing a band you love and believe in, only to see them fade away into obscurity because not enough other people feel the same way do. In the case of Mindforce, this hasn't been a problem. Since their first demo arrived online back in 2016, the Poughkeepsie, NY hardcore outfit have been riding a wave of popularity that has only gained momentum and size with each passing release. Both 2017's The Future of... EP and this year's split 7" with Dead Heat further proved that Mindforce wasn't going to be a flash in the pan kind of situation. The material was too strong for that kind of shit. Just released a few weeks ago, Excalibur had a lot to live up to. In this day and age of EPs and single-song drops—a symptom of the death of the attention span—the question was would Mindforce be able to carry the ceaseless energy of their previous output over the course of a full-length. Who the hell were we to doubt them?
