No Salvation

Mixing the ferociousness of hardcore and the grind of extreme metal, Coliseum should equally appeal to fans of each style (something becoming more and more common circa the early 21st century) as evidenced by their 2007 release No Salvation. Hailing from the not-exactly-heavy metal hotbed of Louisville, KY, the trio specializes in a seemingly non-stop onslaught of noise loaded with hardcore howling, seemingly always on the move guitar lines, and bash-heavy drumming that would transform the average kit into a pile of ash. As with most similarly styled groups, you can instantly tell Coliseum has ties to hardcore due to their song titles — "White Religion," "Fall of the Pigs," etc. — but the proof is truly in the pudding upon actually listening to such explosive little ditties as the album-opening "No Benefit," and also "The Fate of Men." Straight to the point, hard hitting, no frills hardcore metal. [A clean version of the CD was also released.]