Heavy music has become the most common of the main genres of music to reach the global masses. The amount of heavy bands be it metal, hardcore, punk, etc all around the world is astounding. Each country and region have their own unique scenes for these genres and that’s what makes it sound and resonate so well.
Mixing a sound that has roots in New York Hardcore ie: Madball, Cro-Mags, a bit of crossover hardcore in the way of Hatebreed (Perseverance/Rise Of Brutality era) and Chaos A.D. era Sepultura, Eternal Struggle have come out of the Middle East with a burning passion for hardcore, metal and life.
Eternal Struggle’s latest album, Wartime Love Affair, is a brutal and blistering record that hits heavy not just musically but, lyrically as well. The majority of the album was written after the October 7 terrorist attack. The band had been working on the follow up to their 2021 album, Year Of The Gun, before the war broke out, then put everything on hold when it did. The initial months after were filled with rocket sirens, worrying about the hostages still held in Gaza, friends who’d been kidnapped or were still missing or worse killed. When Eternal Struggle were able to start rehearsals again, they weren’t really rehearsals at first. What it became instead was an a reason to be in a room together for a few hours. Sometimes practice stopped mid-song because a rocket alarm went off, and the band would run to the shelter with their families and pets still at home. These days and tragedies helped to shape Wartime Love Affair.
Wartime Love Affair is a metallic hardcore album that’s while heavy, crushing and intense, it’s a powerful album that hits at a sense or urgency. Eleven songs make up this monumental record. There’s a razor sharp focus to the way the dynamic songs sound. The outward emotion drives this record through the heart and out of your lungs as you sing well actually scream along.
Eternal Struggle is a band that has been on my radar for a minute and I’m sure glad they are. What a record at such the right time! Celebrate a great album by making sure it’s loud!!
By: Brian Lacy
Eternal Struggle Online:
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