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20 Bulls Each - The Incompetence To Follow

What if I told you that the first song, Breakthrough, on this album was one of the best metal infused hardcore songs I have ever heard? Then I'd have to tell you that the remaining 4 songs are just as good, at which point you'd ask me who the hell is 20 Bulls Each? The simple answer, 20 Bulls Each is an Irish hardcore band that you need to hear.

In a time when bands are easily defined, 20 Bulls Each definitely stands out. Each song brings in new ideas and unlike most hardcore bands the style does change throughout. New York style hardcore, straight ahead metal riffs, oi and even melodic punk similar to Rise Against combines to form the 20 Bulls Each sound. The band manages to make each style work well and combines them quite effortlessly.

20 Bulls Each are breaking new ground and thankfully they realize that combining metal and hardcore doesn't always need to sound like metalcore. You won't find any breakdowns or Swedish riffs here and that is a good thing. If a combination of Sick of It All, Rancid and Rise Against piques your interest, 20 Bulls Each is definitely a band to look into.


A.M.P Magazine

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"Lost Causes"

Great hardcore from where you'd least expect it...

You start this CD off and it's got hammering double-bass drums, traditional hardcore guitar lines, and old-school vocals. You try and figure out what scene these guys came out of and no matter where you guess, you're miles off. Actually...a whole ocean. 20 Bulls Each are from Dublin, Ireland, and flat out smoke many of the new wave of hardcore bands coming out on bigger labels in the States. They've remained self-sufficient since their inception in 2002 and "Lost Causes" shows that they've stayed true to the hardcore roots, and keeping this faith by doing, playing, saying what they want and believe. Fifteen great songs that just fly through solidly and what I like most about this is the diversity. Each song has its own sound and the band has definitely found their voice...and OWN IT. It's truly a complete record. IRECORE at its finest, no question!!!


A.M.P Magazine

20 BULLS EACH
"The Incompetence to Follow" e.p.

Even more great Irish hardcore...

A very cool, recent e.p. of some of the new blazing-fast hardcore songs from the IRECORE guys from Dublin. It's only five songs, but a perfect compliment to "Lost Causes" and without a doubt, worth checking out. Also released on Fail Records out of Dublin, it is like many good, short releases you stumble across in that it leaves you wanting more. Maybe that's the point? I'm thinking this is a plot from Ireland's bureau of tourism to get folks on a plane bound for Dublin. If that's the case, then it's working. And, come to think of it, guitarist and frontman Gareth "Gar" Cummins promised me the tour of the city and a place to crash if I ever made it across the pond, so, that said, I think that's all I have to say. I have a flight to book...oh, yeah...get this one too...you won't regret it.