Hardcore bands are supposed to burn out quickly, breakup when they're just getting going, and then maybe reunite to headline a hardcore festival a decade or two later. When they stick around, they run a serious risk of becoming a goofy, slightly embarrassing legacy band that coasts on past glories. Once in a long while, you might find a band like Converge, who gradually transcend the hardcore world without compromising their ferocity. But it's even rarer to find a group like Terror, who can keep making straight-up no-modifiers hardcore for decades without losing focus or inspiration or goodwill.
Really, there is no other band like Terror. The Keepers Of The Faith are a singular institution. They were an exciting hardcore band when they started out nearly a quarter century ago, and they're an exciting hardcore band today. It's unfathomably rare that a hardcore band's eighth album would just be a straight-up ripper, but that's the only way to describe Terror's last LP, 2022's Pain Into Power. I've seen Terror live a couple of times since then — they tour tirelessly — and they're just an absolute fucking machine live. Now, they're coming back with a new album called Still Suffer, and the title track is a clear indication that they've about to wreck shit again.
Terror recorded Pain Into Power with Nails frontman Todd Jones, Terror's founding guitarist, returning to the fold as a producer. Jones stuck around to produce Still Suffer, and Twitching Tongues' Taylor Young did some extra production at his Pit studio. Hot Water Music's Chuck Ragan appears on "Fear The Panic," a song co-produced by New Found Glory's Chad Gilbert. Mindforce's Jay Peta, King Nine's Dan Seely, and God's Hate frontman/All Elite wrestler/"fuck ICE" chant catalyst Brody King also make appearances.
Terror have a long, long history of bringing younger hardcore bands out on tour, and they're about to hit the road with three such acts — Mongrel, Collateral, and Combust — jumping on their pre-release tour at different points. I suggest you go see them if you get a chance. Terror simply don't play bad shows. "Still Suffer," the new album's title track, is yet another anthemic stomper from this band, and I expect that it'll crush live. If you don't make an involuntary stinkface during the breakdown, then you and I are looking for different things. Below, check out the Derek Rathbun-directed "Still Suffer" video, as well as the album tracklist and Terror's tour dates.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Erase You From My World"
02 "Still Suffer"
03 "Promised Only Lies"
04 "Destruction Of My Soul"
05 "Fear The Panic" (feat. Chuck Ragan)
06 "Death Of Hope"
07 "Beauty In The Losses" (feat. Jay Peta)
08 "A Deeper Struggle"
09 "To Hurt The Most"
10 "Deconstruct it" (Feat. Brody King & Dan Seely)
TOUR DATES:
2/26 - Toledo, OH - Frankie's *
2/27 - Erie, PA - The Bunker *
2/28 - Louisville, KY - LDB Fest
3/01 - Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Theatre *
3/03 - Pensacola, FL - Handlebar
3/04 - Jacksonville, FL - The Albatross #
3/05 - Orlando, FL - Conduit #
3/06 - Miami, FL - Churchill's Pub #
3/07 - Tampa, FL - S.P.O.T. #
3/08 - Augusta, GA - Grantski
3/09 - Greenville, SC - Radio Room ^
3/10 - Virginia Beach, VA - Peabody's ^
3/11 - Lakewood, NJ - Maggie's ^
3/12 - Hartford, CT - Webster Underground ^
3/13 - Reading, PA - Reverb ^
3/14 - Massapequa, NY - Massapequa VFW
3/15 - Providence, RI - Alchemy ^
* with Mongrel
# with Collateral
^ with Combust
Still Suffer is out 4/24 on Flatspot.
