{"id":32063,"date":"2012-11-28T11:30:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-history-of-the-hawk-future-ruins\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:03:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:03:31","slug":"album-review-history-of-the-hawk-future-ruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-history-of-the-hawk-future-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: History Of The Hawk &#8211; Future Ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hith.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Being part of <strong>In At The Deep End Records<\/strong>, it&rsquo;s no surprise that <strong>History Of The Hawk<\/strong>&lsquo;s\u00a0d\u00e9but\u00a0album, <em>&#8216;Future Ruins,&rsquo;<\/em> is a chaotic juggarnaut of a record that grabs hold of you tight from the start and doesn&rsquo;t let go for 25 frantic minutes.<\/p>\n<p>With a majority of the songs coming in at just a minute and half,<em> &#8216;Future Ruins&rsquo;<\/em> isn&rsquo;t exactly a record that dwells on its ideas, yet <strong>History Of The Hawk<\/strong>&rsquo;s relentless energy and hunger throws everything into the mixing pot: heavy riffs, hardcore screams, punk rock drumming and a slight undertone of\u00a0experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout short, sharp blasts such as <em>&#8216;Descending Light,&rsquo;<\/em> <em>&#8216;Ex Wives&rsquo;<\/em> and <em>&#8216;Hey Ghost, the Myth About Science is&rsquo;<\/em> the quintet deliver on expectations, as <strong>History Of The Hawk<\/strong> are a highly intense band that stick to their guns and avoid any form of melody or hooks.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly the bands direct style can come tiresome at times as one track fails to differ from the next, but it&rsquo;s the bands sheer momentum and energy that manages to keep you interested until the end.<\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re a fan of heavy, noisy hardcore then <strong>History Of The Hawk<\/strong> will more than likely appeal to you but if not, than you&rsquo;re going to struggle to grasp what this\u00a0Stourbridge group are trying to set out to do. Nevertheless<em> &#8216;Future Ruins&rsquo;<\/em> is an admirable, frantic, direct record that doesn&rsquo;t slow down for one second.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Future Ruins&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>History Of The Hawk<\/strong> is available now on\u00a0<strong>In At The Deep End Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History Of The Hawk<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/historyofthehawk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hot_hawk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Sean Reid (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanreid86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@seanreid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being part of In At The Deep End Records, it&rsquo;s no surprise that History Of The Hawk&lsquo;s\u00a0d\u00e9but\u00a0album, &#8216;Future Ruins,&rsquo; is a chaotic juggarnaut of a record that grabs hold of you tight from the start and doesn&rsquo;t let go for 25 frantic minutes. 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