{"id":76267,"date":"2019-02-12T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=76267"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:25:23","slug":"review-push-dark-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-push-dark-dive\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Push! – Dark Dive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pushdarkdive\"‘Dark Dive’<\/i> is the third album from Push!<\/b>, a quintet from Lisbon, whose, metal-tinged hardcore offers up a battering selection of pulsating riffs. The eleven tracks on offer here are competently delivered, making for a punchy record of head-banging tunes that make for a likeable listen.<\/p>\n

A minute of bass-heavy riffing on ‘Intro’<\/i> quickly segues into the slow grind of\u00a0‘Free at Last’<\/i>, its slight chugging riff and shouted vocals making for a heavy, if somewhat disjointed, introduction.<\/p>\n

There is a slightly off-kilter feel to the first half of the record as they switch from punky thrashers like ‘Denial and Envy’<\/i> to the slow grind of ‘Dark Dive’.<\/i>\u00a0Although its chugging riffs eventually kick up to a mosh pit friendly finale with classy time changes, offering a hint of what they are capable of.<\/p>\n

However, it is the second half of the record where they really nail some classy tunes. After the two-minute interlude of the atmospherically bassy ‘Left With Memories’<\/i>, ‘With Love’<\/i> kicks in with a punishing opening riff, before drifting into a Suicidal Tendencies-esque skate-core groove. It’s heavy, it’s hardcore, it’s ballsy and features some smoking guitar work.<\/p>\n