Provoke – “This Is Real”
Provoke – “This Is Real” With a name like “Provoke” you get exactly what you would expect, deep from the gut scratchy Baritone bellowing, with an East Coast Hardcore influence. The 2nd song on this album, “I Check Myself”, lyrically is incredibly good; however it just doesn’t fit the musical style of the band and is just an overload of words for the primal sound that is exert. The 3rd track, “Step up Again” is horrible with its back vocals that sound like one of those cheesy radio metal bands. Somebody needs to hug the singer of this band. He has a lot of bitterness from all the backstabbing and shit talking that people have done to him, all of which seem to aim towards all the people that have hurt his feelings or questioned his beliefs. Provoke writes some punishing music that appropriately matched the nihilistic imagery of the lyrics, which speak of the frustrations and the pressures the struggle to survive it all. Fans of East Cost Hardcore will punch their grandfathers in the nuts to get this CD. www.myspace.com/provokehardcore
