DEFEATER - Abandoned LP

Label: Epitaph

Boston, MA's most devoted and steadfast hardcore band, Defeater, knows what it takes to remain credible in a scene where fans demand both unapologetic, in-your-face power and intense, emotional honesty. For Defeater and their die-hard fans, this honesty is key, and with their Epitaph debut, "Abandoned," Derek Archambault (vocals) and fellow band members have created their masterpiece. Carrying on the narrative thread they have built across four previous albums, Abandoned is the band's most powerful and uncompromising album to date, powered by a renewed sense of artistic ambition and a plot twist no one could have expected. Defeater has never sounded more bleak and intense.