Wilkes Barre Goldmine

Wilkes Barre, PA seems to be the place to be when you're playing hardcore punk music. Led by freshest hardcore hype Cold World, this scene is growing fast. Cold World have just released their discography 'No Omega' on 1917Records, containing both Ep's and split with War Hungry. They incarnate the mix of some early Biohazard, Life Of Agony, Cro-Mags with lots of hiphop influences (GZA, Mobb Deep, Public Enemy, Kool G Rap etc...) It results some fresh and dancing tunes. lyrics are sometimes cynical or full of anger, and sometimes kind of generic with some funny/street credible words:
"I'm sorry, but someone has to lose in the game of life.
And tonight that someone is you.
We went from boyz II men living in sin.
Waiting for the world to end.
I'm gonna do my thing no doubt.
No matter what comes out of your mouth.
Real recognize real, it's true.
And I just can't recognize you. "
I love it. for those who don't have ep's, you should check this record out (comes with a dvd on its cd version) myspace.com/thecoldworld

Same influences for War Hungry (they share a split 7" with Cold World) but on this new EP 'Return to Earth', they manage with some Entombed, Black Sabbath and a huge stoner edge. Really groovy riffs and some powerfull vocals, far from hardcore cliches. War Hungry is about to come one of the best hardcore band around. Keep an eye on these guys. myspace.com/whwb