BURN: Do Or Die Vinyl LP

New York hardcore in the early 90s was splitting in two directions at once, and Burn were right there at the fault line, playing harder than the metalcore kids and smarter than the meatheads.

Do Or Die is the full document from a band that never got the mainstream traction they deserved, Chaka Malik's vocals hitting with genuine ferocity, the riffs dense enough to leave bruises. This is NYHC at its most musically ambitious, drawing from metal and funk and straight-up aggression without losing the thread. It's the record that earned them a permanent spot in the conversation alongside Quicksand and Helmet, the kind of thing that gets passed between people who actually know the difference between hardcore and what MTV tried to sell them as hardcore. Limited pressings exist across various coloured wax runs, worth grabbing if you see one.

Vinyl LP. Various limited pressings available including coloured variants.

Fans of: Quicksand, Helmet, Cro-Mags