Holy Blade - Holy Blade (Gold Nugget Vinyl)

"Holy Blade are essentially part of the same braintrust that gave us the Southern California heavy hardcore greats Twitching Tongues and God’s Hate, but their sound is very different. It’s a dramatic, melodic throwback take on hardcore punk, and the most obvious touchpoint is prime AFI.

Holy Blade is the brainchild of frontman Alec Faber, a military veteran who currently plays bass in both God’s Hate and Twitching Tongues and who’s also been in bands like Freedom, True Love, and Nudie Mag. Faber sings and plays guitar in Holy Blade, and he writes all the music. The band also includes Twitching Tongues members Colin Young and Mike Cesario, as well as Cosmic Joke frontman Mac Miller (not that one) on drums." - Stereogum