Rock Bottom - Moral Decay

I've been following Rock Bottom for quite some time now, and have always been down with what they put out, so when Fast Break Records announced the pre-orders for their new 7inch I decided to go all the way and take the package with the test press. This also came with a shirt and a cardboard sleeve cd, and was at a very fair price to be honest.

First thing I can say is that it turned out great. The artwork is nice and matches the music, and the vinyl colors look dope. Maybe would've preferred red vinyl over orange to match the artwork, or the other way around, but it's really the only thing I can say about it. The black vinyl is out of 300 while both the clear and solid orange are out of 100. No idea on how many tests they made though. Also, notice that the clear vinyl has a nice black smoke in it, always love that!

On the music front, nothing much has changed, which in Rock Bottom's case isn't a bad thing at all. They still have a groove throughout all their songs that only few other bands have, and the singers voice is one of my favorite in nowadays hardcore. It's more shouted that growled, which works well with the music (and is pretty rare on harder hardcore nowadays). It should've just been a little bit louder in the mix for my taste, but that might be because I sing in a band myself and like to hear the voice a bit louder than the music.

The lyrics are good as always, with lines as "Eternity is out of reach, burn the poison leaf. One step away from extinction, That's Lucifer's prediction, there's no salvation.".

Anyway, check out the music video they did for the track Life's Bitch and get yourself a copy of this great piece of hardcore, Fast Break Records even has a few packages of all colors left! They'll also be touring Europe in September 2015 with Ten Ton Hammer, so if you're in the area go and support them!