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    HM Magazine #87/Ceasefire
    Ceasefire — The Cycle of Unbelief cover

    Ceasefire

    The Cycle of Unbelief

    (2000)

    Reviewed by Jason Dodd

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    Label Facedown RecordsHM Magazine #87January/February 2001
    hardcorehardcore punkmelodic hardcoremetalcore

    Ceasefire is Australia's longest running and most respected hardcore band, and has toured with Sick of It All, Good Riddance, Strife, etc. They have released two EPs on Boot To Head Records to date, and now Jason Dunn's (NIV) Facedown Records brings us a full-length, "The Cycle of Unbelief." Their reputation is only heightened by this extremely tight fusion of old school brutality and new school precision.

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