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    HM Magazine #98/Crutch
    Crutch — ...Hope Prevails cover

    Crutch

    ...Hope Prevails

    (2001)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Burning RecordsHM Magazine #98November/December 2002
    black metaldeath metalmetalcorethrash metal

    This band unleash credible and furious metalcore with singing guitars and death/black shrieking vox. Beautifully intense.

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