New school Minneapolis hardcore that makes you think twice about going to church. Hard, slow, and brutal guitars and drums with sick vocals like you've never heard before. This one almost made me pee in my pants the first time I heard it. The band definitely makes their mark as positive, self-relying, free thinkers without overdoing the hard, chunky sound in the music.

Just tell me one thing okay? What is it about Trustkill and vocalists? Do they only sign bands who have singers with the most fucked up, weirded out voices or what? Dave Walker has got the most insane shouted throaty style I've ever heard in my entire life. He has obviously no respect for his vocal chords at all, period. Imagine the guy from Earth Crisis if he had just taken a lungful of helium gas. I'm not saying it sounds bad, just takes a bit of getting used to, that's all. Musically this is in heavy brooding metallic territory, a bit like Undertow and Threadbare, and just a little bit of Integrity. Reading between the lines, this band is obviously straight edge, but the point is that they don't just bang on about how straight edge they are, which is often my biggest bone of contention with straight edge bands. We're talking deep and meaningful lyrics here folks. Like I say, it takes a while to get used to, but a couple listens and I'm starting to like it, even an old school freak like me. So if a good dose of angst is your thang, check this out.

Easily their best release to date, following two 7"s that I know of. New school stuff that combines the best of metal and hardcore and blends them with really good chaotic guitar playing. Way better than I ever expected it to be. "One day we will be sickened by life."

One of the tops in all the new breeds on the up and up. Harvest bring that ever so fine style of hardcore that stands in the void created by Bloodlet. Powerful, dark, heavy, with death metal like feel and appeal. Another group crossing the lines of hardcore and metal and doing a darn good job.

Well this is quite simply brutally heavy metallic hardcore in the vein of Bloodlet, but a lot better. They cut out all that long winded artsy fartsy stuff that Bloodlet do and keep it real instead. Plus they are straight edge and not total drug losers, does it get any better than this? Anyways, I saw these guys play in Syracuse recently and they are just as heavy and tight live, perfect band to smack your best friend in the face to. I tore my hamstring to this band, that's gotta count for something!

BAM! It's Harvest. This is awesome. These guys rule. A little bit o' metal fused with awesome hardcore. This is the release of the season.

There is nothing better than getting a CD of a band that you heard was run of the mill, and you just get blown away. Maybe expecting it to be so bad made it so much better. I am so astonished by it. Harvest play very hard metal influenced hardcore with the kind of harsh vocals that if you would try to imitate you might just throw up. Very harsh vocals, and even the music put out a harsh feeling. I am very impressed. It is like a cross between Bloodlet musically, and late period Rorschach vocally. Please pick this up.

"One day we will be sickened by life" assures the packaging. Fear the day when this prophecy arrives. Additional bitterness to the existing Harvest fury will be threatening and potentially lethal. Blistering, horrendously brutal hardcore from Minneapolis. Protect your women and impressionable children from the psychological implications of vocalist Dave Walker's tortured shrieks. Harvest's 7" suggested the scope of which the following album would entail. Be not disappointed. This album will sever your tendons and damage your fragile endocrine system with equal impetuousness. Sincerest condolences to Dave for his loss. "This struggle is not in vain".

This disc has way too many good things about it. Painful singing, screaming, awesome music, chanting monks, and nearly poetic lyrics are just a few. They take hardcore to levels miles above that of most bands today. I don't care who you listen to, you'll love this.

Minnesota's Harvest is a band of constant evolution. From a start as a standard stop-go crunch hardcore outfit, to the down-tuned progression of the "Incision" seven inch, and now to their debut full length one can see the change and just how good they've become. The big step on this one has more to do with feeling than technical changes- seeing how "Incision" had a raw, moody feel to it, "Living With A God Complex" drops that idea and goes for sheer power. The energy bristles from vocalist Dave Walker's lungs, switching occasionally from standard vocals to bottom of the intestine screaming, and explodes from the tight guitar work and rhythm section. My only complaint is that Walker's lyrics take a more straight forward approach this time and don't really lean towards the 'ascension' approach which really grabbed me on previous efforts. Yet, the progression is clearly evident and clearly wonderful.

I'm not going to use any off-the-wall metaphors to review Harvest. These guys serve up some of the best and scariest metal-core that I've ever heard, perhaps second only to Earth Crisis. They play with a vicious attitude that has often been compared to Bloodlet in terms of their down-tempo, fearsome execution. Much of the band's energy seems to stem from vocalist Dave Walker, whose on-the-verge-of-cracking howls manifest his anguish over the suicide of his best friend last year. Though this disc is far from a cry for sympathy, contemplating the pure, soul-rooted fury of Dave and the rest of the band is inevitable. The riffs in tracks such as "Lament" and "Ahimsa" will cause your hands to spontaneously tear at your rib cage until there's nothing left. I can't wait to see these guys live, because I get the feeling that fracturing my skull during their set would be a wonderful feeling.

Brutal metallic straight edge hardcore (from beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota) with unique fucked up vocals and cool lyrics. I don't really dig the metal thing, but I really like his vocals, especially when he mixes the evil sounding shit with semi-melodic singing. I bet these guys tear shit up live.

Amazing. I should stop there. Only months after the release of the "Incision" 7", this band has progressed immensely, something that takes most bands years to accomplish. In a world of boring, slow, drawn out wanna-be metal acts, Harvest go above and beyond the call of duty to bring you interesting riffs and changes with amazing intense vocals that vary between singing and screaming, with poetic yet meaningful lyrics. Imagine the heaviness and excellent production brought out in an Earth Crisis record, only take out the boring monotony, add some feeling and this is what you've got. I would go so far as to say this is the best "heavy" album I've heard in the last couple of years. It doesn't stop with the music though, the packaging is brilliant, original and even comes with a full color double sided poster. Bloodlet who?

When I was back East this winter Josh from Trustkill was telling me about how "the new Harvest was going to blow you away. They're spending all this time and money on it and the vocalist from Threadbare is going in with the vocalist from Harvest just to boost confidence and give pointers." Okay, maybe that's not a word for word quote, but it is my recollection of part of the conversation. What can I say now that the CD has landed in my review box? Harvest is a damn good metal hardcore band. The money and time spent on recording paid off well, even if my patience for such Bloodlet-esque bands is wearing thin. I think this record will find its way into the homes and cars of many a hardcore kid, cementing Trustkill's status as one of the next great labels.

Like a more brutal version of Bloodlet. "Evilcore" with heavy guitars and harsh vocals. Definitely one of the best of this genre. There are a couple songs on here that have melodic vocals before going into the screaming parts. I didn't care for those as much, just give me the harsh shit! The majority of these songs are brutal the whole way through. If you like Bloodlet, you'll like Harvest better.

If the Tyrell Corporation's motto was "More human than human," Harvest's motto should be "More Bloodlet than Bloodlet." Because if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Harvest definitely worship at the throne of evilcore. Despite the overwhelming similarities to the aforementioned, "Living With A God Complex" is one of the darkest, heaviest releases I've heard in a while and I found myself enjoying it quite a bit, once I got the phrase, "My god they sound like Bloodlet" out of my head. Hatecore? Slowcore? Call it what you will, but damn if it ain't intense. Slow evil riffs are intermingled with hardcore rhythms and one of the most distraught vocalists I've ever heard. Lyrically, this is pretty bleak, but with such an abrasive soundscape, would one expect anything less? With the walls between metal and hardcore becoming more and more blurred everyday, Harvest should have little trouble appealing to fans of intense music.

First off, this is probably one of the coolest names I have heard for an album. I don't know why but i totally dig the title of this album. Moving on... Harvest have been causing quite a ruckus in the hardcore scene, seemingly becoming one of the more prominent, heavier hardcore bands to be growing in terms of fan base. I can see why. Harvest plays a very heavy and at times noisy style of hardcore, maybe comparable to early Coalesce (except not as chaotic) and Bloodlet. The vocals are very Bloodlet reminiscent, in that kind of "I lost my voice but I am still going to scream so everyone can hear what I have to say" style. They are not badly done, but it's not til the 5th track where singer Dave Walker utilizes his actual singing voice that the vocals stand out. The mixture of singing and screaming works really well in this case, providing good build-up and giving more emphasis and energy to the parts where he is full on screaming. On the lyrical level, most of Dave's lyrics are coming from a very dark and personal perspective and are articulated in an intelligent, yet poetic style. I really want to see these guys as they seem as though they would have a tremendous amount of energy live.

With a vocalist who sounds as though he's been frightened by demons and a slow, heavy emphasis, Harvest make music to slay the savage beast. Down-tuned riffs, fraying into damaged, feedback excursions and single-minded in its intent. The back of the insert has the inscription "One day we will be sickened by life." Looks as though that day is now, as Harvest express that disgust with their pounding music. Not my thing really, but ruthlessly executed. Dave Walker sounds like Rudimentary Peni's Nick Blinko with rabies.

Imagine the raw vocals of Iconoclast mixed with the heaviness of Damnation, and then combined with the intensity of Chokehold. That would about describe Harvest. The music is some of the heaviest I've ever heard, while the lyrics are extremely personal. The song "Lament," about the suicide of a friend, has heartbreaking lyrics, while "Covenant" has bitter ones about religion. "Hourglass" and "Flood" mix driving fast parts with crunchier ones. This fulfills the promise of both of their seven inches and then some. It's like nothing I've ever heard before.

Living With A God Complex, Harvest's debut full length delivers ten songs capturing the raw fury that makes this band the powerful musical experience that they are. Thick, crisp guitars blend with roared, angst ridden vocals, making this one of the most impressive sounding records I've heard in a long time. I really can't think of a heavy band that sounds this good. The lyrics come off like a theme record, entailing the trials of life the vocalist has suffered through. Topics include the suicide of a friend, his relationship with religion, and his view on life in general. Quite possibly the best written lyrics I've ever read. Overall, Harvest has matured greatly from their past releases where they were trying to find their niche. This record is a brutal, emotional experience that is equivalent to being bashed in the throat with a lead pipe.