Nora hails from New Brunswick and are definitely one of the best bands to ever come out of New Jersey. Their 2nd ep and their debut on trustkill records definitely takes them to new heights as a hardcore band.. Nora have also definitely grown with this release, their songs are a bit longer and very well written. The Lyrics are truthful.. the music is raw.. the band is great. High points of the record would have to be the vocals.. vocalist Carl Severson is truly a madman, and the unpredictable guitar riffs. The only thing this album lacks is the fact that it is a 5 song ep.. only about 15 mins long.. and it definitely leaves you wanting more. All 5 songs are great however, so no complaints there.. hopefully their next cd will blow everyone away, so Nora can get the recognition and respect that they deserve.

I've known some of the guys in this band for a while, and can remember when Nora was starting to come together. While I've liked their earlier stuff, this is the point that I feel really proud of them, because this is a great hardcore EP; the five songs on here rage, combining some very metal elements (the breakdown in "Scarecrow" is just sick) with the rage and passion that the best hardcore bands are capable of. Solid lyrics (with explanations, which are always a plus), raw vocals, and tightly played music….this one's got it all.

Nora is one of the more original bands actively involved right now in hardcore. It shines through on this recording by making you be intrigued by some aspect of what's going on in the music. They keep things interesting with time changes and simultaneously manage to lay down really locking grooves of the chugga-chugga nature. Definitely not your typical hardcore record, The Neverendingyouline is a good example of how the medium of hardcore is constantly expanding.

NORA starts the lesson in anger with "The Power Up." Carl lets you know who the fucking boss is with a series of deathly screams. All the while the axes grind at you at a frantic pace. 1:30 in it goes down to a nut churning octave, and Carl just lets lose, the axes come back around while Chris Ross just pummels the skins. The last 16 seconds is just fucking amazing. Can you imagine Kerry King from Slayer in a hard-core band? Now you can, cross super fast riffs, and Carl just unleashing the most god-awful cries of aggression.

This New Jersey quintet takes the balls out assault of hardcore and adds a little bit of metal to come up with a flurried 5 track CD. Odd timings and lung abusing screams ("Scarecrow,") fade in and out between pounding rhythms and driving guitars a la Helmet and Pantera ("The Neverendingyouline,") that create a medley of mayhem. While the message behind the music may seem a little soapbox-ish, the music alone is powerful enough to break any platform the lyrics may be placed upon. If you dig metalcore, then check these guys out at www.trustkill.com.

I sometimes think a band like Converge is to chaotic for my health. Their music can get really on my nerves if I have to listen to it too long, since I’m a bit of a restless person. So now I have got Nora as an alternative. Equally as intelligent (which also goes for the lyrics) and brutal, but not quite as nerve-wrecking, as Converge. Only fifteen minutes of this New Jersey five-piece’s noisy metalcore. Noisy but still as tight as hell and "The Neverendingyouline" remined me a bit of Turmoil in some parts. Nora has already have two other releases under their belt and a full-length will follow this summer. Keep an eye on this band, they will make the devil dance sooner or later.

Beefy, metal-core that reminds me a bit of VOD, when VOD was somewhat interesting. It's all there- the time breaks, technical guitar lines, cymbal splashes, harsh screamed vocals. There are some cool fast parts inserted in the mix, and this record reminds me (as did Sick Of It All's classic Scratch The Surface album) that the insightful proponents of this style are not trying to re-tool metal, but rather give an almost industrial edge to hardcore. This is choppy and un-nerving, but skillfully played, dynamic and with some amazing lyrics. Two of the five tracks here nearly ripped my face off with their intensity- "What I Meant To Say" and "Writer's Block." Not bad stuff.

This CD is awesome. Awesome metal hardcore with real raw sounding vocals. This is one of those CDs that gets you all pumped up. The second track is my favorite, but they all rock in that special way. Great powerful music, great voice, scaring looking layout. Check it out.

This is an excellent album. The first stuff by Nora was more raw and I was totally into it, but with this release they have gone full out aggressive style and the punk edge they had sounds more metal now. This is something thats original and fresh and definitely at the forefront of "extreme" or "aggressive" music. I hope to hear a full length soon, but pick this up until then.

Ouch. This shit is intense. A+ production across the board. Totally clear and over the top, immediately noticeable. The lyrics are blatantly to the point, including brief song descriptions which shows the band is into getting the meaning out there. The music is full of discordant heaviness with vocals that tear apart all musical opposition. This is no frills, down to business material. They really cut to the chase, stating such perfectly blunt lines as "This song is for everyone who holds a grudge." Intelligent and meaningful, thought out and thrown at the listener. The only down side it's just an EP, so at 5 tracks you really end up wanting more!

Insane! Great metallic hardcore from this NJ quintet... Fast-paced and aggressive. Nora has been compared to Turmoil, Botch and Endeavor. I'll have to throw a pinch of Refused, a touch of Snapcase and a smidgen of Frodus into that mix. Overall, this 5-song CD of kicking and screaming hardcore held my attention the whole way through.

Nora just gets better with every single they do. This 5 songer CDep will toss you around the room like a cheap rag doll and then come up and lay the smack-down on ya'. This is great noisey hectic sounding metal hardcore that just wouldn't take no for an answer. Fucking great, if Nora ever puts out a full length it will kill you.

NJ's Nora are set to school everyone in metal hardcore brutality. The five song 'The Neverendingyouline' CD is a super tight combination punch of bruising guitar riffs, pummeling rhythms, and harsh, strained, screams. Teetering on the edge of chaos, Nora play fast and play hard, with sharp technical precision and lots of odd structures and tempo changes.

Sixteen bruising minutes of aggression that is not without its share of catchy rhythms. This Jersey act combines the finer points of metal, hardcore and punk into an exhilarating assault. Carl Sevrerson does not deliver one word without sounding as though he is forcing his intestines up through his mouth. His furious intensity and boundless vocal energy is equaled by the cement block of sound generated behind him. John Kohler and Michael Olender produce one mutilating riff after another without relying on cliches while rhythm section Spliedt (bass) and drummer Chriss Ross batter each track with brutal abandon such as on "Television Guilt Face" and the relentless "What I Meant To Say." My favorite of the bunch was the autobiographical "Writer's Block" in which the playing is marvelously articulate while also punishing. Nora also know how to alter tempos just enough to allow each song to maintain an independence without ever waivering from the band's intent to simply destroy the listener. Very impressive.

Wow. This band has gotten much better since the last time I heard them. Maybe it's because of the fact that they added a second guitarist, or the fact that they actually have a set sound. Before, Nora, to me, seemed like a few friends doing a band, and they just so happened to be signed because the singer was putting out the record. They never seemed to be serious. Now they are. They have the rock down. This reminds me of a Disembodied sounding band with enough courage to not just be a "heavy" band. There is a lot more that Nora offers on this CD. Plus the vocals are much more brutal than most brutal bands out there now. High vocals = good. I love this.

Brutal and relentless hardcore, the guitar grind, percussion onslaught, tough guy screaming his head off, even the lyric sheet is so big and oppressive, the listener can do nothing but focus on the next burst of chaos, the next apocalyptic wail or the next relevant message.

Nora finally hits jackpot with an awesome piece of relentless fury. Their past stuff was good, but a little unfocused, which caused songs to be a little less direct. But now they've managed to combine the chaos with a direct jab to the temple to produce this five song rager. It's fast and never lets up. I really don't need to say much other than check it out. Think metal-ish, Endeavor showing up here and there, and a good head on it's shoulders. This one is a monster.

This is a really hard CD to describe. I guess it's like Turmoil musically, but vocally, it's not like anything. The vocals are somewhat high pitched and raspy, but not like the sickening levels of Brother's Keeper. I don't know. That's not really a good fit, but it will have to do. Anyways, my point about this CD is that it's good and fans of Turmoil will probably enjoy it.

Well, let's see: so many good things to say, so little time. Nora is slowly moving to the forefront of the hardcore scene on both coats for one very good reason: They are awesome! I've heard people compare them to Endeavor and Botch, but I'm hearing more of the "C" bands (Converge, Cave-In, Coalesce). Nora can boast a line-up that contains ex- and current members of both Endeavor and Ensign. In the vocal department, Nora features strained screaming with a lot of death-metal-esque backup vocals. The music is fast and heavy. Keep an eye out for these guys when they come to town, because they put on a bad-ass show. Quite simply, this is an awesome piece of work and, if you don't have it, you're not cool.

Wow! This is by FAR their best release to date, even beating their split with Dillenger Escape Plan. I mean, I'm really taken back by this record. It's far more original and better sounding. It's the perfect length... five songs. Enough to hit you in the face and leave the building before you fall asleep. Good lyrics and explanations for the songs. I find the song "Television Guiltface" really interesting and very easy to relate to. This record even has more of a sincere and honest feeling than their previous works. I think this band has finally come into their own and are a force to be reckoned with.

Most of you hardcore fanatics probably heard Nora when they did a split with the unbelievably popular Dillinger Escape Plan. And let me be honest, I like DEP ok, but they bounce around so much, that there isn't much to listen to so I was actually more impressed with Nora. It's fully metal-tinged hardcore with horribly pained vocals, and while it doesn't match my favourite Trustkill band, Shai Hulud for emotion, it's quite powerful in it's simplicity. Let me digress for a second here... being a reviewer sucks a little. Imagine having to explain why you like nuts on your hot fudge sundae. It doesn't really lend itself to explanation, but for some reason, something as personal and artistic as music is supposedly easy to summarize in a few paragraphs? So, as we back on track here, you might have an idea of how I can't really explain my feelings about this disc. It's short, heavy, and full of screaming. I like it okay, and while it doesn't make my top 5 list or anything, it's definitely fun to blast driving down the highway.

Another band with a misleading name. If you go into this thinking you're dealing with some Emo wussies, you're gonna end up getting scraped off the wall, 'cos this New Jersey five-piece belt out some truly intimidating Hardcore that borrows heavily from the Converge and Coalesce camps of anti-social noisy metal. Intelligent lyrics are shrieked over a wall of thick guitars and pounding rhythms, that stop and start and go off at unexpected tangents with disconcerting regularity, and all of it courtesy of a sound that would stop a rhinoceros in its tracks.

With 5 songs on it, this disc is more of an EP, but it is a good hardcore disc. In an already crowded genre, it is difficult to stand out. Nora seems to have blended skill and genuine love for music into a really good hardcore outfit, which will hopefully throw them to the forefront of their game.

The name Nora is highly deceptive. One might think "The Neverendingyouline" might be the work of a female singer/songwriter. Alas, Nora is not a woman. Nora is New Jersey noise at its finest. The five-piece act seems to cull inspiration from Garden State brethren Dillenger Escape Plan as well as the grandoise riffs of Slayer. From the balls-to-the-wall opening title track to the quirckily timed closing tune "Scare-crow," The Neverendingyouline is a clusterfuck of noise without falling prey to monotony.

While not as adventurous as fellow New Jersey natives Deadguy or the Dillinger Escape Plan (with whom they shared a split), they share common musical ground and are a stronger, catchier unit on their latest five-song EP, The Neverendingyouline, because of it. Opening with the title track, Nora locks into a lo-fi, plodding metal riff before kicking in the bass and going straight for the neck. Hardcore, metal and even some punk bits are interspersed with a constantly changing tempo, exceedingly harsh vocals and some slight twists and turns, just to keep things from becoming predictable. Nora adds just enough interesting facets to their hardcore/metal punk bloodletting to keep them from being generic, but won't lose anyone whose tastes lie in the moshing, metal anthems of many of today's more popular metal-hardcore bands.

New Jersey's favorite crazys are back with five new songs sure to leave everyone floored. In all aspects, this album radiates as the most punishing, intense, chaotic and crushing material Nora has ever put together. There is no doubt that these guys get better with every release. While the music has certainly progressed and assumed a heavier vibe throughout, Carl's lyrics are even stronger and angrier than before. Throw in a dandy of a layout and some interesting song explanations and there you have it; a record for the truly pissed-off spirit lurking in us all.

When I first saw Nora play live, nearly two years ago, I was hooked. After an EP and a split with the Dillenger Escape Plan, I noticed that those recordings did not give Nora justice, when compared to their live performances. This new five song EP sure does. Nora features ex-members of NJ greats Endeavor and Ensign, as well as a member of Ex Number Five. Nora plays original sounding chaotic metallic hardcore with vocals ranging from spoken to shrieked. Each song in this EP comes with an explanation of what the lyrics mean. This is definitely NJ's most under rated hardcore band, but I think this EP will definitely turn some heads in the hardcore scene. Anyways, this record is supposed to come out in June, so if you don't see it in stores anytime soon, don't get too upset. If you're lucky, you might come across one of the hand numbered versions of this EP that feature a photocopied tray card with the Trustkill logo covering the logo of the original label this was originally supposed to come out on. Well, whichever version you see of this EP, get it, you won't be disappointed.

What a follow up record to their split with The Dillinger Escape Plan, and their debut record on Ferret records! Every band can dream about putting out a record with a production and sound quality like this. This record is amazing in every sense of the word! The five songs on this record differ from their previous released songs. Nora became a more heavy and metallic sounding band. They still have freaky guitar riffs, and are still chaotic at times, but in a metallic way. On the lyrical content they cover issues about the "consumer based world we live in", "people who stand up for themselves" and "focusing on reasons to live". With this awesome new record under their belts, you've to consider Nora as one of the new, and much promising bands coming from the other side of the ocean.

Now here's something I wasn't expecting. I wasn't going to do it, but I downloaded some MP3's of this off the Trustkill website before this hit the streets and man, I was freakin' impressed as hell. Nora have improved a lot. "Kill You For A Dollar" was quite the EP, and then they released the split with Dillinger Escape Plan, which left me speechless. Not only because of the amazingly good Dillinger track, but also because of the two new Nora tracks that rocked Kill You… right out of the water. It's only five songs, which somewhat sucks, but it's OK because this one is quite rockin'. A hell of a lot heavier than Kill You…, so if you're into that but you weren't into the other one, pick this up. Lots of really cool screamy vocals, too. I like it…A lot.