Young Blood

Canadian metalcore band Obey The Brave first emerged onto the landscape of aggressive audio in 2012, combining ex-members of heralded deathcore outfit Despised Icon and metalcore quintet Blind Witness.

Now their Epitaph debut, Young Blood, recorded by Ion Dissonance members and OTB friends Antoine Lussier and Yanic Desgroseillers, displays a ferocity and passion most young bands only hint at. Tracks like “Get Real,” which features Terror’s Scott Vogel on guest vocals, pay homage to ‘90s hardcore while peppering in more modern elements like massive metalcore breakdowns and an always-driving beat. “Time For A Change,” while still including hardcore staples like riotous gang vocals and another of the album’s brick-and-mortar breakdowns, showcases some smooth lead lines during its more melodic outro. “Live and Learn,” the album’s first single, is a well-rounded representation of Obey The Brave’s bare bones, progressing from blistering double-kick blasts throughout its opening verse to a musical outro that adds an extra dimension to an otherwise brutal track. This is straight-ahead, mosh-inducing metalcore – unfeigned, unpretentious, and most of all, unrelenting.

Obey the Brave’s two self-produced videos have garnered over 700,000 views on YouTube.