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Counterparts are a Canadian melodic metalcore band from Hamilton, Ontario. Formed in 2007, the band currently consists of lead vocalist Brendan Murphy, guitarists Blake Hardman and Alex Re, bassist Tyler Williams and drummer Kyle Brownlee. The band's most recent two albums have received critical acclaim from magazines Rock Sound and Exclaim!. They were released through Victory Records. They are among the most visible bands within contemporary melodic hardcore, while they are also considered one of the major powers of the metalcore revival wave. Read more on Last.fm
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Counterparts
The Difference Between Hell and Home
Victory Records
23 July 2013
by Tomas Doyle
Hardcore as a community, in 2013, sucks. In its pseudo-overground form it has become a scene characterised by bullshit misogyny, knuckle-dragging idiocy, poser-ish aggro and the sort of popularity cult that would put most college sororities to shame. An elitist club for those who are supposed to hate elitism. A merch stall with a music genre attached. A sham. Sonically too, large swathes of the “hardcore establishment” seem content to cannibalise their own musical tropes, reducing everything to the most digestible, banal building blocks.