Gaza

Gaza were a five-piece (and eventually four-piece) hardcore/metalcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah that started in 2004 and ended in 2013. In their nine years as a band, they released three full-length albums, and one EP, East. All their albums are absolute forces on their own. They take influence from all the greats who came just before them, such as Botch, Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Fuck The Facts, and push the aggression and technical prowess a notch forward. Gaza's deep, guttural vocals are the loudspeaker in which to convey their very political agenda, and the sludgy, heavy, chaotic, and punishing riffs are the orchestra to accompany their mission statements.

There's really not much else to say, all three albums are essential recommendations for anyone looking for the dark, heavy, and chaotic side of hardcore. Three of the band's members also now play in Cult Leader, who put out a phenomenal record last year. That's definitely also recommended, and already on here, so get on that if you haven't yet. Enjoy.

East (2004)

1. Kasam Rocket

2. Femur

3. East

4. Hospital

5. Cattle

6. Gristle

I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die (2006)

1. Calf

2. I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die

3. Hospital Fat Bags

4. Gristle

5. Sire

6. Slutmaker

7. Hell Crown

8. Moth

9. Cult

10. Pork Finder

11. Untitled Track

He Is Never Coming Back (2009)

1. How It Is. How It's Going To Be.

2. The Kicking Legs

3. Bishop

4. The Biologist

5. Windowless House

6. He Is Never Coming Back

7. Canine Disposal Unit

8. The Anthropologist

9. The Meat Of A Leg Joint

10. The Astronomer

11. Tombless

12. The Historian

13. Carnivore

No Absolutes In Human Suffering (2012)

1. Mostly Hair And Bones Now

2. This We Celebrate

3. The Truth Weighs Nothing

4. Not With All The Hope In The World

5. The Vipers

6. No Absolutes In Human Suffering

7. The Crown

8. When They Beg

9. Winter In Her Blood

10. Skull Trophy

11. Routine And Then Death