Terror Unleash New Album “Pain Into Power”

For two decades Terror have been relentless. The band has acheived a kind of longevity that’s exceedingly rare, managing to stay both consistently active and consistently ferocious, a feat that’s taken them from their underground roots to being one of the most legendary groups in hardcore. Now on their eighth studio album, Pain Into Power, the band have bridged the gap between their past and present, with original guitarist Todd Jones returning to the fold to produce a visceral record that proves Terror’s future is looking as fast, heavy, and aggressive as ever.

Clocking in at a lean 20 minutes, Pain Into Power is Terror boiled down to their most primal and effective state. The title track and opener offers the perfect introduction, just 53 seconds of crushing hardcore that demonstrates the band’s unparalelled intensity and the undeniable spark in their work with Jones. The pummeling sound isn’t the only source of fury found on Pain Into Power. Whereas in the past Scott Vogel’s lyrics have often pushed through darkness to channel a sense of positivity, the vocalist found that sentiment to be in shorter supply. “We’ve always walked that line between positivity and negativity. Songs that are pure anger and songs that say ‘the world’s a shitty place but you’ve got the inner strength–and maybe this music and this scene–to help you through it.’ But a lot of these new songs are very angry and dark. I’ve tried my best to stay positive but, with this vibe of unrelenting musical destruction, it was a little bit harder to bring out that positive side.”

Amidst all of the personal and societal bleakness addressed on the album, there’s also resilience, Terror have kept pushing themselves while also staying one hundred percent true to who they are, who they’ve always been, and who they’ll always be. Even after two decades, Terror’s thirst for riffs, self-expression, and stage dives remains unquenched, or at Vogel succinctly puts it: “I want kids to connect with the lyrics because they know they’re coming from a genuine person, and I want them to get floored by the music so that when they see us play live they can’t help but jump off someone’s head.”

You can stream and purchase Pain Into Power here