Total Soul Ignition

2026 is almost half way through and I‘m just getting records released in 2025, which I had actually pre-ordered. I was born to late to experience hardcore in the 80s and I‘m kinda bummed that the waiting for ages for records part is the one I get to experience almost 40 years later. 

Anyway, I’ve been really looking forward to finally getting my copy of Method of Doubt’s new release and it’s a banger for sure. I love the cover and especially its color scheme. The second press, which has just come out, was pressed on purple vinyl, which looks so nice with the cover. If I’d known that, I would have just waited to order the record and would have ended up with the much nicer color, but it’s just as well. I really hope there’ll be another release soon. 

1st Press on Black on Scheme /271

Feels Like Heaven

This might be an early contender for Record of the Year. Feels Like Heaven / Scheme Records cleverly released Within Dreams on January 1, 2026. Of course, the way things go with current releases, it took me a while until I actually got a copy, but hey, it was well worth the wait. If you like current bands like Drug Church or Fiddlehead and/or late 80s Dichord stuff, you won‘t get disappointed. This is really, really good. 

Unknowingly, the Band Scores major bonus points with the cover. When I was a kid, I had a few records with fairy tales and modern classic children stories that I listened to a bunch. The one outlier record I had was a radio play based on true events, detailing the first ascent of Nanga Parbat, one of the highest mountains in the world. The radio play was much more dramatic than any other records I had, but I loved it. The cover featured a similar image to the one on the cover of Within Dreams, and now I sort of want to listen to that radio play again. 

1st Press on Black on Scheme /328