In The Beginning, Available Today, Streaming Now
“In many ways, it is a new beginning and also a tribute to
where it all began,” reflects CRO-MAGS founder Harley Flanagan on the band’s
new album, In The Beginning, out today via Mission Two Entertainment and
Arising Empire. This marks the CRO-MAGS first official release since the album
Revenge (2000).
“I'm not afraid to break the so-called rules of hardcore, I
never was,” admits Flanagan. “That's why our music stood out and always has. I
am so proud of In The Beginning, it was a long time coming but I feel redeemed.
It’s a culmination of everything I am as a person, my personal evolution. It is
100% CRO-MAGS.”
On the album’s artwork, Flanagan explains, “The front of the
album is my old building I used to live in, called ‘C Squat’ where I wrote most
of the music for 1986’s Age Of Quarrel album. The rear of the record shows me
looking down at the site where the building once stood, essentially, it’s me
looking at my past and where everything began.”
CRO-MAGS, rounded out with guitarist Gabby Abularach and
drummer Garry Sullivan, hit the road last year supporting the reunited Misfits
and compiled footage for their first music video in 27 years with “No One’s
Victim.”
As the Coronavirus pandemic took hold of the world this
year, the legendary NYC outfit took swift action and was one of the first
artists to deliver an honest, raw, in-your-face concert set with “The
Quarantine Show,” filmed live in NYC on March 15, 2020.
MUSIC VIDEOS:
“From The Grave” - Featuring Phil Campbell
“A hybrid of ‘80s and ‘90s anthemic hardcore full of
underlying anger” - BLABBERMOUTH
“Fast punk and thrashy breakdowns” - DECIBEL
“Hits like a ton of bricks” - PUNK NEWS
“This one’s gonna snap a few bones and blacken an eye” - NEW
NOISE
“An absolutely ripping album” - BLUNT (AU)
“Fast-paced, raw, blazing and blistering” - CONSEQUENCE OF
SOUND
“A two-stepping salute to four-chord classic hardcore” -
METAL HAMMER
“The founding band of hardcore punk” - ROLLING STONE
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