Indianapolis metallic hardcore crew Crossfire make their latest statement in quick and hefty fashion on their new promo EP, I Drew a Heart Around the Name of Your City. Clocking in at four songs in under eight minutes, I Drew a Heart is Crossfire’s love letter to Indianapolis hardcore with no room for filler or dead weight.
The promo clocks in around seven-and-a-half minutes, though if you grab it through Bandcamp or on tape, you’ll get a bonus cover of Hatebreed’s “Last Breath,” which brings it to about nine minutes. It goes without saying, then, that Crossfire’s brand of metallic hardcore was influenced by the likes of Hatebreed as well as All Out War, Deadguy and various bands from the Indianapolis hardcore scene, some of whom are featured on the tape, including Dave Hoffman (Ishia and ex-The Contortionist), Nate Olp (ex-Demiricous, ex-Lair of the Minotaur) and Jimmy Ryan (Trenches, ex-Haste the Day).
“The Crossfire train don’t stop,” vocalist Carter Seaton says of the new promo. “We like to think one step ahead and we are currently writing a full-length with our new guitar player Max Lawson. We want to play every single town in the country, and continue spreading the word of Indianapolis hardcore.”
You can get a taste of I Drew a Heart Around the Name of Your City below and get it officially on March 6 via Wise Blood Records.
