Review:
Old school NYHC giants Maximum Penalty are finally back with a new record. New songs appeared on their MySpace dating back to February of 2008 and after what seems to be an eternity, Life & Times has officially been released on Reaper Records.
Not much has changed for the boys from NYC. They have added some very minor changes to their traditional sound to sound more up to date and fresh but it’s still the same old Maximum Penalty that you know. I’d liken it to if Eddie Sutton sang for Madball. Actually at times this record even sounds like something Leeway would write. There are great riffs throughout the record that are blended with that signature NYHC groove. On top of it all the production is top notch. It looks like there is good reason that it took a year and a half to go from 2 MySpace tracks to the finalized album.
There isn’t much more I can say about this record. It’s pretty straight forward. If you are a fan of the 90’s era NYHC then you’ll dig this record. It doesn’t stray away and add a bunch of corny or trendy parts as if to try to branch off into new audiences. This is an album written for those that just want a pure hardcore record.
For those that have never listened to or heard of Maximum Penalty, well then you probably aren’t educated enough on older bands. Maximum Penalty has been around since 1986. Life & Times is a good record to start with if you want to check them out but I highly suggest digging a little deeper into their catalog and checking out the Demo 89/East Side Story EP. That should be apart of your collection if you a fan of NYHC.
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