The Hope Conspiracy announced their new album Tools Of Oppression / Rule By Deception last month by unveiling its relentless opening track, “Those Who Gave Us Yesterday.” Today the Boston hardcore veterans have another magnificently intense, punishingly bleak new song to share. “The West Is Dead” is all about how Western society is collapsing and humanity is on the brink of an extinction-level event, as brutish lead vocalist Kevin Baker explains:
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The Hope Conspiracy announced their new album Tools Of Oppression / Rule By Deception last month by unveiling its relentless opening track, “Those Who Gave Us Yester... more info