25 Years of Silence — Brother's Keeper Return With a New Single

The comeback was not silent, exactly, but it was quiet: on 10 July, Brother's Keeper released "Asymmetrical Warflair" via Lake Effect Records — their first new music in a quarter of a century. The band's last regular output was "Fantasy Killer" in 2001, then on Trustkill Records.

The song features Patrick Kindlon of Drug Church, one of modern hardcore's most distinctive voices. Curiously, neither band has publicly commented on the release so far. The single arrives as a standalone track; no album has been announced.

Brother's Keeper formed in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1994 and were one of the defining bands of the late-nineties US hardcore scene. Bassist Eric Schauffele once described their approach as a cross between Quicksand, Leeway and Public Enemy — built on tempo shifts, grooves and unusual guitar textures including wah pedals and glass slides, hardly standard fare in hardcore. The band reunited for occasional live shows over the years; new music, until now, there was none.

Source: Lambgoat.