 
Since wounds formed back in 2010 they have been
on one major rollercoaster ride, they started
off with rave reviews of their debut EP ‘Dead,
Dead, Fucking dead’ and went on to support
the likes of Gallows, Cancer Bats, Crime In Stereo,
Sharks and various other bands in the hardcore
scene, then they settled down to write their debut
album when disaster struck with guitarist James
Coogan falling from a fourth floor balcony and
nearly died, luckily for James, the band, his
friends and family he survived the freak accident
and has since gone on to recover so much that
he proved the doctors wrong so said he would never
pick up a guitar again, when the band finally
got to the studio to record their album they were
hit with further bad news as Aidan Coogan and
James Coogan lost their father to terminal illness
which delayed the album for months as they took
time to understand the news and write album closing
track ‘Dead Road’.
Finally Wounds are weeks away from releasing their
debut album ‘Die Young’ which has
taken its name from James Coogan’s near
death experience, the album even features a picture
of James’s torso on the front with the massive
wound he has been left with from his freak accident,
as soon as you press the play button on this album
you will get a huge rush of adrenaline through
your body as the hectic sounds leave you bouncing
off your walls starting a one person mosh pit
in the comfort of your own home.
The album opens with ‘Killing Spree’
a song which is turbo charged with mayhem, it
is fast and furious with some tasty riffs and
generally heavy as fuck with big loud screams
as Aidan Coogan pretty much screams his lungs
out as himself and the rest of the band put their
all into creating such a huge sounding honest
hardcore opening.
Songs like ‘Trouble For The Sake Of It’
and ‘Desperate times’ really do show
of the bands instrumental skills as the songs
are full of big beefy riffs, constant banging
drum beats as the band mix up their punk rock
roots with big rock n’ roll sounds. However
the best moments on the album happen to be ‘Dead,
Dead Fucking Dead’, ‘Choke’
and ‘No Future’ as Wounds come at
you with such force that you can’t help
but sit down and take the battering on your ears
that is coming your way as it is so loud and heavy
sounding yet so damn pleasing on the ears that
after a few listens of the likes of ‘Dead,
Dead Fucking Dead’ you will be chanting
in time with Aidan Coogan as he lets rip with
the huge chorus of “All my friends dead,
dead fucking dead”.
As mentioned above the album closes with ‘Dead
Road’, the song is the longest track on
the album clocking in at just over 6minutes, it
is all the most stripped down and creepy sounding
track on the album as Wounds take you down a haunting
journey of death, it shows a totally different
side to the band from what we have all been used
to throughout the years and it is quite amazing
especially as Aidan Coogan sings “I still
talk to you sometimes, but I am still so lost”
before letting rip for the shout-a-long chorus.
Wounds have dealt with more shit in their three
year musical career than what some bands have
dealt with in a twenty year career and they have
clearly put everything into making their debut
album ‘Die Young’, if you liked their
debut EP then you are going to love the album
as it is pretty much a full length version of
the EP with more tracks and I would imagine that
is sounds even better on the live circuit as Wounds
have more control on unleashing their raw hardcore
ways.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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