Review Knuckledust 'Bluff, Lies & Alibis'

”Too punk for hardcore and too hardcore for punk.” That is what the description says when you visit Knuckledust's Facebook page.
The nice thing about Knuckledust is that the same four people who started the band, still are part of the band. 

This London band started in 1996 and just released their fifth full-length record 'Bluff, Lies & Alibis' (Produced and recorded by Igor Wouters, Born From Pain). 

We waited five long years for another Knuckledust record and finally here it is: Bluffs, Lies & Alibis.

An album worth waiting for, since this is definitely their strongest album until now. 

 Bluff, Lies & Alibis

The intro is intrigating, as you need to hear it several times to know what is going on there.

It might pull you intro a surreal world of echoing, whispering voices saying clearly 'bluff, lies and alibis'

combined with sirenes and some other noises that are hard to call by name.

One of the highlights on the album is 'Facecrook' where posers get burned down without any compassion. 
Then there are some unbeatable rhyming parts in 'Spill The Hate'. 
The strongest song of all is of course 'Bluff, Lies & Alibis' with just that little more melodic touch and nice singalongs.

Since the very beginning of their existence the band promotes simplicity all the way, which is also promoted in the lyrics AND

as they themself always say "Pick up a piece of wood with strings and start making music!"

This London band has given us what we always expected them to bring.

A pure-no-bullshit-&-straight-to-the-point record by a truehearted hardcore band. Knuckledust does the trick with breakdowns, singalongs combined with simplicity which makes the album nice tuned the hardcore way.

From what the new record sounds like you can tell that lots of time and effort are put in to this

and every song has been perfected. Standing 15 years strong, it feels like this band is just being reborn.

A must have for every hardcore fan!


Written by Glenn Heyse