156/Silence - Undercover Scumbag (CD)

156/Silence is a Pittsburgh, PA metalcore band that thrives on controlled chaos—blending metalcore, hardcore, and abrasive noise into something raw, confrontational, and darkly self-aware. Their music is aggressive without being hollow, angry without being careless, and always unapologetically honest. Their 2018 full-length Undercover Scumbag is a blunt, no-filter statement that helped put the band on the underground heavy music map. Packed with jagged riffs, frantic pacing, and lyrics that tear into hypocrisy, frustration, and modern rot, the album refuses polish in favor of impact. Metal Temple praised the record’s clarity and intensity, scoring it an 8/10 and highlighting its sharp production and venomous vocal delivery. Decibel Magazine premiered the title track, calling attention to its crushing low end and pissed-off energy, while MoshPitNation described the album as a boiling release of societal frustration, rating it 4/5. Across the board, press pointed to Undercover Scumbag as loud, uncomfortable, and cathartic—cementing 156/Silence as a band willing to push past genre norms and lean fully into honest, punishing heaviness.