Anklebiter are a straightedge hardcore band out of Massachusetts who play as quick, loud, and offended as you might probably hope for. The band turned some heads with their demo final 12 months, and immediately’s new EP To Live And Withstand is a frantic burst of aggression that snap your head proper off. Vocalist Rachael matches her bandmates’ depth at each flip, shouting her lungs out over the pounding carnage that principally solely slows down when Anklebiter determine to hit tougher. Despite the pure sonic violence of all of it, there are fleeting bursts of melodic guitar threaded all through, like bursts of lightning throughout the storm — however you may not discover given how shortly and torrentially this factor blows by. Listen beneath.