Part hardcore, part punk, and always in your face. Fast, over-driven guitars accompanied by a yelling, yet melodic vocal track gives Tour of Duty an undeniable energy that many attempt to re-create, yet few achieve. Recorded in 2006, An Emerging Infectious Disease, Tour of Duty’s debut album, far exceeds expectations of a hardcore punk band’s first effort. Package the energy and intensity of the instrumentation with the meaningful and directed lyrics and you have an album that begs the question: Why are great hard rock acts so few and far between? While the answer is yet to be determined, what is for sure is that Tour of Duty is one of those great acts.

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