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Read a track-by-track breakdown for Knifetwister Records' new benefit comp, 'Not In Our City 2'!
April 17th, 2026
"We live in a world where people are constantly judged, categorized, and told they're not valid unless they meet arbitrary standards. Well, we don't need your approval to exist. That's what “Drunk & Dangerous” is really saying. That's what Make the Road New York fights for. That's why we're proud to be part of this comp"
Vol #237: Saints of Lorain – “Those Dark Roads
April 14th, 2026
"Each song tells a tale, divulges a truth or bears out a trauma. This brings the songs to life with real world experiences. Yes, there is a truth to “Those Dark Roads” that is undeniable."
It's Hard to be a Saint - A Look Back With Cleveland’s Saints Of Lorain
April 6th, 2026
"Out of pain and grief can often come some of the most important art.
Saints Of Lorain is a Cleveland-based ensemble rooted in the raw, unapologetic tradition of local punk, metal and rock ‘n’ roll.
The band shares a deep, complex history with the band Al & The Coholics, and their work serves as a visceral narrative of survival and the emotional wreckage that follows loss."
Saints Of Lorain:Before We Were Saints:CS
March 18th, 2026
"It’s the kind of band that would have been on the bill with Wretched Ones, The Pist, or Aus-Rotten three decades ago and the style is quite well done here."
Saints Of Lorain ... Before We Were Saints EP review
March 16th, 2026
"It’s not exactly the most happy music. They’re talking about a rough and tumble life here. They’re aint no ballads. Ehhhhh.. Maybe the girls won’t like this."
Paul Goon LTD: Single Review - Unstable
February 2026
"The only saints I pray to. The patron saints of going hard in the fucking paint. Seriously, go to an SOL show. You wont find a better time anywhere that weekend.
Thank punk Jesus for sending these guys down to earth for us. My guardian angel plays a 4 string bass."- Paul Goon
Maximum RockNRoll: Album Review - Before We Were Saints
January 2026
"Never would I ever have thought that the actions of members of a long-running drunk punk/street punk/pirate-punk band would hit on sentimentality as strong as this."
VOL. 221: Album Review - Before We Were Saints
December 2025
"The songs are ripping fast, brutally raw and fully charged. They are energy and aggression. Power and fury. Knuckles, fists, balls and heart. This is hard edged Cleveland Punk Rock at it's best."
Promise Kept: An Interview With Cleveland's Saints of Lorain.
November 2025
"This new phase of the band is not a retreat into the past, but a dedicated act of continuance, transforming the reckless energy of the Coholics into an intentional, focused effort to tell their story of survival and honor those they lost."
Cleveland punks SAINTS OF LORAIN are set to drop their new EP Before We Were Saints on November 1
October 2025
"The band isn't chasing nostalgia—it's pushing forward."
Local Punk Rockers Saints of Lorain Release New Single
October 2025
"While the grim album cover art serves as a warning of the consequences they survived"
DO CAOS AO RENASCIMENTO
September 2025
Saints of Lorain mantém viva a chama do punk de Cleveland
VOL. 146: AFTER THE APOCALYPSE / FACTIONS
July 24, 2024
Featured in After The Apocalypse / Factions release party review