"Take the technical brutality of The Dillinger Escape Plan, the raw emotion from Gravity Records' discography, and the experimentation of The Locust and you would have a rough skeletal outline of The Great Redneck Hope's sound. Except nothing about 'Splosion!, the latest full-length offering from this Colorado four-piece, is skeletal. The Great Redneck Hope is pure metallic power and chaotic brutality with every musical muscle working to merge hardcore, noise, and metal to an apex of violent sound. Yeah, it weighs in at only twelve minutes, but this punishing full-length or aural anarchy is enough to propel The Great Redneck Hope from the background of the basement dwelling hardcore scene to its forefront. 'Splosion! is riddled with catharsis that scrapes your mind and riles emotions so primal that they could have come from a caveman. Yet, The Great Redneck Hope isn't based on just primitive anger. 'Splosion! is also a display of technical violence that tears chords and twists tempo shifts into a sound that is proficient as it is potent. If this is a sign of things to come from this four-piece, expect more bruises and lacerations on your earlobes. Oh, and that's a good thing."

"One of the best bands no one has ever heard of, Colorado Springs's Great Redneck Hope have not only stepped on to the scene,but leave one massive footprint in the mold with "Splosion!" their 9 track 13 minute full length for too bad youre beautiful recordings. Mixing various chaotic elements of technical hardcore along the lines of Converge and Eyes Upon Seperation, this band not only creates refreshingly heavy chaos but do it in a way they can call their own-so well infact, i cant find any real complaints within this record other than the sound quality is not perfect -but what can you expect from an extremely small underground lable with only one other band on its roster? And given this fact of what GRH had to work with they utilized their talents very well and didnt screw around on this effort. This band riveted me so much i havent even gotten tired of this cd but am already dying to hear more. To sum it all up if enough people were to hear this record ,The Great Redneck Hope would be the next biggest thing in the current hardcore scene. I believe in this album for its honest no nonsense approach. We need more of this kind of music in the scene, so put some pennies in these guys pockets and take a trip to interpunk.com and grab this cd. It is also available in vinyl as a 10 inch colored picture disc,to suit all your indie preferences. So dont be a redneck. Do something great and give this scene some hope by supporting them and doing your part to prevent bands of this calibre from breaking up. Rating: What else is there to say? Production isnt an issue that hinders this record. A rock solid 5 stars for this one. It deserves no less."

"With The Locust on the high-visibility Anti it would seem progressive noise rock is gaining widespread appeal. If that is true, the future could be bright for this group's blend of clamorous noise rock, sound bites and unexpected side trips into brief melodic episodes. The arty approach to apocalyptic rock recalls legendary '90s Texas project Angkor Wat."

"...their perfectly compact 20-minute performances are always combustible works of Vaudevillian genius, entertainment by explosion. With Abrasively satirical titles like 'Putting the Gay Back in Gangsta' and 'Abortion Doesn't Kill Babies. I Do,' TGRH play the defiant agent provocateur in Colorado Springs' always itchy moral monopoly. Don't miss these guys. It's unlike... everything."