Picking up where "Haymaker" left off, "Vendetta" finds Throwdown adding some metal laced riffs with their hardcore rhythm, but don't put them in the category of "metal-core". Throwdown continues to pump out blistering beats and grinding guitars, while the lyrics are surprisingly superbly written. The production values are the best to be featured on a Throwdown album, and tracks like "We Will Rise", the title track, and "To Live is to Sacrifice" are straight ahead real hardcore cuts. It's definitely not for everyone, but for true hardcore fans, "Vendetta" is instant bliss, and along with the recent releases from Pro-Pain and hardcore legends Agnostic Front, this is one of the best hardcore albums to be released all year.