Gadget - Spreading the Love  ( Life & Death Brigade ) Usually Joe is the one who covers the heavy end of things, but I also  partake in the loud and crushing on occasion. Spreading the Love  is the sweltering debut from Minneapolis straight-edge hardcore band Gadget and it rules! The quintet edges into the realm of thrash on many (if not all) of the record's brief seven tracks. The pleasant ruination of my expectations is something I will gladly report — this is more than mere by-the-numbers hardcore. From the first seconds of opener "Profound Will," the intensity exponentially grows. Every time it seems like you've reached the limit, Gadget pushes it further to glorious effect. The first 25 seconds of "Burned from the Branches" is the musical equivalent of a free fall (plus it has one of the sickest bass riffs on the album). "Running Wild" makes me want to recreate this video  as soon as humanly possible. The track's second half i...