I never heard for Raukous and Tanzler prior to listening to this release and I am thankful to Nothing But A Nightmare
This split release contains 12 songs, meaning six of both bands. Raukous is a hardcore punk band with horror lyrics and they are hailing from California. Musically, they remind me of American hardcore punk bands from the 1990s like Resist and such bands. Fast paced music, shouted lyrics and aggressive atmosphere make their side of the release very appealing to me. Of course, there are some Lovecraftian lyrics like “Pickmans Model” or “Thirteen Ghosts” that will make a horrorpunk in you jump and mosh around.
As for Tanzler side of the record, they play angry and very chaotic hardcore punk bordering with powerviolence in some songs. I can listen to such hardcore bands for a while but I am more fan of the melodic side of hardcore, so Tanzler was really not something that I would be listening to every day. Their lyrics as I understand are not horror themed, but doesnt matter. Nice release, go and support the bands and the awesome label.
6,5/10
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