Monthly Archives: January 2018

Reviews, Various

(record review)THE SHELL CORPORATION-“Fucked”(La Escalera Records)

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The Shell Corporation come from Burbank, California. The band is pretty hardworking and they released tons of 7 inchers and ep-s, toured a lot and this is their second full length album.

The Shell Corporation - Fucked album cover art

The album consists of 12  tracks of melodic punkrock played with a lot of energy and heart. When I started listening to the album I immediately liked “Make it Rain”, being very lyrically engaged but also very melodic and anthemic. Kinda reminded me of Ignite which I love very much. The music of this band is very melodic and energetic but also very angry in lyrics having that political side that a lot of newer punkrock bands lack. One of the highlights of the album is “Waters” being straightforward melodic fast punkrock anthem. I loved the No Use For A Name vibe of “Rooftops”. What I really love about this record is that the guys somehow managed to reach the perfect measure of political vs personal in their music, but both of those go hand in hand in real life anyway dont they? Also, they managed not to sound like anyones clone and that is also a rarity. Would love to see and hear them live sometimes. Awesome record.

8/10

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BEDNJA-the album is finished, the new lyric video is out! Hear it here!

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Bednja, excellent Croatian black metal band from Varaždin area, finally finished their long awaited debut album called “Doline su ostale iza nas”(eng.The valleys stayed behind us) and as an appetizer they released the lyric video for one of the songs.

In their words, this is the first song they ever made together. Enjoy and crank it out on max volume while we wait for the whole album!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-JAoTpgORc

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(record review)SPIDERCREW-“Sounds of Hatred”(WTF Records)

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I discovered Spidercrew from Vienna, Austria, about 15 years ago after I listened a lot to their fellow countrymen Only Attitude Counts and Bust The Chain, whose members formed Spidercrew.

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For those of you who dont know, Spidercrew is hardcore band from Vienna, being the true representative of Vienna style hardcore family. I used to listen to a lot of European hardcore bands like Rykers, Brightside, Only Attitude Counts, Right Direction….and still love those bands very much, some of them still playing, some are defunct.

With this record, Spidercrew are continuing where they left in 2014.with their last record, meaning 12 uncompromising pumping hardcore, with some faster energetic stuff and some mosh parts thrown in for good measure. What I love about this band is that in their song structures they rely heavily upon street and oi punk making their songs catchy unforgetable street hardcore anthems. Dual vocals fit in very nice, sounding a bit like AF/Madball and it is no problem for me, since I love both of these NYHC legends. In all, this record is the solid proof that European hardcore is alive and well and as long as there are bands as Spidercrew, hardcore will never die. Top songs: “Time to Prove”, “You Aint Lived It”, “We Dont Need You”.

8/10

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