I never heard of Rat Parade prior to this record and I am glad that I discovered this band.
This trio comes from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and they are playing dirty, kinda raw, but melodic punkrock with a lot of garage influences. The opener “Don´t look down” is a nice piece of punkrock with melodic anthem made for singalong at the gigs. “Roped” has some dirty, snotty, vocals that are just perfect for this kind of punkrock that Rat Parade is playing. “Hate Your Guts” is in my opinion the best song on this record and I can imagine myself slamming and pogoing around the pit while the band tears the stage apart rocking out with this song. “No respect” paints the perfect picture of this band, refusing to bow down to any kind of conformism and staying true to the DIY ethics and the philosophy of the punkrock scene. Support the guys and show them some punkrock love, I am sure they will appreciate it very much!
The WAB from Spain were formed as a reaction to the disappointment with the current state of the punkrock underground scene.
Categorizing their music as brutal punk, a mixture of uncompromising raw strength of pure punkrock and metal influences and driven by strong DIY ethics and love for the underground scene, they recently released their new single called “Drunk With Power”. You can listen/watch here and watch out for the album “…and kill the worms” coming soon!
I really don´t know much about Drinking Boys And Girls Choir, apart from that they come from South Korea. Being from there, they have the honour to be the first Korean band featured on the pages of this zine.
This record contains 18 songs in about 43 minutes of time, and I personally think that this is too much for one record. With that, also the quality of the song differs from excellent melodic skatepunk tracks to some pop punk and K-pop boring songs. For me the absolute highlights of the album are “Red shift”, “On the street” and “National Police shit”. The production is okay but I would love some more power in the guitars but it is an okay punk record. The dual boy/girl vocals also nicely fit in and create an interplay in the song structures. But, being this long and with so many songs, this album just doesn´t manage to keep me concentrated and keep my attention for the duration. Okay album.
Categorizing their music as brutal punk, a mixture of uncompromising raw strength of pure punkrock and metal influences and driven by strong DIY ethics and love for the underground scene, they recently released their new single called “Drunk With Power”. You can listen/watch here and watch out for the album “…and kill the worms” coming soon!
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