This is a debut e.p. by AFEWYEARSLATER the band which comes from Budapest, Hungary. And it is an awesome release for a debut.
This record contains 5 songs of melodic hardcore punk with a lot of skatepunk thrown in, done and played and sung with heart, soul and balls. The lyrics are in English language and more personal themed as I read them while listening to the record. The songs are short and in your face and the whole vibe of the e.p. just threw me nostalgically back to the 90-ies and all of the melodic punk bands that I listened to back then. This is a decent melodic punk release and I just can´t wait for the full length once these guys record it! Top songs: “Face it”, “Wanderlust”
7,5/10
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This is the debut e.p. by Sirius, from Athens, Greece. I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine.
Sirius was formed in 2007. they practiced and made songs and brandished their skills by live concerts through the years. After setting some lineup changes, they released their debut e.p. This record contains 4 songs of melodic heavy metal with power metal influences. When I first heard the title track I immediately thought of Bruce Dickinson because the vocals reminded me a lot of the legendary Maiden vocalist. The song structures are in Maidenesque sphere and I can hear a lot of old nwobhm masters in the songs like for example Saxon or Accept and that is not the bad thing. Of course, Sirius collected the best from the old school metal masters and added to their songs something new and fresh without sounding lame or boring. “Shadow in my heart” holds the awesome guitar solo which I can imagine being chanted oooo ooo by the fans live. “The Last Angel” somehow reminded me of above mentioned Bruce Dickinson solo records. It is somehow in my opinion the most technical and rythmical song on the record and it also has a chorus made for singalong. “The Fury Within” is somehow in my opinion the hardest and most awesome song for me on this record adding strength to the great melody. Nothing new, but decent heavy/power metal.
Australian underground scene never ceases to amaze me, so NABERUS was a prime choice with their new album on Eclipse Records. I was lucky to give it a listen and review it for this webzine.
Hailing from Melbourne, this five piece band plays modern metal, meaning a mix of thrash metal, melodic death metal and metalcore. Usually I am very sceptical and very reserved towards metalcore bands because I don´t like their style of music very much. Naberus are fortunately different than those generic deathcore and metalcore bands. They have a lot of melodic guitar hooks in the song structures making their songs more anthemic and more energetic. Also, the clever use of harsh and clean melodic vocals makes this record very fluent and not boring. The guys have their hearts in the right places, their lyrics being a fine tuned mix between political and personal thematics. The only thing I didn´t like on this record are the vocals. In most of the songs they reminded me too much of James Hetfield and I never liked his voice for some reason. For me, the personal highlights of this album are definitely “Hollow”, “I disappear” and “The End”. Nice album.
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