Monthly Archives: March 2019

Reviews, Various

(record review)Batshit Crazy-Bat$hit!crazy

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If you love your pop melodic punk with a dose of horror, you came to the right place. I listened and reviewed the new Batshit Crazy record for our zine, so read on!

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These guys are from California and their music has hardcore punk base with Black Flag immediately coming to mind when the firs riff and the first drum beat kicks in. But, they also picked up the melody and the sensibility of Ramones-core, crossbred it with The Misfits gore notebook and hence got their own horrorpoppunk style.

This record contains 12 songs and it is under half an hour long and leaves you wanting for more after listening. With songs like Such A Waste Of Good Suffering or The Babysitter Murders, you just can˙t go wrong. The musicianship is tight, the vocals are sung nicely, not some snotty voiced shit, but great punkrock voice topped with nice backing vocal harmonies. This one is a keeper and I want more of this band, I am looking forward to their future releases.

8/10

https://batshitcrazy.bandcamp.com/album/bat-hit-crazy

https://www.instagram.com/batshitcrazy_band/

 

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Malvina from Brasil could just be the best kept secret of the scene! Check out their single and stay tuned for the album!

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Hybrid War is the title of the upcoming new album of Malvina, the progressive/hardcore-punk trio from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The album was mixed and mastered by Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room Studios and will be released worldwide on April 26th by labels in North America, South America, Europe and Eurasia.
The main theme of the album is the rolling coup in Brazil, approached from the Pink Tide period to the rise of neofascism, represented by the new president Jair Bolsonaro, and the US role on this political crisis through a new kind of war tactics.
The first single, also titled “Hybrid War”, was released on February 22nd.
The first single is here:
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(record review)THE BIG BAD-Dressed For A Funeral+The Big Bad(e.p.)

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The Big Bad have been on the scene for 15 years now. Since 2004.although the lineup has changed, the constant line that keeps the band strong besides making excellent music is the frontman Zackula Von Nasty. This record is celebration of 15 years gore soaked, eerie horrorpunk hardcore and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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Hailing from the haunted hills of West Virginia, these guys have been inspired from the start of the band with the folklore tales to evolve their horrorpunk hardcore in a way of making fist pumping in the air singalong anthems and melodic verse lines transforming to hymnic choruses with awesome vocals coupled with beautiful backing vocal harmonies. Not to forget fast and energetic hardcore punk guitar hooks and thunderous drumming.

This record contains 19 songs. It serves as a document of early times of The Big Bad, meaning the band´s debut full length Dressed For A Funeral, the e.p. The Big Bad plus unreleased songs and live songs to make a great record for the fans of the band and those that will become the fans by listening to this one. My favorite songs are Ghoul Girl with doo wop influences. Everyone who follows me knows how much I love doo wop. Dead End Drive In and Spit On Your Grave are also my favorites of the record. I love how this early songs show all the rawness but also melodic side of the band and proves once again that horrorpunk is best music on this planet.

8,5/10

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Get the record: https://thebigbadmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dressed-for-a-funeral-the-big-bad-ep