Monthly Archives: April 2019

Reviews, Various

(record review)Liars & Thieves-Thaumatrop(Bastardized Recordings)

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Liars & Thieves are hardcore band from Wuppertal area, Germany. This April, they will release their first full length record Thaumatrop via Bastardized Recordings. I listened and reviewed the record for our zine.

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Thaumatrop is a collection of ten songs. The ominous melodic piano entry to I´m Alive gives us just enough time to prepare for the musical onslaught. Liars & Thieves play modern version of harsh brutal hardcore, yet adding enough progressive and melodic parts that brutality and tenderness mix in one final beautiful soundscape. I just love how brutal, screaming vocals and clean singing vocals interplay on this record. The guitars shred their typical metalcore/ hardcore riffing, and then suddenly they transform into beautiful, almost sad melodies which are perfect to listen to on gloomy evenings. I don´t have a lyric sheet, but the lyrics are all in English language, and as I can understand deal with personal matters and fighting personal demons.

In the end, I can surely say that this is a very good band, though I am not a fan of modern hardcore, but this one is for sure worth your attention. My favorite songs: Marble Eyes, Scarlet Thread, Maelstrom.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/liarsandthievesband/

https://www.facebook.com/Bastardizedrec/

 

 

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(record review)WET DREAMS-Wet Dreams(Black Pop Records)

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Norway is not only home for black metal, but also good punkrock. Wet Dreams from Oslo are garage punk band and I listened and reviewed their new self titled record, that is out via Black Pop Records, for our zine.

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What immediately comes to mind when the album starts is dirty rock n roll production of the album, bass being distorted, guitars tuned up and the vocals sounding like distorted or singing with some effects on, like in the song Bad Boy. The album contains 10 songs in harsh punk garage style. What I was reminded of while listening to the music of Wet Dreams is an Australian band called Clowns. This music somehow reminds me of Clowns, but a bit slower and more rock n rollish. This whole garage punk thing is really not my cup of tea, so even 60-ies influenced songs like Beautiful passed me by without me noticing or being very deligthed with the music. There are also some blues influences like in Blueslata, but still, somehow, this album just doesn´t work out for me. Unfortunately this band is just not my cup of tea.

5/10

https://www.facebook.com/wetdreamsband/

https://www.facebook.com/blackpoprecords/

 

 

 

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(record review)PIZZATRAMP-Grand Relapse(TNSrecords)

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We have already written about the Welsh trio Pizzatramp on the pages of this zine. Now, their second album comes out in April via TNSrecords and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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Formed in 2014.this band is an epitome of DIY hardcore punk scene, playing superb gigs, delivering killer songs and delighting the hearts, ears and minds of punx, hardcore kids and skaters out there throughout the world. This new album contains 15 songs of ultraenergetic fast thrash skatepunk hardcore with fast drumming, vocals screamed at the top of the lungs, some groovy moshing parts and full speed ahead drive hehe. Lyrically Pizzatramp cover various themes, from fun and humour everyday to more serious topics about faults in everyday society that surrounds us. I love Millions Of Dead Goths, Theres Been A Murder and Stop Being A Racist Cunt as my highlights of the album. This is high energy hardcore, so get it and dance.

8,5/10

https://www.facebook.com/Pizzatrampuk/

https://www.facebook.com/TNSrecords/