F.O.D. from Belgium has a large fanbase in Europe and also the world, making them one of the jewels in the crown of European melodic punk scene. This new record contains 14 songs and what is more better, this is a concept album. The story revolves around two characters, an elderly woman called Annie who, together with Harrison, reflects on the past and tries to put the pieces of the puzzle that is her life back together. The story works out just fine through the song structured with fast more skatepunk songs but also more calmer mid tempo punkrock bordering with pop punk in some parts of the songs. Hans˙ vocals are better than ever with very harmonic backing vocals fitting perfectly to the songs. It reminds me a lot of best No Use For A Name opus. For me, the songs that I somehow love the most on this record are Fall In Line, Annie, Changes Rise. But, this is the album you should listen to as a whole, not song by song to understand it better. The anguish, the pain, the sweetness, the beauty of skatepunk and melodic punkrock.
Pizzatramp were already featured on the pages of this zine. Their side features two fast thrash punk songs not unlike their record we reviewed here a while ago. If you like your hardcore punk fast, gritty and thrashy with funny lyrics haha this is the right band forya. Incisions I heard for the first time and they are from Manchester and play a bit more crusty version of hardcore punk with some classic UKHC influences, metal and also d-beat carnage. Their two songs are fantastic. This is a nice little release for all you fans of fast diy hardcore punk.
This one was originally released in 2009, but cool Zegema Beach Records rereleased it on tape because they love this one so much and it deserves to be rereleased for new fans to hear this one. The music is strange and chaotic mixture of hardcore, screamo, spoken word, noise and nervous breakdowns. From faster Suspended In Carbonite insanity to more metal and sludgier parts, the songs do not get boring for one second. Also, there are some weird but nice atmospheric parts thrown in some song structures to add to the overall aggressive and desperate yet emotional outbursts in songs. Not unlike the continent, this band is unpredictable, heavy and interesting. Check this one definitely.
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