This is an interesting band. Krav Boca are French-Greek-Moroccan group made of 8 people, meaning 3 singers, 1 performer and 4 musicians. These guys did more than 300 concerts diy touring Europe and are releasing their brand new record. This one contains intro plus eight songs. After pretty harsh and almost metalised intro, Souterrain shows the street side of the band, with music being combination of punk, metal, rap and folk elements meaning mandoline incorporated cleverly in the song arrangements. The lyrics are in French, since I don´t speak that one, I can´t really understand what is being sung about, but it sounds great nonetheless. Three vocals fulfill themselves perfectly creating and bursting with energy. I expected some ethno folk punkrock, but I got hardcore rap with metal and punk elements, not unlike Moscow Death Brigade. The songs that I recommend as highlights of this album are Crust Riot, Gas Mask and the title song. Check this one, it is interesting.
Time for some NYHC to grace the pages of this zine and Moment Of Truth are back after longer hiatus with their brand new record with WTF Records.
Originally formed in the early nineties, Moment Of Truth play that streetsmart groove version of early nineties hardcore that I grew up on as a kid, like early Madball, Biohazard, Integrity, Agnostic Front. The songs have metal influences with some wicked solos thrown in like in heavy hitting Inside Job. The song called Knuckle Up is one of my favorites on this record, being faster and having a lot of streetpunk influences and being the right anthem for hot night on city concrete. Besides, wicked drum bass pedal on this one indeed. No More Pain is probably one of the most heaviest songs on the record featuring cutting riffs and brutal vocals, which fit perfectly to the songs on this record. Another hardcore punk anthem on this record that I love is Blessed, a bit longer song, but just made for moshing and singing along to live at the gigs which will happen who knows when due to this shitty virus. Soulless Life is a song that I think all of us can relate to at least once in our lives, midtempo hitting anthem of brutality and emotions. If I spoke earlier about some of my highlights on this record, In Remembrance is THE song which hit me the most of all, story about loss and trying to endure life afterwards. Respect Thy Neighbour and Sick People are two songs definitely worth listening. So, write a line or two to the guys if you dig their music, and also go get this one, hardcore one on one.
Blast Bomb were already featured on the pages of this zine. This Hamburg based band toured UK and they got pretty great live recording, so why the hell not release it as live record.
This record contains 8 songs which represent this band in full picture as it is, raw, melodic and with all the punk energy, not polished in studio and not with re-recorded crowd cheering as some bands do nowadays. This is rock n roll energy, punk and not giving a fuck about world. The music of Blast Bomb is a mixture of punkrock, horrorpunk and garage punk influences in the structures of the songs, but basically it is all dirty rock n roll for night creatures out there. If you never witnessed this band live, I know I didn`t, this record is fine example how this one sounds live. Recommended songs: Born To Lose, Burn History.
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