Missing your local bar in the midst of this pandemic? The guys in Captain Kaiser certainly are. The punk band hailing from the Belgian Kempen is known for its members spending many a night hanging out at the local bar and playing packed pub shows. They thought it was about time they payed tribute to their favorite drinking places.
The result is Moscow Mule. Captain Kaiser’s new single pays homage to the local bar, where the sun comes up again before you know it and the loyal bartender knows exactly the drink you want without asking.
The video clip features the band dancing in front of their own local bar and a number of friends who were asked to do the same thing. You might recognize Equal Idiot’s Thibault Christiansen and Fleddy Melculy.
The band now challenges all local bar enthusiasts to do the same and share a video of themselves dancing in front of their own favorite bars. ‘Belgium traditionally has a major bar-loving culture and it goes without saying that we need to cherish it,’ says front man Sascha Vansant, a bartender himself.
The new record contains 10 songs. The music Deathbreaker play we used to call new school hardcore in the early and mid nineties, meaning metalic hardcore, very heavy and brutal, yet still retaining that hardcore roots and razor sharp edge. I don˙t know why, but some songs really reminded me of Earth Crisis, like awesome Pit Viper and my favorite song on this record, called Alone. There are no filler songs and the record does not get boring in any way possible. If you are into moshing parts, metalized brutal hardcore you will enjoy this one very much. Two songs that I can recommend as being also my highlights on this record are Fear, also Strangers. This is sheer hardcore brutality so enjoy this one in these tough times.
Time for another band from our Croatian scene to grace the pages of this zine. Krešo i Kisele Kiše from Rijeka are back with the new, hm, first half of the album hehe. The new release contains 7 songs. The music is still their recognizable trademark melodic punk mixed with ska core and skatepunk creating awesome melodic anthems just made for singing along live and their shows are fantastic, I have been to couple of them and they never let me down. What immediately comes to my mind on the first listen to the record is, somehow darker overtones in the new songs. I don˙t think they changed, there are still enough songs about drinking, joking and fun, but also about hypocrisy in the scene, selling out, trying to survive in these crazy times etc…There is also a cover of famous cult band Haustor, the band I hate, but KKK version here is fantastic. The lyrics are in Croatian but it doesn`t matter, let the music take you on the higher level. Recommended songs: Dalibor, Režimske kurve, Bože čuvaj Hrvatsku(Odoh Ja u Njemačku).
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