I met Kris Manning at Punk Rock Holiday 2018 and we became buddies and again in 2019 and he is just a great guy and his energy and effort he does for the scene is just inspiring. He runs a small label Sound Speed Records with awesome bands and this compilation is important and dedicated to all of us who grew up in the nineties listening to endless compilations discovering new bands.
These 15 songs feature 11 different bands from the label and most of them are known already, like fantastic Chaser, CF98 from Poland or awesome Krang from Czech, For I Am from Belgium or Holland´ s Drunktank, but also Apathy Cycle and The Dead Krazukies or Flag On Fire and The Grim are sure to become your fan favorites. This is superb compilation containing skatepunk, melodic punk rock and hardcore for everyone of us fans and those who wish to discover new bands.
Steel Bridges is a melodic punk-metal project from Quebec City.
Inspired by punk-rock bands such as Strung-Out, Pennywise, Lagwagon, Millencolin, 88 Fingers Louie, as well as metal bands like Gamma Ray, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, etc., Steel Bridges is sure to please the fast technical punk music fans.
Steel Bridges is a DIY independent solo studio project by Philippe Routhier, who does everything related to Steel Bridges. He plays all of the instruments, compose every songs, does everything from the recording, mixing, mastering, distribution, etc. He does all the art, photos, videos, texts. He even talks about himself and about his work at the third person.
Rémi Julien (probably the biggest punk japanese wrestling fan in America) wrote lyrics for the initially instrumental song “Last Horizon”. This is the first Steel Bridges track with lyrics. Check that out!
Punk rock scene legend Dave Smalley (DYS, All, Down By Law, Dag Nasty…) is back forming this new band called Don`t Sleep with members of The Commercials and Junction. They just released new record with Mission Two Entertainment.
The new record contains 12 songs of fierce melodic punk rock with harsh edge, personal lyrics that anyone can relate to, beautiful melodies and Smalley sounds better and more convincing than ever and his voice did not falter for a note with years, like good wine hehe. This is mainly mid tempo punk rock but also there are some faster hardcore rapid fire outbursts like fantastic Abandoned Us. This band in fact sounds like an amalgamation of all Smalley˙s previous bands and efforts, so you just can not go wrong if you love melodic punk and you are looking for a great band to listen to over and over again. Good one. Recommended songs: We Remain, Abandoned Us, True North.
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