Time for a wicked attack from Brazil, namely Escalpo. These guys are relatively new band being formed recently playing metal punk, with hardcore crust punk influences thrown in the song structures for good measure. This release contains three songs and I think they are in Portuguese or Spanish, I am really sorry if I am mistaken and I offended someone. But, let the music speak for itself. Onda de Estupidez is a crusty hardcore punk anthem with ending belonging more in thrash metal like waters and apocalyptic thundering drums and wicked guitar work, coupled with harsh vocals. My personal favorite of these three songs is Olhando pro Chao being thrash metal d-beat hardcore punk jewel on this record and I would love to hear these guys destroying live because I am sure their music kills while on stage. The title track is starting more Discharge style yet remaining metal with double bass work, wicked vocal work and razors edge guitars. This is a great release, can´t wait for more material.
Now, this is a discovery! Munich based band We Too, Will Fade have a new release out and I am so glad I got this one and discovered another beautiful band to listen day after day.
This release is an e.p. of a sort containing three songs. The music of We Too, Will Fade can be described as melodic hardcore with some noise and post hardcore influences in the song structure. My Dying Friend is a song whose lyrics hit me right in the eye and made it wet with screaming vocals turning into beautiful melodies, rolling drums and atmospheric parts thrown in for good measure. What I love about this record is besides great music, so poetic and nice lyrics such I didn´t find in this kind of hardcore for a long time now. ITried My Best is a song with most heavy and sombre atmosphere for me, being somehow the most dark song on the record music wise and lyric wise, yet retaining a kind of hope in life and beauty. This one even has some really fast parts thrown in the smart written song structure, like it takes you to some other acoustic dimension. The title song is a short but sweet miniature that takes brings you back from journey and makes you want more.
Manu Armata are hardcore band from Holland and this is their brand new record. What I love about this one, is that this is hardcore like the one through which I grew up, meaning harsh streetcore that owes equal to nineties groove metallic hardcore and street punk roots.
This one really brought me back in the days when Right Direction, Ryker´s, Brightside, Only Attitude Counts, Backfire! and similar ruled Euro hardcore scene. There are 12 songs on this record and I love the clever use of samples in some songs. The songs are mainly aggressive fast up forward with fast hardcore punk drumming, breakdown moshing parts, lots of sing along parts and fist pumping in the air old school hardcore song structures. If I must take some songs for being highlights of this awesome record, it would be Remain Radical, Nothing is Given, Warrior Mentality and Still Here. Fantastic record for all you hardcore kids and us a bit older out there.
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