Monthly Archives: March 2021

News, Various

Turborock band Grillijono K.O. released their last single from the upcoming debut album!

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Finnish turborock band Grillijono K.O. released their third single ‘Marinaadien hautaan’  from their upcoming debut album ‘Napalmia korville’ which is released on March 26th 2021 by Secret Entertainment & Inverse Records.

”Marinaadien Hautaan” is one of the oldest Grillijono tracks on the upcoming album ”Napalmia Korville”. “In Finland we have this thing called ”being marinated” which basically means being seriously drunk, a very common habit/phenomenon here in the north throughout the year. So, the song tells about the consequenses of being marinated – what it’s like to end a drinking-bout. It’s a mid tempo rocker with some bluesy nuances and has kept it’s place in our setlist from the very beginning”, Lobo-Tommi explains.
  Listen to the single:
Youtube: https://youtu.be/UvdKDWr2sBA
Bandcamp: https://grillijono-ko.bandcamp.com
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3bUjUc8
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/213175532
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/176294383
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3r0lEVy

Grillijono K.O. is a four-piece turborock group from Vaasa, Finland. Their sound is a combination of different elements from fast punk rock to black metal and even melodic pop, defined by harsh and powerful vocals by frontman Lobo-Tommi.

The bands first publication, “Nyrkkipyykki EP”, was released in December 2015. The single “Ei oo sun oma vika että oot niin vitun tyhmä” became a small-scale punk rock hit and was noted by Soundi, the biggest music publication in Finland. The song has reached 450000 hits on Spotify alone and rose to the “Finland Viral 50” playlist.

Nyrkkipyykki EP was soon followed by single “Kaljaa pimeässä”, which expanded their sound to a more aggressive and darker territory. Bands such as Kvelertak, The Hellacopters, Gluecifer and Slayer have all had an impact on Grillijono K.O.’s sound as it is today.

Despite the band being only a few years old, they´ve at played at various venues all over Finland, and have gained a reputation as an energetic live band. The band is currently finalizing their debut album, which will be released in early 2021.

Music video Mä oon sun koira: https://youtu.be/W6tfzn98jBo
Music video Fuck me up before you go-go https://youtu.be/bFPwFbPY6j8

Pre-save album on Spotify: https://save-it.cc/imusician/napalmia-korville

CD/vinyl pre-order: https://www.recordshopx.com/artist/grillijono_ko/napalmia_korville/#720836

Digital download pre-order: https://grillijono-ko.bandcamp.com

Line-up:Lobo-Tommi (throat & guitar)
Rahina-Rautiainen (guitar & backing vocals)
Lars von Clier (bass & backing vocals)
Bräd Wursti (drums) 

Links:https://www.facebook.com/grillijonoko
https://instagram.com/grillijonoko
https://spoti.fi/2CCXDQA
https://grillijono-ko.bandcamp.com

Reviews, Various

(review) Scott Sellers – Reality e.p.

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Scott Sellers is one of the most prolific musicians in punk rock scene right now, delivering new music very often and it is fascinating how he manages to make every of his releases sound awesome. This time there are five songs on this e.p. What to expect here? If you didn´t hear Scott´s music yet, it is melodic skate punk with many influences from those nice epic old school melodic punk records that I grew up on in the nineties when I was a teenage kid. The melodic guitar work is nice, enough technical to appeal to kids who love their skate punk more technical and prog, yet remaining with both feet in the old school considering the songwriting. Vocals are superb, backing vocal harmonies too. Songs are mainly fast, yet there is one slower called From the Wild which is one of my favorites on this record having soo sweet melody and chorus. Back to Reality is also one of my favorites, being so uplifting and having lyrics I can really relate to in my personal life. So, if you are a fan of Scott´s work, you will love this one, if you wasn´t before, you will be now.

https://scottsellers.bandcamp.com/

Reviews, Various

(review) Stick To Your Guns – The Meaning Remains (End Hits Records)

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Orange County´s melodic hardcore heroes Stick To Your Guns had many plans for 2020 but for reasons known to everybody those plans went bust. But, the guys didn´t despair, but delivered new seven inch e.p. containing four songs. This time, the band presents to the people on their more gentle acoustic side, three of the songs being acoustic renditions of STYG songs, fourth one being a cover of A-HA´s classic Take On Me. What to say? The songs done in such acoustic way sound more dark and have that sad and melancholic vibe which make you realize again and again why you love hardcore so much, music which can give you all the emotions you can relate to. Amber sounds awesome in this arrangement and is one of my personal favorites on this record besides fantastic version of classic pop song. Nobody and Forgiveness Of Self sound so sad and yet so hopeful at the same time, especially Nobody with great backing vocal harmonies and the whole song just made goosebumps crawling on my skin. This is a great seven inch, go get it, listen and see the other side of this fantastic band.