I met the guys from KRANG at Punk Rock Holiday when we did an interview for this webzine and also reviewed their last record which was fantastic. This band is coming from Czech Republic and play hardcore punk, leaning enough in hardcore to be loved by hardcore kids and also they are enough melodic to be loved by fans of more melodic skatepunk side of things. I witnessed their gig at the same festival and it was an energy bomb. So, this record is finally out and I love it. There are 12 songs on this one just a little above twenty minutes time. I dare say this is the best bunch of songs provided by this band so far. Lyrics are serious, deal with injustice, situation in the world, but somehow from personal side of things to which anyone can relate to. What I also love about this band is that they grew up on same movies as I did and every one of their records has a song of couple about that. On this one is my personal favorite Marion Cobretti hehe. Besides that song, my personal highlights are Time Is Ticking, title song, Melt All The Guns and Homeless Man. Vocals are great, neither too harsh nor too snotty or mellow, just the way they should be. So, go grab this one, besides new Chaser, this is the best punk rock record this year.
No one can take away The Offspring´s influence on punk rock music with their classic trilogy of Smash, Ixnay and Americana albums. But, they released more albums than those three, each of them had decent bunch of songs, but also each of them never was great album in its entirety. This is long awaited new album and new music. What to say? There are 14 songs on this one. The story repeats itself. There are some good ones, like This Is Not Utopia, The Opioid Diaries or Hassan Chop. But, there are couple of horrible songs like the title track, I am sorry but I just can´t stand this one or We Never Have Sex Anymore. Was this one trying to play similar to Mad Caddies or what? Also there are couple of fillers on this one, like totally unnecessary In The Hall Of The Mountain King. Rendition of Gone Away is a great pop ballad, but not fitting to punk rock album. Unfortunately, this record has more bad than good songs.
Polish death metal veterans TRAUMA are back with a new release, which is the follow-up to their 2020 “Ominous Black” album. The 4-song mini-album “Acrimony” was recorded in Traumatic Sound Studio in Elbląg during the same session as “Ominous Black” and produced by Mister and Wiesławscy Bros while it was mixed and mastered in Hertz Studio in Białystok, Poland (BEHEMOTH, VADER, HOUR OF PENANCE, BEHEADED) October 2018 – March 2019.
Once again the band collaborated with world-famous artist Mariusz Lewandowski (ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, BELL WITCH, PSYCROPTIC, SHRINE OF THE SERPENT) who designed the cover of “Acrimony”. “Acrimony” will be released on April 30, 2021, via SELFMADEGOD RECORDS on the following formats: CD / LTD CD BOX while LP and cassette are scheduled a few weeks later.
Acrimony” tracklisting:1. Internal Sacrifice2. The Godless Abyss3. Reign Of Terror4. Reality When You Die (GOREFEST cover)
The first single will be available very soon, as well as the pre-order campaign. “Acrimony”
TRAUMA is one of the most experienced and oldest Polish death metal bands. The band started in the late ’80s under the name Thanatos. Two demo tapes were recorded under the moniker. Thanks to that, the band became known as one of the most interesting and musically progressive bands from the Polish metal scene. In December 1992 they decided to change the name to TRAUMA and a few months later they recorded their debut album “Invisible Reality”. Since then, the death metal troupe has been around continuously for almost 30 years! The year 2020 brings the long-awaited premiere of the 8th studio album “Ominous Black”, which contains nine new songs. The album was released in March 2020 by SELFMADEGOD RECORDS. TRAUMA is back with a new mini-album “Acrimony” in 2021.
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