Banane Metalik are back with a new opus! French purveyors of gore n roll are again spreading their gore soaked mixture of hardcore punk, metal and psychobilly. New line-up has been around for a while and it seems that the chemistry in the band is perfect judging by the musical approach. New e.p. contains hits like No Surrender being up tempo straight forward anthem of horror with perfect matching video from Hellfest. My personal favorite is Rock Out, a hymn dedicated as tribute to Motorhead and legend Lemmy. Dance is a track somehow most reminding of old school Banane Metalik when they leaned more in horrorbilly than metal and punk. Singer Ced sounds superb and rest of the band is strong and convincing. I can only imagine how this new stuff sounds live, I saw Banane Metalik only once, in Ljubljana back in 2013 when they played their re-union show. Let There Be Rock is a nice horror tribute to AC/DC hehe. Go get this one and support the horror scene.
ROT were already featured on the pages of this zine. This Mexican horror punk entity released new e.p. and it is upon us. This is the first full band e.p. and it contains 6 songs, one being intro. Lyrics are in English language and this is a clear step up in quality of songwriting and material. Music of ROT is pure raw and untamed horror punk full of gore, irony, horror and zombies. Songs like Punxombie, Skate Zombies and As We Roam are personal favorites of mine. Guitars are raw, diy and present the energy of punk, vocals are also screamed, shouted but also melodic. Love this one. Go support! Can´t wait for other material.
Zero Crew are back with new album and it is a full length bomb. Authority Zero are for sure one of the best live bands in the punk rock scene nowadays, so much energy, so much epic moments. After an excellent e.p. serving as kind of announcement for the new record, this time there are 13 songs mixing melodic hardcore, punk, reggae and ska in one epic and energetic bomb. The title song is a hit, I listened to it on previous e.p. and now for ten times in a row, such uplifting chorus and emotion in one song. Also The Good Fight, The Back Nine, Don´t Tear Me Down featuring guest performance by none other than Jim Lindberg of Pennywise are hits not to be missed and becoming instant Zero evergreens. Also, there is a guest performance by Igari Shuhei of HEY-SMITH on Ear To Ear, also being one of my personal favorites. This is probably one of the top three Authority Zero releases in the history of this excellent band. My recommendation.
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