The Slime are no strangers to the pages of this zine. Hailing from Toronto, Canada, these guys have been around delivering their all out attack of thrash hardcore punk and this time they released their new two song e.p. Both songs called Death Champs and We Shine are fantastic, raw and noisy, but somehow I like We Shine better, only because it is faster and more thrash oriented than more mid tempo yet raw street gutter punk oriented Death Champs. Screaming vocals, blistering guitars and thundering bass and drums are so sweet to hear. Lyrics are good, a but metaphoric yet they fit perfectly to the music. Check this one out.
In order to liven up this somber summer without live music, Dutch punk rock band Ink Bomb re-releases the title song of its debut EP ‘Invincible Summer’ (2016) today.
According to guitar player Quirijn Foeken the original version was ‘nice, but with lots of room for improvement’. “When I finished recording our split with No Breakfast Goodbye, I revisited our older songs – as I always do. If you listen tot the version of Invincible Summer we played in Doornroosje, you’ll notice it sounds more intense than the studio version. With a higher tempo, more vocals.”
Singer Joost Hoedemaeckers regards the freedom-loving, carefree song Invincible Summer ’21 in these meager times as ‘an antidepressant against the heavy weight of the world on your shoulders’. Furthermore, the song has grown simultaneously with the band. Bass player Arina Banga: “As a band, we’ve grown in songwriting as well as in interplay and we think you can hear that in Invincible Summer ’21. My bass line for example: in 2016 it was quite basic. Now, it’s more, how do i put it…”
“More frilly”, drummer Paul van de Geijn adds. Arina “The frillyness increased considerably indeed!” (Laughs)
Just as the original version Invincible Summer ’21 was recorded and mixed by Quirijn Foeken of Fiction Studio. The mastering was done by the American Bill Henderson of Azimuth Mastering. Invincible Summer ’21 comes out today on Bandcamp, YouTube, Spotify and all other streaming services.
‘HUMANUFACTURE’ will be the 4th studio album by the Polish industrial groove metal band TORTURE OF HYPOCRISY. It will be distributed globally by Total Metal Distribution and available on all streaming platforms on 1st October 2021. The group just released an official video clip of the track ‘TECH-ADDICT’ which promotes the upcoming album. The release will be an essence of the band’s ultra-modern style and sound compiled with mastery of tracks composition. The album will present the 7-string guitars mastership with groove drumming, concrete bass, challenging growls and screams, and a strong vibe of electronic ambiance inspired by video games such as Deus Ex series or Cyberpunk. The conceptual layer will be shown a metaphorical picture of recreating and reprogramming a human entity in modern society – humans which turned to be a battery for GDP fed by fake news and social programs like the Chinese “Social credit system”. The record features also a unique, almost 10min long industrial masterpiece titled “Body Parts Reproduction Facility”. ‘HUMANUFACTURE’ album will be a redefinition in the meaning of industrial metal, redesigned to be based on atmosphere, heaviness, severity and interesting composition, instead of techno-like music played by thousands of bands in this genre. As always, the band delivers a full top-tracking album with a no-throwbacks policy. The official sponsor of this record is the Mayor of Braniewo City.
TORTURE OF HYPOCRISY – HUMANUFACTURE
RELEASE DATE: 1st October 2021
TRACKLIST:
1. SYNTHETIC ENTITY (0:38)
2. TECH-ADDICT (4:41)
3. HOMO GLOBALIS (4:31)
4. GDP SERFDOM (3:28)
5. SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM (5:52)
6. INFO WARS (2:55)
7. UNPERSON (4:30)
8. A MIRACLE OF LIFE (1:05)
9. BODY PARTS REPRODUCTION FACILITY (9:28)
10. MASS MURDER MECHANISM (LP version) (3:48)
11. DEEP STATE (2:48)
Cover art by Nagrobek (Old Coffin Designs)
Band photo by Beata Wiśniowska
‘Tech-Addict’ video clip by Shred Perspectives Works
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