Monthly Archives: April 2022

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Canadian punk rockers Far From Heroes released new single!

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Far From Heroes started in 2000, in Sudbury, Ontario. They toured coast to coast in Canada a dozen times, had a development deal with Sony Music Canada, a video on regular rotation on Much Music and released 2 Eps with Spawner Records out of Langley BC and one independent full length. Played 1000s of shows opening for countless legendary punk rock/hardcore/emo bands throughout the early 2000s

After disbanding in 2005, Lee and Jer went on to start Kansas City Shuffle and Theo and Scott went on to join The Black Maria and released a full length with Victory Records.

Lee and Scott have never stopped writing together, always sharing music back and forth. This set of songs for the EP was a throw back to the pop punk they used to love to write and perform..They decided to capture the nostalgia for the cover art, using old flyers and photos of ourselves scattered on the floor of a garage after a box of memories fell over.

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(review) Drone Hunter – In Gear

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Our Croatian underground scene just thrives and pulsates with great bands and releases and I remember the first time I saw Drone Hunter from neighbouring Varaždin town. It was an open air gig organized by members of MC Miners from Varaždin behind one shopping mall with Đubrivo from Split and some other bands and I immediately fell in love with Drone Hunter´s music. Later on my band played a house gig in Varaždin in a garage of one guy´s home and it was fantastic. I interviewed the guys for this zine and reviewed earlier releases. Now, it is time for a new e.p. This one contains 5 songs. Although Drone Hunter are an instrumental band and I am not an avid fan of bands without vocals, this one is so good that vocals are not needed, the instruments do the talking. Songs are so well written that they tell a story. The music of Drone Hunter is hard to categorize, but I will try. It is a mixture of doom, stoner, sludge, hard rock and atmospheric post rock. But, what brought more joy to this heart are some faster, almost thrash metal parts of the songs Cabin Fever and The Dark Den Brought Me Here. Production on this e.p. is so strong and great, courtesy of Tompa at e-minor studio in Varaždin, this dude does great job with many bands from this scene here up north. Anyway, if you like atmosphere, harsh riffs, aggression, emotions, check out Drone Hunter and support the scene.

https://dronehuntercro.bandcamp.com/

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Time for punk rock: Snuff release new album and lyric video!

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In the United Kingdom it is custom to decorate graves with green glass chippings. For Snuff, those said Green Glass Chipping serve as metaphor and title of the only harbinger of their new album, which will be released on April 22, 2022.
 
While on the one hand the track is a commentary on nationalism, at the same time it’s about (not) doing certain things before you die. One might think that this doesn’t go together, but with Snuff everything goes. The gentlemen from Harlow span the thematic arc to the warning that national pride should never be felt out of blind obedience and without reflection and salute those who have not made this mistake in their lives.

“Personally, I am not patriotic, especially with what is going on in this country right now, but there is an argument that if you love your country for the good things, it does then that is ok. However, if you love your country regardless of the bad things it does, or the harm it causes, then that is a form of mental illness. You are choosing to believe in myths, lies, and unicorns and are placing yourself as superior”, explains icon Duncan Redmonds.
 
Partly inspired by losing his father to dementia, Green Glass Chippings was written during a lockdown. The accompanying lyric video therefore focuses primarily on Duncan’s words.
 
Crepuscolo Dorato will be released on April 22, 2022 on SBÄM Records (worldwide) and the band’s own 10 Past 12 Records (UK).

Line-Up:
Duncan Redmonds – Vocals, Drums
Loz Wong – Guitar
Dan Goatham – Bass
Lee Murphy – Hammond Organ
Oli Stewart – Trombone