Soulprison are coming from South Germany and this is their brand new e.p. containing six songs. These guys play a modern version of hardcore not hiding, in fact being very proud of their metal influences with thrash metal groove zipping all around my ears while listening to this one. This is aggressive modern apocalyptic vision of hardcore musically not unlike Earth Crisis, All Out War or maybe even Snapcase. Vocals are hardcore shouted with voice coming even from heels of the singer with occasional screaming backing vocals and some beatdown growling in between. There are some atmospheric parts like excellent acoustic intro of Mental Wasteland. I love the vocal interplay between two voices in Legacy Of Pain. The title song, Vision Of The Void is somehow most highlight in my personal opinion providing good mix of up tempo and moshing parts, because I am an old school sucker who still likes his hardcore a bit faster and more punk rooted than metallic, but that is only my personal taste. Of course, there are great metallic hardcore bands out there like Soulprison, check this one out!
Short Fuse from Rome, Italy are in no way strangers to the pages of this zine, because I reviewed their last release, also featured their single when they signed with New Age Records.
Well, here is the new album. What do we have here? 7 songs of harsh and metallic influenced hardcore, but with also street punk influences and melodies in the guitar work, so it all sounds brutal and at the same time energetic and epic. This is what we called in the nineties new school hardcore haha with all those metallic moshing parts and harsh screaming vocals which fit perfectly to the songs. Lyrics are personal but somehow while I listened to the music and followed the lyrics I find them uplifting and inspirational to continue fighting with all my guns blazing, so to say. My personal favorites on this one are In Me, Still Counting, I’m Coming Back. Good one if you love your hardcore done this way.
Swedish punk rockers NONTHEWISER will be releasing “The lonely man” on December 16th , the third and final single from their upcoming debut album, out in early 2023.
“The lonely man” has a somber country western feel while maintaining the speed and nerve of punk rock, about the darkness and angst of solitude.
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