Tears of a fallen Hero are proof that Sweden has strong punk rock scene besides great metal bands. With Satanic Surfers, No Fun At All, Millencolin and many other coming to mind, I haven’t listened to Tears of a fallen Hero up to no. These guys are hailing from Gothenburg, home of so many great bands I love, and the idea for band and formation grew in 2017 and this is the band’s debut album out now. This one contains eleven songs of emotional punk with some hardcore and post punk, post hardcore influences. The music is basically melodic punk with excellent vocals which can soar high and low, sounding almost otherworldly and ethereal in many songs. The music is mid tempo with many changes and parts, from slowing down to more uptight punk, guitar lines are great along with synth atmospheric parts especially in ‘Further than i can’, one of the greatest songs on this record in my opinion. Lyrics are personal but smartly written, pure poetry that you can relate to in more than one way. There are also some spacy parts in guitar work, like post punk influenced songwriting and riffing, but remaining enough in punk waters to satisfy your black and red punk rock heart. Songs that I must also mention as being my favorites are ‘My head is my worst enemy’ and ‘Will i ever change’. Conclusion? One more excellent record from Sweden.

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