(review) Incendiary – ‘Change The Way You Think About Pain’

Incendiary are hailing from New York upstate area and this is their brand new full length release. This one contains ten songs. Incendiary play what we use to call back in the nineties new school hardcore, being a mixture of old school hardcore punk with lots of metallic influences, groove and moshing parts, but just being good old NYHC style with some punk roots and fast parts in there as well. Vocals are shouted, but not screamed, fitting just perfectly to the music and angry, wicked hardcore songs, with couple of hooks and tough sounding melodies thrown in behind all the brutality, like in awesome ‘Jesus Bones’. Besides mentioned song, my personal favorites are ‘Rats In The Cellar’, ‘Lie of Liberty’ and the title song. There are also couple of sing along gang backing vocals and song themes deal with survival, healing wounds, friendship which failed, personal thoughts, anger, inner self and more. I think you as a listener can find yourself in these songs and music, being a hardcore kid for more than thirty years now. I really enjoyed this album, so if you like your hardcore tough, metallic, street smart and wise, go grab this one, you will not regret it!

8/10 axes

(tv series) KLAN – sezona prva – mafijaška serija iz Srbije

Boban Skerlić je autor i tvorac serije KLAN, čiju sam prvu sezonu upravo pogledao, a sastoji se od osam epizoda. Aleksandar Dimitrijević kao Šok i Nedim Nezirović kao Paša su dvojica prijatelja, sitnih kriminalaca koji žive od krađa autodijelova i njihove preprodaje mehaničarima, isto tako od krađa automobila i tada tobožnjeg posredovanja između otmičara automobila i žrtve, pokupljajući lovu i povremeno cinkajući policiji neke sitne kriminalce i švercere. No, nakon što ukradu automobil žene šefa mafijaške organizacije, nakon što ih kazni, šef ih zaposli i tada počinje njihov uspon u redovima organizacije, te stvaranje vlastitog klana. Ova serija u osam epizoda prikazuje točno ono što je na Balkanu normalno, a to je kriminal, spregu kriminala i tajnih službi, cajke i brz život, lake žene, ubojstva i brutalan rat između naših antijunaka i drugih mafijaških klanova koje Šok i Paša postepeno čiste i postaju jedni od najjačih, ako ne i najjači klan u Beogradu. Ono što je meni bilo zanimljivo je transformacija ove dvojice mladića, pogotovo Šoka kojeg je odlično odigrao Dimitrijević, njihova transformacija od dobrodušnih wannabe tough guysa i sitnih kriminalaca do okrutnih i hladnih mafijaških bossova koji ne oklijevaju ubiti i najbliže suradnike, ako je to poslovno opravdano. Ta transformacija likova i napetost je ono što drži prvu sezonu ove serije. Ponekad ima malo praznog hoda i neke stvari su s druge strane previše ubrzano odrađene, ali ovo je tek prva sezona od tri koje su zasad izašle, tako da ću uskoro pogledati drugu sezonu i ovdje javiti dojmove. Kraj prve sezone je dovoljno dobro odrađen da me zainteresira za drugu sezonu koja je navodno još bolja i intenzivnija.

Gluma: 8/10 sjekira – uz dva glavna glumaca, postava je odlično odabrana, pogotovo njuške članova klana, od najmlađih do veterana, tako da sve štima što se mene tiče u ovom području.

Zaključak: 7/10 sjekira – zbog ono nešto malo praznog hoda i ubrzane radnje u nekim dijelovima nije viša ocjena, ali ostavlja prostora za popravak u narednim sezonama.

(review) Niki Lauda Firefighters – ‘S/T’

Niki Lauda Firefighters are from Berlin, Germany and they are no strangers to the pages of this webzine because we reviewed their demo a while ago. Now, it is time for their debut full length album. This beauty is an energy bomb containing 17 songs. Sounds long with too many songs? No, not at all! Because the music of Niki Lauda Firefighters is a fast mixture of skate hardcore punk, some crust and d beat here and there, also melody and straightforward punk influenced guitar work. Vocals are just right, screaming at the top of the lungs when necessary, also being a bit more melodic yet harsh at times when song atmosphere needs such voice. Lyrics are mixture of personal and humor, black irony and cinic aggression at times, greatly written. I would very much enjoy this band live, because judging by studio efforts, they deliver tons of energy and hardcore food for the hardcore hearts while playing live. Some of the songs are very anthemic, like one of my personal favorites ‘Landlords’ and also ‘Artificial Stupidity’, some other favorite being ‘ Too Much Information’ and ‘One Pint, One Piss’. This is a great band with strong and fast debut album so check this one out immediately.

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