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Active member of alternative underground scene and culture since early 1990-ies. Underground is a way of life!
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(review) Catapults – I´ll Be Honest (Uncle M Music)

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Catapults are coming from Oldenburg, Germany and this is their first album with Uncle M Music. Besides building their guitars from old skate decks these guys play great music. These ten songs offer more slower or mid tempo version of melodic punk rock, just made to keep you smiling on a sunny day and making your day a bit better if your life deals you bitter cards all the time. This is emotional punk rock par excellence. Guitar melodies in well written songs are just fantastic, musicianship is superb, drums and bass are just perfect and vocals are soo sweet, just making goosebumps on your skin. Add to that lyrics from the heart that you can totally relate to, you get just perfect little album which makes you happy that you listened to it and discovered another soon to be one of your favorite new bands. If I must choose some songs for being highlights for me that would be: Newfound Home, Vacancy and Open The Blinds.

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(review) Back Garden Light – Back Garden Light

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Back Garden Light were already featured on the pages of this zine, but this time, they released their new full length album. Hailing from Bordeaux and being formed in 2014 these guys manage to mix melodic punk, pop punk and metalcore in their music and they do it fantastic. This record contains 13 songs. What can we find here? Well, let us start with melodies. For all of us fans and us who love and grew up on melodic side of things, this one is a keeper. Epic melodies, both in guitar work and vocals which are harsh when needed and also emotional and melodic at the same time in song parts that make your skin crawl with goosebumps and make you wish for more. I am usually not an avid fan of metalcore, I am more on hardcore punk and skatepunk side of things, but this one is a keeper sounding energetic and modern at the same time, yet retaining that old school pop punk feeling. The lyrics are personal, but I can totally relate to them in many songs. My personal favorites are: The Right Side, On My Own and Live And Learn. Great record!

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Turborock band Grillijono K.O. released their last single from the upcoming debut album!

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Finnish turborock band Grillijono K.O. released their third single ‘Marinaadien hautaan’  from their upcoming debut album ‘Napalmia korville’ which is released on March 26th 2021 by Secret Entertainment & Inverse Records.

”Marinaadien Hautaan” is one of the oldest Grillijono tracks on the upcoming album ”Napalmia Korville”. “In Finland we have this thing called ”being marinated” which basically means being seriously drunk, a very common habit/phenomenon here in the north throughout the year. So, the song tells about the consequenses of being marinated – what it’s like to end a drinking-bout. It’s a mid tempo rocker with some bluesy nuances and has kept it’s place in our setlist from the very beginning”, Lobo-Tommi explains.
  Listen to the single:
Youtube: https://youtu.be/UvdKDWr2sBA
Bandcamp: https://grillijono-ko.bandcamp.com
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3bUjUc8
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/213175532
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/176294383
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3r0lEVy

Grillijono K.O. is a four-piece turborock group from Vaasa, Finland. Their sound is a combination of different elements from fast punk rock to black metal and even melodic pop, defined by harsh and powerful vocals by frontman Lobo-Tommi.

The bands first publication, “Nyrkkipyykki EP”, was released in December 2015. The single “Ei oo sun oma vika että oot niin vitun tyhmä” became a small-scale punk rock hit and was noted by Soundi, the biggest music publication in Finland. The song has reached 450000 hits on Spotify alone and rose to the “Finland Viral 50” playlist.

Nyrkkipyykki EP was soon followed by single “Kaljaa pimeässä”, which expanded their sound to a more aggressive and darker territory. Bands such as Kvelertak, The Hellacopters, Gluecifer and Slayer have all had an impact on Grillijono K.O.’s sound as it is today.

Despite the band being only a few years old, they´ve at played at various venues all over Finland, and have gained a reputation as an energetic live band. The band is currently finalizing their debut album, which will be released in early 2021.

Music video Mä oon sun koira: https://youtu.be/W6tfzn98jBo
Music video Fuck me up before you go-go https://youtu.be/bFPwFbPY6j8

Pre-save album on Spotify: https://save-it.cc/imusician/napalmia-korville

CD/vinyl pre-order: https://www.recordshopx.com/artist/grillijono_ko/napalmia_korville/#720836

Digital download pre-order: https://grillijono-ko.bandcamp.com

Line-up:Lobo-Tommi (throat & guitar)
Rahina-Rautiainen (guitar & backing vocals)
Lars von Clier (bass & backing vocals)
Bräd Wursti (drums) 

Links:https://www.facebook.com/grillijonoko
https://instagram.com/grillijonoko
https://spoti.fi/2CCXDQA
https://grillijono-ko.bandcamp.com