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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) Cornered – Failure e.p.

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Dutch hardcore veterans Cornered are having their tenth release now. They toured Europe and United States and steadily growing in last ten years so these four songs are just great for hardcore kids. The music of Cornered can be described as nineties influenced hardcore more rooting in street punk than in metal, yet taking best from both worlds with equal straightforward parts and moshing parts of the song structures. I would like to see these guys live very much and listen to their awesome songs, I am sure their shows are killer!

Of these four songs, I can say that my personal highlights are Jungle Law, with moshing and slower first half of the song evolving into faster hardcore punk and ending with almost hip hop beat outro. My other favorite is Realm of Misery being most punk song from all the material, reminding me a lot of golden days of Euro hardcore when I was growing up when Ryker´s, Brightside, Only Attitude Counts, Discipline, Right Direction, Backfire! and similar ruled my world. This is great band and great e.p., support hardcore cause worldwide!

BLINDSIDED RECORDS http://www.blindsidedrecords.com

MUSIC / MERCH: https://cornered.bandcamp.com

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Quebec skatepunks Go Great Guns reveal title song for their forthcoming e.p.

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Quebec City skatepunk foursome Go Great Guns is back with a new EP titled “Roots”. The follow up to their 2017 debut S/T album comes out March 10th via Thousand Islands Records. You can check out the title track out now.

Roots is about rising up and refusing to be held silent any longer. It’s a punk rock ode to the power of unity and equality, two human values we desperately need at this particular time. Describes Jeff Girard of Go Great Guns.

For Roots, the band returns with their blend of melodic and skate punk, this time pouring in hardcore elements for a more refined sound.

Roots EP Tracklist:

Bite The Bullet

Moving Frames

Drop A Bombshell

Shadows And The Streets

Roots

About Go Great Guns:

Go Great Guns is a melodic punk act formed in 2015 in Quebec City, Canada. Their eponymous debut album was released in 2017 on Thousand Islands Records. In 2020, with their friend and sound engineer Pierre Lemire, they went back to the shed to record “Roots”, the new EP released in march 2021 on the same label. The band found the exact sound and style they were after: a faster, heavier punk rock, while still being harmony and melody-oriented.

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(review) Napalm Job – Kaži odjebi kome hoćeš

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Time for a band from this region, namely Napalm Job from Belgrade, Serbia. This band consists of well known faces within street punk scene, having played or playing in Miki Pirs, Birtija, Trula Romansa, PogonBgd, Trnje…

The new e.p. contains 6 songs, one being cover of Zabranjeno Pušenje, one having music by The 4 Skins but lyrics by Napalm Job. The music of Napalm Job is street punk/oi just the way it was meant to be, with lyrics in Serbian language about everyday life, punk, struggling to survive in corrupted and robbed state, similar to problems we have here in Croatia, so I can totally relate to the lyrics these guys are talking about. Vocals are great, screaming angry, yet fit perfectly to the songs that are fast, energetic, just the way real street punk oi should be. My favorites are To nije Oi! and Nema sjaja. Great release, so have a listen and support your scene and the cause worldwide!

https://napalmjob.bandcamp.com/album/ka-i-odjebi-kome-ho-e