Besides being black metal country, Norway also has nice punk scene with great bands delivering awesome records. Dead Lips are from Bergen, Norway and this is their debut e.p. containing four songs. Music of Dead Lips can be described as mixture of melodic punk and pop punk with nice guitar lines, good vocal melodies, backing vocal harmonies and this little e.p. just made me feel good on Monday morning. One of my favorites is Sober, song that I listened to for couple of times on repeat with such fantastic melody showing that simple punk rock song can hit you in the eye some time. Ambulance is also great song, with really nice chorus and being kinda instant pop punk classic. Flip the Finger is also one of my highlights besides Sober. I Can´t Eat finishes the e.p. and in all it is a pretty strong debut. Can´t wait to hear the full length in the future.
The Slime are relatively new band based in Toronto, Canada, although all of the members come from different sides of the world. I am really glad to discover great new bands and this one is no different. This new release contains 7 songs of hardcore punk mayhem, with fast and nervous music, angry screaming vocals and discordant and almost noisy feel in some of the song structures. But, there is also a little bit of subtle melody in some of the songs, which I love very much. I love how they used Vincent Price sample in Life of Agony, one of my favorites on this record. Songs are short, hit you square in the face with old school hardcore punk speed and ferocity, my personal favorites are a bit rock influenced title song, before mentioned Life of Agony and Look and See, damn that is half of this short record. Can´t wait for further released, this one is a keeper!
Dawnbringer are hailing from Italy, based in Cagliari and were formed in 2019 after members have been playing in other bands in the scene. This is their debut e.p. and it contains 6 songs. The music of Dawnbringer can be described as slower and more beatdown metalic brutal hardcore with growled and screamed, almost death metal like vocals, aggressive mosh and metal riffs, hardcore attitude and lots of stop and go breakdowns. Now, usually this is not my cup of tea, because I love more punk rooted hardcore music and street punk influenced old school hardcore, but this is actually not bad. It is executed well and this is pretty strong debut e.p. and it strikes me with songs like Betrayed and Point of no return. If you are a fan of such hardcore this is the right one forya.
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