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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) Manu Armata – Invictus

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[ARTWORK] Manu Armata - Invictus

Manu Armata are hardcore band from Holland and this is their brand new record. What I love about this one, is that this is hardcore like the one through which I grew up, meaning harsh streetcore that owes equal to nineties groove metallic hardcore and street punk roots.

This one really brought me back in the days when Right Direction, Ryker´s, Brightside, Only Attitude Counts, Backfire! and similar ruled Euro hardcore scene. There are 12 songs on this record and I love the clever use of samples in some songs. The songs are mainly aggressive fast up forward with fast hardcore punk drumming, breakdown moshing parts, lots of sing along parts and fist pumping in the air old school hardcore song structures. If I must take some songs for being highlights of this awesome record, it would be Remain Radical, Nothing is Given, Warrior Mentality and Still Here. Fantastic record for all you hardcore kids and us a bit older out there.

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Buy: https://upmerch.store/manuarmata/

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(review) Full Moon Freaks – B Movies for the Blind

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I must admit that I have never listened to Scotland´s Full Moon Freaks prior to this record. These five piece band plays an energetic mixture of psychobilly, surf rock, rockabilly and punk rock delivering horror punches all the while.

There are 13 songs on this record, one being different version of Strontium Dogs, one of the best songs on the record, one is a cover song and one is a demo version. I must admit that I am not a fan of surf horror rock but these guys mix enough in their song structures to make them interesting and great to listen. Lyrics are about, well you can guess from the record title, can´t you? For me, more melodic songs are my favorites, for example King Cobra Snake and Night Of The Living Dead , being epic and melodic perky little fiends.

This is great album for all you freaks and ghouls out there who love their horror psyched with ´billy and surf.

https://thefullmoonfreaks.bandcamp.com/album/b-movies-for-the-blind

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(review) CRO-MAGS -2020 (Mission Two Entertainment)

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Before this stupid year expires and goes into history, Harley Flanagan and Cro-Mags decided to treat us with another release, being 6 song e.p. with Mission Two Entertainment.

Prior to listening, I read different emotions expressed in comments, like this is no Cro-Mags anymore, that this sucks, that this one is shitty release. But you gotta form an opinion on your own. These songs are brutal hardcore punk done in Harley´s style and I like them a lot. You can´t live in Age of/Best Wishes times all the time. This is good musicianship, great and aggressive songs and Harley´s voice is soo brutal and soo perfect for this atmosphere created in the songs, perfectly depicting 2020 and all the shit, brutality and heartache it provided to us.

My highlights on this record are: 2020, Chaos in the streets, Violence and destruction.

https://missiontwoentertainment.com/