Handjar are from Saint Petersburg, Russia. There are 5 songs on this release, recorded live in Svora Space. This is a short one. 5 songs each in about minute time, delivering hellburst of raw hardcore punk, yet with some melody underneath it all, delivering crushing apocalyptic d beat with some almost grindy stuff here and there. The lyrics are in Russian language, so I don`t really understand them, but Instinkt is my favorite among these five songs, being somehow the most energetic and epic. This is a good one. It is on Bandcamp, it is for pay as much you want, so go get it and support the scene.
Japanese Northern19 are back with a new release. I must admit that with the exception of Hi Standard, which I used to listen intensely back in the nineties, I don`t know almost anything about Japanese skatepunk scene. This release contains 4 songs of sweet mixture between skatepunk and pop punk, done in a ultramelodic way with some fast parts thrown in like that almost grind drumming part of Drain and nice typical skatepunk song Yes. This is nice punkrock done with heart and soul and I really loved listening to these four songs. Acoustic beginning of Letter leads the listener into mid tempo epic song like reminding me a lot of Useless ID, in fact the whole record reminds me a lot of Yotam Ben Horin and his boys, which is great, because the music is awesome. Nothing But My Heart is for me the favorite on this release. Good one from far East!
After The Fall from Albany, NY are back and with a bang! The new full record is out now and it contains 10 songs of fast and energetic hardcore punk with melody, uplifting spirit, drama, awesome guitar work and fantastic vocal harmonies. When I listen to the album I feel like the whole album is one story, one song, and I do not mean that in a bad way, like being boring or something. They remind me a bit of Croatian band called Me As Well and they are one of my favorite band in our scene here, so that is also a good thing haha. The bombs like I Dont Wanna Be Around, Absent Minded, Got Your Back and others are sure to win you over, I can only imagine how this sounds live, probably fantastic! Sweat, hardcore and positivity! Superb new record!
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