What do we get with this one? Well, we get 11 songs of emotional, heartfelt, sometimes harsh and bitter, yet melodic punkrock like we are used to from this fine band. I get the feeling this record is kinda more angry and more anguished then the last one, it must be sign of the times. I love They Burned Our Paintings, it is one of the highlights of this record, also the title songs, then two part Rose`s Hammer and also Utter Despair. The vocals are shouted and angry, yet fit perfectly with raw punk filled with melodic hooks and pure untamed energy in the fast paced songs, singalong backing vocals and streetpunk atmosphere. Good one.
Pee Records just released this split single by The Decline and Sic Waiting. This is a split charity digital single to raise money for international animal welfare organisation IFAW. It features both unreleased songs by both bands.
The Decline from Perth, Australia side is great with usual fast and energetic drums, guitars and fantastic vocal harmonies and awesome melody. Sic Waiting are from Oceanside, California and I must admit that I have never listened to this band prior to this record, now I will corect that mistake. Their song is beautiful nineties inspired melodic skate hardcore punk with nice melody. So, go support the great cause and buy this one.
Halysis are hailing from Finland, Lahti to be precise and were formed in 2015. This is their debut album and it is a tour de force in aggression and melody.
There are 11 songs on this record with Echoes being kind of intro instrumental like calm before the storm. The music of Halysis is a mixture of melodic death metal, thrash metal, melodic metalcore and power metal. Nice, eh? That means screaming and shouted vocals which quickly transform into clean and beautifully sung voice and fit the atmosphere of the songs perfectly. Also, metalcore groove meets fast thrash metal drumming, aggression fits perfectly into melodic and more catchy guitar hooks and choruses and I am a sucker for such things and love it when band mixes screams into clean and vice versa. Pack it into nice song structures and you get total victory. This is a strong debut record. Recommended songs: Arbiter, Celestial Vortex.
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