Hey, new Alestorm is upon us. Sixth full length album is out and these Scottish/Hungarian hehe maniacs never stop delivering their mixture of melodic power metal and pirate metal. I have seen Alestorm play live once here in Croatia supporting Sabaton and was in awe with their energetic and party show, especially with their frontman/keytar man Chris and how he manages to involve whole crowd in show. This one offers eleven songs of melody, energy, battle, drinking, humor and a bit of irony with some pirate no future-live in a moment philosophy delivered through the lyrics between the lines. I love the song Magyarország with Palinka for everyone shout because our part of Croatia is at Hungarian border and I can relate to this song very much. Also, my personal favorites are The Battle Of Cape Fear River, Under Blackened Banners and the title song, haha being a nice hommage to Maiden and their classic legendary album. If you are into bombastic choruses, sing along parts, great energy, this is superb album.
Al-Namrood are hailing from land not known for the appreciation of extreme music, namely Saudi Arabia. These guys have been in the scene since 2008 and this is their brand new e.p. containing 6 songs of thrash metal influenced black/death with many oriental music folk parts thrown in the song structures thus bringing a superb vibe of desert, relentless nature, ancient times and demons. Songs are in English language so my personal favorites are Guerillas and Sun of Liberation. Vocals dwell more in the black metal oriented screaming, with guitars and drums at times delivering real groove metal parts besides already natural blast beats and fast thrash metal drumming. I listen to this band for couple of years now and I am fascinated how good they sound and how mighty their message is, also music is something that can cross any border, any so called state and hierarchy, connect true underground creatures into a network. Good one.
Booze & Glory are back with their new e.p. This band was based in London and they declare themselves still to be from London, I think, but they are international crew that plays great melodic oi street punk with a touch of skate punk and hardcore in the songs. Some older fans don´t like the band´s turn to more melodic side of things in their last two full length albums, but I love it, especially the last album from 2019. Anyway, here are the four new songs. The title song is my personal favorite being a generic and hard hitting hardcore anthem in the lyrics and great melodic oi street punk song in the music. I listened to this one every day when they released it as a single prior to this e.p. Betrayed is a fast song about defiance, showing middle finger against the odds and living your way and never stop believing, reminding me why I love this not music, but lifestyle so much. C’est la vie is a slower, more punk rock oriented song about how life is short and how me must learn to live it the best we can. Great lyrics, guitar melody and singing along chorus for this one too. The Streets I Call My Own is a strong finisher and who is not touched by the lyrics of this band and songs is not into hardcore. I have been in this for thirty years now and still enjoy and get goosebumps with songs like this e.p. Can´t wait for the new full length.
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