Meadows are hailing from USA and this is their new record with Facedown Records who continue to give to the scene amazing releases. This record contains 13 songs divided in three parts telling story of love, betrayal, anguish, hope and sorrow among others. The music of Meadows can be described as what we called in the nineties new school hardcore with melodic hardcore punk influences. Although there are couple of excursions into faster hardcore punk approach, the songs are slower in general, with stop and go parts, lost of atmospheric almost post hardcore guitar riffs and vocals that are superb and fit perfectly to the vibe of the songs, being shouted, screamed and at times sung clean. My personal favorites are The Flood, The Dove, The Embrace, those three. But, I recommend you to listen to the album as a whole and only then you will get the real picture of the magnitude of this opus.
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(review) Bull Brigade – Il Fuoco Non Si E Spento
If you read this zine and you love your street punk, you will of course remember Bull Brigade from Italy. We interviewed them earlier this year regarding this new album and their anniversary as a band.
Now, the wait is over and the new album is upon us. There are 9 songs on this one and I can safely say that Bull Brigade released an album full of street punk oi anthems to please the heart of the most hardened of us street bastards out there. What I also love about this band is that they wrote songs with lots of melody and emotion like for example Booze & Glory in their newer releases. These songs are just made for singing along from the top of your lungs. Vocals are just the way they should be, neither too melodic nor too harsh. Lyrics are in Italian and I just love how this language fits into punk rock, just somehow making it more emotional and more beautiful. When they released single Quaranta featuring guest vocals by none other than Roddy Moreno from The Oppressed, I knew this one might be something great and I was not mistaken. The title song, Ansia, Anche se and other are sure to become your favorites. Go get this one.
(review) Flesh Roxon – Songs Of Darkness
Flesh Roxon are back with new album and whole new horror. Hailing from the north, Tampere, Finland to be exact this band always somehow was different in my eyes and ears than the rest with their combination of horror punk, rock n roll and influences of psychobilly, also garage punk. But, what is most important these Finns deliver such beautiful melodies and almost melancholic vibes like only bands from that country can make. Atmosphere of sadness, but beauty at the same time. Vocals are very important to me in such bands, and Flesh Roxon vocalist has one of the greatest voices in the genre, being up there somewhere equal to Victor Zac from Koffin Kats. There are ten songs on this record and my personal favorites are Living In Pain, Lets Fucking Die and King Of Bad Decisions. Go have a listen and check out this killer band and for sure one of the best releases this year.
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