Stepped Out are from Split, Croatia and I interviewed them for this zine couple of months ago.
Now, the guys released their brand new e.p. containing four songs. Braveheart is a melodic old school hardcore song with fast and singalong parts that I can totally relate to, because I think it is about Bila´s Mom who passed away and I lost mine too. Abandoned is an emotional song with a more modern hardcore touch and melody with excellent lyrics about finding yourself and finding strength to carry on when all seems lost. Modern Plague is most harsh song on this record reminding me a bit of Strife back in the nineties. The lyrics are about media, gadgets and modern world which rules the lives of most people on this planet. Lost In Flames is for me besides Braveheart the best song on this little release me being in the scene for so many years and reminding all the glory days, heartaches, happy times and sadness. Superb melody, lyrics and spirit.
Great one. This band carries on the torch of hardcore in Croatia.
Scarecrow from Finland play their vision of metal hardcore horror punk for more than twenty years now and they became one of my favorite bands of this genre. This time they deliver their first concept album opus and it is excellent, maybe the best album of this entity up to date. This one contains 16 songs of fast, raw and gory hardcore horrorpunk with metal influences and some synth underlayers which only emphasize the dark atmosphere of this bomb of a record. Fast, strong, but also melodic and melancholic in a way only Finnish bands can do. Songs like Mark Of The Werewolf, Witchfuck, In The Name Of Nothing, Gruesome Twosome are my personal favorites. I strongly recommend this record with all my dark black heart. This is for sure one of the best releases that came out this year.
Nine years wait is over! Horrorpops are back on stage with this new live album. This almost seventy minutes set provides all hits from the band´s catalogue with some surprises in the set. Patricia Day sounds powerful and commanding with her vocals and bass, backed with Kim Nekroman´s guitar lines and the band delivers their mixture of psychobilly, horrorpunk with some dark pop influences in the song structures here and there. Sound of the album is total strong power, but also shows raw side of live show and energy of rock n roll. All of my personal favorites are here like Missfit, Psychobitches Outta Hell, Ghouls, Miss Take… This is a great return by this great band.
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