Crancy Crock are Italian punk rock band from Bergamo being in existence since 1997. This time they released new live album with Gasterecords. There are twelve songs on this record, they were recorded during streaming festival Bergamo Strange Music Fest 2020. One of the songs is a cover of Clash´s classic I Fought The Law. The music of Crancy Crock is just excellent melodic punk rock reminding me a lot of Derozer and similar bands. There is something special in punk rock sung in Italian language. The language itself is so melodic, so beautiful, I understand a little, but I would love to learn it one day soon. Dual vocals and harmonies are perfect, melody lines are so sweet, like eating my favorite chocolate pudding and enjoying this punk rock bringing back smile to my face. This one has all the intensity of live record, the only thing missing is the crowd noise, but no matter, this one demonstrates the raw feel, untamed energy and melody of punk rock and reminds us that this is the best scene in the world and why I love it for almost thirty years now. Go, get this one. I love it! Recommended songs: Johnny, 2071, Partecipazione.
French blackened doomsters Mourning Dawn release their new record with Aesthetic Death. Hailing from Paris area, these guys deliver their music for all darkened hearts and fiends out there for years. What can we expect here? There are six songs on this beautiful opus. Songs are longer in duration but they do not get boring at all. Music of Mourning Dawn can be described as doom metal with lots of death and black metal influences, so it is safe to say if I describe it as blackened doom metal. That means slower doom sombre guitar work, rolling drums, distorted bass and sorrow and melancholy underneath the brutality. Vocals vary between growling, screaming and sometimes clean vocals depending on the atmosphere in the song structures. There are also some excursions into fast almost blast beat drums and pure black death metal parts of the songs. Lyrically they deal with personal inner battles, death, life and catharsis. My personal favorites on this one are Never Too Old To Die and Conclusion. This is a superb record to gloom your day under a steel grey sky.
I At Last were already mentioned on the pages of this zine. This time, they release new e.p. with Inverse Records. These guys are from Finland and they bring metalcore since 2019 as they say on their official page. This record contains five songs. Now, I am not a big fan of metalcore, not my cup of tea so to say, but this one is very, very good. It is enough melodic to border with melodic death metal influences besides hardcore, even having a bit of blast beats in my personal favorite called Wake. This band also does something that I love, that is combining clean melodic singing with screaming and shouting like we are used to in hardcore and metalcore bands. I always fall for that and that is great in my opinion. Guitar work is epic, besides harsh metalcore riffs there are enough catchy and melodic hooks and riffs to make your day happy. Also, there is a dose of melancholy that only Finnish bands can provide in their music. This is a great record for all you fans of such music. I know I am more than satisfied.
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