Nice to see some bands from the east of Europe joining the worldwide underground network of nice bands, individuals, promoters, zines…FUCK You DRACU are from Bucharest, Romania and this is their new record. Here we get seven songs of rawer hardcore punk with lots of garage punk influences. All the song titles and lyrics are in Romanian langauge, so I don`t really understand what they are singing about, but the music is full of energy, with some really catchy and anthemic songs like for example Bataie Pe Alee, with streetpunk pure vibe. The vocals are shouted but also fit to the more melodic parts of guitar work. The drumming is fast and energetic and I would like very much to check these guys live. Other songs are also good, it is nice to hear some other bands, from other countries and discover new friends and new music.
to live among wolves are coming from Rotterdam, Holland area and this is their new release.
There are 4 songs on this record. The music is basically hardcore punk, fast and rawer sounding in some parts, to break down to some modern hardcore moshing metalized influenced song parts, also some sludge and scream structures in the song guitar riffs and drumming can be heard here and there. The vocals are great, screaming and shouting, but also with some nice clean melodic vocals like in awesome Cursed Embrace, my favorite song on this record. But, other three are also nice dirty and raw, yet emotional and melodic piece of hardcore punk. I love this one. I am eager to see how the full length will sound like.
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.
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