This band was already featured on the pages of our zine when we reviewed their record. The band worked hard, played their gigs and here is the new e.p. These trio from Calgary, Alberta, Canada play horrorpunk with a lot psychobilly influences and they have upright bass. They remind me a lot of Koffin Kats with very fast, energetic and anthemic horrorpunk blasting from the speakers while listening to the record. There are 5 songs on this record and I am happy to hear how this band progressed with time playing tighter, more catchy and super songs with a lot of oooos and aaas and cool lyrics just made for singing along. Off this record my personal favorites are War Of The Monsters and Satanic Mastermind. Fine record indeed. Halloween is close, but do not listen horrorpunk only on Halloween, do it every day!
Originally released in 1985.this tape by Scott Free was the tape by first punk band in Myrtle Beach, South California. Broken Sound Tapes are rereleasing this jewel on tape and I must say, all thanks to them because otherwise this underground punk gem would lay forgotten for the new generations of punks and no one would know. We get 11 songs of political hardcore punk. The music is old school hardcore punk in the vein of all Cali punk bands of that time with Circle Jerks and Dead Kennedys coming to mind first. From the straightforward hardcore punk of All In The Family to catch melodic riff of Tuesday In November these guys deliver energy and we can surely say that this record had withstood the test of time. There are also some weirder sounding noisy songs like Bread And Water with that sharp noisy riff guitar main line. One more reggae influenced song is Sleep sounding like a crossbreed between Madness and Black Flag. In all, this is an artifact of time and a testimony to one of the undiscovered jewels of underground hardcore punk scene.
Senza are from Oregon and this record contains 12 songs of crushing, desperate, noisy darkened hardcore punk out with Zegema Beach Records. Okay, maybe it is better to call it screamo or to call it black metal mixed with hardcore I am not certain. All I know is that I like this record very much. Nervous, noisy riffs, blastbeating drums and also some math core parts with energetic beat changes, make this record a keeper. But, what is most important are vocals which are one of the best I have heard in such bands, screaming apocalyptic at the top of the lungs with guttural grunt thrown here and there for good measure. The lyrics deal with personal issues, battling your own demons, hopelessness, sadness, emotional self…This record shows the other side of hardcore, dark side which can also be very beautiful if you find courage to dare look into the abyss. Try this one.
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