There are 13 songs on this record, some being instrumentals serving as an intermezzo in all the chaotic storm of Carrion Spring´s music. The music of this band could be described as very dark hardcore with screaming vocals and overall apocalyptic atmosphere. When I am listening to this band, I feel like I am watching the fall of the system and the world ending in a painful throes screaming. Hardcore punk mixes with screamo, even blastbeats in some song structures with a pinch of sludge and powerviolence added in for good measure.
The soundtrack to the apocalypse is here and it is called Carrion Springs, so go get this record if you are a fan of darkened hardcore. Recommended songs: God Damage, Anthropos, Carrion Spring.
Drunktank recently released their new record and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.
The Dutch skatepunks were founded in 2003.and this new record is a continuation of their 2010.album The Infamous Four. The ten songs on this record are just what I love having in my skatepunk hardcore. Fast, melodic, mighty and energetic with enough metalic efficiency and harmonies to still be punk and not to go too much into progressive waters. I am awed by this record it is so mighty. I was practicaly blown apart by We Want More being almost a mixture of hardcore punk and European school of epic and fast melodic power metal. These guys really know how to handle their instruments, not to mention epic melodies, anthemic choruses with many backing oooos and aaaas just made for singalong. Unfortunately I missed the guys playing Beach stage at this year´s Punk Rock Holiday, because I am sure they are an unstoppable force when playing live. From the songs, although all of them are powerhouses, I must recommend Hammer Of Justice, Courage Of A Few and Darker Side as my highlights of the record. This one is for sure one of the best melodic punk hardcore records of this year!
Wow! I think this is the first time for a band from Indonesia to grace the pages of our zine. The Battlebeats just released their debut e.p. and it is a blast! This is in fact a one man band but it loses no momentum having only one person at the controls. This e.p contains 6 songs one of them being a cover by the Japanese band called Teengenerate. The Battlebeats play a fine mixture of raw and fast punk with some garage punk elements like in I´m Just A Piece Of Shit. I love more the straight forward fast punk songs like You Stabbed Me In The Back or The Got Mad At Me. In all, this is such a fine debut e.p. with quality punk songs and I am glad having listened to this one and presented it for our zine.
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