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(record review) IN OTHER CLIMES-Ruthless(Dead Serious Recordings)

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In Other Climes are back with a new album due out with Dead Serious Recordings and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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These French hardcore heavyweights have been around in the scene for 15 years now, coming from the town of Nice. The band has seen plenty of action during the years traveling all around the globe and delivering their music and thus gaining the whole legions of new fans around the continents.

The new record contains 13 songs. For those who don´t know, In Other Climes play their vision of metal influenced hardcore with a lot of breaks, mosh parts, but also straightforward hardcore fast parts. If I must compare it to some bands it would be maybe Merauder, Madball with a bit more metalic touch in the song structures. If you are a fan of harder side of hardcore, this is the right album for you, with screaming guitars, thrash metal solos thrown in a song or two for good measure, sing along choruses and great music, that is what only matters. Bands like this one are not my everyday cup of tea, but this is quality record and go get it. My favorite songs:Wolfpack, Bark, Drakkar.

8/10

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(record review)BROADSIDE-Empty/King Of Nothing

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Victory Records used to stand for brutal and also metalic sounding hardcore bands when I was a kid growing up in the mid 90-ies. They released records from some really awesome bands that were ahead of their time like Earth Crisis, Snapcase, Strife… Today, Victory continues to carry on their own path, releasing interesting bands from the underground, maybe not all hardcore, but they kept their hardcore roots and expanded to more musically varied style remaining in the underground.

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Broadside are hailing from Richmond, USA and this is their brand new seven inch single containing two songs. The music of these guys could be categorized as pop/punkrock. Empty is a gentle song, just made for daydreaming and carries in itself a haunted melody that somehow stays with you all through the day never leaving your ear. It is pretty atmospheric song. King Of Nothing is a bit harder song, carrying more punkrock and even melodic hardcore elements in the song structure. Back then 20 years ago, I would say, geet ouut and only laughed at this music being ignorant hardcore kid growing up. Now in my 40-ies, I love this one. Well written, well played and it is really a pleasure having listening to this fine record. Get your copy!

7,5/10

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(record review) AMALIA BLOOM-Maiden Voyage

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Italy never ceases to amaze with the underground hardcore punk scene over there. This time I listened and reviewed for our zine the new Amalia Bloom record.

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These guys are hailing from Vicenza, Italy and are playing melodic hardcore punk with post hardcore and some screamo influences. The new record was a process of two years in writing and recording, but finally here it is and it contains 8 songs. Chiaroscuro is a fine miniature that serves as a kind of intro to the record. The whole album can be categorized as a concept album with the story evolving around one boy and his journey through his consciousness and imagination, thus trying to discover the secrets of life, death, existence and avoid personal demons. The music is sometimes melodic Cali punk style, but soon evolves into noise parts, then succumbing into brutal screaming parts, yet to return again as deeply emotional singing and melodies, that makes it original and great journey for the ears and mind of the listener. I listened to this album on a quiet Saturday sunny morning, being home alone and I just closed my eyes and let the music take me to the other places, becoming in a way that boy from the lyrical side that this record tries to tell with the music and texts. This is a great one, just showing how hardcore can be both diverse and original and that is the beauty of it all.

8/10

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https://letamaliabloom.bandcamp.com/album/maiden-voyage