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(record review)The Old Firm Casuals-Holger Danske(Demons Run Amok Entertainment/Pirates Press Records)

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Lars Frederiksen is a busy man, besides his work with Rancid, his other projects and production/label work, he found time to record the new record with his The Old Firm Casuals scheduled to come out via Demons Run Amok Entertainment and Pirates Press Records. I listened and reviewed the new record for our zine.

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The title of the record is a name of the resistance group who fought the Nazis in occupied Denmark during World War Two. It is personal, as Lars says, dedication to his uncle Viggo who fought the Nazis there. This new record contains 12 songs and is very varied that makes it awesome. There are faster, more straight forward hardcore punk songs like Traitor and Overdose On Sin, Get Out Of Our Way being my favorite faster song on the record. There are almost metalic parts of the song structures like I heard in Thunderbolt. There are weird short instrumentals meaning The Golden Fall pt 1. Of course, the record wouldn˙t be it without the trademark punkrock anthems like Nation On Fire or Zombies which has awesome vocal line melodies, powerful riffs and is for me one of the best songs on the album. Motherland was the single for making a video but in my opinion there are better songs on the album, but I love the pagan themed lyrics in this one. Not to discover just everything, you will have to get this album and listen to it yourself. It is a fine piece of streetpunk hardcore.

8,5/10

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(record review)BORN FROM PAIN-True Love(BDHW Rec)

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Born From Pain are back with their new album out via BDHW Records and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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These guys are European hardcore veterans being around since Summer of 1997. and they play modern version of hardcore owning as much to punk roots as also thrash metal roots.

The new record contains 12 songs of brutal in your face moshing hardcore with street smart attitude and lyrics. Born From Pain now sound like a cross between Slayer, Testament and Madball thrown in one blender. Freddy from Madball is performing as guest on Bombs Away, for me the best song on this record with me being more of faster punk hardcore than this modern metal beatdown they call hardcore nowadays. But, don´t get me wrong, there are good songs on this record like Suffocate or the title track standing out as great. If you are into modern street hardcore with metal influences, European way, don´t wait up, go get this record as soon as possible.

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7,5/10

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(record review)OPTIMIST-Vermachtnis(BDHW Rec)

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Optimist come from Germany, Ruhr area and I listened to and reviewed their new record for our zine. The record is out now on BDHW Records.

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This is the second album from the quintet who polished their unique aggressive sound to style between grindcore and hardcore. The record contains intro plus 10 songs. The lyrics are all in German language and as I understand German the lyrics are pretty bleak and without hope, apocalyptic and darkened. After the noisy and black intro which serves as an announcement of what it is to come, the song Das Ende Allen Seins is fast almost d-beat and grindcore song about the end of everything. There are some sludge and doomy influences for example in Wutrausch and again more fast straightforward aggressive songs like Lethargie. There are some Napalm Death like more metalic sounding slower songs like excellent title track or Rattengier. This music is not for everyone, but the fans of non happy, non merry go round smiling grind hardcore punk will adore this record and this band. I would love to check out this band live. Good one.

8/10

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