After more than ten year hiatus Twenty2 released the new ep via Morning Wood Records (Europe) and New School Records(USA/Canada). I consider myself lucky being able to listen and review this record for our zine.
Coming from Montreal, Canada, Twenty2 have been active from 1997.until 2007. In 2013.they regrouped and slowly started to work on the new material and here it is. This record contains 6 songs of melodic punkrock/skate punk with great melodies, uplifting guitar hooks and anthemic choruses made for you to pogo, love, dance and sing along. If I must compare the music to some bands, it would be like my favorite No Use For A Name crosses paths with Good Riddance(another of my favorite bands) and here it is! There are some guest performances by Stephen Edgerton(The Descendents) on I´d rather die which is my favorite song on the record, totally reminding me of NUFAN and Tony Sly´s songwriting style. There is also a guest performance by Al Nolan from The Almighty Trigger Happy. This is not fast, hardcore stuff, this is punkrock with emotions and heart to back it up. Great stuff!
We already featured Scarboro in an recent interview on the pages of this zine. Now is the time for me to listen and review their new record out on WTF records for this zine.
Scarboro are from Brooklyn, New York, but apart from the other bands on the NYHC scene, this band is leaning more towards punkrock side of things. This record contains 5 songs. When you listen to this band, you have to take the raw and untamed energy of Black Flag, emotional and larger than life melody of Descendents, mix it with both feet standing firmly inside New York hardcore history and legacy and you get the music of this band. I love this record. Of course, everyone of us always finds some of song favorites on the records we listen, so mine are the title song and Another Day. The vocals are just right, melodic but enough harsh to pass as hardcore vocals and the musicianship and the sound of the record is in my opinion great. I would like very much to hear the full length record in the future. Awesome!
It is again that time of the year when horrorpunk is the name of the game. I listened and reviewed the debut album by Horror Vision out on Undead Artistis for this zine.
This is a German horrorpunk band, from the area of the city Ulm. German horrorpunk scene is awesome with bands like The Crimson Ghosts, The Other or Jamey Rottencorpse and The Risen Dead coming to mind instantaneously. This album contains 10 songs and the music is tight and not so melodic horrorpunk so don´t expect melodies like Blitzkid or Nim Vind music. This is sometimes raw, often even brutal, but there are still enough melodies underneath for all you fiends out there craving for haunting melodic horrorpunk. This album is yet another proof that horrorpunk is not mere cloning of The Misfits songbook. Horrorpunk can be creative, can be varied and also inspiring. This band managed to release a strong and powerful debut album. Top songs: Ghosts of Mars, Bathory, We´re Gonna Get You.
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