Blast Bomb have a new record blasting your way via Undead Artists and I was one of the lucky ones who listened to the record and reviewed it for this zine.
Blast Bomb are from Hamburg, Germany and they have much of a rock n roll attitude in their music, being the mixture of punkrock, crossover and even having some stoner parts. The four songs on this record are raw sounding and dirty rockin pieces of music, but do not be fooled. Underneath all that rawness and dirty guitar lie excellent heartfelt melodies, excellent lyrics and well placed guitar hooks that make you want to listen more and just can˙t wait for the full length to come out. For me personally, the best song on this record is Live Today sounding, this is just me, like a mixture of Body Count and Suicidal Tendencies. In my opinion this song differs a bit from the rest of the material, but maybe I am just imagining. Don`t get me wrong, all of the songs on this record are awesome. Get the record and discover it yourself!
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!
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