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.
Pine Hill Records just re-released The Cryptics debut album from 2009.on vinyl. Since I have never heard of the band(shame, shame) prior to this release, it was about time for me to listen and review the record for this zine.
This record contains 21 songs of pure, utter hardcore punk mayhem and boy, am I glad that I got the chance to discover and listen to this awesome band and enjoy the energy bomb that this music presents. The music of The Cryptics is old school hardcore punk from simpler, more fun times in the hardcore scene. This music is ideal for skating and for moshing and hugging shirtless, sweaty kid in the pit next to you. The lyrics are political sometimes, but also with a very high dose of humour and self irony which is good. The songtitles like I killed Hitler or Boris the Bolshevik are sure to make you mosh and wear a smile on your face. Old school flag flies high with this record. Wave it proudly.
Thousand Islands Records never ceases to amaze me with the bands they release and this time I listened and reviewed the new Arising From e.p. so read the review.
This Montreal punkrockers already released one e.p. and the music these guys play is strongly inspired by the 90-ies melodic punkrock, mostly all the Californian punkrock bands you know so well, but the guys managed to stay fresh and retain a certain dose of originality not to sound like anyone˙s clone. The record contains 5 songs and I personally liked Return to sender the most. It is totally melodic, ultra harmonic in your face punkrock anthem and I enjoyed it a couple of times in a row. There are also some pop punk influences on this album like for example in Your beliefs or One life. The lyrics are personal as I understand and I love them, they pass just perfect with the song structures. This is an awesome e.p. and one more proof of the beauty, versatility and the talent of the Canadian punkrock scene.
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