Dear fiends and fiendettes, it is time for some psychobilly mixed with punk on the pages of this webzine. Rocker Arms from Holland are veterans of the scene being formed in 1999. and playing with some lineup changes until now. This is their new record which I listened and reviewed for this webzine.
The record contains seven songs of psychobilly mayhem with a lot of punk influences thrown in the song structures for good measure. “Joey” is a melodic song leaning heavily on punky riffs, psychobilly guitar work and nice melodic vocal lines. “Closer to me” is a more of a classic psychobilly song again with nice melodic chorus and some surf influences thrown in. “Free Beer 4 All” also owes more to the band˙s psychobilly roots than to punkrock but it is a very heavy sounding song nonetheless. “Don`t tell me” is a hymn to freedom, not living caged by boundaries and being truely free of conformism. “Dressed in red” starts as a horror psychobilly song with whispered word, thunder and has that old school black and white horror movie vibe. It is for me maybe the best song on this record. “Punk Nr” is just what the title says pure blood punkabilly song, fast and strong instrumental. “28” closes the record in the energetic fast and wrecking psycho style. This is a great record so if you are a fan of such music have a grab on this one!
Above All Glory are relatively new band from Hamburg, Germany, and this is their new record which I had the pleasure of listening and reviewing for this webzine.
Formed in 2016.these guys have been active playing live and sharing stages with such names as Get Dead or Useless ID. Of course, that would mean nothing without playing awesome music! This German trio plays a mixture of fast skatecore with the melody of pop punk and they sound like the 90-ies Epitaph of Fat Wreck Chords bands transformed and evolved for the 21st century. The e.p. contains 5 songs with anthemic and epic melodies, sing along choruses and fast and energetic punkrock at times chilled with some mid tempo emotional melodic punk. I am repeating myself, but I will say it again, the vocals mean a lot to me while listening bands like this, and the vocals on this record are superb, the singer sometimes reminds me of Croatian melodic punk band Fraktura Mozga. Not on every song but often in some parts. The backing vocals and harmonies are full and to the point here. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this record and if you are a fan of such music, and I of course am, get this record! Top song: “Hunt the Hunter” although it has a riff in which I constantly heard “Basket Case” by Green Day for some seconds, but that is only me.
Remember Lost Love? We already featured this fine melodic punk/pop punk from Montreal on the pages of this webzine. Now, it is about time that I listen to and review their new record for this webzine.
The record contains 11 songs of emotional melodic pop punk. If you are a fan of the faster skate hardcore punk, this music is not for you. Twenty plus years ago, even ten, I hated bands like Lost Love, I considered them non punk bands who only ruin our scene. I am still sorry and will ever be for being so wrong. The lyrics on this record as I interpret them are a mixture of personal emotions and a lot of humour mixed with autoirony. “Are You Still Alive You Dumb Phoque?” is one of my personal favorites on this record sounding almost indie and proving that these guys are great song writers. The pumping beggining of “Clay Turris” marks the start of the pretty soundscape that takes the listener somewhere daydreaming about the happiest times he or she had in life. “Turisto Cracko” and “Hangover Drive” finish off the quartet of my favorite songs on this record. That doesn`t mean that the others are not good. These guys will be huge in the future!
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