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(record review)The Flatliners-“Mass Candescence e.p.”(Dine Alone Records)

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The Flatliners released their new e.p. via Dine Alone Records. I count myself lucky that I was able to listen and review the record for this webzine.

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The record contains three songs and it practically continues where the current studio album “Inviting Light” left off. This means melodic punkrock with a lot of emotions behind the music and lyrics. “The Arousal of Repair” is for me the best song on this record being straight in the head and when I listen to this song I am talking about some classy punkrock forya. When I was a younger kid I didn´t like bands like The Flatliners because I thought that they were too slow and calm for my rebel punkrock taste. Nowadays things are different and I dig bands like these a lot. Frontman Chris Cresswell sounds better than ever and “Moves Too Quickly” is a song based on nice vocal melody and great guitar memorable melodies to support it. “Wide eyes” complete the album nicely creating that hole that just leaves you wanting more. I guess that is what makes this record great!

8/10

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(record review)Clockwork Psycho-“The Hated”(Diablo Records)

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Clockwork Psycho had done so much in relatively small time. With their hard work, DIY ethics and fanatical devotion, they became one of the most appreciated psychobilly or punkabilly bands in Europe. They toured an awesome amount of time, played almost all the important psychobilly and punkrock festivals but at the same time they kept the punk roots in their music. I last heard and saw them live about almost two months ago when they played with Michale Graves in Zagreb and back then I was astonished with an great amount of energy they delivered in their new songs. Finally, this is their new album, out on Diablo Records, so I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine.

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The record contains 12 songs. In my opinion, this is the most versatile Clockwork Psycho album until now. Besides always having the trademark Clockwork Psycho vibe, there are some surf influences for example in “Corpse Collector”, or awesome ska in “Bootstomp Man” and rockabilly in “Sin & Repent”. What I always liked about this trio is how much they enjoy their playing and enjoy when people appreciate what they do. Singer Lilith sounds better than ever, sometimes shouting angry like a fiendette from Hell, sometimes singing melodic like a fallen angel. Guitaris Al and drummer Marko are also singing and the three of them complete each other perfectly. For me the best songs on the album are “Knife Edge Mind”, “Lost”, “In the Pines” and above mentioned “Bootstomp Man”. Excellent album!

9/10

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Get the album on Bandcamp: https://diablorecordsuk.bandcamp.com/album/clockwork-psycho-the-hated-pre-order

 

 

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(record review)AUTHORITY ZERO-“Rythm and Booze III”

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If you read this webzine and are a fan of melodic punk hardcore with some reggae thrown in for good measure you know AUTHORITY ZERO. I saw this band live for the first time in Slovenia at Punk Rock Holiday 1.6 two years ago and was blown by their music and energy! The guys released their new album “Broadcasting to the Nations” on the mighty Bird Attack Records in 2016.which was reviewed in this webzine and dubbed one of the best punk albums that year! This time the guys did something different with their new album and I listened and reviewed it for this webzine, so check this out!

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The new album is in fact a live album with the music of Authority Zero played in acoustic, unplugged way! This is the band´s third live album and first they self released! The album contains 14 songs and it was awesome to hear those songs done arranged in a bit different way than you can hear on their records! Although this is an acoustic album you can feel the energy deriving from their live show, the energy I felt for the first time when I saw them live two years ago and that energy made me fall in love with this band. Many bands do live acoustic albums only to fullfill their contracts with the label or to make some extra money but that is not the case with Authority Zero. Get this awesome album and check it out!

8,5/10

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