Buck Tow Truck comes from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, founded by Andrew Dona. This one man band plays a mix of hard rock influenced power metal and epic metal that remins a bit of Bathory circa “One Road To Asa Bay” era.
This record contains 9 tracks of midtempo metal with some hard rock riffing and clean sung but somehow filthy vocals. The whole record is produced in some dirty and more raw feeling of late 80-ies and early 90-ies. Listening to it that way I become kind of nostalgic for those times. There is also some Iron Maiden and Saxon/Priest song structures thrown in there for your listening pleasure. The melodies are simple but effective and the song titles have some tongue in cheek value along with flying the true metal flag. You just cant go wrong with the song titles being “The Battle Cry”, “Anarchy Metal” and “The Heavy Metal Warrior” for example.
Nothing special, but this album proves once again that one man bands can indeed be both quality and interesting at the same time.
Reuther is a band hailing from Detroit, USA and it was formed in 2013. by the founding members James Vee and Daniel Stover out of the ashes of some of their older projects.
This is their first full length album and it contains 9 songs. The music borders between pop punk and more faster melodic punk rock and these guys really have some appeal for me in their song structures. Meaning, the songs are not boring to listen to. Vocals are great and not annoying as some bands are and backing vocals are excellent harmonies. Production wise the album is a powerhouse, everything is made as it should be. Lyricwise, I think the band relies more on a personal side of things and its okay, not all punk bands should scream and rant about injustice system and politics. The rythm nicely varies between faster, more aggressive songs and slower punk rock anthems. Fans of more punk rock melodic side of things will find Reuther the next big thing and really enjoy this fine effort. I am sure I did! Top songs: “Like a Ghost”, “Statement”.
Italian skatepunkers BeerBong are back! They just released their new e.p. and I think that this is their first release in circa 12 years.
The e.p. contains 7 songs of crushing very fast and energetic skate punk hardcore played with speed, heart and melody just like we loved it in the 90-ies. The opener “Feed forward” just blew me away with its speed and ferocious melody. “Shocking Wave” reminded me on the best Good Riddance days when you moshed with your friends and nothing else mattered in the world. Production wise the e.p. is crunchy and reminds also nostalgic on albums 20 years back. The title song is an anthem like no other and I listened to it a couple of times in a row. For me the best song of the record is “One more chance” but you might think otherwise because all of them are awesome. Get this e.p. and catch these guys play somewhere live because I am sure that they are pure blast live!
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