Time for some horrorpunk again! Horrorscopes were formed in 2016.and are coming from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
This zine and I have had our share of good and band and mediocre horrorpunk bands, some being plain clones, some being original and great proving that horrorpunk is a small but great scene made of talented individuals and all of us have some nerdish and freakish line in ourselves but we are proud of it. This album is a strong work made of 8 excellent melodic songs with guts. blood and necrodarkromantic themes. Production is excellent and the guitars and bass are just the way I like them to be. Drumming is tight and the band proves they can play. One more thing that is important in horrorpunk are the vocals and back vocals. This band has great screaming but melodic vocals, with great and harmonised backing vocals to make it stronger. I hate comparisons but they remind me a lot of Japanese legends Blitzkid though not so melodic and the lyrics are sung great minding the fact that English is not the bands native speaking language. Highlight songs: “Dead Love”;”With Your Ghost”.
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”.
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