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(record review)COMEBACK KID-“Outsider”(Nuclear Blast)

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This is the brand new studio album number six by this Canadian hardcore punk champions! A lot of hardcore kids I know nowadays in the scene go to sleep and wake up with the Comeback Kid lyrics and music, so I was eager to check on the new album!

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The opener, title track is typical modern hardcore songs with straightforward rythm and shouted angry vocals and to be honest, it did not leave some effect on me. But the second song “Surrender Control” is a real hit, mixing angry groovy openings and anthemic melodic chorus.

Thrash metal influences are very visible in “Absolute” which features guest performance by none other than Dewin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad and of course it is an energetic in your face song with lots of gang back vocals.  “Hell of a Scene” is a mixture of angry fast hardcore and more emotional melodies. Of course, still is yet to come, so one of the best songs on the album is for sure “Consumed the Vision” featuring guest performance by Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners and I must also mention “Ill be that” as one of my top songs.

All the hardcore and punk kids out there will just love this record and get it because it is an example how modern and energetic hardcore should sound like.

9/10

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(record review)AKERCOCKE-“Renaissance in Extremis”(Peaceville)

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Its been exactly ten years since the last album and Akercocke just released a new album. What does the new album hold? Well,  the Brits got us exactly nine new songs, about 55 minutes long album.

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There are some albums that work fine for me, but there are also those that make me nervous and this one was one of such albums. In general, the problem with this album is that it is too progressive even for and the old scene purist in me just woke up from the deep slumber and made me dislike this record. Dont get me wrong, the musicianship on this album is superb, but there is just too much guitar solos and they continue for too long in some songs. Lyrics are great, I think the band kept their Satanic edge through all these years. You cant go wrong with song titles such as “First to Leave the Funeral”. Jason Mendonca provides vocals that are sometimes blackish, sometimes death growl and a lot of times clean with additional help of female vocals here and there. The song structures vary from aggressive blast beats to moody atmospheric parts, but there is just too many things in one song to make me like it. There are some nice parts, but too few for me. This one was just too prog for me!

4,5/10

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(record review)TERRIBLE OLD MAN-“Fungi From Yuggoth”(MDD Records)

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As many of the readers who roam through the pages of this zine know, my all time favorite horror writer is H.P.Lovecraft. I always admired metal bands who were inspired by his works and worlds, and I always tried to find that ultimate band who would put Lovecraft words into melody and blend it in one great whole. Now I found it.

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Terrible Old Man hail from Germany and this is their second full length album and what could I expect from a band who named themselves after one of Lovecraft stories? Frankly, I expected much and I got much. Imagine a band whose every lyric and song evolves and is directly derived from your favorite writer and his work. Well this album contains 10 songs of pure horror packed in melodic up tempo mix of heavy and doom metal but the band is not afraid to venture in some blast beat and faster waters. The vocals are cleanly sung and the singer does a great job. Oh yeah, to add more greatness, I checked the line up of the band and every member of the band is also named after one of the characters from Lovecraftian universe. This is an album that has it all, great music, great lyrics and I am happy I discovered this band.

8/10

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