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(record review)5 STAR GRAVE-“The Red Room”(Sliptrick records)

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Now is the time for some harder stuff from Italy. 5 Star Grave are six piece band from Cuneo featuring ex members of Ground Zero, Disarmonia Mundi and Frostbane. Formed in 2008., this is their third full length album. The album features 10 tracks of melodic modern metal with horror lyrics, so they are reffered to as horror metal. The music is energetic mixture of melodic death metal, trash metal and some punk hardcore influences. The vocals are more shouted than sung but it fits kinda nicely in the whole picture. The song titles are tongue in cheek cheesy but funny horror clichees like “Eat You Alive”, “The Ballad Of The Vampire”(my personal favourite), “Alice”, “He Never Died” to name only a few great songs. This is a really fine record for all the fiends out there who love metal and love horror!

9/10

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(record review)Belgian sludgy metal and punk coming your way MISSILES OF OCTOBER-“Better Days”(Pogo Records/EBUS Music)

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Missiles of October come from Brussels, Belgium and are playing dirty version of punk mixed with noise rock and stoner influences. They were formed in 2012.and until now made quite a name for themselves playing a lot of gigs and sharing the stages with a number of well known acts. This album contains 10 song of relentless, angry punk played with conviction. With titles like “No Brain, No Headache” you get your daily dose of greasy and angry almost Black Flag-ish punk ending in sludgy swampy guitar parts and thunderous drums. This record should be played very loud! I always loved European sludge bands because they sound different somehow than their American counterparts. On this record there are many song structures with noise parts like in “Satisfaction in Nothing” which is the perfect blend of noise and punkish dirty riffs.  As I understand the lyrics are pretty gloomy and hopeless but with also with certain amount of irony and humour. My personal favourite of this record is “Better Days”, an uptempo song which I played a couple of times in a row.  This is a fine record and there is a cassete, vinyl, cd and digital version so grab your copy and support the guys by showing some internet love for their page, maybe book them a gig or two or something.

7,5/10

https://missilesofoctober.bandcamp.com/album/better-days-2016

https://www.facebook.com/Missiles-Of-October-342925235719273/

 

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(record review)Melodic energetic bomb from Serbia DOGHOUSE-“Never Cry Wolf”(Morning Wood Records)

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Morning Wood Records quickly becomes one of the best European labels delivering strong melodic punk hardcore records all the time. This time, Serbian melodic punk hardcore band Doghouse released their new album and boy, I just cant get enough of it. Hailing from Belgrade, Serbia, these fellows were formed in 1998.so next year I suppose will be 20th anniversary for these guys.

They were pretty successfull in their time, but in 2006.they went on hiatus only to be reformed again in 2013. They signed to Morning Wood Records in 2015.and released a great comeback e.p.”Dysfunction”.

Now, it is time for the new album. There are 10 songs on the new record, all great, fast paced punkrock with a lots of melody and energy, played with heart and conviction. The lyrics are in English language and I guess, from the listening that they deal with more personal issues. The whole vibe of the album is nice nostalgic nod towards 90-ies and punkrock scene then, but at the same time it sounds fresh and awesome. The other thing that I liked very much is the vocals. The vocals dont sound cheesy and snotty, quite the contrary, they are like rougher but singing great melodies at the same time. It is very hard to give the top songs from the record because they are all great, but I will try. For me, the top songs are: “Drone” and “Goodbye”. Great record for all of you who love your punkrock done that way.

9/10

https://doghousebg.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MorningWoodRec/

https://www.facebook.com/DoghouseBelgrade/