This is the newest fifth album by this Miskolc, Hungary based celtic Irish folk punk band that became pretty big in Europe and is becoming bigger and bigger every day due to hard work and persistence. The last album “Boullevard of…” did not have that something in itself that would make me remember it and listen to it again and again. This new album is much more melodic, energetic, diverse and I can tell you that it is a great record! What I love about this band is, they did not jump up the bandwagon and just played some shitty folk music as long as it can bring them some money. On the contrary, they mixed also some gypsy and ska and csardas/polka elements in their song and brought them a breath of Hungary and its native music. The album contains 15 songs, some faster and more uptempo, some more midtempo and balladic but it is a tour de force in melody, emotions and great musicianship. I am sure that this band is hell of a fun to see and hear live! Hope that I will be able to do that soon! I am not a fan of this kind of punk, but this band is awesome! Top songs: “Castaway”, “One Last Ale”, “Bound By Blood”
Australian scene is great with many bands coming out and delivering killer records. Toe To Toe are hardcore veterans being formed in Sydney in 1992. This is their sixth album after a long period of seven years from the last one “Arturo Gatti”. Vocalist and sole original member Scott Mac sounds better and more pissed off than ever on this killer record. The album contains 12 excellent hardcore songs, each better than the next. The opener “Monolith” is old school hardcore tour de force, in fact, the whole record sounds like a perfect mix of old school hardcore somehow developed in something modern but without losing touch with the roots of our beloved music. One of the real gems on this record is “My War, My Way” with punkrock tempo and so uplifting that it just makes you put it again on repeat. The other gems of this record and tops songs in my opinion are the title track and the album closing track “Sydney”. In all, this album is an energetic bomb that will make you sweat a little during these hot summer days.
Australia has very strong and diverse hardcore scene and they are slowly but steadily making their mark as one of the more important scenes on the world map of hardcore. This monster of an album(and I mean this in the most positive way) took some time to crawl out of the gutter. This band is featuring members of Most Precious Blood, I Exist, Hitlist, Blkout and The Daylight Curse. Judging by the black and white cover with the burning car and the burning dude, I expected something crusty, dark and beautiful. Well, I got ten songs of energetic, brutal and fast aggressive hardcore that make me wanna mosh all through the living room while listening to the record. The material on this record is an energetic bomb just waiting to explode in your face. The songs are mainly fast with some singalong moshing parts thrown into for the good measure. The atmosphere is dark, the riffs are greasy as the flames burning on the cover of the record, so expect no mercy here! One of the best records that came out this year so far! Get that! Top songs:”Arctic World”, “Separation Street”, “Final Generation”
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