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(record review)INCENDIARY-“Thousand Mile Stare”(Closed Casket Activities)

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The long awaited second output by these New York Long Island band is here! The album contains ten songs of angry, rage driven but also emotional hardcore. The opening song “Still Burning” reminded me a little of Snapcase in their best days and then the music turns out into more chaotic metallic sound of Earth Crisis with some dark underlayers and groovy heavy laden hooks. This record goes to the dimensions of hardcore that we used to call new school in the 90-ies, meaning angry groove, heavy hardcore with metal influences, cutting guitars, screaming vocals and darker atmosphere. In case of Incendiary, the lyrics are pretty good and they cover the wide range of themes, from economic inequality to personal relationship crisis, freedom and many other great stuff. The production is excellent and I really love this record. It is a perfect weapon to vent out your anger and remember that there are people who feel the same as you and who try to cope and give their best to survive in the harsh reality of this fucked up world. The album is nothing new or special but it is a great angry return to more metalic currents of hardcore, without losing the primal hardcore edge. Top songs:”Awakening”, “The Product Is You”, “Hard Truths Cut Both Ways”.

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(record reviews)BOOZE AND GLORY:”Chapter IV”(Burning Heart)

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As the title says, this is the fourth studio album by these London based street punk heroes, the first to come out on mighty Burning Heart label. Although the band has gone through lineup changes in the last couple of years, they endured through the hard times and made one of their best albums up to date. This album contains 13 songs of pure street punk oi pleasure for your ears. The songs are excellently arranged, with anthemic choruses just made to sing along, great hooks and guitar melodies and the production is crystal clear and you can hear just everything and understand the lyrics without the lyric sheet. As far as the lyrics go, they just hit the spot where they need to and after listening to this album your heart is just full and you want more. So you put it on again, and again and again. This means that the album is not good, but excellent. Top songs:”Days, Months, Years”, “Carry On”, “For The Better Times”, but all songs rule!

Album CHAPTER IV available from:

DIGITAL:
SPOTIFY:
https://play.spotify.com/album/5atsgc…

iTUNES:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cha…

CD/LP

EUROPE:
http://boozeandglorychapter4.bigcarte…

Contra Records:
https://www.contra-net.com

Coretex Records:
http://coretexrecords.com

NORTH AMERICA

Road Dog Merch:
https://www.roaddogmerch.com

also available under license:

Poland -Lou & Rocked Boys:
https://punkshop.pl

Japan – Dummy Head Records
http://dummyhead-japan.com

Brazil – Spider Merch
http://www.spidermerch.com.br

Official Booze&Glory Merchandise:
http://www.boozeandglory.bigcartel.com

(record review)ARGYLE GOOLSBY:”Darken Your Doorstep”(A Corpse With No Name Productions)

 

Wow! This is all I can say after listening to the new album by this horrorpunk legend! I love all his work with Blitzkid and the impact that they had on the scene through the years was enormous. They filled the hole that was left when The Misfits were gone and they remade the ugly face of horrorpunk with their originality and simplicity. After Blitzkid disbanded in 2012.Argyle proceeded with his solo career and now he made the new album that is kind of logical continuance of his work with Blitzkid but also so much more. The intro features guest vocals by Coffin Joe, the cult and famous Brasilian horror icon. The 16 songs featured are horrorpunk for the 21st century, energetic, melodic with a nostalgic nod towards the scene pioneers and icons, but also something that is evolved and became much more that the early horrorpunk songmaking. Every song is great but if I must choose some top songs that would be:”The Brides”, “Rose Grows Red”, “Nightsurf” and the old fave “Washer At The Ford”. For sure the best horrorpunk record in last decade!

10/10

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