Claudio Simonetti (born 1952) is Italian composer, musician and keyboardist for legendary prog band Goblin which delivered many great tunes and soundtracks for Italian horror movies. Simonetti´s specialty is music for horror movies and he composed some really great tunes from 1970 onward working with Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Lucio Fulci, Ruggero Deodato, Umberto Lenzi or Sergio Martino.
This is soundtrack for Lamberto Bava´s fantastic 1985 classic, one of the best that Italian genre has to offer. I still remember the movie poster when this one played in my hometown back in the second half of the eighties. There was a cinema there called Dom (meaning Home in Croatian) which showed old school karate/kung fu movies, Italian Mad Max clones, sword and sorcery movies and horror. I was scared as little kid with tagline ‘Cities will become graves’ I think it was like that or something. Years later, this movie never ceases to amaze, along with superb soundtrack which is a mixture of electronic music, synth prevailed melodies, almost happy main tune called Demon which is spooky along with kind of jolly. Miniatures like Threat and Cruel Demon are sure to make perfect atmospheric intermezzos between the main body of the album. There are couple of versions of the main song, for me especially great being piano version bringing along even more heavy horror atmosphere and reminding me why I love this movie so much. Besides prog influences and electronica, there are couple of pop influenced melodies here and there in the greater picture. Great soundtrack to fantastic movie!
Time for a band from my homeland scene, Croatia to grace the pages of this zine. Sukob are from Zagreb, capitol of Croatia and they are relatively new band, this being their first release. But members of Sukob are veterans of this scene with decades of playing in bands such as Verbalni Delikt, AK-47, Ljubiša Samardžić….also some of the band members have been anarcho activists and releasing diy tapes, cd-s and vinyls for decades now. So, when I heard about this band, I was eager to hear their songs when they recorded something and here it is. 10 songs of hardcore punk with Croatian language screamed from the top of the lungs of singer Fistra. Music is mid tempo to d beat Scandinavian influenced old school hardcore punk with dark overtones and almost apocalyptic sounding atmosphere because situation in the world is nothing to be happy for. This band reminds us that punk is more than fun, beers, riding unicorns and partying all day long. Songs are short and to the point and this whole e.p. is around a bit more than 15 minutes long. Songs are a bit similar to one another for my taste, but no matter this is healthy dose of hardcore punk telling us the current state of things here in our country and in the world. Go check it out!
Chicago has always been a fertile ground for pop punk and melodic punk/skate punk and Counterpunch just released their new full length album and it is an instant classic! This one contains twelve songs and it is a lesson in melodic skate punk. After instrumental intro, Avarice leads us in with anthemic chorus, great melody and uplifting vibe. Fascinating how vocals vary from nice harmonies to scream more in a hardcore way. One of my personal favorites is Calling All Scars, being fast straightforward short but sweet song. One of the highlights that I must mention also is Waiting In The Wings, for me the best song on this record. Who likes their punk rock more slower and gentler will find their love in Judgement Day, being such beautiful song. But, in order for you to discover this record and previous records by this awesome band, go listen and check it out. Find your favorite. I recommend this one.
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