Qwälen are hailing from Helsinki/Oulu area in Finland and this is their new record out with Time To Kill Records. This band plays their vision of black metal, raw and uncompromising, often blistering fast and aggressive, but there are lots of hardcore punk influences in the song structures, but to me this music leans more on black metal side of things. Guitars are raw, vocals screaming tortured black metal screams yet they fit perfectly to the music and aggression, but also melancholic, saddened melodies behind the overlayers of drama, that only Finnish bands are capable of providing such melancholy and emotions behind the music. There are seven songs on this opus, with titles all being in Finnish language so I don´t really understand what the lyrics are about, but let the power of music speak for itself. For me the best songs on this record, being my personal favorites are Han Ei Tule Koskaan and Unohdan Sinut. Superb album.
Midwich Cuckoos started as a fun project between international bunch of friends evolving into real band with real full line-up. This one was recorded during lockdown due to reasons unfortunately known to us all as an e.p. to serve as a release before new full length arrives. There are five songs on this e.p. As the title say, three acoustic songs, one dance remix and one reggae version hehe. You will have to listen and discover your favorite for yourself. I was not a fan of acoustic music when I was an angry metal and hardcore kid growing up, now I learned to appreciate the beauty of punk rock played acoustically. Listen to my personal favorite Call The Nurse with that melancholic and haunting melody and fantastic voice of singer Tanzy Velayne instantly becoming one of my favorite voices in the punk rock scene. Also Dirty Love in that reggae version is superb and my highlight on this e.p. So, go listen and discover your favorte song on this one. I love it.
Finnish melodic metal quartet Scars of Solitude has released a new single. No Riddance is the second single taken from the group’s upcoming EP called If These Walls Could Talk to be released later this year.
According to the band’s singer/guitarist Tuomo Laulainen“No Riddance is a explosively energetic and vitally melodic metal anthem with a catchy chorus of which’s energy and straightforwardness is borrowed from pop-punk. The song used to go with the working title ’Paramore’ for a long time. The song’s lyrics were written during the sleepless nights accompanied by arrythmia and anxiety as if it were the exact opposite of the song’s musical side.” The music video for No Riddance was filmed during the “busy gigging year” of 2020 and it is filled with the band’s hearty spirit and its live energy. Luckily the band could go and play most of their planned shows safely even during the weird year and only had to cancel two of them. The EP still has no release date but it should see the light of day during the second half of the year. More details will follow once the release date has been set.
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