From the Gulf Coast of Texas come Bloodlines, a four-piece modern -core outfit taking cues from bands like For Today, Impending Doom and Convictions. The band’s 2019 debut LP Hostile | Minds, which marries classic metal core with a distinctly progressive twist, was hailed as a “dark and violent record,” with one reviewer noting “A heavy band is born.”
Bloodlines’ mission statement is as clear as their sound is brutal. They plainly assert that their vision is very simple and that’s to spread the hope and love of Jesus Christ.
Bloodlines have released a brand new single, “Colder,” which will be followed by “HEVEL,” a 5 song EP slated for spring/summer 2021.
The good people of A-F Records gave us this great new small split between Ship Thieves(Hot Water Music) and Reconciler(ex Less Than Jake, Gunmoll). This is a very small single containing one new song from each band. Ship Thieves and their song Nothing Now is really great piece of melancholic melodic punk rock, Southern style, offering melody, kinda sadness and great singing and hum along parts which I love very much having listened to it couple of times in a row. Reconciler sounds a bit similar, having beautiful vocals, great song and such sweet chorus to the song. I really enjoyed both songs on this epic little release.
Besides being black metal country, Norway also has nice punk scene with great bands delivering awesome records. Dead Lips are from Bergen, Norway and this is their debut e.p. containing four songs. Music of Dead Lips can be described as mixture of melodic punk and pop punk with nice guitar lines, good vocal melodies, backing vocal harmonies and this little e.p. just made me feel good on Monday morning. One of my favorites is Sober, song that I listened to for couple of times on repeat with such fantastic melody showing that simple punk rock song can hit you in the eye some time. Ambulance is also great song, with really nice chorus and being kinda instant pop punk classic. Flip the Finger is also one of my highlights besides Sober. I Can´t Eat finishes the e.p. and in all it is a pretty strong debut. Can´t wait to hear the full length in the future.
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