(record review)THE OTHER-“Casket Case”(Drakkar)

When I was getting into horrorpunk I have only listened to The Misfits before I found out the whole new and beautiful scene existing in the underground. Horrorpunk scene has some of the nicest people I have ever met besides having awesome bands and I can safely say that horrorpunk scene still is not corrupted by mainstream as some other aspects of the underground scene. As my nights grew longer I discovered some of the bands that became my favorite in the scene, like Blitzkid, The Crimson Ghosts, Balzac and of course The Other.

2017 - Casket Case

The Other is a German horrorpunk band hailing from Cologne and if I counted well, this is their seventh full length album. The album contains 16 songs of beautiful and dark melodic horrorpunk with some goth and metal influences. There are also some beautiful guest lady vocals on “Little Black Riding Hood”, nicely fitting in with Rod Ushers main vocal lines. As is the case on last few albums there is also one song in German language, the excellent “Morgen Ohne Grauen”. The song structures are hard, melodic and melodramatic as only horrorpunks and Germans can do hehe. I could describe the songs hear sixteen times, but it is up to you to listen to the whole album and check out the beauy and maybe horrorpunk will gain another creature of the night, being you. This album has it all, punk melody, hardcore agressiveness and goth sensibility packed in beautiful music. Top songs;”A Party At Crystal Lake”, “A Heart Is Mysterious”, “Shes A Ghost”.

9/10

Visit The Other https://www.facebook.com/theotherhorr…

https://theother.de/

 

 

(record review)THE FLY DOWNS-“Pockets Out ep”

The Fly Downs are a band hailing from Ottawa, Canada. This trio just released their debut ep and I listened to it and liked it so here is the review.

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The ep contains six songs of melodic punk with some hardcore and pop punk influences. Musically, this band is nothing new and revolutionary but they play with heart and balls and make great songs and that is just all that is important. The songs are structured with lots of melodic guitar hooks and fine melodies combined with great harmonized backing vocals. The main vocals remind me in some songs of Joey Cape of Lagwagon, especially in “SFANN”, which is one of my favorite tracks on this record. The lyrics are on more personal level about love, friendship, broken hearts and similar themes and they are good. In all, this is an excellent ep and it is on Bandcamp for free or for donation, so go ahead if you like such music, support the guys and drop them a line to tell them what do you think about their record.

7,5/10

https://www.facebook.com/TFDbandofficial/

https://theflydowns.bandcamp.com/album/pockets-out

 

 

(record review)DANNY TREJO: “Another Trejo’s Night”(Indelirium Records)

Italian hardcore scene never ceases to amaze me with excellent bands coming out every day. This time I listened to the new album by Danny Trejo from Venice area who released new album recently via Indelirum Records.

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Danny Trejo beginnings go to 2011.when the six members of some known underground bands joined together to play in this band. Since then they released an ep and this is their second full length album. The album contains 12 tracks of total fast obliterating hardcore with some thrash metal hooks and skatepunk melodies thrown in. The guys have three guitars and it is awesome. I can tell you that this album makes one helluva energetic bomb when you listen to it as a whole. All the songs are so fast and great that the album listening passes very soon and makes you want to listen to it all over again to catch some more beautiful moments that you missed.

The lyrics are in English and the singer shouts and screams but it does not sound lame or boring. There are some gang back vocals ideal for shouting together in the mic at the gig. I have read that these guys played a lot live so I would really love to see and hear them live, I am sure they are awesome. Top tracks:”Nuclear Holocaust”, “Depressed Generation”.

9/10

https://www.facebook.com/dannytrejohc/

https://www.facebook.com/indeliriumrecords/

 

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