U zadnjih nekoliko godina ima više bendova koji pjevaju o Prvom svjetskom ratu kao što su 1914, Minenwerfer, pa i naš Prognan, no meni su daleko najbolji Kanonenfieber iz Njemačke. Kanonenfieber je zapravo djelo masterminda poznatog po imenu Noise, a svi muzičari nastupaju maskiranih lica kao i on, odjeveni u njemačke vojnike iz Prvog svjetskog rata i to im daje dodatnu dozu mističnosti. Muzika je neki miks melodičnog death metala, atmosferičnog melodičnog black metala. Noiseovi vokali su harsh onako black metali, ali miksaju se sa čistim harmoničnim pjevanjem backova i daju naprosto odlične pjesme. Na ovom live albumu nalaze se 14 pjesama i to samo hit do hita. Tu su Sturmtrupp, Der Maulwurf, kao i legendarna Menschemuhle. Meni je jedna od njihovih najdražih Die Havarie i ona je našla mjesto na ovom albumu, kao i Waffenbruder, te Der Fusilier. Ovo je odličan bend i meni trenutno najdraži ovakve tematike. Ima svega, od agresivnih blast beatova preko melodija koje su odlično napisane, a sama struktura pjesama je napravljena da ni u jednom trenutku ne dosadi. Odličan bend, a ovaj live album je odlično sredstvo predstavljanja benda široj publici.
Bavarian black metal one man entity Skognatt released new opus, this time in form of an e.p. There are three songs on this one, each representing ‘Mountains’, ‘The River’ and ‘Moon’ at night. The music is fast, raw yet atmospheric and melodic black metal, creating and holding a melancholic sad guitar melody in ‘Mountains’ with screaming anguished vocals, sometimes turning into atmospheric clean singing and fast drums, courtesy of Gerileme who was involved in making this opus with main man DZ. ‘The River’ is maybe a bit mid tempo and less blasting than the previous song, creating an atmosphere of eternal life and river which flows no matter who we are, how we fought or how we died, river will not remember us. I used to walk and watch the river at night and it is something special, the force and power of nature, almost healing and respectful power. This one is a pure instrumental, but it really doesn’t matter, strong music creates picture. ‘Moon’ is longest song on this record and haunting guitar main melody keeps coming back to your along with fast drums and screaming vocals, this is a perfect mixture of raw black metal with melody and atmosphere. Great e.p.
You know that good feeling when you discover excellent band due to good people at SBÄM Records? Well, Swallow´s Rose are from Bavaria, Germany and although this is their second release, this full length is the first one I heard from this excellent band. Yep, you might guessed it, they play punk rock and that kind of nice melodic punk rock which makes your heart flutter with joy and happiness. This record contains twelve songs of mainly mid tempo punk rock with lots of soul, heart and melody, emotions and hope. But, emotions are what makes music tick, right? There are couple of excursions into faster skatepunk hardcore waters in some song parts, but mainly there are mid tempo songs which hit you hard in your face with their honesty and power. If I must compare this band to someone, it would be a mixture of Off With Their Heads, Menzingers and No Use For A Name. Vocals are rougher but singer Dominik has such beautiful voice and backing harmonies with all the vocals are just divine and fabulous. Lyrics are rather personal, but I am fan of such lyrics in this kind of punk rock, so I love it. My personal favorites are Live For Today, He Said, She Said and Up To You. Gods, I am so happy for this record to hit me. Hats of to people at SBÄM for making scene richer with such great releases.
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