Mustasuo are hailing from Finland and this is their new record with Off Records Finland. The name of the band means black swamp, after a local city district of Oulu where the band comes from. They were formed in 2015. The music Mustasuo is harsh hardcore punk with a lot of d beat, old school Finnish hc punk influences and some black metal, popular blackened crust punk. There are 10 fast songs full of energy on this record sung in Finnish language. The vocals are screaming and remind me a lot of Croatian bands AK-47 and Ljubiša Samardžić, similar voice and screaming. The songs are raw, gritty, but with recognizable Finnish melancholy, spite and depression melody underneath it all. Also, some weird electronic voice parts in Kun illuusio sarkyy make the song fantastic and one of my album favorites besides Tuomitulle with doomy parts and Tuhoaja. Great album, great band.
Pizzatramp were already featured on the pages of this zine. Their side features two fast thrash punk songs not unlike their record we reviewed here a while ago. If you like your hardcore punk fast, gritty and thrashy with funny lyrics haha this is the right band forya. Incisions I heard for the first time and they are from Manchester and play a bit more crusty version of hardcore punk with some classic UKHC influences, metal and also d-beat carnage. Their two songs are fantastic. This is a nice little release for all you fans of fast diy hardcore punk.
M:40 are from Sweden and they released new record with Suicide Records. This band plays their apocalyptic vision of hardcore punk with crust and d-beat thrown in the song structures and it is a powerhouse. This album contains 12 songs of fast and crushing hardcore punk crust with dual screamed and shouted vocals, fast drumming with some doom and sludge parts of the songs emphasizing the overall gloomy atmosphere. This is not your happy merry go round skatepunk of love, this is doomsday music for the endtimes which are getting closer. What is the best there are super melodic catchy riffs balancing underneath all the brutality and that makes this record even more precious. The lyrics are in Swedish, but as I read the explanations in the sheet list the record title means original sin and the lyrics are about fascism, egoism, pollution and all other beautiful things we leave to our kids and future generations. It is important that such bands have something to say. Great record.
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