Krang dolaze iz Češke i ovo im je četvrti album, od 2015.otkad su na sceni. Moram se pohvaliti da poznajem basista Stanislava i da su, osim što su odličan bend, ujedno dobri ljudi. Radio sam interview s njima na jednom od Punk Rock Holidaya koje sam pohodio. Također sam tamo pogledao njihov gig na Beach Stageu i bili su odlični, Trostruki vokali, a mjuza melodičan, ali istovremeno dovoljno oštar hardcore punk, s puno emocija, humora, posvete filmovima, ali i angažiranim stvarima. Ovaj novi album donosi 12 pjesama, odlične produkcije koju je radio Yotam Ben Horin, poznat kao pjevač/basist izraelskih Useless ID koji je napravio stvarno dobar posao. Stvari su poprilično kratke i album prođe brzo kad se zabavljaš. Malo u nekim sporijim stvarima me malo podsjeća na Useless ID, ali ne da kopira taj bend, već da ih kanalizira kao inspiraciju. Od odličnih posveta serijama i filmovima kao što su stvari Cowabunga, DeLorean, Alf preko malo nježnijima i osobnijim stvarima kao što su Brand New Leader, Cocktail Of Freedom, Running Out Of Time ili Last Breath, ovaj album naprosto rastura i prava je energetska bomba ako volite svoj hardcore punk melodičan i energičan, a emocionalan u isto vrijeme. Miks najboljeg od nineties melodic punka i melodičnog hardcore punka. Moja topla preporuka.
Roots of Czech band Exitus go back to 1989 when Vladan Pražák and Víťa Ferenčák formed this band but disbanded in 1991. Now, thirty years later, with help of some new forces in the band, they released their opus containing twelve songs, one being a Pro-Pain cover. Exitus play that nineties old school thrash metal with one leg being in the eighties European school of thrash and one with some hardcore influences of early nineties, or maybe crossover even. Vocals are harsh and music is like running through a gauntlet of warriors who batter you with their metal gloves on your head and I don’t mean that in a bad way. Songs like ‘Final Solution(…of Existence)’, ‘World Error’ or ‘Apocalypse Never’ are sure to win you over for sure. Guitar work is chainsaw and brutal with some melodic hook here and there thrown in for good measure. I love Eastern European scene with so much good bands coming out and waiting to be discovered every day. This is fast, aggressive, groove, no holds barred thrash metal angry attack in your face.
Czech or Czechoslovakian cinematography is one of the mightiest in mid Europe, with so many great movies, directors and stories coming out through the history and decades of movie making. I ran into this one the other day, so it was time for me to see it. This movie, directed by Otakar Vavra, based on the novel by Vaclav Kaplicky is a daring and at moments disturbing ode to witch hunting histeria in black and white.
The story revolves around an inquisitor Boblig who is summoned to a town to investigate alleged witches and with time he becomes more and more obssessed with extermination and torturing of innocent women. Some of the noble town folks try to confront him and resist, but will it be enough to stop the overall madness? What I must say, that this movie left a remarkable impact on me. There is a lot of nudity and naked female bodies in this one for a time it was made, back behind the iron curtain and communism was still ruling this land. Acting is superb, madness and histeria is depicted with precision and there are couple of really disturbing and sad scenes in the movie, knowing how many women were persecuted, tortured and executed with no reason in the 1600s when this movie takes place. The ending is quite poetic but dark as is overall atmosphere and vibe of this movie jewel of Euro cinematography. Go see this one!
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