Part Time Killer are from north, precisely Finland and play the style of punkrock that I love the most. That means melodic skatepunk with both legs firmly in the nineties and all those old school Fat and Epitaph influenced bands. This record contains 12 songs with lyrics bordering on the fine line between personal and political and I as a fan, also as hardcore kid can relate to. Vocals are superb, hard yet melodic and backing vocal harmonies are heavenly. The songs are catchy, varied and I love every single minute of this album making it one of my favorite listens in the last two weeks or so. Personal favorites: Giving Up!, Welfare State, Insane And Free.
“DO OR DIE” is a fast opening song and the title track of the album and it features all Wishing Well’s trademark elements: Dark, raspy vocals by Rafael Castillo, roaring distorted Hammond organ by Arto Teppo, thundering drums by Juha Kivikanto, punchy and bold bass lines by Rick Becker and raw yet melodic guitars by Anssi Korkiakoski.
The song was written by Anssi Korkiakoski who says: “The song is about what we feel at the moment as a band. The lyrics speak for itself. We do this seriously tongue-in-cheek, we know what we doing and it’s time to make things happen.”
The video was shot at On The Rocks Club in Helsinki and it features notorious rock manager Mike “Major” Mondeo, who wanted the band to organize an audition in order to sign a management deal with his management company. No contract was signed and the band has not heard from the manager since.
The forthcoming album is Wishing Well’s third and the second to feature Chilean Rafael Castillo on vocals. Their previous albums “Chasing Rainbows” (2016) and “Rat Race” (2018), both on Inverse Records, got very positive reaction among hard rock and metal fans around the world and the band toured Finland with Doogie White, Alcatrazz and Tank plus played festivals and clubs.
Wishing Well will play album release gig at On The Rocks, Helsinki, on 20 March. In April the band will play a mini tour in Finland with UK based TANK.
Scarecrow is a Finnish band that plays horrorpunk with metal and hardcore influences. Scarecrow was born in 2000. In Twenty years they have made hell of a lot stuff and seeked for melodic, brutal and fast, but also deadly slow songs, made four full length albums, hundreds of gigs and wasted hundreds of litres blood and beer. Here is their brand new mini album “Nachzehrer”.
SCARECROW RELEASES:
2019 – Nachzehrer miniCD
2016 – Exterminators of the year 4000 CD/LP
2016 – Macabre Night 7”EP
2015 – MaggotBox 2000-2015 2CD
2014 – Amores De Vampiros 7″EP
2013 – FLESHEATERS III CD
2009 – THE TERROR CD/12″
2006 – DEADCROW CD/12″
2005 – La morte vivante miniCD
2005 – Tales from the crypt MC Split w/ Lucien
2004 – Fuck the world 7″EP Split w/Sex sex sex
2004 – Endless spine miniCD
2004 – Black chains miniCD
2002 – Evil never dies EP 12″
2002 – Creepshow EP 12″
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