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(record review) The Slums/Bad Taste-Split(PCT Musique)

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The Slums from Canada and Bad Taste from France recently released split record with PCT Musique and I listened and reviewed it for this zine.

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Both bands are represented with four new songs on this record. The Slums from Canada play a bit dirty, gritty punkrock ska which I love very much. It is melodic, energetic, yet not overly polished and produced as some bands are. You can feel the spirit behind the music and that is unfortunately not the case with many bands in nowadays scene. The Crow is definitely the best song on their side of the record in my opinion. If you are into nice dirty melodic ska punk, go grab this one and enjoy. Bad Taste are coming from France and they play melodic, but also gritty and harsher version of punkrock and I also love their side of the record and it is a bit better musically for my taste than The Slums side, but vocals are a bit too snotty for me, but excellent music covers vocals hehe. Don´t get me wrong, riffs are catchy, choruses are beautiful, so do not miss this one. Best song of this side: So Far So Good.

8/10

https://pctmusique.bandcamp.com/album/the-slums-bad-taste-pct-musique-split-vol-6

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(record review) IN OTHER CLIMES-Ruthless(Dead Serious Recordings)

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In Other Climes are back with a new album due out with Dead Serious Recordings and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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These French hardcore heavyweights have been around in the scene for 15 years now, coming from the town of Nice. The band has seen plenty of action during the years traveling all around the globe and delivering their music and thus gaining the whole legions of new fans around the continents.

The new record contains 13 songs. For those who don´t know, In Other Climes play their vision of metal influenced hardcore with a lot of breaks, mosh parts, but also straightforward hardcore fast parts. If I must compare it to some bands it would be maybe Merauder, Madball with a bit more metalic touch in the song structures. If you are a fan of harder side of hardcore, this is the right album for you, with screaming guitars, thrash metal solos thrown in a song or two for good measure, sing along choruses and great music, that is what only matters. Bands like this one are not my everyday cup of tea, but this is quality record and go get it. My favorite songs:Wolfpack, Bark, Drakkar.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/inotherclimes/

https://www.facebook.com/deadseriousrec/

 

 

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(news-tour alert) Canadian Tour May 2019: Hightower (Punk Rock)

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The Parisian punk rock band Hightower will be on the Canadian road this Spring passing by the Pouzza Fest.

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Since their latest album “Club Dragon“, they’ve been featured on the biggest rock magazine such as Rocksound & Alternative Press and added on more than 35 official playlists on Spotify/Deezer like Top of The Rock, Rock Your Body, The Scene, French Noise, Pop Punk’s Not Dead, Rock Rotation. Their single “The Party” is now reaching 1.2 millions. They joined Daggermouth (CA) for their first European Tour last Spring and spent some time to french festivals. You can also find them on some skateboard video games or in Hot Topic’s playlists in the US. Very soon, you’ll find them in Canada.