Jamey Rottencorpse and The Rising Dead are no strangers to the pages of this zine and horrorpunk scene. Hailing from Bremen, Germany, these guys are playing modern metallic version of horrorpunk yet remaining true to the old school horrorpunk roots with lots of melody, singalong parts, harmonies and catchy guitar parts.
Now, with the help of awesome Undead Artists they released brand new e.p. The record contains four songs and what immediately falls to ear is beautiful eerie rendition of Edgar Allan Poe´s poem A Dream Within A Dream with haunting voice and screaming Hell behind all sounds. The Day I Died is a horrorpunk song with metal influences in guitar work and drumming, with awesome chorus making your skin crawl with the feelings only this music can provide. My personal favorite on this record is Flesh And Lust which I listened for many times in a row and I can totally relate to the song, beautiful melodies and vocal lines, along with guitar work. But, the real hit on this record is horror cover of Somewhere Under The Graveyard which would definitely play in my version of Wizard of Oz. This is superb record. Love it all the way!
German Catapults released the official video for the first song taken off their upcoming album I´ll Be Honest coming out in March next year with Uncle M Music
I really enjoy this one, being a mixture of pop punk and emotional melodic punk rock. It hits you in the right spot indeed!
Bike Age from Stuttgart, Germany were already featured on the pages of this zine when I reviewed their full length album, now it is time for their new e.p. to grace the pages of this zine. I really wanted to check them out at Beach stage on this years Punk Rock Holiday, but this covid shit erased all festivals this year, leaving only depression for gig and festival free Summer, at least here. Goddamnit! But, back to music! The new e.p. offers 4 songs plus awesome Ramones cover Bonzo goes to Bitburg with superb reggae/ska parts thrown in thus making it fresh and new for this classic punkrock hit. What this band plays is 90ies melodic skatepunk with no philosophy, only melodic punk with heart and soul, like all the classics I grew up on. There are some reggae parts like in cool Compassion long gone but mainly it is faster and energetic punkrock with something special. All the songs have some melancholic element in them, like being a bit sad, and I love it, this band has a really special vibe. Vocals and backing vocal harmonies are superb, musicianship tight, I would really love to check these guys out playing live soon. The e.p. is too short unfortunately, I can`t wait for the new record.
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