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(review) By A Storm – ‘Beware Of The Underdogs’ (Backbite Records)

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German hardcore scene is alive and well, thriving with great bands and releases coming out every day. By A Storm were already featured with their single in this webzine, now is the time for their full length album to see the light of day. This one contains ten songs plus one re-recorded new version of previous song. By A Storm play old school hardcore which leans with both legs more into punk and street punk roots and some youth crew influenced hardcore, than in metalized modern hardcore which is popular nowadays. This is so evident in songs like ‘Modern Men’ or one of my favorites ‘We Carry On’. Vocals are screaming at the top of the lungs but somehow, sometimes evolving into great melodic parts where needed due to song writing. At times this band reminded me of Croatian hardcore legends Deafness By Noise. Between all hardcore harshness and speed, there are also street punk soulful melodic parts and sing along backing vocal parts just made to sing along. This record is a great piece of Euro core reminding me back in the days of all those bands on Lost&Found Records that I used to listen to when I was a hardcore kid growing up. Lyrically, By A Storm moves along typical hardcore themes, like dealing with life, friendships lost and gone, betrayal, hatred, loss and similar themes, the themes that drove me to hardcore many, many moons ago. Songs like ‘Too Late’, ‘Rebuild’ or the title song reminded me a lot why I love this music so much in the first place. This is one mean, lean fine old school hardcore record!

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(review) The Streetplants – ‘Unsere Helden Unsere Zeit’

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The Streetplants are from Brunswick, Germany and this release contains five songs. This one is a crossbreed between Deutschpunk or German pop punk mixed with some grungy feel in some songs, but also melodic punk/skate punk thrown in for good measure. This is pretty raw recording being a demo of maybe even rehearsal studio recording. But, this is DIY and who cares about recording if the music is alright and this is more than alright. Lyrics are in German, this is such good language for punk rock and as I learned it in school decades ago and speak German, there are more personal themes and the music reminds me a lot of old Yugoslav punk band KBO!, their slower songs, because here prevails more mid tempo to some up tempo punk rock, this is not your ultra fast melodic hardcore punk if you thought about that, but this one has great guitar melody main lines, good vocals who could be a little more energetic in some songs and in all, has that punk energy that we all love so much. I am looking forward to future releases from this band.

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(news – new single/video) The Feelgood McLouds are back with video and song ‘Back In Life’!

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The Feelgood McLouds are back with what is already THE Irish folk-punk anthem of 2023! ‘BACK IN LIFE’ – the first single as a forerunner to the new album means life. Not just back in life but back in their lives. On stage, in the clubs, in the backstage rooms and in the much too cramped and packed tour buses. Sweating together with everyone, dancing and partying together with everyone. Turning night into day with the whole place. Because the world is sad enough at the moment – so escape with The Feelgood McLouds into their wild Celtic punk world for a short while. 

About The Feeldgood McLouds:
THE FEELGOOD MCLOUDS are THE up-and-coming act when ́s comes to mixing Irish Celtic traditional with raucous punk rock sing-a-longs. Sometimes with a clear edge, sometimes with a good dose of humor, sometimes against confused ideologies, sometimes against thirst – but in any case always against the exclusion of people, but in any case always against the exclusion of minorities. Since 2015, the six Saarlanders have been touring Germany and other European countries with the aim of placing messages in the often monotonous world of Irish punk rock: Anyone can write about ́s singing, dancing and drinking!
write! But to connect this at the same time with the serious, the not-good, the bad, the hatred, the war, the oppression, the racism, sexism, homo- and transphobia and the simply wrong of this world, without being too pointing finger dictating, is what distinguishes The Feelgood McLouds from most genre greats. This is also appreciated by fans worldwide. After two successful albums and an EP, with thousands of units sold and millions of streams, after more than 150 concerts at home and abroad, the band is now on the road again.
and abroad, the band is waiting in the wings with the new album – eager to get people dancing, singing and celebrating live again….and on the way home you still remember the lyric line: ‘we don ́t care who you love – as long as you love someone from the bottom of your heart!’.