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(record review)SLUND/MAGGOT BATH-SPLIT

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We have already featured Slund on the pages of this zine when we reviewed the last release by this Slovenian one man powerviolence grindcore band. This is the brand new release, the new music and this time in the shape of split record with Maggot Bath.

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Slund side of the record contains 5 songs in the known way this band/project makes music. This means ultrafast powerviolence hardcore mixed with some grindcore and sludgy slow parts thrown in for good measure. What I love about Slund is a clever mix of samples and autoirony with black humour and engaged lyrics. The songs deal with poseurs, some personal issues, anti religion…Slund is certainly worth your time and listening if you are into such music.

Maggot Bath side of the record contains 4 songs in the similar way musically, meaning a mixture of fast and aggressive hardcore punk powerviolence and some sludge slowness with screaming vocals. These guys come from down under, from Australia. There are no lyrics enclosed so I don´t know that those guys are singing about but the titles like Pubic Wig or Happy Ending give you a clue, don´t they? This is a fine release and I like Slund part of the record better.

8/10

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/Slund666/

https://www.facebook.com/maggotbath/

https://maggotbath.bandcamp.com/album/maggot-bath-slund-split

 

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(record review)THE DOG-“I Am You”(Long Walk Records)

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I am always happy when I discover the new band that I like in the vast vaults of the international underground hardcore and punk scene. This time, I am happy being able to listen and review for this zine the new album by THE DOG, hardcore band from Wroclaw, Poland.

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This is their studio full length out on Long Walk Records. This album was recorded in the snow covered Sudet mountains delivering nine songs of utter hardcore mayhem, anguish, anger and aggression. The lyrics are in English language and as I can hear without the lyric sheet a fine mix of political and personal issues. This band is very fast, aggressive sounding, but they also deliver some great sludge New Orleans influences in “Drunk with Life” and also “Flirty Fishing”. With this new album the guys wanted to combine the speed of grindcore and powerviolence with sludge and hardcore bands that we listened to in the 90-ies, because I am able to hear a little Biohazard influences in their song structures but also a lot of Crowbar, even in some vocal ranges. Don´t get me wrong these guys are not music clones or copies, this is a powerhouse of hardcore that makes you stomp around and throw your emotions out with screaming the lyrics of this band. Great, great album.

8/10

Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thexdog/

The label: https://www.facebook.com/longwalkrecords/