Blast Bomb from Hamburg, Germany are in now way strangers to the pages of this zine, having reviewed their previous two awesome releases. This time they hit us with new e.p. out with Undead Artists Records, great label with so many super releases.
What do we have on this record? Four songs of energetic punk rock mixed with garage and rock n roll influences, having enough harshness, yet also enough melody to make you pump your fist in the air and enjoy the ferocity and energy of the songs presented by the band. The musicianship is great, production too, vocals are just the way they should for such music, singing yet having that rough edge and delivering melody with danger so to say haha. For me, my highlights on this record are Go Away and Bullet Proof.
I must admit I have never listened to Arterials prior to this record. Their new record is out with Gunner Records. Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, these guys play nice hardcore punk mixed with some melodic mid tempo punk thrown here and there, but they do this great. I especially like the vocals being rough voice yet singing when needed and creating total goosebumps with fine melodies. I love fast more straightforward songs like Jaded & Hated but also more mid tempo emotional Pump The Brakes or Friendship Is A Four Letter Word. The lyrics are more personal, but I think everyone can relate to them nicely. This is nothing new or special, but punkrock with balls and conviction and I love this album.
Blast Bomb were already featured on the pages of this zine. This Hamburg based band toured UK and they got pretty great live recording, so why the hell not release it as live record.
This record contains 8 songs which represent this band in full picture as it is, raw, melodic and with all the punk energy, not polished in studio and not with re-recorded crowd cheering as some bands do nowadays. This is rock n roll energy, punk and not giving a fuck about world. The music of Blast Bomb is a mixture of punkrock, horrorpunk and garage punk influences in the structures of the songs, but basically it is all dirty rock n roll for night creatures out there. If you never witnessed this band live, I know I didn`t, this record is fine example how this one sounds live. Recommended songs: Born To Lose, Burn History.
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