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(record review)HELL NIGHT/SWEAT SHOPPE-“Split”(Encapsulated Records)

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Encapsulated Records brings us a split record by Hell Night and Sweat Shoppe, two bands from St Louis, USA.

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This is a split e.p. so one band´s songs are per one side of the record. Hell Night are formed in 2014.and they play an interesting mixture of hardcore, thrash metal and new wave. Since 2016.the vocalist of this band is none other than Brian Fair, known as a singer of Shadows Fall and Overcast. The two songs represented on this record by Hell Night are brutal, gritty, with screamed vocals and in your face attitude. I loved “Unincorporated” and “Overburden” both a lot, with bass being very strong in the forefront, or is it just me?

Sweat Shoppe is also from St Louis and were formed in late 2015. This band is made of members well known in the underground scene, who played in Ultraman, The Horror Section or The Disappeared to name a few. Those three songs represented on this record are short, in your face punkrock energy bombs and I can say that I liked Sweat Shoppe side of the record a bit more than Hell Night, but it is an awesome release.

Links- Bandcamp:

https://hellnightstl.bandcamp.com/

https://encapsulatedrecords.bandcamp.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/encapsulatedrecords/

https://www.facebook.com/sweatshoppemusic/

 

 

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(record review)PRINCIP-“Fuck your empire/Culture of nothing”(Life As A Dream Records)

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Princip is a one man band playing wicked political hardcore punk with a crusty edge and I listened and reviewed both the e.p-s for this webzine. Both records came on Damjan´s label Life As A Dream Records, so keep your eyes and ears peeled for more awesome releases!

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Princip was I guess named after Gavrilo Princip, the guy who shot and killed Austro Hungarian crown prince in 1914.. in Sarajevo and thus started the World war I. Of course, the war was imminent, this was only the spark which set the fire alight. The music of PRINCIP is in fact very grim and raw hardcore punk, sometimes chaotic, with politically engaged lyrics against corporate wars, oppression and war. “Fuck your empire” contains 4 songs and it is a bit more raw and chaotic than “Culture of nothing”. The latter contains also 4 songs but is less raw in my opinion and the songs are better on that one. My personal favourite from that record is “Fucking killing”. Both e.p-s are great and I wish Damjan the best of luck with his releases and he´s got support from this webzine as far as we are concerned.

7,5/10

Bandcamp(both ep-s but also check out other releases):

https://lifeasadreamrecords.bandcamp.com/album/culture-of-nothing-ep

https://lifeasadreamrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-your-empire-ep

Life As A Dream Records Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/laadrecords

 

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(record review)MIDNIGHT CLIMAX-“S/T”

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Wow! To je sve što mogu napisati i reči nakon što sam preslušao više puta prvo studijsko izdanje Midnight Climax, hardcore punk benda čiji članovi dolaze iz različitih gradova, ali bend ima kao sjedište Zagreb.

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O ovom bendu je već bilo riječi u ovom webzineu kada sam recenzirao njihov prvi demo kao i radio interview s njima. Gledao sam ovaj bend uživo i mogu samo konstatirati da su uživo još veća hardcore energija nego na albumu. Zaprepastila me uigranost benda kao i odličan glas vokala Heneca. Na albumu se nalazi intro plus osam pjesama totalne hardcore brzine i energije. Album zvuči moćno i nabrijano, što ne čudi pošto je snima i studiu Depth kod Filipa Sertića. Tekstovi pjesama su smisleni, odlični i politički nabrijani i daju dozu bunta, ali sa neke osobne distance i promišljanja, svejedno ostavljajući dosta in your face hardcore udaraca. Tri od ovih osam pjesama sam već čuo na prvom demu, no nema veze, odlično su sjele pošto su sada snimljene kako treba. Na kraju mogu reči da me dugo neki album nije digao kao ovaj na domaćoj hardcore sceni i fali nam ovakvih bendova u doba kada je hardcore evoluirao i više gotovo nitko ne svira jednostavan in your face brzi hardcore punk. Sigurno jedan od kandidata za album godine na domaćoj sceni! Top pjesme: “Spasmic Life”, “Alienation” po mom mišljenju, ali sve su super!

10/10

Midnight Climax Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/midnightclimaxhc/

Bandcamp: https://midnightclimax.bandcamp.com/album/s-t