Ruhrpott/Germany-based hardcore and skate punk band Angry Youth Elite is back with their new single ‘Cold Outside’. The track precedes the new album ‘All Riot’, which will be released by Bakraufarfita Records in June.
‘The song is about a real incident. After a show in cold November, a drunk homeless man ran in front of my car and fell on the ground. I helped him up and offered to help. He didn’t want to be helped, pushed me away and went his way. Since it was so extremely cold, I called the police so they could check on the man. They replied that you don’t come out for every drunk homeless person. An ambulance can also only be sent if he is injured. I then decided to take action myself and drove around the place all night looking for him in case he needed help. Except for a few broken beer bottles, all I found were empty streets,’ said Charlie, lead singer of Angry Youth Elite.
This little ep release is between Finnish Dispyt and Polish Death Crusade. Both bands are featured with two songs on this one. Dispyt are more d-beat straightforward classic Finnish school of hardcore crust punk with two songs, fast, relentless and done in a way only Finns can do. Cold, yet energetic. Also, check out the video for ‘Deras mörker’, nice piece of work. Second song ‘Vanvett’ has a nice apocalyptic doomy part with melancholic little guitar melody miniature in the background of the hardcore punk attack. Death Crusade were already recently featured on the pages of this webzine, so you know what to expect. That means, d-beat metallic crust hardcore punk with angry shouted growled vocals and two songs of total apocalyptic mayhem. Death Crusade are more harsh and brutal then Dispyt and sounding a lot more powerful, at least on this little record. Nice release by two great bands.
Coping Method are hailing from San Francisco, California and this is their self recorded demo containing an intro plus five songs. Music is just the way I like it, fast and at times chaotic. This is hardcore punk bordering with power violence and also some slower, sludgy stuff thrown in with screaming vocals, thundering bass and tortured apocalyptic atmosphere and vibe coming your way. Songs like ‘Cope’, ‘Torture’ or ‘Behold’ are sure to win you over with their vision of hardcore punk. This is a great demo by great band. I also love and encourage use of samples, it is always great. I look forward to next releases by this great band. Hardcore lives!
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