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(record review)Dim Into Dross-Specters of Indifference(Zegema Beach Records)

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Dim Into Dross are very interesting hardcore band. I listened and reviewed for our zine their record out with Zegema Beach Records.

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What is hardcore? Is hardcore on how many gigs you went, how many times you stagedived or moshed to, how many bands and famous people in the scene you know? No, motherfucker! It took me good 25 years to know that hardcore is what you feel inside, and being underground and loyal to the scene and ethics. Bands like Dim Into Dross give hope that hardcore lives and is stronger than ever. This record contains 10 songs of ferocious hardcore, played wild and with math precision. The guitar riffs are pretty noisy and dissonant, vocals are screamed and screeched, there are fast drumming straightforward parts, but also almost Dillinger Escape Plan inspired song parts bordering with noise and even metal. You can add to that some atmospheric parts and sludge visionary muddy rolling songs, you get the perfect picture what I am writing about, don´t you? I guess not. Have a listen. You won´t regret it. Recommended songs: We Will Break This, Osidian.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/dimintodross/

https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/specters-of-indifference

https://www.facebook.com/zegemabeachrecords/

 

 

 

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(record review)CLOWNS-Nature/Nurture(Fat Wreck Chords)

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Australian hardcore punk sensation Clowns have a new record out with Fat Wreck Chords in April and I listened and reviewed the record for our zine.

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I first saw Clowns perform live at a show in Zagreb, Croatia in 2017. I was struck with the ferociousness and primal wild energy of their performance almost feeling the wild and raw side of punkrock slapping me on my face. Now, two years later, their new record is here. Could they capture that spirit on the studio record, I asked myself? Of course! The new on contains 11 songs and first thing that comes to mind upon listening is the increase of various music structures and melody on this record. Don´t get me wrong, it still is their basic garage hardcore punk with all the speed and wild drive, but they managed to incorporate some very nice melodies in the background of the song structures. The musicianship of these guys is on very high level and it looks so easy when you see them playing their stuff, but it definitely is not. I love the melody of Bland Is The New Black, Freezing In The Sun or I Wanna Feel Again. There are also some psychodelic parts like in May I Be Exhumed and of course the calm atmospheric oriental parts of Nurture were a music to my ears. These are highlights of this record for me, but you should get this one, listen and find yours. Great one!

9/10

https://www.facebook.com/clownsband/

https://www.facebook.com/fatwrecksf/

 

 

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(record review)DATURA-Domani Questo Non Sara Mai Successo(Lostdog Records/Non Ti Seguo Records)

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Italian hardcore/screamo band Datura just released their new e.p. via Lostdog Records and Non Ti Seguo Records and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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The record contains 3 songs of darkened, screaming, noisy hardcore with lyrics sung in Italian language. The first one, Rosso Arteria is an ode to beautiful, melancholic, screamy emotional hardcore with brutality and sadness mixing in one great lake of murky dark waters.

The second, Resia is for me the best song on the e.p. having awesome mixture of melody, slower atmospheric parts and straightforward noise hardcore. Third song called Filigrana starts light with vocals and guitar, but evolves into hymn to anguish and inner felt demons that fight with our psyche every single day. Great record!

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/datura.screamo/

https://www.facebook.com/LostdogRec/

https://www.facebook.com/nontiseguo

https://datura-screamo.bandcamp.com/album/domani-questo-non-sar-mai-successo

https://lostdogrec.bandcamp.com/