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(record review)BORN FROM PAIN-True Love(BDHW Rec)

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Born From Pain are back with their new album out via BDHW Records and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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These guys are European hardcore veterans being around since Summer of 1997. and they play modern version of hardcore owning as much to punk roots as also thrash metal roots.

The new record contains 12 songs of brutal in your face moshing hardcore with street smart attitude and lyrics. Born From Pain now sound like a cross between Slayer, Testament and Madball thrown in one blender. Freddy from Madball is performing as guest on Bombs Away, for me the best song on this record with me being more of faster punk hardcore than this modern metal beatdown they call hardcore nowadays. But, don´t get me wrong, there are good songs on this record like Suffocate or the title track standing out as great. If you are into modern street hardcore with metal influences, European way, don´t wait up, go get this record as soon as possible.

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7,5/10

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(record review)OPTIMIST-Vermachtnis(BDHW Rec)

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Optimist come from Germany, Ruhr area and I listened to and reviewed their new record for our zine. The record is out now on BDHW Records.

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This is the second album from the quintet who polished their unique aggressive sound to style between grindcore and hardcore. The record contains intro plus 10 songs. The lyrics are all in German language and as I understand German the lyrics are pretty bleak and without hope, apocalyptic and darkened. After the noisy and black intro which serves as an announcement of what it is to come, the song Das Ende Allen Seins is fast almost d-beat and grindcore song about the end of everything. There are some sludge and doomy influences for example in Wutrausch and again more fast straightforward aggressive songs like Lethargie. There are some Napalm Death like more metalic sounding slower songs like excellent title track or Rattengier. This music is not for everyone, but the fans of non happy, non merry go round smiling grind hardcore punk will adore this record and this band. I would love to check out this band live. Good one.

8/10

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FAT WRECK CHORDS SIGNS CLOWNS! NEW SONG IS HERE TO LISTEN! PRE-ORDER THE NEW RECORD!

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Get ready to have a new favorite FAT band, y’all! We signed Clowns! Straight outta Straya (that’s Australia for all you squares), they’ve been tearing it up for years. As long-time fans, we’re stoked to welcome them into the FAT fold and release their brand-new album, Nature/Nurture on April 12th. FAT’s got you covered worldwide, except in Oz, where Damaged Records will be doing the honors.

Vocalist, Stevie Williams expounds on their latest effort: “Nature/Nurture is an amalgamation of our last three records, which we’ve made over the last 6 or so years,” he says. “Our line-up has been a little bit fluid over the years, but this record is the band really coming to fruition with this line-up and with all the different sounds that we’ve experimented with over the years – everywhere from super-adolescent punk rock to nine-minute long psych jams.”

Don’t let “psych jams” throw you; Nature/Nurture is a ripper. So, whatcha waiting for? Bounce over to our YouTube channel and listen to the first blistering track, “Prick.” Then, pre-order your copy today! Aussies head here to grab yours!