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(record review)ME AS WELL-Shipwrecks & Melodies

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Karlovac, the town in Croatia, has always been fertile soil for underground scene, having an awesome amount of great bands with names like Kontra, Scud, Flaster of Disaster, NSIB and many others immediately coming to my mind. Me As Well are one of younger bands in that scene, with one e.p. and one full length album out prior to this record. Their great and energetic shows, built them respect and much love in the scene.

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This new e.p. contains 5 songs, three in English and two in Croatian language. The music is still that high energetic melodic hardcore with vocalists Maja and Leo forming an impressive melodic soundscape which makes goosebumps on my skin. I love both songs in Croatian(Lajavi Pas and Grad), being fast and melodic anthems with great lyrics and choruses that made me smile, hum and sing along. The title song is in my opinion one of the best songs MAW did until now, with calm beginning and then evolving to fast and melodic heartwarming song. The song called Reaction shows how powerful this band in fact is, both vocally and instrumentally. Echo is a nice miniature of melodic but furious hardcore. This is one of the best releases to come out of Croatia this year!

10/10

https://measwell.bandcamp.com/

 

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(record review)BILLYBIO-Feed The Fire

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I must say that I love Biohazard. Their first three records are for me a milestone in hardcore and they helped me form my brain towards the other hardcore bands and the richness of our scene.

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Now, with Biohazard being on hold or indefinite hiatus, the mastermind Billy Graziadei formed his solo project, BillyBio, surrounded himself with quality experienced scene musicians, recorded and released this record.

The record contains 13 tracks, 2 being kinda interludes. Music of BillyBio is not unlike his main band, but evolved more into modern version of hardcore with metal and punk and also some industrial influences. Besides classic nyhc, there are rock n roll melodic songs on the record like one of my favorites Generation Z, or brutal metalized, but still enough hardcore Sodality. I can only imagine how this material sounds great and energetic live. I can˙t wait to check this out live! This is a great record, made by the veteran of hardcore scene.

8/10

 

 

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(record review)THE SOBERS-The Sobers IV

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I must admit that I have never heard of The Sobers prior to this record, but now I am so happy that I did after I listened and reviewed their new record for our zine.

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The Sobers are punkrock band from Marseille, France and their new record contains 13 songs. I was blown away at the start of the album how greasy and dirty it sounds and how easily it evolves into beautiful melody in the first song D.L.D. So, the music these guys play is dirty, but still melodic punk with mainly personal, but also good and smart lyrics. I would definitely love to hear how this material sounds live. Damn! Vocals are harsher sung, but still enough melodic and appealing, backing and harmony vocals are awesome too, so all of you who read my reviews know how important are the vocals for me in such bands. There are some songs that were more outstanding for me, those being: Shitty Halo, It Could Have Been A Better Day, Blood Feud. This is a great album for the fans of rawer, yet melodic punkrock.

7/10

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https://thesobers.bandcamp.com/album/the-sobers-iv