Legendary punk band Down By Law just released their brand new album through Cleopatra Records and I listened and reviewed this album for this webzine.
Led by the punk legend Dave Smalley(All, Dag Nasty), this band released their 11th album first since 2012. The record contains 12 songs of melodic punk. Who listened to their earlier albums will know what to expect. This means, mid tempo punkrock with lots of melody and heart and soul. I never dug this band a lot, this album is not different. I am sorry, but this music is just too similar and too boring for my taste. I love “Boredom”, “Mannequin” and couple of other songs but in the long run it all just doesn`t work for me and this music does not manage to reach my heart. It is a good album, but just did not work out for me.
Hardcore heavyweight crew Worst from Sao Paulo, Brasil dropped the new video for Draining Me, taken from their album “Desertro”. Released on September 7th on BDHW Rec.
Punk hardcore record label from Melbourne, Australia Dead Memory Records released this fine compilation as an Australian tribute to the awesome Epitaph Records. I listened to the record and reviewed it for this webzine.
I will just name the songs and the bands that I personally liked on this record. I just love Australian punk hardcore scene, I mentioned it before, it is such a rich and great scene with many bands coming to my ears every month and it is just awesome that music binds us together across half of the world distance. The record contains 15 songs varying in covers from metalcore to old school Epitaph classic melodic punk bands. I love Last covering “All I Want” by The Offspring. No Quarter did a fine job with “Greed”(Pennywise). The Phosphorus Bombs medley of Bad Religion songs is cracking with energy and makes you wanna dance all over your room while listening to the music. Dal Failure of NOFX˙s “The Bag” is atmospheric and nice. Incomplete covered Bad Religion “Do What You Want” with acoustic atmospheric start turning into fast punkrock anthem this song really is. The Orphan version of The Offspring˙s “Bad Habit” in metalcore style was just terrible for me. I am not going to reveal more songs and what bands they cover, you just have to find out for yourselves. This is a good compilation with more good than bad songs and a nice tribute to the label whose bands influenced so many of us.
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