Fairvale’s bastard-style of hardcore punk (ratcore) is heavily rooted in both punk and hard rock with influences stemming from LA and NYC. The band is comprised of current and past members of SoCal staples Ten Foot Pole and supergroup IMPLANTS as well as Dead Lazlo’s Place, Hardstride, The Autopsies, The Gritty End, Y.A.P.O. and more.
Fairvale is Brandon Solis (vocals), Chris Del Rio (guitar, bass), and Jessie Quinonez (drums). Their debut album Ratcore will be released via Cyber Tracks
Thin Ice are hardcore band from Schweinfurt, Germany and this is their new promo e.p. release to shorten the wait until the release of the band’s debut full length album. This e.p. contains three songs , two new and one re-recorded version. This is a modern hardcore standing with one leg in the nineties and all those metallic releases a la Biohazard, Madball, old Ryker’s and Brightside. There are not so much fast hardcore punk drumming parts, but there are moshing and mid tempo hardcore song parts just made for stage diving and singing along to gang backing vocals. This is street core in its truest sense of word. Of all three my personal favorite is new version of Less Talk, More Action. I haven’t listened to it before, so it is new for me anyway.
Nordend are from German hardcore scene and this is their new e.p. containing five songs. I love this one. It is a perfect mixture of modern melodic hardcore with some metal and street punk influences, yet retaining one leg firmly into old school hardcore influences. If I must compare them to some band, they reminded me in some parts of Comeback Kid. Lyrics are in German language with vocals which vary from shouted, angry screaming, spoken word and melodic singing, all that meaning singer is fantastic. Energy Nordend delivers is also totally touchable, you can sense it and almost touch it in the air floating around you and in you. Songs are mainly your fast hardcore punk with some excursions into moshing and metalized parts here and there. As I understand and speak German, lyrics deal with personal demons, survival, coping and finding strength to go on and battle depression, everyday and look deep into yourself and transform all hardcore energy and heart into something worth living and positive. My personal favorites are A-Okay and also Selbstportrait. Great record.
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