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(review) HolyName – HolyName (Facedown Records)

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HolyName were already featured on the pages of this zine, as they released singles that were prior to the release of this full length opus with Facedown Records. This one features twelve songs. Music of HolyName is not Krishna hardcore as their name would suggest(anybody remembers the same titles 108’s album?), but it is also devotional in lyrics, this time a love letter to their beliefs and their souls and what the guys in the band carry within themselves. Music of HolyName is interesting mixture of gentle melodies with post hardcore guitar vibes and atmosphere, like in Meet Me Somewhere. But, there are also harsher and strong metalized hardcore elements where brutal vocals mix perfectly with almost ethereal clean main vocals on choruses. The perfect example for that is one of my personal favorites Creed. There are also some almost blast beat drums in Sect, another personal favorite of mine. I don’t know why exactly but in vibe these guys remind me a bit of hardcore version of Polish band Batushka. Incredible how this band shifts with ease from doom metal influences to blasts of hardcore energy to ethereal melodies and this album shows really varied and strong songwriting. Great one.

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(review) Scumbag – Scumbag Stomp

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Well, it’s been time already. Here is brand new debut opus from Scumbag, new band from Varaždin, Croatia, but its members are veterans playing in other bands and projects. Basically, this is DIY crossover, sounding dirty and raw yet energetic with lots of misanthropy in lyrics and apocalyptic and messages with hate to humanity which I stand behind and like hundred percent. Music is just that, old school mix of hardcore and thrash metal, reminding me a lot of S.O.D. in many parts. Vocalist Darac sounds angry and raw, yet you can understand what he is singing hehe, of course if you are into extreme music like we are, so that is another plus. I can hardly wait to check Scumbag live because this album is all about not giving a fuck about anything and that is what this scene lacks nowadays. Great debut.

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(fanzine review) Out Of The Darkness – #12

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Out Of The Darkness fanzine is no stranger to the pages of this zine, because this is one of the rare hardcore punk fanzines still standing strong in this regional scene, namely from Serbia. Led by veterans of the scene, helped with couple of younger forces, this machine gets better from number to number, being one of my all time favorite fanzines besides long gone Tri Drugara, Ponos provincije and Lifeline, speaking of fanzines from this region. This number twelve brings excellent interview with Fistra, long time scene lifer, I know him from 1995 when he was singing in Verbalni Delikt, later on in AK-47 and Ljubiša Samardžić, now the interview is based on history, but also on his work with new band called Sukob, whose review you were able to read in this zine a while ago. Also, there are couple of interviews that I read, but they do not stand in memory as great, but I must also mention interview with Felix, singer of The Truth, about label Mad Schnauzer Records. Excellent, informative and inspiring. There is also beautiful special about Fugazi gigs in Yugoslavia and later on in ex Yugoslavia, great Vipera/Rules tour report, couple of columns and gig reports, also reviews. This one only proofs what I said above. How great this fanzine really is. Review of number 13 coming soon.