We stay on European soil in this week edition of Kraykulla Webzine. Vienna hardcore scene has always been fantastic with bands like Only Attitude Counts, Spidercrew and many more immediately coming to mind. Kickdown are also from that scene. Formed in 1998, this is their fifth full length album. What I love about Vienna style hardcore is that they mix brutality and street punk attitude, never forgetting their roots. Kickdown is no exception. They cleverly mix metallic riffs and sharp guitars with oi street influence, especially in fantastic Outlaws Anthem, but also leaning heavily on metal like in almost thrash metal /crossover The Rulez, reminding me a bit of more metal phase of Suicidal Tendencies in some parts of that song. My personal highlights from this record are also Follow Your Fate, Years Of Glory and Complete Control. This is great Euro hardcore record. Shout out to Vienna hardcore crew!
Holland hardcore punk scene has always been great and one of my favorite Euro hardcore scenes with so many great bands from the nineties until today. Justify All Means are from Holland and this is their new e.p. out with WTF Records. New e.p. contains four songs in about ten minutes or so. Music of Justify All Means is angry hardcore punk, bordering between moshing groove parts and old school street punk influences. Lyrics are about lost friendship, against war and weapons selling, finding the strength in yourself to carry on in hard times and I must admit it all sounds pretty powerful. Vocals remind me at times of Krmpa from Croatian hardcore heroes Deafness By Noise and gang backing vocals are made for singing along at gigs. My personal favorite is Unleash The Beast being more oi influenced songs reminding me of my roots. So support your local hardcore punk scene and check this one out.
Italian Metal/Hardcore act DAYSGONE are proud to announce that they’ve signed with TOO LOUD Records to release their first debut EP “DaysGone” that will be released on all streaming services on November 25th, 2021.
Band Statement: “We decided to sign with Too Loud because it is a dynamic and fresh reality. Definitely a fundamental point of support for our first record release. We are happy to undertake this path together with the whole Too Loud family.”
BIO: 2019. Winter. It was not yet known what coronavirus was. 4 guys in a room, who had known each other for a relatively short time, linked only to be colleagues or former co-workers. 4 instruments, Omar’s guitar and Melo’s bass, Paul’s voice and Tugno’s drumsticks. Thus was born the alchemy of DaysGone, each linked to different sounds but (in) consciously mixed together. So not just Metal, not just Hardcore, not just trash, not just Punk, but an explosion of wickedness and arrogance that distinguishes us at the first listen.
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