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MÜ – Revenge (Modern Illusion Records)

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The good people at Modern Illusion Records deliver amazing records and I am really proud for being able to support this label and they keep the scene flame burning and alight! This time, they surprised me with MÜ, band from Milwaukee/Wisconsin. Their record “Revenge” is now available in our store and limited to 50 tapes.

This record contains 6 short but sweet songs done just the way I like it, meaning old school hardcore not unlike Minor Threat and similar bands, raw with a bit of melody and shouted vocals, leaning more on punk side of things than on metal. I love all of the songs, but if I must choose some as highlights of this record, that would be Prophet, Cop Song and Life´s Game.

The music also has some of youth crew vibe in some of the songs, but also a bit chaotic hardcore added in like in weird parts of Cop Song making it very interesting to listen with sirens, bass parts, machine gun burst drums turning into raw punk hardcore. Nice one indeed!

So, go write a word or two to Chris and Modern Illusion Records crew, I am sure they will appreciate it a lot! Also, support the cause and hardcore worldwide and check out their releases, because they are worth it.

https://modernillusionrecords.portfoliobox.net/

(review) Sabertooth – Of Shadows Yet To Come

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Ach, how good it feels when you remember that hardcore scene is alive and well, thriving and pulsing with awesome bands and message they carry keeping the cause alive and fires alight.

This time, some Euro hardcore coming your way with Sabertooth from France. This is their new e.p. with 4 songs. I love it. The music is fast harsh hardcore, ingrained more in street punk roots than in metal yet retaining some nineties metal influenced mosh parts in the song structures. Boomerang is a superb song about something all of us experienced, betrayal, disappointment with friends in the scene. One Heartbeat Away is a song that is my personal favorite on this record. Anthemic old school hardcore guitar work, super lyrics about heartbreak and being able to forgive makes this song a mandatory hardcore anthem. Wrecking Crew is a stomping behemoth of a song, most nineties and mosh influenced of all four, talking about energy that is present in all of us at the hardcore show. It is the hardest song on this record, but it has a gentle melody hidden beneath in some song parts. The title song is also epic, journey into fighting inner demons, being able to protect loved ones and after all being energetic hardcore bomb that makes you want more of this band after this e.p. finishes. This one has nice singalong parts and I would just love to hear all these songs live because I am sure this band is a bomb on stage and I am really glad that I was able to present their music in this zine.

Write them a word or two if you like their music, I am sure they will appreciate it. Support the scene and the cause of hardcore worldwide.

https://sthc51.bandcamp.com/album/of-shadows-yet-to-come

Brutal Assault added 20 new bands in the line-up for 2021!

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20 new bands in the Brutal Assault 2021 line-up!

This crazy year already wrapped, we are more than thrilled to announce a new batch of bands confirmed for the upcoming BA 2021! We are adding more than 20 bands to the line-up covering a whole spectrum of genres, without forgetting any essentials!

If any of you orthodox metalheads do not have a ticket yet, do not waste any more time as we have confirmed a thrash legend from the Bay Area, the forerunner of Machine Head – yes, Phil Demmel will bring the re-united VIO-LENCE! By the time of the festival their new EP should be out, so you can be looking forward to some new stuff! The thrash unit of our line-up is further joined by British ONSLAUGHT, who are taking the genre to a next level of brutality with their new album “Generation Antichrist” and technical death thrashers REVOCATION, who are extremely cleverly oscillating between the 80’s tradition and more technical modern!

Brutal Assault’s line-up is not just about destructive power. Regardless of the genre, everybody just wanna have fun and the trio of stoner rock bands, who will take over our stages, will undoubtedly make the beer flow. Get ready for a huge moshpit at the popular jokers RED FANG as well as at the vital heavy rockers CLUTCH. The third to rock the stage is JOHN GARCIA and his The Band of Gold, the owner of the unforgettable voice of the legendary Kyuss!

Now let’s add up a bit of death metal. Its melodic and atmospheric offshoot will be represented twice by Finland: INSOMNIUM and MORS PRINCIPIUM EST! The faster and more progressive position is taken by Americans – Trevor Strnad with his melodic THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, striking progressives RIVERS OF NIHIL and NEKROGOBLIKON with their crazy little green goblin. And on top of all of these we can’t forget the Danish quartet adoring a shamelessly rotten sound – UNDERGANG! Ugh! Our list wouldn’t be complete without a dash of experimental. The pioneers of industrial / electro rock DIE KRUPPS surely do not need a further introduction. However, we are also adding the pioneers of the Czech EBM – the masters of provocation, messengers of evil and kings of Czech hard electronics VANESSA! You can also look forward to the Norwegian MANES, whose unique mix of rock, electronic genres and heavy guitars has no borders whatsoever. No less interesting will be the reunited death/doom PHLEBOTOMIZED from the Netherlands.

Hardcore punk hybrid from Northern California, balancing consciousness with total chaos and elements of metal ferocity, will be brought to you by DEATH BY STEREO!

We are nearly finished. But have no worries, black and doom metal is not to be forgotten! Melancholy from Germany will get over you with funeral doom AHAB and their murmur as deep as the Marian Trench. Furthermore, and epic mixture of atmospheric black metal with sludge / post-hardcore will be spread acroos the fortress by REGARDE LES HOMMES TOMBER. The atmospheric wave will also come across with English WINTERFYLLETH, whose black metal uncovers doom and pagan-folk sceneries.

Brutal Assault 2021 will take place in five monstrous days on August 10-14. 2021. As for now, ⅔ of the festival’s line up of 150 performers are confirmed, so there are more names to be added still! If you’d like to support us, get your ticket as soon as possible. We are looking forward to all of you!

Tickets: https://brutalassault.cz/en/tickets

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/493050868165392