I must admit I have never listened to Arterials prior to this record. Their new record is out with Gunner Records. Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, these guys play nice hardcore punk mixed with some melodic mid tempo punk thrown here and there, but they do this great. I especially like the vocals being rough voice yet singing when needed and creating total goosebumps with fine melodies. I love fast more straightforward songs like Jaded & Hated but also more mid tempo emotional Pump The Brakes or Friendship Is A Four Letter Word. The lyrics are more personal, but I think everyone can relate to them nicely. This is nothing new or special, but punkrock with balls and conviction and I love this album.
Tired and Trustless is basically two men internet project with instrumentals from Tom Schlatter (Hundreds of AU, You and I, The Assistant) and vocals/noise from Nathaniel Murray (Karloff, No Funeral Records). These 7 short songs offer a mixture of hardcore punk, noise core, screamo and even powerviolence frenzy with screaming vocals, fast drumming, some midtempo or slower sludgy parts, nervous guitars, atmosphere for the end of the world killed by virus germs hehe. The lyrics are short and personal, more of a haiku style with almost every song lasting under a minute, time quickly passes with this short but sweet outburst of chaos, rage and despair.
Hardcore from Zabok is back! .UPSET are back with a new album after some time, like four or five years without new recording. This new record brings 10 excellent songs of pure hardcore, modern touch with a nod of respect towards old school guard and being an energetic bomb in our scene. Guitar riffs have some metal influences, the vocals are brutal, yet melodic in places where melody is needed. The lyrics are in English and deal with usual hardcore themes, friendship, surviving in this modern fast world, personal demons, scene, staying true and other jolly topics that need to be said from hardcore bands. But, after being in the scene for nearly 28 years, this is still important to me, still hold it in my heart. Recommended songs: HC Show, You Or Me, Shadows, Nothing.
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