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(record review)Rise Above-Painkiller(WTF Records)

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Rise Above are hardcore band from Holland and I listened and reviewed their new record for our zine. The record is out with WTF Records.

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This is a relatively new band on the scene but the members played in numerous bands on the underground scene prior to forming this one. There are six songs on this record bordering between old school hardcore and 90-ies metalic hardcore sound. This record takes me back to the 90-ies when I was a kid growing up listening to metal and hardcore and this kind of band would be at the top of my list back then. Curiously, it still is at the top. Vicious thrash metalic riffs, backed with staccato fast drums, cut with moshing groove parts and gang singing back vocals just made to sing along at the top of your lungs in front and on the stage. This is also topped with screaming shouted vocals and some catchy punkrock riffs, sure to have a winner here. The lyrics are personal as I can hear, but with subtle social thematics and I think that you as a hardcore kid can relate to these songs. Recommended songs: Time To See, Painkiller, Live And Let Die. Good one!

8/10

https://wtfrecords.eu/

 

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(new single) Ink Bomb just released their new single Griefwalker.

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Dutch melodic punkrockers Ink Bomb just released their new single called Griefwalker. The song is taken from the forthcoming debut album Fiction, scheduled to come out on August 23.

Weird song structure
Griefwalker is a perfect sneak preview of Fiction. “Griefwalker has that typical skate punk sound we are known for but also features a weird song structure and some complex drum rhythms you wouldn’t normally find in a punk rock song clocking in under two minutes”, bass player Arina Banga explains.

Fear of dying
“The name of the song is derived from a 2008 Canadian documentary”, clarifies singer Joost Hoedemaeckers. “It’s basically a thought experiment on the collective human fear of dying. Why are we afraid to die? Griefwalker is about the notion that we shouldn’t be afraid of death but live with it. Walk alongside death or accept help in confronting it.”

Revisiting soundcheck drums
“The funny thing about this song is that our drummer Paul van de Geijn wrote most of his parts while I was doing the soundcheck for the Swim EP”, says guitarist Quirijn Foeken, who recorded and produced the entire record. “When we started writing Fiction, the first thing is we did is revisit those drums because there was a really cool song hidden there”.

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Griefwalker is available on Youtube, Spotify, iTunes and other streaming services. More information is available on https://www.inkbomb.nl

Ink Bomb is a Dutch punk rock band that has made quite a splash since its inception in 2015. After the release of their debut EP Invincible Summer in 2016, the band found its way to a lot of stages in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Ink Bomb released their second EP Swim in November 2017 and received great reviews in magazines from Japan, to Germany and Croatia. With the release of their debut album Fiction this August, they are going to conquer more heart and souls all over the world in 2019.

Their songs, reminiscent of Bad Religion and No Fun At All, reflect the journey each band member made in their life, and the journey the band made as a whole. Even in the most upbeat happy pop punk song, there’s room for melancholy and dark lyrics.

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Ink Bomb’s debut album Fiction will be released on August 23

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After the successful release of our EPs ‘Invincible Summer’ (2016) and ‘Swim’ (2017), Ink Bomb is ready for the next step. This next step is called Fiction. It’s their most ambitious, fastest, aggressive, catchy and fearless release yet.

“On Fiction, we have further developed our own sound. I can’t wait for the whole world to hear it!” singer Joost Hoedemaeckers says.

The title Fiction can be explained in multiple ways but mainly refers to the post-truth society of today. Science and journalism are coming under increasing pressure, while facts no longer seem crucial.

In addition, books, reading and fiction are indispensable for Ink Bomb members. Conversations on the road or backstage often are about a novel or other book that has been read by one of the musicians. Thus, fiction influences the lyrics of the band directly and indirectly.

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Photo by Matthijs Mekking

It still takes a while before it is August 23rd. Luckily, the first single Griefwalker will be released next week, on Friday 31 May.