It is fascinating how Wisdom In Chains grew from the international project band that couple of friends founded in 2001. to have fun, to a full fledge hardcore machine seventeen years later and one of the most beloved and respected bands in the today´s scene. This is their new album that came out via Demons Run Amok and I listened to the record and reviewed it for this zine.
The album contains 13 songs of pure blooded hardcore. What I love about this band is that they stayed true to their roots. Although there are some metallic influences in some songs like for example Slow Drown, they kept that original melody and anthemic choruses just made for sing along because of which I love this band so much. There are lot of punk rooted songs like Better Than I Was and The Boy And The Cave. The lyrics of Wisdom In Chains tell the story for themselves. They are personal but done with so much passion and I can totally relate to most of the songs and that is indeed the meaning of hardcore music. One of my personal favorites that made my heart full and made me jumping and pogo is Palisade Cliffs and I listened to it again and again. Other songs that I love really much are Turn My Back and Someday. This is definitely one of the best hardcore records that came out this year!
Dear fiends and fiendettes, it is time for some psychobilly mixed with punk on the pages of this webzine. Rocker Arms from Holland are veterans of the scene being formed in 1999. and playing with some lineup changes until now. This is their new record which I listened and reviewed for this webzine.
The record contains seven songs of psychobilly mayhem with a lot of punk influences thrown in the song structures for good measure. “Joey” is a melodic song leaning heavily on punky riffs, psychobilly guitar work and nice melodic vocal lines. “Closer to me” is a more of a classic psychobilly song again with nice melodic chorus and some surf influences thrown in. “Free Beer 4 All” also owes more to the band˙s psychobilly roots than to punkrock but it is a very heavy sounding song nonetheless. “Don`t tell me” is a hymn to freedom, not living caged by boundaries and being truely free of conformism. “Dressed in red” starts as a horror psychobilly song with whispered word, thunder and has that old school black and white horror movie vibe. It is for me maybe the best song on this record. “Punk Nr” is just what the title says pure blood punkabilly song, fast and strong instrumental. “28” closes the record in the energetic fast and wrecking psycho style. This is a great record so if you are a fan of such music have a grab on this one!
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