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(review) A Gathering of None-Give Up The Ghost

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A Gathering of None started as a one man project by TB from Blitzkid, sometime in 2011 when those legends were going towards their end which happened in 2012 and TB wanted to do something new and inspiring. In time, it evolved into full band. This is the latest 6 song e.p.

The music of A Gathering of None is breaking all the boundaries and is situated somewhere between horror punk, metal and punk rock. Of course, there is no escape from horror punk influences and awesome melodies like in Maybe Someday, being at the same time horror punk anthem but also having nice metallic touch and groove to the riffs. Also, TB is one of my favorite vocals in the scene and his voice makes every song even more special. My other personal favorite on this record is Weed Them Out to which I can totally relate lyrically and personally, also being fantastic song musically, with that bass solo and heavy rolling drums through the song ending. Rise(One Last Grasp At Hope) is a ballad, which left goosebumps on my skin, with lyrics, atmosphere and all, especially with me being at the lowest point of my life this year since February and no, not due to that covid shit. There should be a new release in December, so have a listen to this excellent e.p. until that time.

https://agatheringofnone.bandcamp.com/album/give-up-the-ghost

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(review) LOKI-DEMONIZE

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Loki is a living legend of underground and horror punk scene. He spent years playing in notable bands such as Gotham Road, Argyle Goolsby, Mister Monster, Darrow Chemical Company…

I had luck that I met him in person when he played in Zagreb with Michale Graves prior to all that shit Michale did and said recently. I shook Loki´s hand and talked a bit with him about Darrow Chemical Company, past and future. He is very friendly and down to Earth guy.

Now, on his solo e.p. This e.p contains 6 songs in about a little more than twenty minutes. Three songs are his and they are nice mixture of metal influences and horror punk, I might say an amalgamation of what Loki did with his previous projects and best. His voice is very cool and melodic and fits perfectly to the songs. Three songs are covers by Eleven, Bouncing Souls and Hozier. My favorite songs on this e.p. are definitely Another Setback and Demon Eyes.

https://lokiguitarofficial.bandcamp.com/music

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The Karnsteins – Fhtagntastic Necropunk

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The Karnsteins are hailing from Bratislava, Slovakia and this is the first horror punk band from Slovakia on the pages of this zine with this nice Lovecraftian album title hehe. This record contains 9 songs of awesome horror punk with lots of uplifting melodies, singalong parts, nice choruses and clever use of movie samples. Okay, some of the songs sound a bit tongue in cheek humor, but no matter, that is the beauty of horror punk. Bordering between hardcore punk with faster songs like Ball of the damned, more punk rock songs like Necropogo this band rules. Especially songs like Count Kramula, Ghost of Charles Lee Ray and the title song are sure to win you over. Horror punk is so diverse, with so many influences coming in the song structures, that I love this small, but cohesive scene making it my favorite music in the world ever and I have been in the scene for almost thirty years now. Get this album, have a listen and write a word or two to the guys, I am sure they will appreciate it.

https://karnsteins.bandcamp.com/album/fhtagntastic-necropunk