Time flies, who would have thought that this is already 25th birthday of our favorite Arizona sons called Authority Zero. What better way to celebrate than with live album which represents practically all parts of their career, hits that made them loved and respected by hordes of fans in the world. What I love about this live record that it captures all the rawness of hardcore punk this band provides in their basics added with all the melody and reggae parts and of course tight musicianship making them one unstoppable force to reckon with. The non stop singing along by the crowd made goosebumps on my skin while listening to this one. All the older hits like One More Minute, Over Seasons, Mesa Town, Revolution are here, but also new hits like When We Rule The World and Broadcasting To The Nations. This is a great document celebrating the birthday of this much loved band.
Canadian purveyors of melodic hardcore Counterparts are back with new album out with Pure Noise Records. There are 10 new songs on this record with Love Me being short kind of intro before Wings of Nightmares takes us into world of modern melodic hardcore with grooves changing place with fast outbursts and screaming vocals evolve into melodic catchy shouting made for jumping along at gigs. Paradise and Plague is a song they chose to make video for, and I love the dark vibe and hopeless atmosphere it makes in my mind while listening. The overall vibe of this album for me is somehow melancholic and sad, so I love it of course haha. The Hands That Used To Hold Me and the title track are for sure to become your favorites being for me the highlights of the album. This is modern melodic hardcore par excellence.
Like Torches from Stockholm, Sweden are back with their new record on Victory Records. These Swedes have progressed since their last release and here is the new record with 10 songs mixing melodic hardcore with pop punk and even prog elements in some songs making it one very pleasurable listen for us. The songs are memorable, flowing and there are no fillers on this one for sure. What is best, I can relate myself in many of the song titles and lyrics. My personal favorites on this one are The Guilt of Surviving, Silver Lines and the title track. I can hardly wait to see this band play live, because I believe they are just fantastic live with this and also older material. This one is a keeper, so go listen and get this one.
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