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(review) Nothing Left-Disconnected(Facedown Records)

January 7, 2020 vladkraykulla Leave a comment

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Nothing Left are back with their first full length album out with Facedown Records. We get 9 songs of more brutal, apocalyptic hardcore. In fact, these guys are playing what we called in the 90-ies new school hardcore, meaning metalic riffs, brutal vocals, mosh parts, grooves, but also enough old school fast straightforward parts to make it hardcore not metal. This sounds to me like Madball crossed paths with Integrity and met Slayer somewhere along the way. Good references, aren˙t they? For me, somehow Dust Into Dust, Into The Emptiness and the title song somehow work out the best as the highlights for this record. This is a good one, if you are a fan of hardcore such as this.

8/10

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(record review)PEACE OF MIND-PENANCE(Dead Serious Recordings)

September 6, 2018 vladkraykulla Leave a comment

Peace of Mind are part of the European hardcore scene, coming from Thuringian forest area in Germany. These guys have a new album via Dead Serious Recordings and I listened to the record and reviewed it for our webzine.

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The album contains 12 songs of what we called new school hardcore back in the 90-ies. That means, the music of Peace of Mind reminds me of the crossbreed between Strife, Snapcase and 108. That might be only me, but this is how it sounds to me. The production on the record is crystal clear and the songs possess that angry vibe, energy that makes you wanna do something, not only sit and wait life will bring to you while you are passive. I love apocalyptic vibe of War Never Changes or Perdition. Although I am a fan of faster, more old school stuff, this is a nice band for all you fans of modern hardcore played with heart, balls and conviction.

8/10