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(review) Cro-Mags-From The Grave(Victory Records)

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New York hardcore legends Cro-Magsare back with a new seven inch e.p. out with Victory Records. There are three songs on this record the title track featuring Phil Campbell of Motorhead. I am sure Harley and the boys loved it. I am glad that all of the court unpleasentries and gossips are over and Cro-Mags are stronger than ever with Harley enjoying second youth delivering mindblowing gigs all over the world. For me, the best song on this e.p. is PTSD reminding me a lot of Best Wishes hits although I am not some nostalgic motherfucker who listens and wants only old material, on the contrary both new e.p.-s are superb, musicianship is tight and hardcore energy is present greater than ever. Between Wars is an atmospheric, kinda dark and longer song, more complex than the aformentioned two, it shows how capable this band is to create great songs. Go check out this one, hardcore still lives! Love it!

 

 

(review)AGNOSTIC FRONT-Get Loud(Nuclear Blast)

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NYHC legends Agnostic Front are back with brand new studio album, four years after the last one called The American Dream Died was released. The new record containing 14 new songs in a way continues where the last one left off, delivering in your face old shool hardcore with a lot of fast songs reminding me a lot of the old days of this band. The first single Spray Painted Walls and its anthemic riff deliver the right beginning of the record, before fast old school hardcore miniature Anti-Social sets in. The streetpunk and oi roots of Agnostic Front are more than obvious on every record band makes, so the title track is pure streetpunk oi anthem with main bass line being the skeleton of the song structure. Conquer and Divide is a bit more metalic fast song, reminding for example of songs written for Another Voice or Warriors albums.

The second single I Remember is sure to become one of live favorites with catchy main riff, great sing along part at the end and Vinnie Stigma delivering some vocals along with Roger. Dead Silence is another AF song styled like all the material from the last couple of albums, metalic, yet having that familiar streetsmart vibe.  AF Stomp is a short instrumental ideal for live intro. The song that connects on Stomp, namely Urban Decay is another great streetpunk anthem nodding head to old school street oi punk with great lyrics, as always. Snitches Get Stiches is probably the greatest song title I have heard in last couple of years, sounds cheesy, but AF always lived what they sang about, along with Cro-Mags, so this is great hardcore anthem. Isolated is a song about being angry, alienated and discarded from society. In My Blood is for me absolutely one of the highlights on this album being a song  about why we are all still in this music and scene and I am sure this one will also be favorite live. Attention is a song that would fit equally in Madball opus, being hard, groovy and aggressive. Pull The Trigger actually reminds me the most of One Voice era songs and I love it. Devastated is a hardcore anthem for singing along and wanting more.

This is one of the top five AF albums and one of the best in last ten years or so.

 

(news) Browbeat released their cover version of Madball`s Hold it Down, check it out!

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Italian hardcore/metal act Browbeat has revealed today their personal version of the famous Madball track “Hold It Down”. About the new track, the band says: “Our own personal tribute to an NYHC legend. A band that has strongly influenced our music and that we had the honour to share the stage with during the summer. STAY HC!!!”. The new album “Remove The Control”, is available now in physical and digital via Indelirium Records.

01. The New Slavery Nation (Intro)
02. The Labor Blackmail
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When The Profit Kills
04. A Forgotten Number
05. Underpaid
06. Nothing More And Nothing Less
07. A Personal War
08. The Power Of The Few
09. The Suffocated Rights
10. Remove The Control… Till Death!