Portlandś Wired Shut released their demo tape with Modern Illusion Records for EU and it contains three songs. Featuring current and former members of Hoods and Sinking Ships, this band plays hardcore just the way I like it, fast and furious, done in an old school not those coded messages in slowed down songs hehe. Manipulator is a fast and raw song with some catchy guitar work and lyrics that all hardcore scenes in the world can relate to, liars and manipulators who corrupt our scene with their existence. Again And Again is for me the best song on this tape, being an anthem with solid street punk roots and as I read the lyrics, I think they are about addiction and not getting out of the toxic loop. Stay Away is a short but sweet hardcore bomb. Can´t wait for the new material to come out!
There are 13 songs on this record, some being instrumentals serving as an intermezzo in all the chaotic storm of Carrion Spring´s music. The music of this band could be described as very dark hardcore with screaming vocals and overall apocalyptic atmosphere. When I am listening to this band, I feel like I am watching the fall of the system and the world ending in a painful throes screaming. Hardcore punk mixes with screamo, even blastbeats in some song structures with a pinch of sludge and powerviolence added in for good measure.
The soundtrack to the apocalypse is here and it is called Carrion Springs, so go get this record if you are a fan of darkened hardcore. Recommended songs: God Damage, Anthropos, Carrion Spring.
The Brainiax are just releasing their new record with the mighty Batcave Records. I listened and reviewed the record for our zine.
These guys are hailing from Portland and I must admit that I have never heard of them prior to this record. The music of The Brainiax can be described as psychobilly, leaning more heavily on the old school psycho bands like Demented Are Go, Batmobile and similar legendary bands. This record contains 10 songs of old school hard rocking psychobilly with some ska influences(Cape Fear), also, I can hear some doo wop rock n roll in No Way. The album is varied and in no way boring, with country influenced The Bastard Sun, for me one of the best songs on the album Devil Doll. Anyway, the best songs come in the last third of the album, namely Hideous Horrific and House On The Hill, being psycho hits for the new millenia haha. Good one.
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