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(record review) AMALIA BLOOM-Maiden Voyage

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Italy never ceases to amaze with the underground hardcore punk scene over there. This time I listened and reviewed for our zine the new Amalia Bloom record.

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These guys are hailing from Vicenza, Italy and are playing melodic hardcore punk with post hardcore and some screamo influences. The new record was a process of two years in writing and recording, but finally here it is and it contains 8 songs. Chiaroscuro is a fine miniature that serves as a kind of intro to the record. The whole album can be categorized as a concept album with the story evolving around one boy and his journey through his consciousness and imagination, thus trying to discover the secrets of life, death, existence and avoid personal demons. The music is sometimes melodic Cali punk style, but soon evolves into noise parts, then succumbing into brutal screaming parts, yet to return again as deeply emotional singing and melodies, that makes it original and great journey for the ears and mind of the listener. I listened to this album on a quiet Saturday sunny morning, being home alone and I just closed my eyes and let the music take me to the other places, becoming in a way that boy from the lyrical side that this record tries to tell with the music and texts. This is a great one, just showing how hardcore can be both diverse and original and that is the beauty of it all.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/letamaliabloom/

https://letamaliabloom.bandcamp.com/album/maiden-voyage

 

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(record review)TRADE WIND-Certain Freedoms(End Hits Records)

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Trade Wind are releasing their new record with End Hits Records and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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Trade Wind are band that consists of Jesse Barnett(guitar/vocals, Stick To Your Guns) and Tom Williams(guitar, Stray From The Path), both of them being important figures in the modern hardcore punk scene. Helped by Randy LeBoeuf (Bass) and Andrew McEnaney (drums), the guys play something entirely different than their above mentioned hardcore bands. This album contains 12 songs of emotional, indie alternative post hardcore with punk and pop influences. Trade Wind is the more introspective side of its members showing us the listeners their inner self, their inside, emotions, barring their hearts for our ears and minds. Gentle, but sometimes intense music, backed with emotional vocals and melodic, sometimes even surreal soundscape takes us to some other dimension for the duration of the album. I must also say that I love how piano is cleverly used in the song structures like for example in awesome title track or great I Can´t Believe You´re Gone. When you listen to this music, just close your eyes and pretend you are floating on some invisible sound wave, in the end of this record it will be a catharsis experience for you. Good one!

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/Tradewindband/

https://www.facebook.com/EndHitsRecords/

 

 

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(record review)Dim Into Dross-Specters of Indifference(Zegema Beach Records)

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Dim Into Dross are very interesting hardcore band. I listened and reviewed for our zine their record out with Zegema Beach Records.

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What is hardcore? Is hardcore on how many gigs you went, how many times you stagedived or moshed to, how many bands and famous people in the scene you know? No, motherfucker! It took me good 25 years to know that hardcore is what you feel inside, and being underground and loyal to the scene and ethics. Bands like Dim Into Dross give hope that hardcore lives and is stronger than ever. This record contains 10 songs of ferocious hardcore, played wild and with math precision. The guitar riffs are pretty noisy and dissonant, vocals are screamed and screeched, there are fast drumming straightforward parts, but also almost Dillinger Escape Plan inspired song parts bordering with noise and even metal. You can add to that some atmospheric parts and sludge visionary muddy rolling songs, you get the perfect picture what I am writing about, don´t you? I guess not. Have a listen. You won´t regret it. Recommended songs: We Will Break This, Osidian.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/dimintodross/

https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/specters-of-indifference

https://www.facebook.com/zegemabeachrecords/