In Case Of Ire are from Gothenburg, Sweden and they are in no way strangers to the pages of this zine, because I already reviewed their e.p. a while ago and now it is time for their debut full length to be unleashed upon the scene.
This one contains 9 songs of nice melodic hardcore punk with smart and interesting songwriting, bordering between harsher version of hardcore with gang backing vocals made for singing along at gigs and more emotional, melodic side of things. I can even hear some noise and post hardcore like in Acquittal, which is one of my favorite songs on this record and if I must compare this band to someone, to me they sound like a mixture of Misconduct and Refused and I love it. The vocals are diverse, from shouting, screaming to beautiful melodic voice along nice harmonies and backing vocals. The lyrics are a nice mixture of personal yet between the lines you can read a lot more. Two more songs that are standouts for me as highlights are Shatter and Bad Habits. So, support the cause and support good hardcore. Go listen!
Perfect Sky are back with their first record in about 17 years, These guys were active in early 2000s and part of prolific Vienna hardcore scene with many great bands coming from there. The good people at WTF Records are really doing fantastic job with all their great Euro hardcore releases coming out and delivering it straight to the point, to the hearts of old and young hardcore kids all over the world.
With a few changes in line – up Perfect Sky attack with under 30 minutes of great Euro hardcore just made to make your day better. There are nine songs on this record and I love each and every one of them. The vocals remind me a bit of Kid D from Ryker´s in some of the songs, delivering moshing parts and faster street punk influenced songs in good measure considering song structures. There is a guest appearance of none other than Mike from Only Attitude Counts/Spidercrew on PMA which is one of my personal favorites on this record, besides Wolfpack and Conquer The World. So, if you love hardcore, support the scene, support the cause worldwide and go listen and get this one, you will not regret it!
The good people of PCT Musique label continue to release great stuff. Their splits introduced many awesome band from the scene that I didn´t know before. But this time it is a full punch in the eye with this ninth split release of three bands. Hangtime are my personal favorites and one of the best bands I have ever listened, especially in last ten years or so. I already reviewed their e.p. and interviewed them for this zine. For those that don´t already know, Hangtime play melodic punk rock mixed with pop punk and their sweet melodies, super choruses and harmonies, topped with great lyrics are about to win any punk rock heart. Their four songs are just making me play on repeat over and over again. Altitude are from Belgium and they deliver four songs of epic, melodic punk rock with lots of pop punk influences, more of 2000s melodic punk style and they do it great and I really enjoyed discovering this great band. They are a bit faster in some songs, more skatepunk like in awesome Riley. The Huile are from France and their four songs are a bit shorter and a bit different sounding, like nineties punk rock drawn from noise and alternative and indie influences, sounding definitely interesting and a bit different than previous two bands, sometimes even a little bit weird haha but that diversity is beauty of our scene.
So, go and support PCT Musique and get some really wonderful music!
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