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(various) 8 Up Records – A Horrific Halloween

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8 Up Records is a great record label and this Halloween they released free compilation with nice horrorpunk bands on it, delivering their goods.

I remember how I loved compilations while growing up in the nineties snail mail tape trading days, with fanzines and flyers for gigs being late for couple of weeks hehe. But, that had its charms, waiting for the mailman and that package envelope when it arrived, all the excitement. Also, compilations helped me discover some bands who later became my close friends and my favorite bands. This one contains 20 songs, some being better, some being a bit less better depending on your personal musical taste. This is all punk, horrorpunk or death rock. The bands that are just to my personal taste on this one are RatBatSpider, Dead End Lane, Despised NJ, The Haunting, but this compilation is full of great horrorpunk music and new bands for you to discover, and it is on donation or free. Thanks so much to 8 Up Records for releasing this beauty, it really made my day.

https://8uprecords.bandcamp.com/

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(review) Bent Blue – Between Your And You´re (Modern Illusion Records)

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Modern Illusion is relatively young record label in the scene but they deliver superb releases. This time they delivered demo by hardcore band from San Diego, California called Bent Blue.

This demo contains five songs. While listening to the songs, it brought back two feelings in me. First, it reminded me of the early nineties when we started in the scene as young and idealistic kids, loving the early nineties hardcore sound and mourning a little for not being a bit older to experience old school youth crew feeling and vibe of the late eighties. Well the music of this band sound just like that. Like early nineties hardcore with some groove, smart songwriting, interesting solutions in parts of the songs, yet also being fast old school hardcore with melody, anthemic riffs and nice vocals. Of all the songs, my favorites are They Ask Why and Influence Me. This is a great demo, can´t wait for the full length.

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(review) Various – Dental Records Compilation Vol 1

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I love compilations. I loved them since I was a punk kid growing up and discovering new bands that became my favorites back in the nineties in  tape trading days. Dental Records is relatively new label based in Ontario, Canada. This label specializes in punk rock , mainly melodic punk, pop and skate punk. This first compilation edition contains 12 songs by 8 bands from USA, Canada, Sweden, Israel and Ukraine.  Like in every compilation there are some songs and bands that are your personal favorites. For me those are Hangtime, who I already featured a lot on the pages of this zine. I must also mention Free Sergio from Israel playing fantastic technical fast skate punk with lots of energy and uplifting melody. Randells from Sweden are also very interesting to listen to. So, write a line or two for the guys running the label, I am sure they will appreciate all the love and support you give them. Then, go get this compilation and listen to some new and great bands you will love!

https://dentalrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/dental-records-compilation-vol-1-2