The Moans are hailing from California and this is their new second album and first release in six years. As you guessed it maybe from the cover and logo, this is horror punk, but much more influenced with punk n roll and punk, almost garage punk in some songs. There are 14 songs on this beauty. Vocals are nice, melodic and strong at the same time and this is not your Misfits or Blitzkid clone, this is varied and good album with lots of different hits like my favorite They’re Coming To Get You Barbara and doo wop influenced Then She Stabbed Me. Songs are mainly up tempo punk rock, with some Ramones core influences too, like in Hey Jamie Lee which reminded me of The Lillingtons a lot in many ways, vocally and musically. Songs I must also mention as my favorites are The Zodiac and also Nightmare Man. Welcome back, this is an awesome horror punk album.
Post-punk/pop-punk band Versus The World, featuring members of Lagwagon and Good Riddance, announces their new album ‘The Bastards Live Forever’ today.
‘I can’t tell you how much work went into this collection of songs. I was always taught that if what you’re working on isn’t the best, you should start over. You should never put something out there that you’re not absolutely convinced of,’ says vocalist Donald Ashley Spence.
This perfectly thought-out post-punk album contains 11 anthems and represents a milestone this year for both the band and the punk rock landscape!
Sometimes you discover the band and music in this our underground scene that brings joy to your black heart and Bloody Hammers from North Carolina are just that. Although this is their sixth studio opus, to me is the first and I freakin love it. There are nine songs on this opus and one better than the other. There are only two members in this band, two entities called Anders Manga and Devallia. Music is basically horror punk with lots of melody and superbly energetic songs, but there is also lots of melodic metal, almost power true metal in the songwriting, especially in And Soon The Darkness, punk rock is more on the surface in Black Sunday. Vocals by Anders Manga are one of the best vocals I have heard in this genre in last couple of years. This voice is so melodic, yet so powerful. Keyboards fit perfectly in the songs wherever they are applied creating atmosphere of melancholy and sadness, but first they create darkness but such darkness you wish for it to engulf you. Two more songs that I must mention as personal highlights are Last Rites Of Lucifer and Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark. Excellent, excellent album and my heartily recommendation.
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