Knife Glove is a one man entity from Germany and this is the first demo opus containing five songs with Shreddy Krueger being the mastermind of all instruments and vocals. Yes, this is Freddycore. This demo and all its horror punk songs are dedicated to one and only Freddy Krueger as you might have guessed it from cover and title with sample from NOES part three. Considering music, this is horror punk par excellence with some really beautiful guitar melodies and choruses. Vocals are more gothic and sound too monotonous on some songs and could be a lot better if there is more drama in the singing itself. All of the five songs are in fact quotes from Freddy’s one liners in Nightmare On Elm Street movies which are one of my favorite horror franchises ever. My personal favorites are the title song, and You’re All My Children Now. The song Wanna Suck Face? sounds a lot like Bullet by Misfits in most of the song parts. Well, for first demo it is okay, let us see if singing improves and also some ideas in songwriting.
The Dutch melodic punk rock band Ink Bomb is releasing a new song today: Human Remains. The song consists of melancholic verses and explosive choruses, typical for the four piece that is increasingly following their own path. With the accompanying beautiful, almost film-noir like, true crime video the band presents the first single from their upcoming second album.
Human Remains is about a broken relationship told through a metaphor of a murder. “Love is dead, but the corpse is still warm,” singer Joost Hoedemaeckers explains. The song has a classic song structure and illustrates that Ink Bomb has developed their sound further, but meanwhile has remained loyal to their formula melody + melancholy. With relatively quiet verses that almost sound like new wave, catchy choruses and a heavy bridge, Human Remains shows Ink Bomb in all their facets.
Human Remains is the first track from an upcoming album. At the moment they are still working hard on completing this second full-length. Guitarist Quirijn Foeken, who is responsible for the recordings at his own Fiction Studio: “We wrote our first album Fiction in two years and then recorded everything. Now we alternate: we write a couple of songs and record these. After that, we focus on another couple of songs. That’s not only faster but also makes the album better. We keep each other sharp by getting the best out of short recording sessions.”
For the music video, Ink Bomb worked together with Edwin Willemsen from Ambivalent Aardvark Productions. Willemsen is also known as the singer-guitarist of the punk band Circle of Friends.
Biography Ink Bomb When the members of the Nijmegen melodic punk band Ink Bomb stepped in their practice space for the first time in 2015, they were complete strangers to each other. Fast forward a few years later and the band has toured several countries and released a split (2021), a full album (2019) and two EPs (2017, 2016). They shared stages with bands like The Toy Dolls, SNFU, The Last Gang, I Against I, MakeWar and Martha. Ink Bomb is currently writing and recording their second album. These new songs again feature the band’s trademark: fast, aggressive songs that don’t always follow the standard song structure or punk rock clichés, but always features great melodies with a healthy dose of melancholy. The band is reminiscent of bands like Bad Religion, No Fun At All and Pears. They love playing live and in 2022 the band played many shows, including the prestigious Valkhof Festival in their hometown Nijmegen, Jera on Air, Haltpop and a UK tour.
Something’s Cursed are from Queens, New York and this is their new release. This one contains five songs of emotional melodic punk rock with some pop punk and even horror punk influences in some songs. The songs are mainly mid tempo with some more aggressive up tempo excursions like in awesome I Remember That Fall, one of my personal favorites on this little record. Vocals are nice, remind me at times of Greg from Bouncing Souls, some music too. The songs are really written nice with some memorable melodies that you catch yourself humming or whistling afterwards not even realizing that this is from this little release. Lyrics are personal and songs like Cigarettes & Therapy or maybe Societal Lobotomy are about to win you over. Good punk rock.
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