Although they broke up, NOFX released a documentary movie about their 40 year old career, which I unfortunately didn’t see yet. But, here is the soundtrack to the movie containing double cd treat. On the first one are 15 songs, containing trusted hits like Drugs Are Good, Separation Of Church And Skate, We Called It America, live rendition of Linoleum, but there are also some rarities like cover of La Bamba, On The Road recorded in Omaha in 1986, demo version of Secret Society, acoustic version of Punk Rock Cliche and in the end real treat, live versions of Nofx and the last new song the guys ever played live We Did It Our Way which always make goosebumps upon my skin while listening. This is what the first cd is. Second cd contains original movie music score written by Fat Mike himself. It is nice to see he tried himself in this one and succeeded proving how diverse and talented musician he is. This is a treat for all NOFX fans, and nice gift to cheer me up until I see the movie which I hope to catch somewhere.
The Crimson Ghosts from Germany are in no way strangers to the pages of this zine, because I reviewed their other releases and did not one, but two interviews with this horrorpunk legends and for me the best European horrorpunk band. This time, The Crimson Ghosts re-issued their classic Carpe Mortem album on it’s twentieth anniversary completely remixed and remastered giving the 2026 versions of 13 songs which are contained on this opus a new and refreshing but mighty sound. What I love about The Crimson Ghosts is that they are pretty metallic in their punk sound and it fits perfectly to the song structures. Vlad is one of my favorite vocals and also one of the best vocals of the genre, with fantastic backing vocal harmonies, this being always a strong virtue of this band. For me the definite hits of this opus are Somewhere in a Casket, ballad Night of the Dead Promqueen, also genial Patchwork Fuckface, but you will have to find your favorites yourselves. This is one of top three The Crimson Ghosts opuses for me, so I recommend this one. Go get it and have a listen!
Canadian punkrockers Among Legends released their new album. This is out now for couple of months, but no matter, I love to present new bands to me for the readers of this zine. This album contains 12 songs of melodic punkrock, bordering in some parts with pop punk. What separates it from other bands is that the songs are not cheesy and over the top, but have the right amount of raw punk guitar work, some groove and enough melody not to be too much. Everyone who knows me will tell you how important vocals are for me in such kind of punkrock. Well, the vocals fit perfectly to the music and there are some gang backing vocals to singalong at gigs and also some great backing vocals harmonies. Lyrics are mostly personal but there are also some social themes between the lines. I love the anthemic choruses like in awesome Sound The Alarm, I also love faster songs like great Go On or Open Wide, which reminded me a lot of nineties punkrock on which I grew up. My other personal favorites on this record which I can emphasize are Hollow, Floating Here For Years and The Last Time. Great melodic punkrock if you like this kind of music, I know I do!
