Leo Donat je inače poznatiji kao gitarist/vokal melodic hardcore punk benda Me As Well iz Karlovca, a sada je izdao svoj solo acoustic EP. Na ovome malom čarobnom izdanju nalaze se pet pjesama, četiri na engleskom i jedna na hrvatskom jeziku. Ne znam kako će vas, no mene je ovo izdanje jako podsjetilo na akustične albume nikada prežaljenog pokojnog Tony Slya iz No Use For A Name, dakle emocionalni melodični akustični punk rock prve klase, od nekih stvari mi se naprosto naježila koža koliko su dobre, glazbeno i tekstualno, kao na primjer odlična ‘Long Time Coming’ koju sam vrtio ponovo i ponovo, kao i genijalne ‘Dear Friend’, te ‘Nisam Tu’. Ove pjesme mogu zamisliti i u Me As Well verzijama s dualnim Leovim i Majinim vokalima i ziher sam da i u toj inačici bi zvučale fenomenalno, ali ovako je odlično. Atmosfera, melodija, emocija. Zakon malo DIY izdanje, na ‘Name Your Price’ je, ali ako već skidate pošaljite rečenicu ili dvije Leu da vam se sviđa, siguran sam da će to cijeniti.
DARKER DAYS – The third single & video on Fiend Force Records / Massacre Records. Taken from their upcoming full-length album “The Burying Point” out on April 28, 2023 worldwide. Hailing from the brooding environs of Salem, MA, the New England quintet artfully weave a somber blend of thoughtful instrumentation into a stormcloud of thunderous, melodic punk rock. Produced by Chris Curran and Kyle Blamy Mixed and Mastered by Chris Curran
Time for little horror punk to grace the pages of this zine again. The Karnsteins are hailing from Bratislava, Slovakia and this is their new EP containing five songs. I love the music of The Karnsteins. Why? Because they play horror punk the way I like it. With no philosophy, no industrial or death rock, just plain and simple old school horror punk just made for singing along and enjoying gory and bloodsoaked lyrics, in many ways they reminded me of Blitzkid, my favorite horror punk band. I love dual male/female vocals, especially in ‘Vincent Price’, another plus for this band since Vincent Price is my favorite horror actor, so to sing a song about him, hats off guys! The concept behind the whole EP is to praise three kings of terror from my favorite Hammer Horror pictures era, namely Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. I LOVE IT! Besides eighties golden era slasher, found footage, my favorite but really favorite horror is Hammer Horror/American International era movies with all those Edgar Allan Poe inspired movies, Lee’s Dracula and Cushing’s Van Helsing, also Cushing’s Frankenstein movies. I love the mixture of hardcore punk speed and horror punk melody. I recommend this band to all horror punk fans. The EP is ‘name your price’ but at least write a word or two to the guys in the band, I am sure they will appreciate it.
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