Ructions are a fast melodic hardcore band from Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. Comprising Matt (guitar), Connor (drums), Steve (bass), Janek (guitar) and Johnny (vocals), they play songs born of the contemporary political moment, with killer riffs and huge choruses.
The band’s first single, “Design Accident”, is a soaring take-down of free world leaders’ faux-interests in climate change and resulting environmental disasters. The future is anchored to their ignorance.
Blast Bomb were already featured on the pages of this zine. This Hamburg based band toured UK and they got pretty great live recording, so why the hell not release it as live record.
This record contains 8 songs which represent this band in full picture as it is, raw, melodic and with all the punk energy, not polished in studio and not with re-recorded crowd cheering as some bands do nowadays. This is rock n roll energy, punk and not giving a fuck about world. The music of Blast Bomb is a mixture of punkrock, horrorpunk and garage punk influences in the structures of the songs, but basically it is all dirty rock n roll for night creatures out there. If you never witnessed this band live, I know I didn`t, this record is fine example how this one sounds live. Recommended songs: Born To Lose, Burn History.
The words of Krod Records: For our 5th Anniversary, we will release a tape compilation with 9 covers from our artists which covered our artists. The benefits will be donated to Solidarity Not Silence, a action we care a lot.
This tape will be on a 100 limited edition on a turquoise color. A series of interviews are available on Ear Nutrition to explain why we are doing it and from all the artists + Krod.
Solidarity Not Silence is a group of women (mostly feminist musicians) who are fighting a claim of defamation made against them by a famous musician. You might not know but justice is a real big costs in the UK and if you can’t afford, you’ll lose. Those women refused to be silenced and decided to fight! This is one case among so many. They need to win this case to win another, and another and another. If they reach enough, they can have a proper legal representation and a strong chance to win the case.
Today, we support Solidarity Not Silence through a 9 cover tracks compilation. All the benefits from tape sales, streaming and downloads will be donated to them. To know more about the case, please read this article.
Thanks to all the artists who participated (by order of appearance in the compilation):
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