Coma Regalia is a nice screamo hardcore band from Lafayette, Indiana. On this record you can find 11 songs of nice screamo/hardcore punk from minds of Shawn Decker. They are known for Middle Man Records and playing in couple of bands like Never Better, Metastatic, The Longer We Stray From The Light, Plaguewalker, Hex Lariat, etc.
This material is pretty chaotic, darkened, yet it has every bit of sense when you listen carefully the record as a whole. The songs have that haunting melody underneath all the chaos and screams like for example my favorite Kistleden or Shulederhau. This is pure battle with inner demons and cathartic dramatic climax lived through music and in the end, when you look behind you, all the fears are gone, there is only none other than you back there! This is not the music for everyone, but those who get it and have feelings will love it!
Drawbacks are releasing their new record with Eternalis Records and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.
This band comes from Lille, France and they are very interesting. The music is hardcore punk done in an emotional and melodic way, yet with enough aggression to make it harsh at the moments, yet never losing the subtle melancholy making me kinda sad and happy at the same time while listening to this record. There are 10 songs on this record and it all reminded me of something and I couldn´t remember what. And, suddenly I knew it! It all reminded me of the bands I used to listen in the 1990-ies being then kinda new school but now it is just super hardcore punk with a lot of anthemic old school riffs like in Empathy or Rebuild, those two being my favorite songs on this record, yet the whole of the material is just fantastic with melody, screaming vocals, parts just made for singalong, not being that macho bullshit representing hardcore too often nowadays. There are some emo/screamo parts, you can call it this or that, but in the end, when you draw the line it is just great old hardcore to warm your heart with some emotions and rekindle the flame!
Joliette are relatively young Mexican band and this is their most accomplished record up to date with 12 songs running in circa one hour time out with Zegema Beach Records.
This is pretty original hardcore band with mixture of post hardcore, emo, screamo and noise thrown in the song structures. The songs sound chaotic at the time while first listening but in fact, they are mathematically correct and the musicianship of these guys is just astounding. One thing that I must emphasize is the beast of a drummer holding all that rhytm changes from the fast aggressive stuff in Muletilla Japonesa accross complicated beats of Strathos, the drummer is a beast sounding like ten hands instead of two. The guitars are nervous, at the time really chaotic, yet in fact there are gentle emotional themes underneath it all. I love harmonica in some songs and the atmosphere of the whole record, the vibe it creates, kinda sad and melancholic, but also gives kinda hope. I hear that band has been banned from the USA for 5 years, so all the proceedings from the record go to them, so go get one, you won´t regret it!
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