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(review) FanKaz/Out in Style – ‘Itadakimasu’ (TOO LOUD Records)

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Now, this is nice. For the start of 2023 TOO LOUD Records came out with this nice split release. This is a split record by FanKaz from Italy and Brazilian Out in Style. The record featured six songs, three from each band and it is an interesting one because it kind of shows and presents difference between two approaches to melodic punk, or call it melodic hardcore punk, skate punk anyway. FanKaz are more modern hardcore and technical skate punk, played tightly as well oiled machine with many song parts, stop and go, breakdowns and of course fast parts with melodic but also more hardcore screamed oriented vocals. On the other hand, Out in Style play that simple, no philosophy old school version of nineties influenced skate/melodic punk with some pop punk thrown in here and there and they remind me of all those great bands to whose music I grew up to. Lyrics are personal, but also hold some tone of melancholy and hope at least I see it that way. Both bands are great, but Out in Style are more to my taste. But only little. This one is worth your grabbing if you like melodic hardcore punk.

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(review) NONTHEWISER – ‘NONTHEWISER’

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The day has arrived and Swedish punks NONTHEWISER who were already featured on the pages of this webzine released new record. As you might know, Sweden has, besides all those metal bands who are great, also awesome punk hardcore scene with Misconduct, No Fun At All, Satanic Surfers, Astream, 59 Times The Pain, Intensity, Atlas Losing Grip immediately coming to mind. Well, NONTHEWISER are from Gothenburg, birthplace of melodic Swedish death metal, but on this album there are 15 songs of melodic punk hardcore and I must admit this is the one of the finest record I have listened this year so far. Besides playing old school nineties influenced melodic punk/skate punk, NONTHEWISER let us hear in their song structures they are from Sweden with THAT sound of guitar in some songs, like fast Iron Maiden like tuned guitars not unsimilar to Gothenburg’s metal bands, like in awesome fast ‘Perplexed’ or ‘Hang us high’. Vocals at times remind me a bit of Koca from Croatian Fat Prezident and I love that kind of voice, emotional yet at times angry and screaming, shouting. Melody lines are perfect, both vocal and guitar main melodies and hooks. Though I am a fan of more faster songs if possible on the album I listen to, there are also some superb mid tempo punk rock anthems on this one, hitters like ‘Grind down hope’ or ‘The good of man’ having that sweet, sweet melody. This is a lesson in melodic punk.

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(review) Parker’s Burden – ‘Tomorrow’s Apocalypse’

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Parker’s Burden are hailing from Atlanta, Georgia and this is their brand new release containing 15 songs. This is melodic hardcore punk/skate punk the way I love to hear it. That means simple, without complicating things straightforward fast songs, great vocals, all those sing and hum along backing vocal harmonies, divine guitar line melodies and energy topped with great lyrics. I can also hear double bass drums in some songs, so that metallic influence is fantastic too. If I must compare Parker’s Burden to some other band, it would be Satanic Surfers and all of their hitters from nineties, fast and no holds barred melodic punk. The lyrics on this album are clever mix of political, with critics about destruction of environment, corruption and decline of humanity, but also they deal with trying to swim against the tide in this world, religion and hypocrisy, senseless war from the point of ordinary man and woman, so I must say, lyrics are superb. My personal favorites on this one are: ‘The Last’, ‘War’s End’, ‘The Last Thing You Hear’. This is a great melodic punk record.

9/10

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