Primal Age are coming from France and they have been in the scene since 1995. This is their new opus out with WTF Records who are releasing bunch of awesome hardcore punk bands these days. This record contains intro plus eleven songs. Music of Primal Age can be described as what we called in the nineties new school hardcore. Meaning hardcore leaning more on metallic side of things than on punk roots. Guitar riffs here are cutting, sharp and to the point with thunderous drumming which often turns from hardcore groove to almost death metal blast beats in some of the songs. Of course thunderous bass makes rhythm section unbeatable. Guitars are sharp creating darkened atmosphere yet retaining hidden melodic hooks here and there through the songs, which makes them epic. Vocals are best part of it all, bordering from hardcore shouting, screaming to growling depending on the song and atmosphere. Lyrics speak about animal cruelty, ecology, betrayal, friendship, trust and other merry and less merry hardcore themes. My personal favorites are The Devil Is Hidden In Shadow and The Two Heads Monster. Great release by great band.
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Peace Test are straightedge hardcore punk band from Providence, HP Lovecraft´s town hehe. But, of course they have nothing to do with the late horror writer legend, but they delivered awesome new release with angry and fast hardcore punk with short songs sounding like outbursts of angry machine gun staccato, with screaming vocals, 80-ies influenced old school hardcore with more punk than nowadays metal influenced riffs. There are six anthems of anger, fight and not giving up on this one and being an old school hardcore guy, I definitely love this record. Songs like Authority and Vegetative State will have you finger pointing and fist pumping and pogoing in no time. Marvelous record!
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Ill Blood are from Vienna and they are releasing their debut e.p. with Farewell Records. The members of this band play or played in Eisberg, Demonwomb, Karaoke Bash and AnchorsXup, so they are in no way strangers to hardcore punk scene. Ill Blood played a lot of gigs, gathered live experience and it is notable in the musicianship on this e.p. There are six songs on this record. Ill Blood mixed their old school European hardcore influences with more newer school of hardcore blending old school fast straightforward song structures with groovy moshing parts like in the song called Scraps. The song titled Ill Blood is for me one of the best songs on this record with punkrock and streetpunk influences which I always liked in Vienna hardcore scene, the start of the song with almost rock vibe changes into energetic high speed hardcore and then ends in wicked guitar solo and gang sing along vocals. My Rage is a tour de force in old school hardcore punk and one thing I love about this record is that almost all the songs are fast forward with no philosophy just your plain good old hardcore. The whole vibe of the record reminds me a lot of old school Euro hardcore from the 90-ies with Rykers, Brightside, Right Direction, Racial Abuse coming to mind instantly, but Ill Blood play fresh hardcore with a nod of respect for old school masters and firm gaze into the future. That is how hardcore should sound. Not to discover all of the record, you should order yourself a copy, have a listen too. Would love to see and hear this band live. Hope I will. Soon.
http://www.farewellrecords.com/
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