Escalate dolaze iz Mađarske i nedavno su svirali ovdje kod nas u Čakovcu. U međuvremenu objavili su novo izdanje uz pomoć New Age Recordsa. Ovo izdanje sadrži 5 pjesama super metaliziranog agresivnog hardcorea, koji podsjeća malo na Earth Crisis, ali još metaliziranije i nabrijanije. Radi se o straight edge vegan bendu, pa tako ne čudi naziv pjesme kao što je Vegan Warpath. Potkrade se tu i tamo na gitarama osim agresive i pokoja melodija ispod svega ostalog. Vokal je više shouter, a nije vrištav, pa paše totalno na ovakvu muziku s puno breakove i mosh dijelova. Nastup live im je stvarno bio energičan, a studijski će nekome pasati, a nekome ne, ovisno o hardcoreu kakvog voli i sluša, meni prvo nije pasao, sada mi prija totalno ovakvo agresivnije izdanje hardcore da presiječem melodičnije bendove koje inače slušam. Čekiraj i podrži, jer su momci sa srcem na mjestu.
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.
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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