I always loved street core, since I was a little hardcore kid growing up, with all those great hardcore bands coming out leaning more on street punk than on metal in their hardcore cookbooks hehe. This is one of such bands. No Restraints are based in Vercelli, north west Italy and they are relatively new band in the scene with this full length album and it contains 12 songs of excellent street hardcore punk based and leaning heavily on OI/street punk and I am amazed that every song on this record is basically an anthem that makes you full with hardcore energy and strength, makes you sing along and listen to it over and over again. Songs such as Streetcore Worldwide, The Flame Still Burns or They Will Never Get Us are sure to become instant classics. Musically this band reminds me of best Agnostic Front, Warzone, Discipline works but they remain also fresh and ready for this new century and decade. Vocals are angry, more of hardcore shouted but fit perfectly to the music and there are plenty of backing and gang vocals to sing along. Lyrics deal with surviving, battling your enemy, loving your friends, unity and all hardcore themes I still love so much. I enjoy every single minute of this record. Excellent!
Long time no street punk or great oi punk rock on the pages of this zine. It is time to repair that mistake thanks to the good people at Demons Run Amok, German label which releases hardcore and punk with heart, balls and attitude. This band dates back to 1995 and this is their fourth full length opus and it contains 16 songs of street punk roots but also paired with street smart rock and some hardcore parts of the song structures. From the opener title song which tells us to rise above troubles and problems and believe in ourselves to anthemic guitar riffs of Urban Zoo which reminds me of old school British oi punk bands with super chorus for singing along at gigs, this album delivers hit after hit. As one of my personal favorites, I must also mention The Chancer with that infectious melody. The vocals are melodic but they have that street punk rough edge and made goosebumps on my skin couple of times when I listened to the music paired with lyrics about friendship, survival on your workplace with greedy stupid bosses, city streets, hypocrisy, staying sane and delivering the blows back when you are cornered and fight for survival. If I must compare this band to some other ones it would be Bruisers, UK bands like Business in their last four albums, some Rancid and some Cock Sparrer. This is great album, so have a listen.
Tko bi rekao?! Dvadeset godina je prošlo i berlinski street punkeri Toxpack slave ovu respektabilnu godišnjicu. Kako bolje proslaviti nego izbaciti na scenu novi uradak, novu ploču i odličnu kad smo već kod toga. Njemački jezik i punk mi je nekako uvijek išao skupa i taj jezik zvuči moćno uz ekstremnu muziku, bilo punk, bilo metal, tako da ima nečeg u tome što uvijek razigra moje staro srce. Što možemo očekivati na ovom albumu? Petnaestak vrhunskih upbeat street punk pjesama himničnih refrena koji te naprosto tjeraju da se digneš, pokažeš srednji prst i nastaviš dalje sam protiv svih. Svi tekstovi su na njemačkom jeziku i variraju od obračuna s neprijateljima i bivšom braćom do ljubavi, preživljavanja, usamljenosti, prkosa i odražavaju zapravo sve što ovaj bend zapravo je i o čemu govori sve ove godine. Gitare su melodične, ali producirane taman po mojem ukusu, onako režuće i metalizirane s ponekim thrash ili groove metal utjecajem hardcore 90-ih godina s kakvim sam odrastao. Tko je ikada osjetio miris asfalta, zvjezdano noćno nebo, miris starog motornog ulja na cesti kraj pločnika i smrad mokraće iz haustora u kojem piješ s prijateljima pivo ili bambus ili što već, voljeti će i shvatiti ovaj album. Odlično i preporuka.
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