Tag Archives: Sweden

(review) Enemy Alliance-Damnation Dawning

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Enemy Alliance come from Sweden and this band features Rodrigo Alfaro of Satanic Surfers, Intensity, Atlas Losing Grip…and Stefan Bratt of No Fun At All, Atlas Losing Grip…This is the long awaited record and it features  13 songs, one being kinda outro. What to say? This record justified all the long days waiting because it is awesome.

Listening to the songs, we can not escape the comparison to the bands these two legends play or have played in. Trademark beautiful Rodrigo´s voice leads us through fast almost thrash metal punk hardcore angry songs, melodic skate punk fast parts to more gentle and emotional slower songs like fantastic Incarcerated or Final Warning. Also, I would like to say that Moth is also one of my favorite songs on this record, those violin parts or cello whatever it is, still make goosebumps on my skin. The guitar work is beautiful, riffs are catchy and aggressive at the same time, almost in some songs I can hear that nineties spirit and I feel I am still alive in that glorious time when we were kids. The third song I love somehow above the rest of the material is No Justice No Peace. Lyrics are superb mix of personal and political.

Fantastic record!

https://enemyalliance.bandcamp.com/releases

(review) ZOMBIESUCKERS-HUNT YOU DOWN

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Halloween and that special time of the year is close, so more and more horrorpunk is featured on the pages of this zine. This time, our Sweden favorite horrorpunk band Zombiesuckers delivered their new e.p.

Everyone who loves horrorpunk will find here what they are looking for. That means ultra melodic yet harsh punk riffs backed by clever use of keyboards that add to the atmosphere of old school horror movies, lots of ooohs and aaahs for singing along to backing vocal harmonies and some nice metal influences in guitar riffs and last but not least, gore soaked lyrics filled with horror.

The vocals are superb, avoiding the trap that some young horrorpunk bands do, that being bad clones of Danzig˙s voice, no, this guy sings with such superb voice being fantastic part of the songs. My personal favorites of these five songs are the title song, Hotel and Demons.

Fantastic, like we are used to from this horror from the north!

https://zombiesuckers.bandcamp.com/

 

(review) Left Hand Black-ST

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Long time no horrorpunk band graced the pages and crypts of Kraykulla webzine. Risen from the ashes of mighty The Dead Next Door, Gothenburg´s Left Hand Black release their debut album. The album contains 13 songs of old school melodic horrorpunk, reminding me of Blitzkid and The Other combining nod to the old school masters of the genre, yet remaining modern and fresh sounding. The vocals are nice, deep and melodic, not trying to sound like Danzig clone, but staying original. The songs are superb, delivering almost Ramones like simple energy, with lots of ooohs and aahs singalong parts and being wet dream for all of us horrorpunk fiends. The songs that are somehow my favorites are Let`s Scare Jessica To Death(have you seen the movie by the way? It is fantastic!), Behind The Green Door, Walking Dead. Fantastic horrorpunk from north!

10/10