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(review) Home Conflict – Story Untold

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Home Conflict are back with their new, second album. This punk rock trio is hailing from Zagreb, Croatian and have been around in the scene for more than five years now. This new effort contains 10 songs. It is always hard to create new music and successor to great album, like it was the case with their debut album. But, fortunately for us, guys did it again and made an awesome album and for sure one of the best if not the best punk rock release in Croatian scene in 2021. Home Conflict play straightforward melodic punk, leaning more into nineties Croatian melodic punk style than hardcore. I don t know why, but music of Home Conflict reminds a lot of No Comment, Croatian band from Split in the nineties and also Overflow. Lyrics are in English and dual vocals of guitarist Marin and bassist Tihomir interplay nicely with more aggressive song parts but also calmer, more emotional parts. Lyrics are personal, but I think that most of us can relate to them. My personal favorites are the title song, Above The Fire and Buried Dreams. May you have many more untold stories to play for us boys!

https://homeconflict.bandcamp.com/album/story-untold

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(review) No More Idols – Full e.p. 2021

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Croatian punk veterans No More Idols from Zagreb recently released new e.p. containing couple of songs from their forthcoming new album. This one was recorded, mixed and mastered between Zagreb and Manchester and contains three songs. I love the new material it is so energetic and melodic. Lyrics are in Croatian and deal with personal side of things. Zna sve is a fast hardcore punk song with lots of melody and remaining raw and punk as fuck. Nikada dosta is more of a punk rock street anthem with dirty riffs and superb chorus of the song preceded by nice bridge. Obavijest is for me the best song on this record being an epic anthem with sharp Žikk´s vocals and guitars that cut and deliver melodic hooks at the same time. Can´t wait for the new album.

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(review) Accident – Hasten Through Decay

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New Accident is out now! This band from Zagreb, Croatia is no stranger in this zine because I already did an interview with them a while ago and couple of reviews.

After a pause and some line-up changes within the band they area back with eight songs in with lyrics in English language. The music is still ferocious, fast, no holds barred hardcore punk with dual vocals, courtesy of Lea and Bart. I love Accident because their music reminds me a lot of old school hardcore punk bands that I listened and watched live a lot when I way younger back in the nineties, namely Verbalni delikt, Nula, DHB, Građani drugog reda, Optička varka, Bad Justice, Radikalna promjena and others. Yet, Accident carries that old school flame but also retains firmly with both feet in this century with good lyrics, political and survival lyrics through prism of looking through person´s own eyes. This is high energy well played, angry hardcore punk with melody thrown smartly in the song structures here and there, the way it should be done, so go listen this one and support your scene and hardcore cause worldwide! My personal favorites: Fall For It, A.T.D., For Free.

https://accident.bandcamp.com/