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Dudsekop liksems
Review of the first Dudsekop release. A Black Metal influenced masterpiece by Josh Fury with lyrics in West-Flemish, his mother tongue.
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Timebomb the full wrath of the slave
Introduction to Timebomb, an Italian Hardcore band from Rome. A musical and lyrical analysis. Some pressing info added and also two songs in audio.
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Survival Instinct
Morning Again’s latest release from 2018 was not yet reviewed. I remember what I thought way back in the mid to late 90’s when I first heard Morning Again. I thought they sounded a bit technical and fragmented. There was bits of melodic metal guided by ‘chugging riffs’ in their…
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Hands Upon Salvation “Heresy”
Hands Upon Salvation, the Indonesian Metalcore band has returned with a great album, called “Heresy”. Hands Upon Salvation has released three albums over the past 15 years. The first, from 2004, is called “Celebrate The Newborn” and is their darkest album filled with fast and cold Death Metal influenced riffs.…
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Aim For A New Tomorrow
Short review of Firestone’s second album with a new singer and altered sound. Released in the year 2000 by Genet Records.
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We Used To Speak Of Justice
This post is about a big contester for my favorite release of the year. Repentance “The Sickness Of Eden” is a crusher from beginning to end. Listening to it gives me hope that nowadays Hardcore records can still be as awesome as when I listened to them almost 20 years…
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Nasty "Shokka" LP
I’m way late in buying this record. That’s also the reason why I got a second pressing copy. A while ago I was reading Tino’s blog post about this record. He was enthusiastic about it. I checked out their new music also by following a link on his blog to…
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NO ZODIAC Population Control LP
Figured to have a look inside the negative side of modern Straight-edge hardcore or beatdown. One can’t ignore the fact that kids buy this, listen to this and actually think this meaningful or valuable to them. An evolution that raises many questions to me as an older person. In this…
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GRIM The Seeds Of Love EP
Just out is the first ep of the Belgian band Grim. I anticipated this one eagerly. I was already familiar with their demo. And also liked it a lot, that’s why I wrote about it here. The ep came out on vinyl and was pressed by Open Up Records. Musically…
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