People are arguing about good and bad aspects of the web since it’s creation. There’s no doubt that thoughts on the subject differ from person to person, but damn, expansion of the scene is one of the best things that happened since the invention of the internet. Raw Peace is one of the bands I… Read More Raw Peace – Total Death LP (Hypertension Records)
Pennywise are celebrating 30 years of their career and what’s a better occasion to put out a brand new album than that. A legendary band that toured a whole world multiple times and put out great albums such as Full Circle, About Time, Unknown Road, Straight Ahead plus many many more, deserves a great spot… Read More Pennywise – Never Gonna Die (Epitaph Records)
Useless ID are back with a brand new 7” record after more than a phenomenal State Is Burning, published by the Fat Wreck Chords in 2016. This time Useless ID are offering seven much shorter songs, half of a minute each and even more sounding like bands from Far Wreck rooster. At the moment, I… Read More Useless ID – 7 Hits From Hell (Fat Wreck Chords)
Profoss are Swedish band from Skåne region made up by members of Terrible Feelings, Infernoh and many many more. Their debut self titled EP brings a sonic devastation in a d-beat form less than nine minutes. Knowing the fact that Sweden is mostly famous by delivering quality d-beat bands, once again Profoss are proving that… Read More Profoss – S/T EP (Adult Crash Records)
A chance to review a band from South Korea is more than ultra rare, so I decided to give a listen to Slant, a four piece band from Seoul I thought it would sound like a tons of Japcore bands, but man I was so wrong. This is a fine blend of G.L.O.S.S, Knife Fight,… Read More Slant – Demo 2018
My admiration for A Vulture Wake is beyond comprehension. I fell in love with their music since I heard their debut album The Appropriate Level Of Outrage, published by Bird Attack Records at the begining of 2018. No wonder why their music is so fucking great, because band members used to be or they are… Read More A Vulture Wake – Fall Prey EP (Bird Attack Records)
Integrity is one of those bands who are respected even by the people who are not into their music. Hailing from Cleveland, they’re playing since 80’s and recorded classics such System Overload, Humanity Is The Devil, Seasons In The Size Of Days who are repressed dozens of times on vinyl and compact disc and sold… Read More Integrity / Krieg – Split LP (Relapse Records)
It is inconceivable hard to sound unique in a sea of good d-beat / crust bands, but Pillars are the living proof everything is possible. The band has managed to pack d-beat crust, stoner, sludge, doom metal and who knows what more in eight well arranged tracks and the sound is incomparable with the rest of the… Read More Pillars – Abandoned
There’s a an urge to expand technical melodic structures on the current skate punk scene. Bands like Propagandhi started it and later on bands like Mute, A Wilhelm Scream, Belvedere and tons of others have sucessfully followed that trend. Sometimes it can be quite interesting how far some bands would go by incoporating other musical… Read More Main Line 10 – The Fox
There are few bands that manages to convey the atmosphere of the eighties through their music. By that I mean a complete experience, from vocals and riffs, through the arrangements and production. Boston based Lifeless Dark succeeded in this endeavor and music perfectly conveyed the atmosphere of mid-eighties, in particular highlighting the beginnings of bands such as Sacrilege, Bolt… Read More Lifeless Dark – Who Will Be The Victims?
Damn! What a throwback to the golden nineteens when skate punk was simple and good. Sound The Sirens is the fifth studio release by Chaser and tracks can be compared to the golden era of Epitaph and Fat Wreck bands such as Pennywise, 98 Mute, No Use For A Name, Pulley, Model American… Chaser grabbed… Read More Chaser – Sound The Sirens (Effervescence Records)
Consumed were very popular melodic skate punk band in the late nineties when they released phenomenal Breakfast at Pappa’s, Hit For Six and not much media covered Pistols At Dawn that ended their career in 2002. Sixteen years later, the story continues with A Decade Of No, album that does not bring any musical progression, but still, it will… Read More Consumed – A Decade Of No EP (Umlaut Records)
