To be fair, I was not familiar with music of Trendy Five until I’ve heard Out Of The Shadows. It took twenty years for a band to gather and publish a brand new material, but it totally worth waiting. Out Of The Shadows demonstrates how band members have emerged into skillful musicians during a long… Read More Trendy Five – Out Of The Shadows CD
Norwich legends are back with another great release. Deviated Instinct were formed back in the 1984. and were crucial pioneering band among punk and metal scenes in the UK. Their music shaped crust punk as a genre along with Amebix, Antisect, Hellbastard and influenced tons of great bands who still play crust punk and other… Read More Deviated Instinct – Husk EP
Trash Room are punk rock quartet hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina consisted of both female and male band members who know how to properly play their instruments. Whiskey & Bad Decisions is their debut album which delivers more than plain punk rock has to offer. There’re a lot of genres involved in their music, ranging… Read More Trash Room – Whiskey & Bad Decisions CD
There’s something catchy in a fast two minute skate punk tracks that keeps my attention for a while and if the album possess quality like We Lost The War by swedish melodic punk rockers Shuvit, then I will probably repeat whole record for a couple of times during the day or perhaps couple of weeks.… Read More Shuvit – We Lost The War
Dead Rest are back with another great EP simply titled II and as their previous S/T EP, they are delivering huge amounts of energy through three amazing tunes. Once again, this powerful punk rock trio from Chicago, Illinois are using their already proven formula of melodic mid tempo tracks mixed with slightly distorted vocals, cool… Read More Dead Rest – II EP
After a departure of World Burns To Death, Jack Control made a pause with music activities until Butcher published more than good Holding Back The Night, debut album that shaked crust punk scene back in 2015. with their unpredictable mixure of straight forward crust punk, japcore and bits’n’pieces of catchy rock’n’roll. Butcher are back… Read More Butcher – Return To Nothingness
United Kingdom has been a hot spot for good punk rock bands for decades and it still is with tons of newer bands who are following legacy of a much older punk bands. Swaktang are another great example how punk rock can still sound fresh in 2018. Their debut album The Woebegone Tale Of A… Read More Swaktang – The Woebegone Tale Of A Procrastinating Sociopath CD (Moose Records)
Hillview is a new band consisting of veterans of LA punk rock scene and The Law Of Average is their debut album published by Morning Wood, punk rock record label from Netherlands. The band features Union 13 guitarist Eddie Carasco on guitar and vocals, Edgar Jaramilo of Union 13 on bass studio recordings, Chris Del… Read More Hillview – The Law Of Average CD (Morning Wood Records)
Damn! It’s been a while since I’ve heard band like this and oh how I’ve missed those days. Redbait are politically charged anarcho / crust punk from Sent Louis, Missouri and their music is bringing back memories of a cool US anarcho scene of the 90s. Everything’s here, subversive lyrics, both female / male vocals,… Read More Redbait – Red Tape
Moonstone is a third album by The Lizards, powerful trio from Adelaide, Australia. There’s a lot of things going on on this material since The Lizards have taken various influences from hardcore punk bands from the 80s and blend’em with skate punk bands from the 90s, plus they’ve added their unique approach to both subgenres.… Read More The Lizards – Moonstone CD
So, here we have a brand new 7” release by The Racketees, punk rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. They play straightforward melodic punk rock with a lot of jump ins into skate punk and occasionally they add some hardcore punk flavor to it. Crucifix is a first tune off this material and it opens up… Read More The Racketees – Withdure 7”
Extinction Of Mankind are back with another great album called Storm Of Resentment and once again they have created a monster from bits and pieces of metal, hardcore, punk and delivered a good stenchcore record. The band itself never forgot their roots, so the classic sound is still there, but with better production, pissed off… Read More Extinction Of Mankind – Storm Of Resentment LP (Agipunk Records)
