It has been a very long time since I’ve heard some proper powerviolence and I can only blame myself for not looking out for some cool newer powerviolence bands, which is by the way really a shame since I am a big fan of a genre. There’s a vast space of some good ones, especially… Read More Surfer James – Demo Tape 2019. (Painters Tapes)
LockJaw began as a small bedroom hardcore punk label and become one of the biggest publishing engines for melodic music in the UK. Their roster counts enormous number of quality bands ranging from plain punk rock to more complex post hardcore. Hey, they even have their coffee blend, which is great considering I’m a coffee… Read More Edward In Venice – Empathy (LockJaw Records)
Wars usually start because two main factors, religion and profit. Hybrid War by brazilian masters Malvina deals with those issues throughout whole material and both lyrics and music are leaving the consumers speachless. Malvina are not just another bunch of punk rock musicians who started their band because pure desire to play music just for… Read More Malvina – Hybrid War LP (Various Labels)
Skatepunk community is getting bigger each day, there’s a plenty of relatively new bands who are impressing with their innovative approach to melodic punk rock music and it seems like those bands are competing between themselves who will write more complex material. Brasilian Paylester are one the hightlights so far this year and their brand… Read More Paylester – DNAlien
Split releases are such a great way to stay connected with some fellow musicians, make new connections or reach out some quality labels, so this fine split release is all about that. It’s an awesome opportunity to listen to some great bands, get to know everything about the rest of the catalogue of the labels… Read More Bare Teeth / Down Memory Lane / Nerdlinger / Shames – Bridging Oceans Split CD (Various Labels)
If you ever played in a band and you’ve tried to sound as dark as you ever imagined, then you probably know how hard it can be to deliver that kind of atmosphere to the table. And by darkness, I don’t mean about some obscure riffs and wierd stuff involved on your cover artwork or… Read More Stranglehold – In Spite Of It All EP
Thousand Oaks are Italian melodic punk rock quartet hailing from Rome that has been formed back in 2015. from the ashes of infamous skatepunkers Jet Market who rougly played from 1998. till 2012. So far, Thousand Oaks have published full lenght CD called Monsters Begetting Monsters back in 2016, Memories And Milestones split release with… Read More Thousand Oaks – Bound For Destruction CD (Various Labels)
Barackca are legendary Hungarian punk rock band which is formed in Budapest back in 1993. Their politically charged lyrics blended with classic mixure of punk rock and hardcore are directly pointing finger to all injustices of this world and everything is explained in their lyric sheet. I’ve had a chance to listen to their Nyisd… Read More Barackca – Recycled Humanity CD
Stroking Breeze are powerful trio from Germany who can’t be placed into one exact genre. Surely, their music can be characterised as metal, but on the other hand Stroking Breeze are dealing with a lot more in their music. There’s plenty of influences involved, from modern metalcore to sludge metal, from goth metal to plain… Read More Stroking Breeze – Appearance Is Deceiving CD
The more I am going deeper into underground skatepunk scene, the more I am realizing how big skatepunk scene in Finland is and if you paid closer attention to this blog, you previously had a chance to read about a ton of good finnish bands. Suntrace are another good band hailing from small town of… Read More Suntrace – Japan EP (Fast Decade Records)
Whoever watched that hilarious 90s cartoon called Mask on Cartoon Network, will probably be familiar with Wedgie, an act of pulling up the material of someone’s underwear tightly between their buttocks as a practical joke, but this time we are talking about a rad band from Finland who are pretty much active since their formation… Read More Wedgie – From Insult To Injury CD (Fast Decade Records)
Isotope are pretty much active with their debut Final Wind Of Mercy demo tape published back in 2014, through Mindnight Soldier 7” released in 2015, Wake Up Screaming cassette EP released in 2017, until today when they have published brand new material as debut S/T LP on Carbonized Records. For those who are not familiar… Read More Isotope – S/T LP (Carbonized Records)
