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(back from the dead)Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.comBlogger1059125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-9361712668577746392018-12-30T23:25:00.003+01:002018-12-30T23:25:27.894+01:00CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER 2018: RYKER'S - "FIRST BLOOD"<b><u><span style="color: blue;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER 2018:</span></u></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>" (<b>1995</b>)<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 16:40 minutes; 6 songs)<br />
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(<b>1.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>"<br />
(<b>2.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">STRANGLEHOLD</span></b>"<br />
(<b>3.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">SLOWLY</span></b>"<br />
(<b>4.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">RICOCHET</span></b>"<br />
(<b>5.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">WHAT WE ONCE SAID</span></b>"<br />
(<b>6.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">TOGETHER</span></b>" (<b>YOUTH OF TODAY</b> - <i>cover + hidden bonus track</i>)<br />
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And here it comes, <i>oh yeahr</i>, the final entry and article for this very year of <i>2018</i> in the "<b><span style="color: blue;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH</span></b>" series with the "<b><span style="color: blue;">DECEMBER 2018</span></b>" edition, <i>yes</i>, and the "<b><span style="color: blue;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER 2018</span></b>" is none other than the <i><b>groundbreaking</b></i> <i>1995</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>" <i>EP</i> <i>of'n'by</i> the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> released back then via the today (<i>for what reasons ever may differ</i>) Pretty <i>legendary</i> "<b>LOST & FOUND RECORDS</b>" and it was back then the <i>third release</i> <i>of'n'by</i> the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> following "<b><span style="color: red;">PAYBACK TIME</span></b>" (<i>1994</i>, "<b>LOST & FOUND RECORDS</b>") and "<b><span style="color: red;">BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER</span></b>" (<i>1994</i>, "<b>LOST & FOUND RECORDS</b>"), two (<i>also</i>) <i><b>absolutely legendary</b></i> and <i><b>damn great</b></i> and also <i>personally</i> to me <i><b>very important</b></i> albums that were followed up in <i>1995</i> by "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>" and this very <i>EP</i> is definitely an all time clas<i>sick</i> <i>for'n'to</i> me and it is also still up to this very present day one of the if not even my <i>personal-most-favorite-album</i> that the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> have ever done and also like with so many and the most if not in fact <i>sort of</i> all albums <i>in'n'of</i> this very series there are also so incredible many fantastic memories linked to this album and that certain time period back then so that it also definitely owns and has a huge emotional meaning to me, <i>definitely</i>, but also all this '<i>personal blah-blah</i>' aside the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>" <i>EP</i> is nothing but and nothing less than a damn great album and personally <i>to'n'for</i> me also one of the defining moments of <b>European Hardcore</b> in the <i>mid 1990's</i> and it was and still is and surely will <i>sort of</i> forever remain a fantastic <i>EP</i> and this from start to finish, <i>yes</i>, and it was <i>re-released</i> (<i>on vinyl</i>) for all the right and more than well justified reasons some time ago. Back then the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> played it all far more raw and angrier and more in a direct <b>Hardcore Punk</b> way and with only slightly <b>Metallic Hardcore</b> notes and only very, very, very slighty <b>Streetpunk</b> marks mixed into their crushing massively by <b>New York Hardcore</b> inspired devastating and raging <b>Euro Core</b> especially comapred to later and also their present <i>sound'n'style</i>. <i>Btw</i>, I don't want to repeat myself all too often ever and again and so just short <i>here'n'now</i> the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> were back then in the <i>1990's</i> one of the very most important and succesful <b>Hardcore</b> bands in <i>central europe</i> establishing <i><b>the greatness</b></i> that shall become known further on as <b>Euro Core</b> and together with bands like <b>BRIGHTSIDE</b>, <b>BACKFIRE!</b>, <b>DEVIATE</b>, <b>HARD RESISTANCE</b>, <b>ONLY ATTITUDE COUNTS</b>, <b>RIGHT DIRECTION</b>, and <i>so on</i> they formed the spearhead of it back then, <i>yes</i>, and this for nothing but the most highly <i>deserved'n'justified</i> reasons. And like all the mentioned bands here also the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b>, <i>yes</i>, as far as their was and is <i>sort of</i> a '<i>common ground</i>' to all this bands on which they were born and bred anyhow all this bands had a decent and own tone and their own style, <i>yeahr</i>, and so also the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b>. <i>Hm</i>, and maybe especially here on and with "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>" <i>sort of</i> the very most. (<i>At least so in my book</i>, <i>or</i> <i>so to say</i>.) The foundation was heavy and harsh <b>New York Hardcore</b> somewhere between the <b>CRO-MAGS</b>, <b>BIOHAZARD</b>, and <b>AGNOSTIC FRONT</b> with a damn sinister and highly intense approach to it all that always reminded and still reminds me '<i>atmospheric-wise</i>' of/at <b>CARNIVORE</b>. To this they added some few healthy doses of <b>SLAPSHOT</b> and old tyme <b>Straight xxx Edge Hardcore</b> a la <b>YOUTH OF TODAY</b> and a harsh direct and compact evil sawing <b>Hardcore Punk</b> identity and a grim and nasty, an ugly and proud and angry bastard was born and raised and finally named "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>", an <i>early milestone</i> delivered by the almighty <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b>. A huge own identity the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> showed already back then especially thanks to that damn harsh and sharp slashing guitar tone, the incredible massive beating bass, and <b><span style="color: red;">Kid D</span></b>'s very characteristic and accentuated lead vo<i>kill</i>z. And also the drumming showed a very decent and own fast raging <i>playing-technique</i> to it all. Intense and compact, heavy and <i>mad'n'evil</i> raging, to the point played and written and yet massively <i>tension-building</i>, rousing and just overwhelming devastating and battle-scarred/militant songs full of huge dynamics and filled to the burtsing levels with energy non stopp and still today so incredible fresh and alive/lively, great and relevant as back then <i>23 years</i> ago, <i>yes</i>, and all '<i>explodingly</i>' hammered out by sawing guitar playing, crushing bass work, smashing drumming, and <i>pissed-off</i> angry into the mic and through it out in(<i>to</i>) the world spitted vo<i>kill</i>z with some harsh backings and all done in a totally unique and own way, <i>yes</i>, that's what we got and that's what we still get from the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>", <i>hell yeahr</i>, and all is crowned by a fantastic <b>YOT</b> cover and a hidden <i>atomizing grinding</i> bonus track. Add angry and outspoken and nicely diverse lyrics, a damn sinister artwork, and a '<i>perfectly to it all matching</i>' raw and hammering <i>production-sound</i> and you (<i>will</i>) see that and why the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> delivered back then in <i>1995</i> with "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>" an outstanding and still today totally amazing and <i><b><u>stand-alone</u></b></i> album that any fan of raw sawing, heavy crushing, and harsh roaring, highly intense, militant and dark, and onwards storming <b>Hardcore</b> (<b>Punk</b>) definitely should know and own and I hope that with this little article <i>here'n'now</i> I maybe brought a new gem to your attention that you before haven't had on your radar screen or that I managed to point your attention finally again to this <i><b><u>purest platinum masterpiece</u></b></i>. <i>I would really hope so</i>. I simply and really love this little great album and it means so damn fucking much to me and so only thanks to the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> for their "<b><span style="color: red;">FIRST BLOOD</span></b>" <i>EP</i> and to do this little tribute to it was a huge pleasure and a great honour for/to me. And, <i>btw</i>, the <b><span style="color: red;">RYKER'S</span></b> are still damn active and also today you definitely should still check them out and follow them. <b>Hardcore</b>!!!<b> Fist</b>!!!</div>
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<i><u>https://de-de.facebook.com/rykershardcore</u></i> (-the link to the facebook site of the band)</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Antarktika-75.250973 -0.071388999999953739-90 -165.30576399999995 -24.2437105 165.16298600000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-49013158495562186952018-12-30T21:56:00.001+01:002018-12-30T21:56:25.693+01:00CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - NOVEMBER 2018: BACKFIRE! - "STILL DEDICATED"<b><u><span style="color: lime;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH . NOVEMBER 2018:</span></u></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>" (<b>2000</b>)<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 28:56 minutes; 12 songs)<br />
("I Scream Records"; CD):<br />
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<u><b>Tracklist</b>:</u><br />
(<b>01.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">WAITING FOR MY TIME</span></b>"<br />
(<b>02.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">TRAPPED IN THE MAZE</span></b>"<br />
(<b>03.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">DON'T STAY</span></b>"<br />
(<b>04.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">THE WAY I LIVE</span></b>"<br />
(<b>05.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">I REMEMBER</span></b>"<br />
(<b>06.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">FREEDOM</span></b>"<br />
(<b>07.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">THERE'S A DIFFERENCE</span></b>"<br />
(<b>08.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">DON'T WANNA DIE YOUNG</span></b>"<br />
(<b>09.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">NO TURNING BACK</span></b>"<br />
(<b>10.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">BURIED IN THE FIELDS</span></b>"<br />
(<b>11.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">LEAVE IT BEHIND</span></b>"<br />
(<b>12.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>"<br />
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<i>God damn it</i>, hey guys and it's <i>sort of</i> like an <i>old story</i> happened again and this is the <i>old story</i> of me nearly forgetting the current "<b><span style="color: lime;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH</span></b>" article up here and this time it nearly had been the "<b><span style="color: lime;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - NOVEMBER 2018</span></b>" edition-article, <i>oh boy</i>, busy month(<i>s</i>) but <i>anyhow'n'anyway</i> because better late than never or <i>so to say</i> and so <i>here'n'now</i> we finally go one more time for the next round and <i>so to say</i> the next dose. For the very month of <i>November 2018</i> I've picked a(<i>nother</i>) very special (<i>also on a very personal level</i>) and still today damn fucking great and relevant album and like so often this year with articles <i>in'n'of</i> this very <i>posting-series</i> also this time it will be all about nothing else and especially nothing less than the<i> almighty</i> (<i><b>old tyme</b></i>) <b>Hardcore</b> and <i>here'n'now</i> it will be and in fact it is all about the <i>immortal</i> <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> and their <i>absolute masterpiece</i> from out of the year <i>2000</i> titled "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>" released back then via the <i>legendary</i> "<b>I SCREAM RECORDS</b>", <i>oh hell yeahr</i>, a more than '<i>just</i>' worthy entry<i> in'n'of</i> the "<b><span style="color: lime;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH</span></b>" series up here, <i>yes</i>, and so finally and definitely here we go again.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> were born and bred and still roar strong and loud from out of the <i>dutch</i> city of <b>Maastricht</b> and they were founded way back then in the spring of the <i>old'n'gold</i> year of <i>1994</i> by the four friends of <b><span style="color: red;">Pat</span></b> (<i>vokillz</i>), <b><span style="color: red;">Wyb</span></b> (<i>guitar</i>), <b><span style="color: red;">Frank</span></b> (<i>bass</i>) and <b><span style="color: red;">Richard</span></b> (<i>drums</i>) who all shared a huge passion for <b>Hardcore</b>. Pretty soon after being <i>founded'n'formed</i> as <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> the four released their first demo "<b><span style="color: red;">THE LAST TIME</span></b>" and already with that very early piece they started to made themselves a name and left an impact and so they managed to get a record deal with the infamous "<b>LOST & FOUND RECORDS</b>" from <i>Germany</i> which back then released a lot of great bands and albums but anyhow anyway <i>sort of</i> always since then has a (<i>very</i>) poor and (<i>pretty</i>) bad reputation judging by quite a bunch of a lot interviews I've read back then and/or over the years. In <i>1995</i> they then released via "<b>LOST & FOUND RECORDS</b>" their <i>debut EP</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">WHO TOLD YOU LIFE IS EASY?</span></b>" and they toured together with the likes of <b>MADBALL</b>, <b>25 TA LIFE</b>, and the <i>almighty</i> <b>WARZONE</b>. <i>Yes</i>, and the mentioned bands are also pretty good cornerstones if we talk about the influences of <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b>, <i>yes</i>, but this we will do in the next chapter of this article so just wait a little bit longer. <i>Roughly'n'shortly</i> a <i>half year</i> after "<b><span style="color: red;">WHO TOLD YOU LIFE IS EASY?</span></b>" saw the light of day <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> released their <i>proper full length debut</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">REBEL 4 LIFE</span></b>" and this used to hit the <b>Hardcore</b> scene like a bomb and also legends like <b>WARZONE</b> were totally conquered by it and took them on their european tour and <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> totally lived up to the high expectations and even '<i>out-matched</i>' them (<i>and this also pretty massively</i>) and they really started strongly and massively to build up momentum and to make a name for themselves. After their tour with <b>WARZONE</b> then <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> left "<b>LOST & FOUND RECORDS</b>" and got a new deal with "<b>KINGFISHER RECORDS</b>" where then in <i>1997</i> their <i>follow-up album</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">ALL BETS ARE OFF</span></b>" was released. With this album and their following touring activities together with the <i>stand-alone</i> <b>DEVIATE</b> they only build up their momentum more and more, <i>yes</i>, and this for nothing but damn well justified reasons. <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> were one of if not maybe even the biggest and brightest shining star on the <b>European</b> <b>Hardcore</b> horizon at that time. After their touring activities to <i>promote'n'support</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">ALL BETS ARE OFF</span></b>" the band decided to take a little break to '<i>refresh</i>' themselves a bit and some members focussed on <i>side-projects</i> or helped other bands on their tours <i>and so</i>. And all was looking fine if not very fine back then, <i>yes</i>, at least '<i>for all the world to see</i>' or <i>so to say</i>. But this all changed at the <i>20th of March of 1999</i> when <b><span style="color: red;">Richard</span></b> tragically died by commiting suicide and the rest of the guys in <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> thought about also carrying the band to its grave. Ultimately they decided to carry on and so with the former <b>HOMETHRUST</b> drummer <b><span style="color: red;">Igor</span></b> on the drums in the year <i>2000</i> they released their <i>third-full-length-album</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>" via "<b>I SCREAM RECORDS</b>" and they released it as a dedication to <b><span style="color: red;">Richard</span></b>. And this very album, "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>", is not only my absolute and total <i>personal-all-time-favorite-album</i> of/by <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b>, but it is also <i>here'n'now</i> our very "<b><span style="color: lime;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - NOVEMBER 2018</span></b>" album. To <i>promote'n'support</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>" <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> toured heavily and this also again with for example <b>MADBALL</b>. In <i>2003</i> then <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> released their <i>EP</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">THE WAR STARTS HERE</span></b>" which was followed by their phenomenal albums "<b><span style="color: red;">CHANGE THE GAME</span></b>" (<i>2003</i>, "<b>I SCREAM RECORDS</b>") and "<b><span style="color: red;">IN HARM'S WAY</span></b>" (<i>2008</i>, "<b><span style="color: red;">GSR MUSIC</span></b>"), added a second guitarist but for all what I know sticked '<i>else-wise</i>' together as on "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>", <i>yes</i>, and if I now recall it correct then they were for a time '<i>un-active</i>' but since a few years <i>or so to say</i> they are still going strong with playing live and releasing new albums also still today, <i>yes</i>, and only thanks for that to the band. 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<b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> were one of the strong(<i>est</i>) going <b>European Hardcore</b> and/or <b>Euro Core</b> bands back then and they were out at the very front of establishing a damn great, vital, active, strong going, heavy blasting, and well reputated <b>Hardcore</b> scene <i>of'n'in</i> <i>central europe</i> together with formidable and legendary great bands like <b>HARD RESISTANCE</b>, <b>DEVIATE</b>, <b>RIGHT DIRECTION</b>, <b>ONLY ATTITUDE COUNTS</b>, <b>BRIGHTSIDE</b> and/or the <b>RYKER'S</b> (<i>to name just a few</i>) they created something new back then and something damn great with an impact up to this present day. The cornerstones of <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b>'s <i>sound'n'style</i> were heavily influenced by <b>New York Hardcore</b> and especially legends like <b>WARZONE</b>, <b>MADBALL</b>, <b>AGNOSTIC FRONT</b>, <b>SICK OF IT ALL</b>, and also <b>25 TA LIFE</b>, <i>hell yeahr</i>, and all <i>was'n'is</i> massively and heavily enriched by a huge dose of slightly '<i>crusty</i>' <b>Hardcore Punk</b> and a healthy dose of <b><i>thrashing metallic heavyness</i></b> and a huge and pretty independently by them <i>done'n'arranged</i> hymnal <i>sing-a-long-fueled</i> anthemic character to the songs and also with a pretty to very sinister and militant/battle-scarred atmosphere and tone to it all and all done in their very own unique way, having sounded and still just sounding only and always like <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> themselves and like no one else or less, <i>yes</i>, with <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b> always having had and still have a very decent, own, strong, and unique identity of their very own. <i>Hell yeahr</i>, and on "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>" maybe even stronger than ever (<i>before</i>). Devastatingly heavy and without any mercy or regrets everything and everyone down into the ground crushing guitars, sharp and harsh roaring lead vo<i>kill</i>z backed up by <i>loud'n'proud</i> widescreen backings and strong guest singers, and a nails spitting and bodies grinding heavy thundering rhythm section deliver highly grapping and rousing, compact to the and on point played and written highly intense <i>killing</i> songs with a tight and dense atmospheric approach to it all on a highly skilled damn great and strong level of quality and this in general as well as in particular here on "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>", <i>oh yeahr</i>, melting raging speed, <i>down-breaking</i> grooves, and hymnal <i>sing-a-long-parts</i> into <i>one hell of an</i> intense <i>burning'n'raging</i> <i><b>inferno</b></i> that was back then <b><i><u>THE</u></i></b> <i>total hitter</i> and that's still today <i><b><u>THE</u></b> total hitter</i> and as strong, as great, as unique, as conquering, and as relevant as back then in <i>2000</i>. Add to this very strong lyrics, a <i>great'n'stylish</i> <b>Hardcore</b> artwork, and a <i>smashing'n'crushing</i> production sound, <i>yes</i>, and you see why and that this here was and is the <i>complete package</i> and nothing but and nothing less than the <i><b>ultimate real deal</b></i>. If you are too young to know <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>" from back then or if it back then went <i>why the</i> <i>bloody hell ever</i> then under your radar or if you somehow sort of forgot about it since back then in the last <i>18 years</i> then trust me when I say that you should make sure to finally know <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>" with getting your hands on it and finally discovering it or make sure to finally<i> re-discover</i> it again, <i>yeah'</i>, because it's all "<b><i><u><span style="color: red;">still dedicated to my music and family, still dediacted because it means so much to me</span></u></i></b>". <b><span style="color: red;">BACKFIRE!</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">STILL DEDICATED</span></b>", <i>yes</i>, a definition of a timeless amd ageless true and real <i><b>larger than life masterpiece</b></i> and you should definitely know and own it. <b>Hardcore</b>!!! <b>Fist</b>!!!</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Antarktika-75.250973 -0.071388999999953739-90 -165.30576399999995 -24.2437105 165.16298600000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-46114547791372089902018-12-28T12:31:00.001+01:002018-12-28T12:31:54.773+01:00SICK OF IT ALL - "WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">S</span></b><b><span style="color: red;">ICK OF IT ALL</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 33:04 minutes; 17 songs)<br />
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<i>Hell yeahr</i>, trust your eyes because here's now alreaday the next round fired at you and this time in the <i>here'n'now</i> it will be and it is all about the brandnew <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b> longplayer titled "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" released still <i>sort of</i> very recently at the <i>2nd of November of 2018</i> via the veterans of and at "<b>CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS</b>". If you know and read this blog now for already a bit longer or if you would (<i>or in fact do</i>) know me personally then you would or should know that <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b> are one of my top five bands ever and personally to/for me one of the very most important bands of all time ever and so the passed <i>sort of</i> four years <i>or so</i> that passed us by leading up to "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" had been sort of pretty long years - but pretty long years that are now finally over. And so, <i>yes</i>, I was truly incredible curious when <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" finally hit the shelves and dropped and thanks to preordering I received it right at the day it was finally released. And, <i>yes</i>, I know… don't ask me why it again took me nearly <i>two months</i> to finally get this review done and out to/for you… anyhow anyway, I guess… So, <i>yes</i>, it's <i>2018</i> and <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b> are finally back with "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" (<i>and they are back with a bang</i>) and so without any more introducing ramblings now finally let's go: <i>17 songs</i> in roughly <i>33 minutes</i> running time, <i>yes</i>, and so one thing should be clear and this is that right from the <i>get-go</i> we will be or better are in for a fiery, wild, and furious ride here with <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>". And so, <i>oh hell yeahr</i>, expect some amazing and outstanding <b>New York Hardcore</b> of the most supreme and unique kind done and delivered by this <i>finest</i> and <i>almighty</i> <b>NYHC</b> <i>silverbacks</i> that's just still after <i>sort of</i> <i>32 years of being around</i> still is so incredible fresh and so unbelievable <i>alive'n'lively</i> that any <i>new'n'young</i> band outta there should shy away when confronted with this<i><b> already</b></i> <i><b>immortal masterpiece</b></i>,<i> yes</i>, and especially when we talk about <b>Hardcore</b> in <i>2018</i> things have changed a bit in my book which means that as fantastic as <b>SLAPSHOT</b>'s "<b>MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN</b>" and <b>WISDOM IN CHAINS</b>' "<b>NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</b>" definitely are from <i>sort of</i> now on both bands and albums share the <i>2nd spot</i> with <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" turning into my <b>Hardcore</b> album of, in, and for <i>2018</i>. Here we get the <i><b><u>absolutely real deal</u></b></i> in form of amazing and fantastic highly energetic and highly dynamic as well as also damn diverse and multi-facetted/multi-layered songwriting that's offering a good healthy bunch of <i>twists'n'turns</i> and some fresh new <i>notes'n'tones</i> here and there and serving some good doses of cool surprising moves and parts, a damn huge and very fresh arranged and done sing a long hymnal potential, and adding several culminating moods all together (<i>in</i>)to nothing but and nothing less than absolutely amazing, exciting, grapping, rousing, conquering and just <b><i><u>sheer amazing larger than life </u></i></b>anthems of that totally unique own special <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b> tone and that's one more time so incredible strong present and marking here on and with "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" and (<i>at least so my perception</i>) above all it's incredible fresh and diverse on here and this (<i>even</i>) more than the last times <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b> were around before. The ingredients out of raging (<b>New York</b>) <b>Hardcore</b>, some <b>Metallic Hardcore</b> notes, and a big bunch of <b>Punkrock</b>, <b>Streetpunk</b> and <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> with added huge doses of hymnal melody lines and sing a longs in(<i>to</i>) it all, <i>yes</i>, this ingredients are all here and stayed the same (<i>and why shouldn't they</i>) but are done and arranged, composed, and structured damn fresh and <i>sort of</i> in a '<i>new</i>' way and are unbelievable grapping, exciting, rousing, and energizing and this all will make sure that <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" will massively conquer you with supreme overwhelming force and will push you on and through everything and this also for <i>hell a lot of</i> some time <i><u>for sure</u></i>. <i>Yes</i>, this is <b>Hardcore</b>!!! All is served to us via one of if not the most charismatic and unique lead singing voice(<i>s</i>) especially in <b>Hardcore</b> outta there with <b><span style="color: red;">Lou Koller</span></b> delivering his absolutely almighty vo<i>kill</i>z like only he can do it; via everything down smashing guitar-work delivered by <b><span style="color: red;">Pete Koller</span></b> shining with full force riffing and devastating rhythm work and adding great cool into the crushing riffing integrated great melody lines to it all and keeping it exciting with a huge bunch of great smooth flowing changes in the rhythmic arrangements and the pace structures of the songs and adding a lot of dynamic(<i>s</i>) to it all with doing so; via a <i>loud'n'proud</i> roaring and strutting and nicely present bass playing delivered by<b><span style="color: red;"> Craig</span></b> "<b><span style="color: red;">Ahead</span></b>" <b><span style="color: red;">Setari</span></b>; and via powerful full force punching and smashing and not only incredible heavy but also damn smooth delivered crushing drumming by <b><span style="color: red;">Armand Majidi</span></b>; and a bunch of very strong guest singers join in as well as a damn huge sing a long fueled hymnal character is added to it all. This all makes an album that's from start to finish nothing but an<i> all killers and no fillers</i> album and so to name here any listening tipps maybe isn't making that much sense after all at the end of the day but if you really want or deman some then I would say my personal favorites so far or right now are probably "<b><span style="color: red;">INNER VISION</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">THAT CRAZY WHITE BOY SHIT</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">BULL'S ANTHEM</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">ROBERT MOSES WAS A RACIST</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">SELF IMPORTANT SHITHEAD</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">TO THE WOLVES</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">ALWAYS WITH US</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">BEEF BETWEEN VEGANS</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">HARDCORE HORSESHOE</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">DEEP STATE</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">WORK THE SYSTEM</span></b>", and "<b><span style="color: red;">THE NEW SLAVERY</span></b>" and so maybe or why not start your discovery of <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" with this <b><i><u>ultra-platinum gems</u></i></b>. Top notch diverse and very outspoken and also highly socially aware and political lyrics, a pure beauty of an artwork, and a clear and heavy and nicely <i>warm'n'earthy</i> production sound then finally round it all perfectly up. Okay, <i>yes</i>, I think so far I've said all what there was or what I had so far to say to/about <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b> and their brandnew "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" <b><i><u>masterpiece</u></i></b>, the <b>Hardcore</b> album of and for <i>2018</i> (<i>and probably also in and for years to come</i>) and definitely also one of the very best and very most strongest albums in general of, in, and for <i>2018</i> (<i>and again also probably in and for years to come</i>), <i>yes</i>, and I can only most highly recommend this <b><i><u>larger than life masterpiece</u></i></b> to anyone outta there and so best just go out and get your copy of <b><span style="color: red;">SICK OF IT ALL</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON</span></b>" and this best instantly. <b>Hardcore</b>!!! <b>Fist</b>!!!<br />
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<i><u>https://www.sickofitall.com/</u></i> (-the link to the homepage of the band)<br />
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Easter Island, Valparaiso Region, Chile-27.112723 -109.34968650000002-27.3388365 -109.67241000000001 -26.8866095 -109.02696300000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-66770110586772533652018-12-27T15:27:00.004+01:002018-12-27T15:27:52.414+01:00GERBENOK - "WIE TOLLWÜTIGE HUNDE" & "A TRIBUTE TO PROBERAUM DEMO / LIVE IN ZEITZ" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: lime;">WIE TOLLWÜTIGE HUNDE</span></b>" & "<b><span style="color: lime;">A TRIBUTE TO PROBERAUM DEMO / LIVE IN ZEITZ</span></b>" (<b>2CD</b>)<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, finally back again after christmas and first and foremost I hope you all had some fantastic christmas days and now without any further ramblings let's go for the next round up here and so here and now you get my review on the new and (<i>so it seems</i>) final album "<b><span style="color: lime;">WIE TOLLWÜTIGE HUNDE</span></b>" of and by the infamous <b>German</b> <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> <i>roughnecks</i> of <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> released at the <i>30th of November of 2018</i> via the mighty "<b>K.B. RECORDS</b>" as a drop dead gorgeous digipacked <b>2CD</b> (<i>and I think also on vinyl</i>) with the "<b><span style="color: lime;">A TRIBUTE TO PROBERAUM DEMO / LIVE IN ZEITZ</span></b>" disc as a bonus. I wasn't aware of that <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> are still around today and what shall I say, <i>yes</i>, this is a very pleasant surprise and if this will be their final album, <i>if I understand the linernotes and some of the lyrics correct</i>, then they are one more time going out in style and they are definitely leaving with a bang. Back then I wasn't <i>sort of</i> the biggest fan of <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> also simply because I am normally in general not that much <i>sort of</i> the biggest fan of <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> in general and maybe that's why I lost them a bit out of sight, <i>hm</i>, but anyhow anyway and especially after this all <i>sort of</i> changed quite a bit in <i>2018</i>, <i>to say it that way to keep it short</i>, it's all not that important after all and so here we are and <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> deliver us their "<b><span style="color: lime;">WIE TOLLWÜTIGE HUNDE</span></b>" album consisting out of four brandnew tracks, three new recorded clas<i>sick</i>s, and three so far unreleased <b>Bootboy</b> smashers and what we get here is bonecracking heavy and facesmashing hard stomping and cracking <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> that's driven forward by mercylessly pushing heavy stomping rhythm arrangements that shine in a pretty fresh light and showcase a nicely strong and in parts <b><i>Chiswick</i></b> inspired <b><i>British</i></b> mark that I wasn't aware of before in the <i>sound'n'style</i> of <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> and that's so a very nice surprise for/to me. Also is the pace work very nicely flowing and <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> manage to shake things very nicely up and keeping it so all fresh and exciting and <i>as a fact</i> I can't remember that the songwriting of/by <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> was that strong and fresh back then. This is harsh and hard hitting and sharp <i>aimed'n'cutting</i> <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> of the gruff and grim kind that will please fans of the (<i>older</i>/<i>earlier</i>) <b>KRAWALLBRÜDER</b>, the <b>DURSTIGE NACHBARN</b>, old <b>TOXPACK</b>, <b>SCHARMÜTZEL</b>, and also some <b>RAW INSTINKT</b> and this <i>for sure</i> for all the right reasons. What really sets <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> <i>sort of</i> apart is the fact that they really deliver great melody lines and showcase a strong focus on great melodic leads that really mark the songs massively and this <i>also and again</i> for all the right reasons. So expect songs that are delivered via <i>hard'n'smart</i> fresh and exciting songwriting with a very special and '<i>uniquely</i>' own tone done and carried out by nicely skilled musicians and that are marked by highly charismatic very hard vo<i>kill</i>z, sawing and crushing guitars, stomping drumming, and a <i>loud'n'proud</i> around strutting bass, enriched by massive backings and a huge hymnal <i>sing-a-long</i> potential. Add to this outspoken lyrics, a drop dead gorgeous artwork, sympathic linernotes, and a heavy cracking production sound and you have <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: lime;">WIE TOLLWÜTIGE HUNDE</span></b>", a damn strong album that I can only calmly and highly recommend to anyone into (<b>German</b>) <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b>, <i>yes</i>, and of course also add to this the second disc "<b><span style="color: lime;">A TRIBUTE TO PROBERAUM DEMO / LIVE IN ZEITZ</span></b>" that features <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b>'s old demo recordings as well as a pretty cool live recording of them from back in the days. "<b><span style="color: lime;">A TRIBUTE TO PROBERAUM DEMO / LIVE IN ZEITZ</span></b>" is (<i>at least so in my book</i>) definitely not on par with "<b><span style="color: lime;">WIE TOLLWÜTIGE HUNDE</span></b>" with getting very roughly <i>8</i> out of <i>10</i> points from me and "<b><span style="color: lime;">WIE TOLLWÜTIGE HUNDE</span></b>" earning strong <i>9</i> out of <i>10 </i>points <i>so in my book</i> but that makes all in all still definitely the complete package and the real deal with <i>8,5</i> out of <i>10</i> points <i>in sum</i> and, <i>again</i>, I can only calmly and highly recommend this package to you outta there and this even when back in the days <b><span style="color: lime;">GERBENOK</span></b> weren't that much up high on your personal favorite list, <i>like in my own case too</i>, because they really developed massively since for example "<b><span style="color: lime;">WER ZULETZT LACHT</span></b>" and so better make sure to check them out these days. <b>Cheers</b> & <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b></div>
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<i><u>https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/gerbenok/</u></i> (-link to a discgraphy page of/for the band)</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Neufundland, Neufundland und Labrador, Kanada48.6064556 -56.33304079999999243.2832576 -66.660189299999985 53.929653599999995 -46.005892299999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-91108633453321170702018-12-21T22:45:00.002+01:002018-12-21T22:45:20.991+01:00RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR - "THE LEGACY OF SHI" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: lime;">RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: lime;">THE</span></b> <b><span style="color: lime;">LEGACY OF SHI</span></b>"<br />
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And here's now already the next load incoming for you, <i>or so to say</i>, <i>trust your eyes</i>, and here and now you get my record review on the new <b><span style="color: lime;">RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR</span></b> album "<b><span style="color: lime;">THE LEGACY OF SHI</span></b>" released for all what I would call still pretty recently via the omnipresent "<b>NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS</b>" in this days and age of <i>2018</i>. So, <i>yes</i>, the <i>french</i> <b>Crossover Hardcore</b>/<b>Metal</b> <i>roughnecks</i> are damn fucking back <i>four years</i> after their outstanding precursor album "<b><span style="color: lime;">WELCAME</span></b>" (<i>my review on it you do also find up here</i>) and I can only say that it was really by far about time that the <b><span style="color: lime;">RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR</span></b> finally again lightened up the sky and this time even brighter than four years ago and also already back then the sky was set on fire, <i>yes</i>, but this time today in <i>2018</i> the whole sky is burning completly and totally and "<b><span style="color: lime;">THE LEGACY OF SHI</span></b>" is written in bright and fiery burning letters across the whole horizon and beyond from the far east to the far west and back again. This is a hard crushing, a harsh ripping, and a sharp slaying, <i>furiously grinning </i><b>Crossover</b> bastard out of massive and groove orientated <b>Hardcore</b> and everything down hammering <b>Thrash Metal</b> cultivated with huge doses of high skilled and damn '<i>uniquely</i>' done <b>Rap</b> (<b>Metal</b>) influences and huge amounts of fantastic done very strong and amazing tight/dense and very fresh atmospheric markings in it and all done on the highest levels of skills and quality and with a very huge and massively conquering very own, characteristic, and unique identity to it all and carrying an overwhelming and nearly insane dose of intensity in it all the time, <i>oh hell yeahr</i>, being born and bred on a grooving, ripping, and shredding valuable diet consisting especially out of <b>RHYTHM TRIP</b>, <b>MADBALL</b>, <b>SUB ZERO</b>, <b>BIOHAZARD</b>, <b>ALL OUT WAR</b>, <b>SLAYER</b>, <b>MACHINE HEAD</b>, and <b>ANTHRAX</b> and melting this all together with <i>stand-alone</i> and very fresh and totally<i> up-to-date</i> ideas and some damn phenomenal and creative and above all unbelievable intense and damn diverse and multi-layered songwriting full of exciting arrangements, brilliant done <i>silence-loudness-playings</i>, huge dynamics, rousing energy, some of the most crushing and also most fresh groove and rhythm work I've heard in and probably also for years, <i>yes</i>, and the crown is given to it all by some damn unique, creative, intense, and simply grapping and exciting, <i>goosepimples-for-free-giving</i> atmospheric and very, very melodic and catchy playings and parts that mark, enrich, and cultivate <b><span style="color: lime;">RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: lime;">THE LEGACY OF SHI</span></b>" incredible strong and turning it into an amazing and awesome full charge everything with supreme might and force conquering <i><b><u>masterpiece</u></b></i> of the most supreme kind. Fantastic, highly rich and diverse guitar work, forceful hammering and beating bass playing, thundering and massively charging drumming, brilliant multi-facetted stunning hard and very charismatic lead vo<i>killz</i>, and incredible broad and fat <i>loud'n'proud</i> gang backings, this are the ingredients of <b><span style="color: lime;">RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: lime;">THE LEGACY OF SHI</span></b>" and all is delivered highly unique and damn fresh and alive/lively and this all by high skilled and also damn creative musicians, <i>yes</i>, and to/for me that's <i>sort of</i> a perfect combination. Any listening tipps I will here and now in this very case spare me, <i>definitely</i>, because the whole damn album is nothing but <i>all killers and hell no fillers</i>, again: <i><b>definitely</b></i>. A <i>drop-dead-gorgeous</i> artwork, very strong and thoughtful as well as thought-provoking and also nicely (<i>self-</i>)ironic lyrics, and a demolishing production sound then finally round this all in a damn fucking <i><b>perfect way</b></i> up. This is one of the very best albums of <i>2018</i> and I definitely would say also for the next years to come and so by any means you should definitely get your hands on it, <i>yes</i>, and this definitely best instantly right now. <b>Hardcore</b>!!! <b>Fist</b>!!!</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Feuerland-54.211612 -69.323672399999964-58.970906 -79.650820899999957 -49.452318000000005 -58.996523899999964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-15814337449205428582018-12-21T21:12:00.001+01:002018-12-21T21:12:07.751+01:00VARIOUS ARTISTS - "A TRIBUTE TO OXYMORON: FUCK THE TRIBUTES, HERE'S OUR NOIZE..." (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">VARIOUS ARTISTS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">A TRIBUTE TO OXYMORON: FUCK THE TRIBUTES, HERE'S OUR NOIZE...</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 52:41 minutes; 17 songs)<br />
("Contra Records"; 2018; CD):<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, finally the next one up here and this time it will be all about my review on one damn great piece of <b>Punkrock</b>/<b>Streetpunk</b>/<b><i><u>Oi!</u></i> Punk</b> mu<i>sick</i> with a '<i>paying tribute to</i>' focus and to be more precise here and now you get my record-review on the for all what I know pretty recently via "<b>CONTRA RECORDS</b>" released tribute compilation "<b><span style="color: red;">A TRIBUTE TO OXYMORON: FUCK THE TRIBUTES, HERE'S OUR NOIZE...</span></b>" paying tribute and giving praise and honour to one of the very greatest and very best bands ever to walk our barren earth, <i>exactly</i>, no one else and especially no one less than the absolutely <i><b>almighty</b></i> and <b><i>immortal</i></b> <b><span style="color: red;">OXYMORON</span></b>. <b><i><u>Hell Yeahr</u></i></b>!!! 17 bands from the <i>U.S.A.</i>, the <i>U.K.</i>, and <i>Germany</i>, from the likes of <b><span style="color: red;">DDC</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">ARCH RIVALS</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">LIONS LAW</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">SNIPER 66</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">OUT OF ORDER</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">HARD EVIDENCE</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">BONECRUSHER</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">HARDKNOCKS</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">LEGION 76</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">BAD CO. PROJECT</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">DIE TRYING</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">THUNDER AND GLORY</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">WOLF BITES BOY</span></b> and even more deliver their all the time and in all cases damn smart and nicely characteristic done tribute paying versions of <b><i>immortal</i></b> <b><span style="color: red;">OXYMORON</span></b> hymns like "<b><span style="color: red;">BORED AND VIOLENT</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">DEAD END GENERATION</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">BEWARE POISONOUS!</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">CRISIS IDENTITY</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">SELFRULE</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">ANTI</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">CRAZY WORLD</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">ON THE OUTSIDE</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">WESTWORLD</span></b>", and many more and they do it all with their very own twist and tone to it while still honouring the originals enthusiastically and that here all is about hard knocking, sharp cutting, highly melodic, ctachy and hymnal, and just damn exciting and rousing <b>Streetpunk</b> of and on the highest grade of quality and skill(<i>s</i>) I only mention because of reasons of completness because I think that this should be clear anyhow. A fantastic artwork, top notch linernotes of/by <b>Sucker</b> (<b><span style="color: red;">OXYMORON</span></b> <i>and</i> <b><span style="color: red;">BAD CO. PROJECT</span></b>) himself, and a <i>thru'n'thru</i> first class production sound round it all perfectly up. So, <i>yes</i>, this is a very short review and especially for/by my standards but I think all what needed to be said I did say and so enough of the talking and you best just get this <i><b>amazing</b></i> piece of <b>Streetpunk</b> mu<i>sick</i> and this best instantly. <b>Cheers</b> & <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b></div>
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<i><u>https://www.contra-net.com/</u></i> (-the link to the homepage of the label)</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">DDC</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">BORED AND VIOLENT</span></b>" (<b>2018</b>, "<b><span style="color: red;">A TRIBUTE TO OXYMORON: FUCK THE TRIBUTES, HERE'S OUR NOIZE...</span></b>")</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Neufundland, Neufundland und Labrador, Kanada48.6064556 -56.33304079999999243.2832576 -66.660189299999985 53.929653599999995 -46.005892299999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-18117660525831542322018-12-16T20:33:00.001+01:002018-12-16T20:33:11.903+01:00DURSTIGE NACHBARN - "FICKT EUCH!" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">FICKT EUCH!</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 38:22 minutes; 11 songs)<br />
("K.B. Records"; 2018; CD):<br />
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Hey guys, hope you have a nice sunday evening and I'm back at work up here, <i>at least a little bit</i>, with serving you my record-review on the new <b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b> longplayer "<b><span style="color: red;">FICKT EUCH!</span></b>" released pretty recently via the mighty "<b>K.B. RECORDS</b>". This september I finally did my review on the direct precursor album of/by the <b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b> titled "<b><span style="color: red;">ICH ODER DU</span></b>" dating already back from <i>2014 </i>and in this very review I've already mentioned that the <b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b> very soon will drop their new one and here it finally is: "<b><span style="color: red;">FICKT EUCH!</span></b>" If you've read my review on "<b><span style="color: red;">ICH ODER DU</span></b>" you know that this album was a great one and that I had high expectations concerning the successor one, "<b><span style="color: red;">FICKT EUCH!</span></b>", and if you haven't read the mentioned review then by now you know it anyway anyhow; so, <i>yes</i>, live the <b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b> up to this high expectations with "<b><span style="color: red;">FICKT EUCH!</span></b>" or do they fail them? <i><u>To put it short:</u></i> They definitely live up to them and they even excel the great precursor one a bit and they, which means the <b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b>, deliver to us with "<b><span style="color: red;">FICKT EUCH!</span></b>" one of the very, very strongest and very, very best <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> albums and/or <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> albums from <i>Germany</i> of/for <i>2018</i> and also one of the most outspoken, most nasty, and most angry ones, <i>yes</i>, and this for all the right reasons, <i>point and fact</i>. <i>Hard as nails</i> rough and tough, grim and gruff <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> with good healthy doses of roaring <b>Punkrock</b> notes in it as well as also some fresh <b>SKA</b> and <b>SKA Punk</b> marks and all nicely free of/from every <b>Metal</b>, <b>Rock</b>, and/or <b>German Rock</b> stuff, <i>yes</i>, and also serving some nice little funny easter eggs hidden here and there. The <b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b> play it all very <i>self-contained</i> and nicely independently but to/for anyone who <i>sort of</i> needs some bandnames as references then let it be told that fans of earlier/older <b>KRAWALLBRÜDER</b>, old <b>TROOPERS</b>, <b>GERBENOK</b>, and <b>MARTENS ARMY</b> will definitely cheer up to the <b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b>. Even I would say that the <b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b> especially today do it not only their very own way but also all very fresh and they surprise with a lot of <i>twists and turns</i> and they simply do it all damn fucking great and deliver some great songwriting with nice unexpected variations of rhythm and pace, and all is delivered via two angry and the songs very strong shaping lead singers, heavy smashing guitar work, a roaring bass, and bonecracking drumming. Diverse and very strong and also very often damn outspoken and <i>angry-political</i> lyrics, a <i>first-class</i> artwork, and a <i>top-notch</i> production sound then round it all finally and especially perfectly up. I will make it short this time because all what needed to be said is said, <i>yes</i>, and so: <i><b><u>Just go out and get it</u></b></i>!!! <b>Cheers</b> & <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b></div>
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(<b><u><span style="color: blue;">9,5 of 10 points</span></u></b>)</div>
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<i><u>http://durstige-nachbarn.de/</u></i> (-the link to the homepage of the band)</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">DURSTIGE NACHBARN</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">WENN WIR KÖNNTEN WIE WIR WOLLTEN</span></b>" (<b>2018</b>, "<b><span style="color: red;">FICKT EUCH!</span></b>")</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Feuerland-54.211612 -69.323672399999964-58.9709055 -79.650820899999957 -49.452318500000004 -58.996523899999964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-12353307731151991532018-12-15T10:21:00.001+01:002018-12-15T10:24:11.668+01:00WISDOM IN CHAINS - "NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: blue;">NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 39:44 minutes; 13 songs)<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, finally a new post up here and obviously I couldn't keep up the momentum from the promising start of this month, <i>so to say</i>, but in real life the <i>pre-christmas-time</i> is this year simply damn <i>work-intensive</i> and with also having a real social life then so this little blog of mine up here simply comes off a little bit short currently but I guess that's just life and so all is more than just good and fine with that at the end of the day(<i>s</i>). But with that out of the way it's finally time to do again a little bit up here and so here and now you get my record-review on <i>one hell of </i>a masterpiece and this one is the new <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b> album "<b><span style="color: blue;">NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</span></b>" released this summer via "<b>DEMONS RUN AMOK</b>" and if you know this blog now already for a few years longer and/or if you know me personally than you know that <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b> are some of my total favorites and this latest since they way back then released their immortal "<b><span style="color: blue;">CLASS WAR</span></b>" masterpiece in <i>2007</i> and now we are <i>eleven years</i> later in <i>2018</i> and <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b> are going <i>sort of</i> stronger than (<i>ever</i>) before with "<b><span style="color: blue;">NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</span></b>", <i>hell yeahr</i>, and two months ago I did my record-review on <b>SLAPSHOT</b>'s new one and what I wrote there about it (<i>of</i>) being my <b>Hardcore</b> album of/for <i>2018</i> I definitely stand for it but I also definitely already knew back then that this '<i>title</i>' <b>SLAPSHOT</b>'s "<b>MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN</b>" had too share with <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: blue;">NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</span></b>" but simply did not want to '<i>pre-anticipate</i>' and spoil it back then already, <i>yes</i>, and so now here we are. (<i>And after the almighty</i> <b>SICK OF IT ALL</b> also <i>finally released also their new one very recently we will later on see what that now may mean…</i>) <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b> serve us here on and with "<b><span style="color: blue;">NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</span></b>" the newest and most impressive dose of their highly intense and highly atmospheric, incredible creative and <i>clichée-free</i> <b>Hardcore</b> full of ongoingly delivered heavy truckloads of devastating heavy and highly dynamic energy and and a rousing attitude and potential like not much else outta there, <i>yeahr</i>, and they even enriched it all far more today in <i>2018</i> with "<b><span style="color: blue;">NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</span></b>", <i>so at least my impression</i>, and cultivated it even more than before with totally getting rid of any bullshit <b>Hardcore</b> clichée crap and with just doing their completly own thing and this so even far more consequent than already before. Melting heavy amounts of catchy and sharp <b>Heavy Metal</b> and crushing <b>Thrash Metal</b> as well as symphonic <b>Classic Rock</b> into their bonecracking heavy and at the same time incredible hymnal and with <i>breath-taking</i> melody lines shining <b>Hardcore</b> the <i><b>Land of Kings</b></i> style and that's still deeply rooted in the <b>NY</b>(<b>H</b>)<b>C</b> and that then is all pushed only more and only heavier forward by a massive input of <b>Punkrock</b>, <b>Streetpunk</b> and some <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> ingredients and that is this time with <i>working- in</i> some good and healthy doses of atmospheric <i>ambient</i>-<b>Pop</b> even only made more rich, rousing, grapping, exciting, and also entertaining. And also only even more <i><b>conquering</b></i>. So expect <i>one hell of</i> an impressive and '<i>overwhelmingly-conquering</i>' rich and grapping songwriting full of great fresh ideas, surprising <i>twists and turns</i> all down the road along the ride as well as open huge surprises and a in that definitely <i>larger than life</i> way still before "<b><span style="color: blue;">NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</span></b>" in that manner just unexpected and so damn strong moments of unrestrained and '<i>bubbling-over</i>' creativity without any '<i>scene-limitations</i>' that is just so damn impressive and grapping that <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b> take you for an overly exciting ride full of authentic, heartfelt big emotions that they will leave you with your mouth opened wide and a satisfied <i>joker-grin</i> drawn on your face, <i>oh yes</i>, and all is marked by a very strong and huge own unique identity and charcter and a <i>larger than life</i> intensity as well as a damn <i>dense'n'tight</i> atmosphere, <i>yes</i>, served to us by damn skilled musicians from start to finish on the highest grade of quality and full of soulful and heartfelt, sympathic authenticity and that's something that hopefully will never change in camp <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b>. All is delivered via highly charismatic and today more than ever versatile lead vo<i>killz</i> backed up by widescreen crew back ups and well placed co-lead vo<i>killz</i>, by a damn diverse and multi-layered, multi-facetted guiatr work, by a heavy smacking bass, and by a thunderous drum work. <i>Any band comparisions</i>? Senseless, too huge, too strong, too characteristic, and too unique is the identity of <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b>. But, <i>okay</i>, let me try it this way: Throw <b>SICK OF IT ALL</b> and <b>MADBALL</b> together with <b>METALLICA</b>, <b>ANTHRAX</b>, and <b>LED ZEPPELIN</b> into one big bowl and garnish it with some <b>BONECRUSHER</b>, <b>RANCID</b>, and <b>OXYMORON</b> and you have a good starting point to finally discover <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b> on your own. If you ask for any listening tipps then it should be clear that the whole album is the <i>purest platinum</i> outta there and this from start to finish, <i>definitely</i>, but if you're interested in my personal favorites then this are probably "<b><span style="color: blue;">LIFE LESSONS</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">SOMEDAY</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">BETTER THAN I WAS</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">THE BOY AND THE CAVE</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">HEART OF A CHAMPION</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">TURN MY BACK</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">DUCK DOWN, STAY DOWN</span></b>", and "<b><span style="color: blue;">HALFWAY THERE</span></b>" simply because this are the songs I've probably listened the very most to and so maybe check this songs out first. A great, sinister '<i>cartoonish</i>' artwork, a heavy smashing and yet clear and warm <i>production-sound</i>, and absolutely <i>first-class</i> lyrics then finally turn <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: blue;">NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</span></b>" into the complete package and the real deal. <i>What?</i> You still need some finishing closing words?<i> Really</i>? <i>Okay</i>, then… <i>damn it</i>, just go out and (<i>finally</i>) get <b><span style="color: blue;">WISDOM IN CHAINS</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: blue;">NOTHING IN NATURE RESPECTS WEAKNESS</span></b>" and this <i><b>instantly</b></i>. <i>One hell of </i>a fantastic album. <b>Hardcore</b>!!! <b>Fist</b>!!!</div>
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<i><u>https://de-de.facebook.com/WisdomInChainsPAHC</u></i> (-the link to the facebook site of the band)</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-23470346608020043462018-12-02T09:23:00.001+01:002018-12-03T18:44:59.253+01:00HERZLOS - "SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">HERZLOS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 53:51 minutes; 14 songs)<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, trust your eyes because it's true here's now already the next load <i>in-coming</i> for you all this month and so it's the second day of the month and here's the second post for it, <i>not bad</i>, but first let us wait if this will keep on going before I praise this too loud for you. And with this said now straight forward into the action, <i>yes</i>, and so here now comes my review on the (<i>brand</i>)new <b><span style="color: magenta;">HERZLOS</span></b> album "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON</span></b>" released more or less pretty recently in <i>2018</i> via "<b>LAUTE HELDEN</b>" (<i>a to me new subdivision of</i> "<b>SPV</b>") in form of a beautifully designed and fat digi-pak CD. The band's from <i>good old Germoney</i> and is now already around for a decade <i>or so</i> but before "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON</span></b>" <b><span style="color: magenta;">HERZLOS</span></b> were completly unknown to me. <i>Okay</i>, with that all said, <i>hm</i>, what do we get here, what is it that <b><span style="color: magenta;">HERZLOS</span></b> offer and serve us here on, with, via, and through "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON</span></b>"? <b>German Rock</b>. <i>Yes</i>, <b>German Rock</b> is the answer. If you are into new <b>TOXPACK</b>, if the newcomers <b>FORMLOS</b> please your gusto, if <b>FREI.WILD</b> are some of your faves, if you like what <b>KÄRBHOLZ</b> has developed into, and if the later to latest <b>BÖHSE ONKELZ</b> albums are something that you (<i>still</i>) like, <i>yes</i>, if this all or some parts of this are true then you should definitely check out <b><span style="color: magenta;">HERZLOS</span></b> and give them a good and fair chance, because then "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON</span></b>" will probably have a good time spinning in your stereo at home. This is energetic <b>German Rock</b> showcasing a strong melodic and also a modern touch and it all comes with a huge dynamic melted into the tracks marked by some more or less fresh but anyhow nice ideas (<i>like for example some</i> <b>SKA</b> <i>marks in</i> "<b><span style="color: magenta;">STATUEN AUS GOLD</span></b>" <i>or some in general surprisingly fresh and rousing old school traditional</i> <b>Rock & Roll</b> <i>rhythmic arrangements like for example in</i> "<b><span style="color: magenta;">PLATIN</span></b>" <i>or a pretty dark and heavy and slightly <b>grungy</b> riff work worked together with short 1970's</i> <b>Rock</b> <i>inspired guitar lead lines into</i> "<b><span style="color: magenta;">ICH BLEIBE HIER</span></b>") and a powerful punch that marks each and every song and all shines with a big melodic and a good amount of '<i>poppy catchyness</i>' and a good healthy hymnal approach to it all. The guitars really drive and push the songs massively forward with a strong focus on a rousing and grapping rhythm- and riff-work but also shining with in parts already damn fantastic leads and some damn strong solos and definitely mark the songs heavily and are backed up by a forceful smacking and punching rhythm section, while the clear and clean and yet still pretty heavy and slightly throaty sung lead vocals that are backed up here and there by some loud backings really give the songs the finishing touches. And all in all here we get some mostly fresh and strong and anyway pretty ambitious songwriting delivered by some well-versed musicians and thanks to the pretty characteristic lead vocals and the guitars that sound in a nice own tone that best shines through in the leads <b><span style="color: magenta;">HERZLOS</span></b> also showcase anyhow mostly some <i>good'n'strong</i> own identity here on and with "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON</span></b>". Next time maybe even bring a bit more distance between you and your inspirations and work out your own identity even (<i>far</i>) more (<i>for example</i> <i>the already above mentioned</i> "<b><span style="color: magenta;">STATUEN AUS GOLD</span></b>" <i>as damn strong as it is sounds like strongly ripped away from</i> <b>FREI.WILD</b>) and add a truckload of heavyness to it all and things will get even better and fresher; and on a personal mark, <i>yes</i>, please add some much more <i>dirt</i> to it all because sadly "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON</span></b>" personally for/to me is by far too much polished. (<i>But maybe that's just me and I'm just not that much into the target group after all...</i>) Some good lyrics, sometimes very good (<i>and also outspoken</i>) and sometimes… <i>ahrg</i>… let us forget about it, a too damn clean production-sound, and a great artwork then finally round it all up. I think <b>German Rock</b> fans will definitely like <b><span style="color: magenta;">HERZLOS</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON</span></b>" and will like it massively and this pretty much also for all the right reasons and everyone else who's into heartfelt and authentic <b>Rock</b> music with a only very slightly '<i><b>punky</b></i>' touch to it and shining with big melodies and that's driven forward by strong guitars and (<i>german</i>) vocals should at least give it a fair try and risk one or two ears with checking it out, <i>yes</i>, so give it a try, <i>definitely</i>.</div>
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<i><u>https://www.facebook.com/herzlos.deutschpunkrock</u></i> (-the link to the facebook site of the band)</div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">HERZLOS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: magenta;">DU BIST DAS GIFT</span></b>" (<b>2018</b>, "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SCHWARZ - WEISS - NEON</span></b>")</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-29990960315019040962018-12-01T19:08:00.002+01:002018-12-01T19:08:44.693+01:00HAYMAKER - "WE APOLOGIZE TO NOBODY" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: blue;">HAYMAKER</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: blue;">WE APOLOGIZE TO NOBODY</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 31:02 minutes; 10 songs)<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, finally back again, once again and after <i>November 2018</i> was very silent up here I think it's really about time to change this up here again and to start off <i>December 2018</i> right here and right now in a proper way and this proper way of doing so will be my record-review on the first full length longplayer of the <i><b>almighty</b></i> <b><span style="color: blue;">HAYMAKER</span></b> titled "<b><span style="color: blue;">WE APOLOGIZE TO NOBODY</span></b>" released (<i>far</i>) earlier this very year of <i>2018</i> and to be more precise someday back then this <i>March</i> of <i>2018</i> via the infamous and legendary "<b>K.B. 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Think about a dirty and harsh onwards slashing and stomping and yet all the time damn melodic and highly anthemic/hymnal mixture out of <b>PERKELE</b>, early <b>DISCHARGER</b>, a bit of <b>BADLANDS</b>, and some <b>THE BUSINESS</b> with good healthy doses of <b><i>Chiswick</i></b>/(<i>very</i>) early <b>SKREWDRIVER</b> influences in it and add some mercylessly forward smashing <b>MOTÖRHEAD</b>-like hard and heavy <b>Rock & Roll</b> marks to it and all delivered as well as especially also cultivated with a very strong, huge, and unique character and identity and you should definitely have a pretty good impression of <b><span style="color: blue;">HAYMAKER</span></b> and their very special own <b>Skinhead Rock & Roll</b> to start with. All is made ready via a phenomenal strong and damn outstanding and very nicely diverse and also nicely multi-facetted songwriting that shines with a huge dose of fresh ideas like for example the fantastic <b>THE BLUES BROTHERS</b> reminiscence <i>kick-off</i> of the album with the opening-riff of the killer tune and also opener of the album "<b><span style="color: blue;">UNDERDOGS</span></b>" or the <b>RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE</b> like sounding opening riff of "<b><span style="color: blue;">HANG UP YOUR BOOTS</span></b>" that shifts smoothly and swiftly over to a great by for example <b>THE WHO</b> inspired rhythm structure of the song and that's repeated further on even more intense and the whole album also offers in general and far more nice damn great <i>twists'n'turns</i> all along the ride that is "<b><span style="color: blue;">WE APOLOGIZE TO NOBODY</span></b>" and that really brightly shines with a so damn fantastic work in the department of riffs and rhythm architecture(<i>s</i>) that are from start to finish nothing but fantastic and really some of the very most fiery and rousing, highly energetic, strongly dynamic and above all and in all ways and meanings amazingly rousing and uplifting ones like you won't experience it in that way and of that highest quality that often anywhere anyhow anyway else and this also won't chnage that soon anyhow, <i>point and fact</i>. And also it's all incredible effective and damn intense and it all is cultivated by an inspirated as well as inspirational compositorial approach and by an overwhelming great melodic work that shines through in the general arrangements of the songs and excels within and throughout the leads and solos of the guitars as well as the vocal lines, <i>yes</i>, and all is also damn fucking <i>hymnal'n'anthemic</i> to the max. <i>Oh boy</i>, this is from start to finish<i> one hell of </i>a grapping, rousing, intense, and exciting ride with all thrills and not a single fill, <i>hell yeahr</i>, and all is done and delivered by very skilled strong musicians going focussed to work. A fantastic guitar playing with a very own characteristic tone to it, a proud and loud strutting bass, furious thundering drumming, <i>loud'n'proud</i> crew back-ups, and above all that shine fantastic and highest charismatic lead vocals, <i>yes</i>,<i><b> nothing but overwhelming</b></i>, this are the tools with and by which this absolutely amazing and definitely <i><b>larger than life</b></i> album that <b><span style="color: blue;">HAYMAKER</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: blue;">WE APOLOGIZE TO NOBODY</span></b>" without any discussion is came and by listening to it everytime again comes to be. Fantastic, diverse, aware, outspoken, and sharp aimed and even sharper cutting <b><i><u>Skinhead</u></i></b> and <b><i><u>Oi! </u></i></b>lyrics, a great <i>Old School</i> artwork, and a dirty and yet damn heavy and somehow still pretty clear first class production sound finally turn this into the probably most complete package also again in and of this very year of <i>2018</i> and this for all the right and most justified reasons, <i>period</i>. My personal favorites? <i>Ha</i>, after the whole album is nothing but and nothing less than the <i><b><u>purest platinum</u></b></i> you can pick any song you want, <i>definitely</i>, but "<b><span style="color: blue;">UNDERDOGS</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">NO SOCIAL LIFE</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">ONLY A SINNER BECOMES A WINNER</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">SKINHEAD ROCK & ROLL</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: blue;">TOO DRUNK TO FIGHT</span></b>", and "<b><span style="color: blue;">WE APOLOGIZE TO NOBODY</span></b>" probably are the songs most listened to by me over all the time now so maybe you want to start with one of them, <i>yes</i>, with one of this <i>groundbreaking</i> and <i><b>larger than life</b></i> hymns. <i>Hell yeahr</i>, signs are set that then for now two years in a row <b><span style="color: blue;">HAYMAKER</span></b> had also in this very year of <i>2018</i> delivered my personal album of the year, <i>yes</i>, just to point that out a bit while we're still here all together. <i>Okay</i>, I think for now I've said so far all what I had to say right now and right here or so to/about <b><span style="color: blue;">HAYMAKER</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: blue;">WE APOLOGIZE TO NOBODY</span></b>" and anyone that's only slightly into <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and <b><i>Skinhead Rock & Roll</i></b> should definitely get this very one here as soon as possible just in case he or she really still doesn't own or even know it, <i>hm</i>, and let me say it this way, <i>yes</i>, if there's only one album of and then also in <i>2018</i> you can pick up this very year or (<i>after 2018 is already running out again too damn soon</i>) could have picked up this very year it should be respectively should have been this very one here, <i>period</i>. <i><b>Get it</b></i>!!! <b>Cheers</b> & <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b></div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-54208596129920533142018-11-22T22:13:00.002+01:002018-11-22T22:13:48.567+01:00JOHNNY REGGAE RUB FOUNDATION - "THIS IS SKA/Oi Oi Oi" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">JOHNNY REGGAE RUB FOUNDATION</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">THIS IS SKA/Oi Oi Oi</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> ...<i>vinyl 7'' single</i>…; 2 songs)<br />
("Pork Pie Records"; 7''; 2018):<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, next dose is already incoming and this time it's my review on the <b><i>7'' vinyl single</i></b> "<b><span style="color: red;">THIS IS SKA/Oi Oi Oi</span></b>" of/by the <i>mighty</i> <b><span style="color: red;">JOHNNY REGGAE RUB FOUNDATION</span></b> released this summer via the legendary "<b>PORK PIE RECORDS</b>" (<i>great to see that this very fine label is still around and active</i>) and I got it at the fantastic this year's "<b>THIS IS SKA</b>" festival as a bundle deal with a festival-T-Shirt and only by looking at the <i>name'n'title</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">THIS IS SKA</span></b>" it should be obvious why this came to happen. And also music-wise and quality-wise this is all too obvious, just listen to this little disc of black gold with a very old schoolish huge middle hole that makes you have to use a <i>45 Adapter</i> while/for playing it,<i> yes</i>, and that's nothing else and nothing less than damn fucking true old school <b><i>boss style</i></b>. And so also the music. And, <i>one last side-note</i> before we will come to the what and the how of the music: <i>Why the bloody hell</i> I didn't knew this band before?!? <i>Damn it</i>, shame on me. I will definitely change this in the future, <i>point and fact</i>. So, <i>yes</i>, back to the topic, <b><span style="color: red;">JOHNNY REGGAE RUB FOUNDATION</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">THIS IS SKA/Oi Oi Oi</span></b>": This is some damn strong bastard out of <b>SKA</b> and <b>Rocksteady</b> with a huge (<b>Early</b>) <b>Reggae</b> dose in it and some very minimalistic but incredible effective and nicely diverse and creative approach to it all, blending in a very stand-alone/independently and very, very fresh way influences of <b>JUDGE DREAD</b>, <b>DERRICK MORGAN</b>, and <b>THE SELECTER</b> together with <b>THE AGGROLITES</b>, <b>THE SLACKERS</b>, and <b>THE VALKYRIANS</b> and this all done with a very special flavor to it and in a very unique tone, <i>yes</i>, and all is marked by great snotty male vocals and larger than life sweet and melodic female ones, a very present and marking <i>hard'n'smart</i> and powerful '<i>skanking'n'licking</i>' melodic guitar work that also showcases a nice <b>2 Tone</b> flair, by a very formidable and the songs massively marking <i><b>Boss Sound</b> organ</i>, a groundshaking danceable around strutting bass, and very minimalistic but damn effective and healthy smacking drumming and all is given form to by or via grappig and highly energetic and dynamic, rousing and fresh songwriting that also works some nice and great tribute paying easter-eggs <i>here'n'there</i> into it all. "<b><span style="color: red;">THIS IS SKA</span></b>" on the <i>A-side</i> (<i>no</i>, <i>not a covertune</i>) is <i><b><u>purest gold</u></b></i>, "<b><span style="color: red;">Oi Oi Oi</span></b>" on the <i>B-side</i> (<i>also not a covertune</i>) is a bit weaker but still a damn good one, <i>for sure</i>, and all is made very round by a fantastic artwork, very entertaining lyrics, and a warm and earthy production-sound. Anyone into <b>SKA</b>,(<b>Early</b>) <b>Reggae</b>, and <b>Rocksteady</b> really should get his/her hands on a copy of it and I can only and calmly recommend <b><span style="color: red;">JOHNNY REGGAE RUB FOUNDATION</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">THIS IS SKA/Oi Oi Oi</span></b>" to anyone of you guys outta there, <i>yes</i>, and now shout with me: "<b><u><span style="color: red;">THIS IS SKA!</span></u></b>"</div>
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<i><u>http://johnnyreggaerubfoundation.com/</u></i> (-the link to the homepage of the band)</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-15554439968521486802018-11-20T20:30:00.003+01:002018-11-20T20:30:22.789+01:00THE INTERRUPTERS - "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">THE INTERRUPTERS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: magenta;">FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT</span></b>"<br />
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Hey guys… <i>I know</i>… this month is really damn '<i>silent</i>' so far up here and I pretty much doubt at least quite a bit that this will that drastically change again all too soon and/or at least not this very month,<i> yehp</i>, call it real life and you hit the nail right on its head, <i>anyhow</i>, enough of the rambling(<i>s</i>) and so now finally to the <i>2nd</i> post up here so far this very month of <i>November 2018</i>, <i>yehp</i>, and here and now you finally get my review on one of my very most favorite albums of/for <i>2018</i> and also damn sure in years and for years to come and this very album I'm right here right now talking about is no other and especially no less than the absolutely almighty and larger than life new <i>2018</i> full length of /by the absolutely amazing <b><span style="color: magenta;">THE INTERRUPTERS</span></b> titled "<b><span style="color: magenta;">FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT</span></b>" released <i>sort of</i> this summer via the legendary "<b>HELLCAT RECORDS</b>". After my time this month is damn '<i>spare</i>' I will keep this one here a short one or at least I'll try to do so, <i>m'kay</i>, and so here and now finally straight and direct into the action one more time again: For what damn shameful reasons ever <b><span style="color: magenta;">THE INTERRUPTERS</span></b> were before "<b><span style="color: magenta;">FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT</span></b>" (<i>their 3rd album aready so far</i>) totally unknown strangers to/for me... <i>why the bloody hell ever</i>… but to be honest maybe also over the last past few years there was no better time than <i>sort of</i> now for them and me to finally meet with <b>SKA</b> blasting and skanking out of the speakers of my stereo that loud, that enthusiastic, and that regular and that frequent like now for quite some many years not and so, <i>yeah'</i>, seems like a perfect match to me. So, <i>yehp</i>, like you now already may or should know or at least anticipate this here is <b>SKA</b> and not only <b>SKA</b> but absolutely amazing and fantastic <b>SKA</b> with a very good and especially very healthy dose of <b>Streetpunk</b> and <b>Punkrock</b> thrown into the mix of it all and this for all the goddamn right reasons and done in all the goddamn right way and manner. So expect an incredible highly energetic and highly dynamic very intense and so also very rousing songwriting that serves absolutely fantastic excitement via, through and in form of amazing, grapping and very catchy as well as very hymnal songs without end or stopp from start to finish that vary nicely so that a top notch level of multi-facetted diversity of the highest quality is easily reached and so <b><span style="color: magenta;">THE INTERRUPTERS</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: magenta;">FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT</span></b>" is simply and easily <i>one hell of</i> an outstanding release. The <b>SKA</b> or <b>SKA Punk</b> of <b><span style="color: magenta;">THE INTERRUPTERS</span></b> served us in a very independently and unique way with a very special own tone and flavor to it all and all of the very highest quality grade is marked by absolutely larger than life and brightest shining very strong and incredible snotty and nasty absolutely fresh and unique, stunning female lead vocals that are absolutely<i> one of a kind </i>and I honestly totally fell in love with, <i>yes</i>, as well as full throttle and full force forward pushing '<i>stunningly smacking</i>' and at the same time really <i>sort of</i> '<i>sensitive singing</i>'guitars, a truly fantastic and the songs massively enriching organ and all is backed up by a beefy and '<i>smacky</i>' stunning rhythm section. If you are looking for a (<i>brand</i>)new absolutely amazing and overwhelming <b>SKA</b>/<b>SKA Punk</b> album then don't look any further because here you have it and it won't ever get that much better anyway and so we are talking here about one of the very, very best albums of/for/in <i>2018</i> and this definitely not only in the <b>SKA</b>/<b>SKA Punk</b> department but music-wise in general, <i>definitely</i>. "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SHE'S KEROSENE</span></b>" (<i>totally love this one</i>), "<b><span style="color: magenta;">TITLE HOLDER</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: magenta;">SO WRONG</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: magenta;">GOT EACH OTHER</span></b>" (<i>feat.</i> <b>RANCID</b>), "<b><span style="color: magenta;">GAVE YOU EVERYTHING</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: magenta;">NOT PERSONAL</span></b>", and "<b><span style="color: magenta;">RUMORS AND GOSSIP</span></b>" are for sure my absolute favorites and so maybe check this hymns out first but don't make the mistake to think the not mentioned ones would be <i>weak spots</i> because <i>hell no</i> definitely not because on here truly all and everything is absolutely the purest platinum, <i>period</i>. Very strong and good and also nicely diverse lyrics, a '<i>slick</i>' and just great artwork, and a clear and warm production sound then finally round it all perfectly up. To finally close this review here and now I can only highly, highly recommend <b><span style="color: magenta;">THE INTERRUPTERS</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: magenta;">FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT</span></b>" to anyone into first class catchy, hymnal, danceable, and '<i>skanky</i>' music, <i>yes</i>, this here is <i>through'n'through</i> true and pure platinum and nothing else and especially nothing less and so finally just go out and get it in case you really may have missed out on this incredible amazing gem so far.</div>
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<i><u>https://wearetheinterrupters.com/</u></i> (-the link to the homepage of the band)</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Grönland71.706936 -42.60430300000001614.534369499999997 152.16132199999998 90 122.63007199999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-23036303538337362112018-11-12T19:58:00.003+01:002018-11-12T19:58:30.457+01:00BÖHSE ONKELZ - "KNEIPENTERRORISTEN (30 JAHRE NEUAUFNAHME)" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: orange;">BÖHSE ONKELZ</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: orange;">KNEIPENTERRORISTEN (30 JAHRE NEUAUFNAHME)</span></b>"<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, it's been a while since the last post came up here,<i> yehp</i>, I know but anyhow and anyway because tonight <i>November 2018</i> will start up here and I will do this with a review of me, myself, and I on one of the probably hughest clas<i>sick</i>s in the history of <i>hard'n'heavy</i> mu<i>sick</i> from <i>Germany</i> or better on the brandnew very recently released current rerecording of it and I'm talking about the very recently released completly '<i>freshly</i>' done rerecording of the album "<b><span style="color: orange;">KNEIPENTERRORISTEN</span></b>" of/by no one else than the <b><span style="color: orange;">BÖHSE ONKELZ</span></b> and this very one here is the <i><span style="color: orange;">30th anniversary rerecording</span></i> of it, <i>yeahr</i>, and so here we go finally again: I won't go into all the '<i>historical ramblings</i>' about the <b><span style="color: orange;">BÖHSE ONKELZ</span></b> in general and/or their "<b><span style="color: orange;">KNEIPENTERRORISTEN</span></b>" in particular because this would simply go beyond the scope and so <i>here'n'now</i> I will only concentrate and look on the album itself and this in its current '<i><span style="color: orange;">rerecorded 30 years anniversary edition</span></i>' that is now the topic up here. "<b><span style="color: orange;">KNEIPENTERRORISTEN</span></b>" was back then the <i>so to say</i> second album when and with that they moved from the early <b>german</b> <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i> Punk</b> of their debut full length "<b><span style="color: orange;">DER NETTE MANN</span></b>" and the <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b>/<b>Punk</b>/<b>Rock</b> bastard of their "<b><span style="color: orange;">BÖHSE MENSCHEN, BÖHSE LIEDER</span></b>" second full length to their dirty and heavy hitting highly energetic and hymnal <b>Metal</b> of their (<i>in my book</i>) by far greatest time represented by their <i>immortal</i> <i>masterpieces</i> "<b><span style="color: orange;">ONKELZ WIE WIR</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: orange;">KNEIPENTERRORISTEN</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: orange;">ES IST SOWEIT</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: orange;">WIR HAM NOCH LANGE NICHT GENUG</span></b>", and "<b><span style="color: orange;">HEILIGE LIEDER</span></b>", <i>yes</i>, and "<b><span style="color: orange;">KNEIPENTERRORISTEN</span></b>", their fourth full length in general and the second one of their above mentioned era, is one of my absolute favorites of/by the <b><span style="color: orange;">BÖHSE ONEKLZ</span></b>: Hard hitting, slashing, nasty, rowdyish, ever brawling and rumbling <b><i>Hooligan</i></b> <b>Metal </b>filled by dirty <b>Punk</b> and clearly raised on hymnal <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and fueled by high octane and on the cold concrete born and bred <b>Hardrock</b> and all garnished with a strong and unique and also a damn great very own identity and a nice <i>through'n'through</i> authentic and sympathic attitude as well as a very grubby and nicely twisted atmosphere and all was and still is incredible highly intense and harsh and heavy stunning, <i>yes</i>, and this all still today and perhaps even more in this updated rerecorded version. Smashing and damn tight and forceful, very grapping, exciting, and rousing songwriting that shows no holes or blank spaces and that especially leaves no questions open and takes no prisoners and this still today in <i>2018</i> and that's massively pushed forward by mercyless pushing and punching guitars that deliver crushing riffs and singing leads and solos '<i>like nothing</i>', marked by loud and <i>street-raised</i> dirty vo<i>killkz</i>, and all beefed up massively by a strong going and proud strutting bass playing and devastating thunderous drumming and all these ingredients still shine today and this still very bright, <i>yes</i>, making the <b><span style="color: orange;">BÖHSE ONKELZ</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: orange;">KNEIPENTERRORISTEN</span></b>" still to nothing but and nothing less than pure gold. On the rerecorded version this all changed not a single bit,<i> hell no</i>, in contrast it all shows today with far more cultivated guitar parts like for example <i><b>slide guitar</b> styled</i> leads and also with more melodic and more versatile lead vo<i>killz</i> and even more hymnal backings maybe even only more potential. And this also counts for the as a bonus on here featured and also rerecorded <i>back-then-exclusive-songs</i> of the incredible fantastic "<b><span style="color: orange;">LÜGENMARSCH</span></b>" EP. <b><i><u>In short:</u></i></b> Here we have a fucking strong album that today with being <i>30 years old</i> is as strong, as relevant, and as important as back then <i>30 years ago</i> and that for all the right and justified reasons got cultivated and enriched massively with ist <i><span style="color: orange;">rerecorded 30 years anniversary edition</span></i> this very year of <i>2018</i>. Strong and nicely diverse lyrics, a pretty discreet and yet very original and also convincingly done artwork, and a clear and heavy smashing production sound round it all in a perfect way up. <b><span style="color: orange;">BÖHSE ONKELZ</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: orange;">KNEIPENTERRORISTEN</span></b>" is nothing but a damn fucking <i><b>larger than life</b></i> clas<i>sick</i> and this fantastic '<i><b><span style="color: orange;">30 years anniversary rerecording</span></b></i>' is the finishing glory of it and if for nothing else but only for this <i>re-done <b>masterpiece</b></i> alone we can only cherish their reunion and comeback, <i>yes</i>, and I can only and nothing but highly, highly recommend it to anyone of you outta there, <i><b><u>period</u></b></i>.<br />
(<b><u><span style="color: red;">9 of 10 points</span></u></b>)<br />
<i><u>http://www.onkelz.de/</u></i> (-the link to the homepage of the band)<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">BÖHSE ONKELZ</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: orange;">SO SIND WIR</span></b>" ///<i>live @ the </i>"<b>MATAPALOZ</b>" <i>festival 2018</i>\\\ (<b>2018</b>, "<b><span style="color: orange;">KNEIPENTERRORISTEN</span></b>")</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Grönland71.706936 -42.60430300000001614.5343595 152.16132199999998 90 122.63007199999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-88355187506937361342018-10-31T22:12:00.002+01:002018-10-31T22:15:04.092+01:00CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - SPOOKTOBER 2018: MISFITS - "AMERICAN PSYCHO"<b><u><span style="color: magenta;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - SPOOKTOBER 2018:</span></u></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">MISFITS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: lime;">AMERICAN PSYCHO</span></b>" (<b>1997</b>)<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 39:34 minutes; 17 songs)<br />
("Geffen Records"; CD):<br />
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(<b>I.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES</span></b>"<br />
(<b>II.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">AMERIACN PSYCHO</span></b>"<br />
(<b>III.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">SPEAK OF THE DEVIL</span></b>"<br />
(<b>IV.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">WALK AMONG US</span></b>"<br />
(<b>V.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">THE HUNGER</span></b>"<br />
(<b>VI.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">FROM HELL THEY CAME</span></b>"<br />
(<b>VII.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">DIG UP HER BONES</span></b>"<br />
(<b>VIII.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">BLACKLIGHT</span></b>"<br />
(<b>IX.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">RESURRECTION</span></b>"<br />
(<b>X.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">THIS ISLAND EARTH</span></b>"<br />
(<b>XI.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">CRIMSON GHOST</span></b>"<br />
(<b>XII.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">DAY OF THE DEAD</span></b>"<br />
(<b>XIII.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">THE HAUNTING</span></b>"<br />
(<b>XIV.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">MARS ATTACKS</span></b>"<br />
(<b>XV.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">HATE THE LIVING, LOVE THE DEAD</span></b>"<br />
(<b>XVI.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">SHINING</span></b>"<br />
(<b>XVII.</b>) "<b><span style="color: lime;">DON'T OPEN 'TIL DOOMSDAY</span></b>" (<i>plus hidden bonus track </i>"<b><span style="color: lime;">HELL NIGHT</span></b>")<br />
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Hey guys, <b><i><u>Halloween</u></i></b> today, <i>yeahr</i>, I hope you had or will have a great day (<i>depending where you live</i>) and after we've now finally <i>sort of</i> officially reached the end of <b>October 2018</b> or especially today even far better the end of <b><span style="color: magenta;">SPOOKTOBER 2018</span></b> and so there's no better way to end this very month with fashion with a properly themed newest (<i>and, btw, finally right in time for the first time since <b>April 2018</b> again</i>) "<b><span style="color: magenta;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH</span></b>" article and so here and now my dear readers here and now it will be respectively it is all about none other and especially none less than the infamous legendary and masterly "<b><span style="color: lime;">AMERICAN PSYCHO</span></b>" of/by the almighty and immortal <b><span style="color: lime;">MISFITS</span></b>, their <i><b><u>larger than life</u></b></i> masterpiece clas<i>sick</i> from back then in <i>1997</i>, released back then via "<b>GEFFEN RECORDS</b>". In <i>1997</i>, when the <b><span style="color: lime;">MISFITS</span></b> unleashed their "<b><span style="color: lime;">AMERICAN PSYCHO</span></b>" I turned <i>16 years young</i> my parents made or gave me this CD as a birthday present and this was back then now a bit over <i>21 years ago</i> my first real proper '<i>meeting</i>' with them, with the <b><span style="color: lime;">MISFITS</span></b>, and <i>oh hell yeahr</i> did they have conquered me instantly back then - and they simply obstinately refused to loosen the handle on me since then, <i>yes</i>, and this thankfully so because they refused to do so for all the right reasons. I knew and in fact I was (<i>and also still am</i>) a <b>DANZIG</b> fan way before but before "<b><span style="color: lime;">AMERICAN PSYCHO</span></b>" I didn't know the <b><span style="color: lime;">MISFITS</span></b> properly, <i>to say it that way</i>, and after "<b><span style="color: lime;">AMERICAN PSYCHO</span></b>" I soon started working this up, <i>yeah'</i>, so mighty and impactful was the impression they made or left on me. Their <b>Horrorpunk</b> was something that back then so far I haven't experienced and it was and since then always had been and so also for sure still is and will always be something very special for/to me and something that overwhelms and conquers me massively again and again time after time and this I can say about <b>Horrorpunk</b> in general and especially about the <b><span style="color: lime;">MISFITS</span></b> in particular because they simply always and still today and pretty much/sure also in the future simply conquered and conquer and will conquer me the very most especially also due to their very own unique tone that shines perfectly through with the bonedry and yet sweet melodic singing guitars and the thunderous bass lines, <i>yeahr</i>, and also because they were/are not only the (<i>first</i>) definition of <b>Horropunk</b> but also and especially personally to/for me always the very best and this in general and in particular and especially their <b><span style="color: lime;">Michale Graves</span></b> era with first and foremost "<b><span style="color: lime;">AMERICAN PSYCHO</span></b>" and its successor "<b><span style="color: lime;">FAMOUS MONSTERS</span></b>" from <i>1999</i> were and are and will forever continue to be absolutely massive <i>larger than life</i> and also <i>lifechanging</i> albums to/for me that are also surely closely linked to a lot of great personal memories but that to/for me always even beat their immortal clas<i>sick</i>s with the mighty <b>Glenn Danzig</b> and this also because <b><span style="color: lime;">Michale Graves</span></b>' voice, vo<i>kill</i>z, and style of singing had a very unique and different timbre and style and a massive huge own character and identity to it all that cultivated and enriched the <b><span style="color: lime;">MISFITS</span></b> massively and this, <i>at least so in my book</i>, for all the right reasons. With saying this I definitely won't take anything away from the <b>Glenn Danzig</b> era of the <b><span style="color: lime;">MISFITS</span></b>, <i>hell no</i>, not at least because this albums I love as well, <i>and this also massively</i>, but I simply or just prefer the <b><span style="color: lime;">Michale Graves</span></b> time even a bit more, <i>yes</i>, and this for the named reasons and also because I still think that the <b><span style="color: lime;">MISFITS</span></b> never sounded as fresh and alive/lively as they did back then especially so to say in <i>1997</i> and <i>1999</i> and even today with being <i>21 years old</i> "<b><span style="color: lime;">AMERICAN PSYCHO</span></b>" still sounds as fresh, as alive and lively, as brandnew thrilling, as exciting, and as relevant as back then in <i>1997</i> and this tells a lot and only great things. 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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Feuerland-54.211612 -69.323672399999964-58.970906 -79.650820899999957 -49.452318000000005 -58.996523899999964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-80023124337191588022018-10-28T21:26:00.004+01:002018-10-28T21:26:19.919+01:00SLAPSHOT - "MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey folks, I just came home recently and thought that it would be an anyhow anyway '<i>nice</i>' move to finish this weekend with another post for you all up here and so, <i>yes</i>, trust your eyes because here and now this weekend from friday on you now get the <i>4th</i> post up here, <i>yes</i>, <i>it's true</i>, and in all honesty right now and right here I can't tell you when this happened the last time up here but anyhow and so <i><u>let's go</u></i>: We will stay in <i>camp</i> '<b>HARDCORE</b>' also with this very one here and now and we do also stay in the <i>U.S.A.</i> and after we moved yesterday from<i> Los Angeles</i> to <i>New York</i> today/tonight we stay on the <i>east coast</i> and move up to <i>Boston</i>, <i>M.A.</i>/<i>U.S.A.</i> because here and now it's all about no one else and especially no one less than the <i>almighty</i> <b><span style="color: blue;">SLAPSHOT</span></b> and/with their newest offering "<b><span style="color: blue;">MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN</span></b>" released at the (<i>if I am now not completly on the wrong tracks</i>) <i>1st</i> of <i>June</i> of <i>2018</i> via the <i>legendary</i> "<b>BRIDGE NINE RECORDS</b>", <i>oh yes</i>, and if you look at the damn short running time that only '<i>shortly outruns</i>' the <i>23 minutes</i> marks I can tell you that I will keep this review also short, I can further tell you that this '<i>shortness of the review</i>' is definitely not to be mistaken as a '<i>symbol</i>' or '<i>metaphor</i>' or <i>something like this</i> of/for the quality of this album, and you should also already right now know that here on and with <b><span style="color: blue;">SLAPSHOT</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: blue;">MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN</span></b>" you're in for <i>one hell of</i> an<i><b> intense ride</b></i>. <i>This is</i> <b>Hardcore</b>. <i>True</i> <b>Hardcore</b>. <i>Authentic</i>, <i>honest</i> and <i>real</i> through and through <b>Hardcore</b>. <i>Old School</i> <b>Hardcore</b>. <i>Boston</i> <b>Hardcore</b>. In one word, in one term, in one name: <b><span style="color: blue;">SLAPSHOT</span></b>. Incredible intense, very dense and compact and highly characteristic and unique, massive and harsh songwriting, full of huge rousing high energy dynamics and on an incrdieble big, intense, and just almighty level of heavyness so that <b><span style="color: blue;">SLAPSHOT</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: blue;">MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN</span></b>" is from start to finish <i>highly'n'massively</i> violent, aggressive, <i>ultra-</i>heavy, fast and harsh raging and sawing, no prisoners taking, all out brawling, bonecracking and facesmashing, <i>über-</i>intense, devastating, full force, full throttle, and highest energy <b>Hardcore</b> with here and there some (<i>very</i>) few nasty and <i>loud'n'proud</i> roaring <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> marks in it all. Rousing, grapping, exciting, and massively overwhelming and conquering from <i>the go</i> to <i>the stop</i> and without any holes, blank spaces, or any <i>crappy-trendy-bullshitty</i> '<i>dingle-dangle</i>' <i>stuff</i>, nothing but the absolutely <i><b>real deal </b></i>and the totally <i>complete package</i>. <b><span style="color: blue;">Choke</span></b>'s fantastic and highly pissed off very unique vo<i>killz</i> slap and spit and whip and kick and beat the songs without any mercy or regrets straight onwards into the harshest battles, where the harsh sawing and sharp cutting bonedry and every resistance absolutely demolishing guitars rage in the centre of the warzone with the sheer devastating heavy and <i>über-</i>hard smashing bass <i>tanking-up</i> the support, and the crushing and thundering drums fire heavy <i>artillery-bombardements</i> without stop into it all without caring for any losses, absolutely no prisoners are/were taken, nothing but <i>scorched earth</i> is left behind when <b><span style="color: blue;">SLAPSHOT</span></b> rise up <i>high'n'mighty</i> at the end on a skyhigh pile of smashed corpses in total triumphant. <b>Hardcore</b>. <b>Boston Hardcore</b>. The <b>real deal</b>. Great, pissed off, and very vocal lyrics, a fantastic artwork, and a fiery and crushing production sound then round it all perfectly up. On <b><span style="color: blue;">SLAPSHOT</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: blue;">MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN</span></b>" you find <i>only killers</i>, <i>no fillers</i>, eleven times only <i>purest platinum</i>. <u>In short:</u> One of the very best albums of, in, and for <i>2018</i> and definitely my personal <b>Hardcore</b> album of/for this very year of <i>2018</i>, <i><b>hell yeahr</b></i>, so go get it. <b>Hardcore</b>!!! <b>Fist</b>!!!</div>
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<i><u>https://de-de.facebook.com/SlapshotBoston/</u></i> (-the link to the facebook site of the band)</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">SLAPSHOT</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: blue;">MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN</span></b>" (<b>2018</b>, "<b><span style="color: blue;">MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN</span></b>")</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Grönland71.706936 -42.60430300000001614.5343595 152.16132199999998 90 122.63007199999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-74614864725202648662018-10-27T22:24:00.001+02:002018-10-27T22:24:27.889+02:00MADBALL - "DOWN FOR THE CAUSE" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">DOWN FOR THE CAUSE</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 34:34 minutes; 13 songs)<br />
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Good evening, my dear readers, <i>yes</i>, one more time again today trust your eyes because here and now is already the <i>2nd</i> post of or for this very day aimed at and coming for you and like earlier today with my review on the brandnew <b>TERROR</b> album "<b>TOTAL RETALIATION</b>" also right here and right now we will be and also <i>stay'n'remain</i> in the departments of <b>Hardcore</b> but this time we will move from <i>Los Angeles</i> to <i>New York</i> and we will be with the (<i>al</i>)mighty <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> and their new <i>asskicker</i> titled "<b><span style="color: red;">DOWN FOR THE CAUSE</span></b>" released still pretty recently at the <i>15th</i> of <i>June</i> of <i>2018</i> via the these days <i>sort of</i> more than ever before omnipresent "<b>NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS</b>" label on CD and I'm pretty sure also on LP. <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b>, <i>yes</i>, one of my all time favourites, it's always a pleasure to see them coming round again, <i>yes</i>, and after all so also in <i>2018</i>, <i>definitely</i>. This is <i>roughnecked</i> <b>New York Hardcore</b> delivered on a very high level of skill(<i>s</i>) and competence and this all with a damn huge own and unique personality to it all and this all also without a single doubt, <i>yes</i>, <i><b>but</b></i>... I can't name it to you <i>sort of</i> in a concrete way why but in <i>2018</i> <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> with "<b><span style="color: red;">DOWN FOR THE CAUSE</span></b>" simply fail to really conquer me and I've given "<b><span style="color: red;">DOWN FOR THE CAUSE</span></b>" over the last month since the day of its release uncountable <i>listening'n'spinning-sessions</i> but to me too much (<i>especially for silverbacks like</i> <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b><i> themselves</i>) sounds too<i> lame'n'stale</i> or maybe simply just too ordinary for/to me. <i>Okay</i>, this sounds now maybe sort of harsh and '<i>re-reading</i>' it then it sounds definitely too drastic because <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">DOWN FOR THE CAUSE</span></b>" is definitely no bad or weak album anyway in general and legions of other bands would sell their poor little souls to come up delivering an album like this but in the <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> context and for a <i>stand-alone</i> band like <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> this is anyhow a weaker effort and offering and definitely and sadly a more forgettable album of/by them, <i>so at least in my book</i>. It's after all simply too unsinspired and too often they ripp off themselves and it's just not that much exciting after all and too foreseeable and so... <i>yes</i>, any <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> fan and any fan of <b>New York Hardcore</b> that showcases a strong hymnal sing-a-long fueled <b>Streetpunk</b>/<b>Punkrock</b> influence with some melodic <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> impressions here and there as well as <i><b>metallic</b></i> notes will find up here anyhow a lot of goods being delivered properly but it all is missing a lot of freshness and excitement this time around, <i>yes</i>, <i>so at least to me</i>. The songwriting is nicely multi-facetted and especially the mid paced and sing-a-long heavy <b>Streetpunk </b>influenced smashers shine bright and know definitely to convince and also to conquer and especially <b><span style="color: red;">Freddy</span></b>'s highly chrismatic and today more than ever very <i>hard'n'smart </i>vo<i>killz</i> that have developed massively and impressively add a lot of an <i>alive-lively </i>spirit and a huge new dimension and facet to it all and the devastating and highly intense guitar work also leaves no questions open as well as the heavy bombing rhythm section still knows and does to tear down every wall(<i>s</i>) and <i>loud'n'proud gangshouting</i> backings as well as nicely hymnal sing-a-longs we get as well, <i>yes</i>, all good and fine, <i>definitely</i>, I would just wish for more fresh ideas and especially more than just this few slight <b>Reggae</b> reminiscences here and there and also more mercyless intense heavyness and sheer force to lift <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">DOWN FOR THE CAUSE</span></b>" really up because especially the <i>supposed-to-be</i> harsh and fast raging angry, nasty, and aggressive <b>Hardcore</b> slashers lack a lot of potential and are too lame and too stale ordinary stuff that <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> definitely know how to do better and they still know I am convinced. <i>Anyhow</i>, my personal favorites are "<b><span style="color: red;">REV UP</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">FREIGHT TRAIN</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">TEMPEST</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">OLD FASHIONED</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">LONE WOLF</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">THE FOG</span></b>" featuring <b>Tim Timebomb</b>/<b>RANCID</b>, "<b><span style="color: red;">FOR YOU</span></b>" and the <i>re-recorded</i> <i>killer-tune</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">CONFESSIONS</span></b>" taken from their "<b><span style="color: red;">HOLD IT DOWN</span></b>" <i>masterpiece</i> from way back in the days and especially in comparision with this <i>masterpiece</i> current songs of that kind like for example "<b><span style="color: red;">SMILE NOW, PAY LATER</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">EVIL WAYS</span></b>" featuring <b>Ice-T</b>/<b>BODY COUNT</b> or the just <i>open-boring</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">ES TU VIDA</span></b>" pretty much stink. Strong and nicely vocal lyrics, a pretty cool artwork, and a heavy but maybe a bit too sterile production sound then complete the package. So all in all <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> delivered in <i>2018</i> with "<b><span style="color: red;">DOWN FOR THE CAUSE</span></b>" definitely a decent, a very decent new album, <i>yes</i>, a strong and good one and for sure in good parts surely and definitely also a damn good one at the end of the day but also an album that personally left me a bit too cold and unmoved and from an anyway still damn authentic and sympathic band like <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> I definitely await more so no matter if that's the problem or not but anyhow... <b>New York Hardcore</b> and <b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> fans will do nothing that much wrong with getting their hands on "<b><span style="color: red;">DOWN FOR THE CAUSE</span></b>" at the end of the day but also I definitely expect more of/by them again the next time around. <i>Anyhow</i>, at least risk an ear or two. <b>Hardcore</b>!!! <b>Fist</b>!!!</div>
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(<b><u><span style="color: orange;">8 of 10 points</span></u></b>)</div>
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<i><u>http://madballhc.com/</u></i> (-the link to the homepage of the band)</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">MADBALL</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">REV UP</span></b>" (<b>2018</b>, "<b><span style="color: red;">DOWN FOR THE CAUSE</span></b>")</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Neufundland, Neufundland und Labrador, Kanada48.6064556 -56.33304079999999243.2832571 -66.660189299999985 53.929654099999993 -46.005892299999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-15297598003351162012018-10-27T10:28:00.001+02:002018-10-27T10:28:08.072+02:00TERROR - "TOTAL RETALIATION" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: purple;">TOTAL RETALIATION</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 28:29 minutes; 13 songs)<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, trust your eyes because it's true and here and now <i>today-already-the-next-day</i> again a new post is coming up here for and straight aimed @ you and here and now we will head finally again into the department and area of <b>Hardcore</b> with my review on the brandnew <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b> album "<b><span style="color: purple;">TOTAL RETALIATION</span></b>" released very recently @ the <i>28th</i> of <i>September</i> of <i>2018</i> via "<b>NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS</b>" and I own the (<i>standard</i>) CD version of it and so, <i>yes</i>, <i>you probably already guessed it</i>, my review on it will be based solely and strictly on this very one but I could imagine or would even bet that there are also limited CD versions and/or various LP formats/colours of it floating around. The precursor full-length of/by <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b> titled the "<b><span style="color: purple;">25th HOUR</span></b>" from back in <i>2015</i> was and still is sort of a dissapointment to/for me and is so up to this present day and this also definitely the <i>least-listened</i> <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b> release in my pretty extensive <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b>-(record-)collection. Last year in <i>2017</i> then with their the "<b><span style="color: purple;">WALLS WILL FALL</span></b>" EP then to/for me they returned <i>sort of</i> to old glory and strength (<i>my reviews on both releases you find up here</i>, <i>too, just search under the label of </i><b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b>), <i>thankfully</i>, and here and now in <i>2018</i> they which means <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b> are finally back with a proper new full-length <i>here'n'now</i> with "<b><span style="color: purple;">TOTAL RETALIATION</span></b>" and... <i>okay</i>, after this is with roughly more than <i>28 minutes</i> a very short and compact one I will also keep this review by me on it a short and compact one, <i>yes</i>, and so: <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b> are also today back to their former glory and strength and stick to/with it and they've released with "<b><span style="color: purple;">TOTAL RETALIATION</span></b>" a definite <i>killer-album</i> and also one more time again a <i>sort of</i> a blueprint for highly intense, fiery, aggressive, massively the <b>Old School</b> <i>hailin'n'praisin'</i> as well as at the same time '<i>ongoingly</i>' perfectly to the <b>New School</b> serving, and always onwards into battle charging and in nearly equal parts by <i>mercylessly</i> <b><i>thrashing</i></b> <b>Metal </b>as well as <i>relentlessly <b>raging</b></i><b> Hardcore Punk</b> fueled, in the <i>cold-concrete-streets</i> of <i>Los Angeles</i>, <i>California</i>/<i>U.S.A.</i> raised <i>through'n'through</i> pure power and full force highly energetic <b>Hardcore</b> with always a very strong <i>gang-shouting'n'sing-a-longing</i> anthemic note to it all. Highly compact and to the point <i>written'n'played</i> very intense songs full of a nearly <i>larger-than-life</i> and sheer exploding energy and marked by a harsh and stunning heavyness on a very high level of quality and skill(<i>s</i>) and definitely highly charismatic, <i>yes</i>, so that despise of all the legions of bands from all across the globe that had been, were, and still are massively influenced and inspired by <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b> over the last decade or so you right from the <i>kick-off</i> of "<b><span style="color: purple;">TOTAL RETALIATION</span></b>" with the incredible heavy <i>down-to-mid-paced</i> and pretty '<i>blocky</i>' smasher "<b><span style="color: purple;">THIS WORLD NEVER WANTED ME</span></b>" get that this here are no one else and especially no one less than <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b> themselves, <i>oh hell yeahr</i>, and this time at least in my personal perception they shaken things by far more up with more pace variations and some very stunning and heavy and pretty '<i>blocky</i>' compositorial approaches and arrangements and with doing this they keep it all not only nicely fresh and exciting without straying away from their chosen path but they also only add some huge and heavy amounts of very fresh heavyness on top of it all. And doing '<i>things-this-way</i>' also only led the full force and no prisoners taking fast charging parts and the massive anthemic fist in the air gang shouting parts only build more powerful momentum over all the time of <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: purple;">TOTAL RETALIATION</span></b>", <i>yeahr</i>, and this for all the right reasons. So, <i>yes</i>, clearly scored at the part of the songwriting and the delivery via harsh sawing and heavy hitting <i><b>metallic thrashing</b></i> and <i><b>punky</b></i> highly intense guitar work (<i>with some damn great solos and leads cultivating it all massively</i>), widescreen <i>loud'n'proud</i> hymnal/anthemic gang shouts, a highly destructive heavy bombing bass, devastating thunderous drumming, and one of the still very most charismatic and very most aggressive lead <i>singin'n'shouting</i> voices outta there only does justice to it in a very stunning way. Two or three songs maybe fail to grap me as massive as the other ones but here shines a lot and this is mostly really all gold. Strong and uplifting and still very authentic <i>Underdog</i>-lyrics, a nicely sinister and <i>old-schoolish</i> artwork, and <i>one hell of</i> a heavy bombing production sound then finally round <b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: purple;">TOTAL RETALIATION</span></b>" strong and in all the right way up. Clearly and highly recommended and so, <i>yeah'</i>, if you still don't have or even know it you should definitely change this very, very soon. <b>Hardcore</b>!!! <b>Fist</b>!!!</div>
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(<b><u><span style="color: lime;">8,5 of 10 points</span></u></b>)</div>
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<i><u>https://www.facebook.com/terrorhardcore</u></i> (-the link to the facebook site of the band)</div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;">TERROR</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: purple;">RESISTANT TO THE CHANGES</span></b>" (<b>2018</b>, "<b><span style="color: purple;">TOTAL RETALIATION</span></b>")</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Grönland71.706936 -42.60430300000001614.5343595 152.16132199999998 90 122.63007199999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-21753199299929847792018-10-26T06:34:00.002+02:002018-10-26T06:34:09.604+02:00STREET DOGS - "STAND FOR SOMETHING OR DIE FOR NOTHING" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: lime;">STREET DOGS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: lime;">STAND FOR SOMETHING OR DIE FOR NOTHING</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 36:38 minutes; 11 Songs)<br />
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Hey guys, next post coming up for you and this time if I finish it in time we will finally have another beloved early morning post right here and now and this time you get my record review on the new album of /by the (<i>al</i>)mighty <b><span style="color: lime;">STREET DOGS</span></b> from <i>Boston</i>, <i>M.A.</i>/<i>U.S.A.</i> titled "<b><span style="color: lime;">STAND FOR SOMETHING OR DIE FOR NOTHING</span></b>" that was released @ the <i>22nd</i> of <i>June</i> of <i>2018</i> via "<b>CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS</b>" and I call the CD version of it my very own. The <b><span style="color: lime;">STREET DOGS</span></b> were one of my favorite bands back then with fantastic albums like for example "<b><span style="color: lime;">FADING AMERICAN DREAM</span></b>" but somehow I lost them a bit out of sight over the past decade <i>or so</i> and so "<b><span style="color: lime;">STAND FOR SOMETHING OR DIE FOR NOTHING</span></b>" is the first new album of/by them to that I listen(<i>ed</i>) in quite a while… <i>yes</i>, <i><b>shame on me</b></i>. But, <i>oh yes</i>, the magic and the spirit were right back and the <b><span style="color: lime;">STREET DOGS</span></b> instantly conquered me again in an <i>absolute supreme way</i> with their "<b><span style="color: lime;">STAND FOR SOMETHING OR DIE FOR NOTHING</span></b>" titled newest <i>masterpiece</i> that finally made it into my collection again - <i><b>and I definitely won't loose them out of sight again</b></i>. But, <i>yes</i>, I have to fasten up the pace here of and with that review here and now a bit if I want to get it done still this morning before I will leave to work and a bit of breakfast I also still have to loop down, <i>yeah'</i>, and so let's go: First big surprise for/to me was that the <b><span style="color: lime;">STREET DOGS</span></b> here on and with "<b><span style="color: lime;">STAND FOR SOMETHING OR DIE FOR NOTHING</span></b>" only show very slight <b>Celtic Punk</b>/<b>Irish Punk</b> or in genereal <b>Celtic</b> influences, and this mostly or more in the general feeling of (<i>some of</i>) the songs as well as in the general approach of the rhythm arrangements and the compositorial dynamics, and that they turned more and more into <i>one hell of</i> a strong and in all positive sense emotional <b>Streetpunk</b>/<b>Punkrock</b> band with strong rockin' notes and a truckload of surprising, very fresh and grapping, and totally unique ideas (<i>like for example vocal line arrangements and the </i>'<i>out of that resulting</i>' <i>vocal delivery in a very rhythmic accentuated way that sound like</i> <b>EMINEM</b> <i>would go out all</i> <b>Punkrock</b>) in it all. The <b><span style="color: lime;">STREET DOGS</span></b> were and still are and today even more than before totally <i>one</i> <i>of a kind</i> and so to compare them with other bands isn't making that much sense at/after all but if you really shouldn't know them or (<i>like me</i>) lost them for quite a while out of sight then let me tell you that today in <i>2018</i> they sound like a very <i>stand-alone </i>mixture out of <b>DROPKICK MURPHYS</b> and <b>SOCIAL DISTORTION</b> and <b>THE CLASH</b> with some good doses of <b>COCK SPARRER </b>mixed into it all for all the right reasons and with some strong rocking and rolling <b>Working Class Rock & Roll</b> marks of the <b>BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN</b> kind in it all, too, and with the <b>Celtic</b> roots (<i>like above already mentioned</i>) shine through only in pieces here and there and all done (<i>like also already mentioned but it won't burt anyone if I mention it one more time again</i>) in their absoultely unique and very own way and this done above all also all damn intense, authentic, heartfelt, and sympathic. So expect very intense and grapping as well as very, very anthemic<i> battle-scarred</i> diverse and multi-facetted highly emotional songs that are packed up full with fantastic rousing arrangements and fresh surprising twists and turns quite all along the ride and that are damn melodic and emotional but this with still being damn heavy beneath their surface over all the time and that are filled with highly melodic guitars, very charismatic and absolutely unique delivered/delivering lead-vocals, some fantastic very full backings, and a just pure power and yet <i>sort of</i> very '<i>empathetically</i>' rhythm section, and this all is creating eleven purest gold anthems here on and with "<b><span style="color: lime;">STAND FOR SOMETHING OR DIE FOR NOTHING</span></b>". Fantastic, diverse, socially and politically aware and very outspoken lyrics, a <i>drop-dead-gorgeous</i> artwork, and a warm and organic production sound then round it all perfectly up. To anyone into really intense and incredible good music I can only highly recommend the <b><span style="color: lime;">STREET DOG</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: lime;">STAND FOR SOMETING OR DIE FOR NOTHING</span></b>" and this massively with it being one of the best albums of/for <i>2018</i>, <i><b>definitely</b></i>, and so in case you still shouldn't have or even know it then by any means,<i> yes</i>, you definitely, finally, and desperately have to change this and this best right now. <b>Get it</b>, <i>period</i>.</div>
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<i><u>https://de-de.facebook.com/streetdogs/</u></i> (-the link to the facebook site of the band)</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Easter Island, Valparaiso Region, Chile-27.112723 -109.34968650000002-27.3388365 -109.67241000000001 -26.8866095 -109.02696300000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-19438980250789470222018-10-21T21:52:00.002+02:002018-10-21T21:52:14.561+02:00STOMPER 98 - "ALTHERGEBRACHT" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTHERGEBRACHT</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 43:12 minutes; 13 songs)<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, finally the next post up here is right now and right here incoming just for you and this time it is on the new <b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b> full-length-album "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTHERGEBRACHT</span></b>" released at the <i>30th of March of 2018</i> via the mighty "<b>CONTRA RECORDS</b>" label, <i>and yes</i>, the almighty <b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b> finally really returned this very year with "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTHERGEBRACHT</span></b>" with a proper brandnew full-length-album after six by far too long years of being absent. And, <i>shall I tell you something</i>, it's good that they are finally back, very good, really very, very good. I listen to this very band, <b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b>, now since their "<b><span style="color: red;">STOMPING HARMONISTS</span></b>" days <i>sort of</i> two decades ago and every time a new one of/by them is finally unleashed again it's always like the return of a beloved old friend returning to the front or from the front, <i>like you may like to see it</i>, it feels good and familiar but also all the time fresh thanks to new stories and new impressions he has to tell and to give, <i>yes</i>, and so it's also this time again in <i>2018</i>. What I mean with this is simply that they definitely have their very own unique tone, their very own characteristic <i>sound'n'style</i> and their very own unique character and that this they do show us rightfully so all the time respectively every time but they always manage to keep it fresh and exciting and massively rousing and grapping and so also one more time again right here and right now in <i>2018</i> with "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTHERGEBRACHT</span></b>". The absolutely alive/lively songwriting is full of incredible rousing fresh ideas and great surprises as well as some very cool and nice little notes/eastereggs (<i>like for example the a little tribute to the almighty</i> <b>SKOIDATS</b> <i>and their larger than life anthem</i> "<b>LAST NIGHT</b>" <i>paying opening riff of the <b>über-song</b></i> "<b><span style="color: red;">DIESE NACHT</span></b>") and delivers massive amounts of dynamic energy that go <i>hand-in-hand</i> with a great work in the departments of the rhythmic arrangements of the songs as well as the pace work of, <i>yes</i>, the songs and also is the compositorial approach in general nothing but fantastic and exciting and grapping, <i>yes</i>, and this all the time on the highest octane levels and this definitely all the damn time and it graps you, it overwhelms you, it conquers you massively and this <i>nearly</i> from start to finish and all definitely showcases nearly perfectly the concise and unique handwriting of <b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b>, <i>yes</i>, one of the very best <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> bands past, present, and (<i>hopefully</i>) future and this in the case of <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> from <i>Germany</i> as well as <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> in general, '<i>internationally</i>', <i>yes</i>, definitely. All is driven forward and, <i>yes</i>, all is all the time further onwards pushed by sharp cutting guitars that deliver a fiery <i>rhythm'n'riff-work</i> without end and that also shine and excel with a brilliant and strong rockin' and rollin' note and approach to it all and that above all are really standing out with massively engrossing melody lines, leads, and solos. The <i>loud'n'proud</i> through the songs strutting rowdy bass and the fantastic highly '<i>beat-filled</i>' drumming are backing it all <i>nearly-to-clearly</i> perfectly up. Loud <i>fist-in-the-air</i> and <i>sing-a-long-to</i> crew chantings add highest amounts of anthemic character and hymnal potential to it all and the fantastic<i> naughty'n'nasty</i> melodic and yet very hard and cutting sung highly charismatic lead vocals and the fantastic saxophone lines then finally cultivate it all and giving it all the highly deserved and justified crown. <i>Also</i>, something that I always massively like and that you may already anyhow know and that also counts or is to say here is the fact that the verses are as strong '<i>prepared</i>' or maybe better <i>done'n'delivered</i> as the refrains. And all is delivered by <i>high-skilled</i> and <i>well-versed</i> musicians. Some of the guys with that I talked about <b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTHERGEBRACHT</span></b>" over the last past months have questioned the authenticity of <b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b> in general today and of "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTHERGEBRACHT</span></b>" in particular with <b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b> being today in their perspective more of a <i>part-time-project</i> with a <i>sort of</i> everchanging <i>all-star-roster</i> of members and with some of their most prominent members being today far more active in bands somewhere between <b>Rock</b>, <b>Metal</b>, and <b>Hardcore</b> that have <i>sort of</i> nothing to do with <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and <b>Skinhead</b> and as far as that may hold some portions of truth, <i>but</i> <i>just maybe</i>, but for all what I can say is that to me this all still feels like a real band and this all still feels heartfelt and passionate and more I can't and won't judge, <i>not at least because who am I</i>, and this also... <i>yeah'</i>, let me say it this way: To me the quality of an output counts far, far more than any and/or every conjecturing perception (<i>and that are all also maybe not that important after all, at least if you ask me</i>) and the quality here on and with <b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTHERGEBRACHT</span></b>" is nothing but and nothing less than massive, <i>period</i>. Only the somehow <i>sort of</i> a bit '<i>too-wanted</i>' and a little bit sort of artifical and placed '<i>acting</i>' opener "<b><span style="color: red;">SKINHEAD</span></b>" is sadly a <i>huge'n'strong</i> down turner, <i>and truly a really massive one</i>, but after this we get twelve incredible strong heavy hitters that massively overwhelm and convince and conquer with "<b><span style="color: red;">KEINE HELDEN</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">GESETZ DER STRAßE</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">NICHTS IST FÜR IMMER</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">FÜR DEN AUGENBLICK</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">DIESE NACHT</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTHERGEBRACHT</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">WIR STEHEN HIER</span></b>", and "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTER FREUND</span></b>" being my personal favorites. Good and strong and also nicely socially aware and outspoken lyrics, a <i>drop-dead-gorgeous</i> artwork, and a top notch production sound then finally round it all up. A fantastic album that I can only highly and massively recommend to any fan of <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and this is definitely one of the strongest albums being released this very year and this in <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> in particular and <i>music-wise</i> in general, <i>too</i>… I just hope that it won't take another <i>six years</i> before/until <b><span style="color: red;">STOMPER 98</span></b> drop the successor of/to "<b><span style="color: red;">ALTHERGEBRACHT</span></b>". But so long, <i>yes</i>, just get this <i>majestic one</i> here. <b>Cheers</b> & <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b><br />
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<i><u>http://stomper98.de/</u></i> (-the link to the homepage of the band)<br />
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Grönland71.706936 -42.60430300000001614.5343595 152.16132199999998 90 122.63007199999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-86161677214165755992018-10-17T22:34:00.002+02:002018-10-17T22:34:26.976+02:00HAMMER AND THE NAILS - "HAMMER AND THE NAILS" (2014)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b>"<br />
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Hey my dear readers, <i>yes</i>, again too many days past by without seeing a new post/article up here, <i>yeah' I know</i>, but that's life and so now finally straight again into the action and here we go: Tonight it will be all about an already a bit older record but that I just picked up at the end of this <i>June</i> of <i>2018</i> @ the <i>fantastic</i> "<b>THIS IS SKA 2018</b>" festival... and this was definitely by far long, long overdue, <i>definitely</i>, and I am talking about the <i>self-titled</i> <b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b> album that was released <i>four years</i> ago back in <i>2014</i> via the <i><b>almighty</b></i> "<b>REBELLION RECORDS</b>" and if I know made my homework <i>sort of</i> correct than this is <i>sort of</i> a compilation album of all their demo and singles material from <i>2009</i> and <i>2010</i> with some live bonus stuff added to it as well. And <i>sort of</i> since <i>2009</i> I know <b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b> now already, from back then when <i>MySpace</i> still was a thing, <i>yes</i>, and I hailed and cheered up to them massively right from my frist listen to them but then over the last now already really <i>nine yeas</i> I totally lost them out of sight…<i> shame on me</i>, <i>shame on me</i>, <i>and not just a bit</i>. And when I then saw "<b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b>" @ the "<b>CONTRA RECORDS</b>" <i>merch-desks</i> @ the above already mentioned "<b>THIS IS SKA 2018</b>" the memory was <i>right'n'promptly</i> back and I instantly took it finally with me. And then it was also already instantly and promptly clear to me that I definitely will do a review on it up here, <i>really sort of finally do a review on it up here</i>, despise that it is now already <i>four years</i> old and also despise that the songs featured on this very one here are now already in parts really <i>nearly ten years</i> old, <i>yes</i>, but who cares, <i>surely not me, myself, and I</i>, and so, <i>again</i>, now here we go… <i>finally</i>: <b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b> play dustdry and <i>bonecrackin'n'headsmashin'</i> heavy <b>American <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> the <b><i>Brickwall Style</i></b> that's driven forward by harsh sawing and forceful onwards marching and mercylessly pushing bonedry and as heavy hitting as a well aimed crowbar swing pure power guitars that deliver an overwhelming amount of heavily and massively crushing as well as really incredible rousing and exciting, really grapping and surprising fresh riffs and rhythms as well as great and formidable accentuated and really loud singing leads and solos and that above all truly brightly shine with a strong own and very unique tone. Harsh delivered and throaty and hard but still all the time really sung and not shouted lead vocals with a nice and pretty impressive way of a unique accentuated delivery with a special vibe to it all. A firy and harsh attacking bass with massive anmounts of full force power backs it all very beefy and bulky up and then the <i>war-drums</i> like thundering drum work finally crushes every and any resistance completly down into the ground and this without any mercy at all. All is done and delivered highly skilled and very, very fresh and totally alive/lively and this is beside the high skills of this fine <i><b>Boston</b> Gentlemen</i> in the biggest parts thanks and due to the phenomenal songwriting and some very fresh and unsual and so pretty surprising rhythm arrangements and some in general very unsual and exciting compositorial work that often blends <i>sort of</i> <b>Vintage Hard Rock</b> spirited and nicely '<i>tricky</i>' rhythms, grooves, and a very grapping pace work and a huge <i>multi-layered</i> and <i>multi-facetted</i> diverse approach to it all in general into their <b><i>Brickwall</i></b> <b><i>styled</i></b> through and through neckbreaking and facecrushing <b>American <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and this makes it all even and only more great(<i>er</i>) and exciting and rousing and grapping. And it makes it all to something pretty to very special that in this way you haven't heard so far before or from another than <b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b>. And of course they also deliver huge <i>fist in the air</i> and <i>sing a long to</i> refrains that are really <i>larger than life</i> material, <i>yes</i>, but this also is to say about and/or counts exactly the same way for the brilliant arranged verses and this all adds a huge and also very <i>cliché-free</i> anthemic and hymnal character to the whole songs. A fantastic artwork, very strong and outspoken nicely diverse and also very thoughtful as well as thoughtprovoking lyrics, and a raw and dirty and yet still very heavy and powerful crushing production sound round it all finally and very perfectly up and after truly all songs are <i><b>purest platinum</b></i> I will now spare me any words about any favorite songs because, <i>like already said</i>, all songs are the <i><b>purest platinum</b></i>. To anyone who like me so far completly for what reasons ever missed out on <b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b> should definitely and desperately finally change this as soon as possible and why not with this <b><i>perfect gem</i></b> even it is now already <i>four years</i> old with dating back from <i>2014</i>... and I really will '<i>make up my mind</i>' on new and/or other stuff of/by <b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b>, <i>yeah'</i>, <b><i><u>finally</u></i></b> and <b><i><u>definitely</u></i></b>. <b>Cheers</b> & <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b></div>
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<i><u>https://hammerandthenails.bandcamp.com/releases</u></i> (-check out the <i>Bandcamp</i> site of the band)</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: blue;">SLEEPING GIANT</span></b>" (<b>2014</b>, "<b><span style="color: blue;">HAMMER AND THE NAILS</span></b>")</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Grönland71.706936 -42.60430300000001614.5343595 152.16132199999998 90 122.63007199999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-44724259744025688682018-10-09T13:42:00.001+02:002018-10-09T13:42:05.509+02:00CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2018: AGNOSTIC FRONT - "RIOT, RIOT UPSTART"<b><u><span style="color: blue;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2018:</span></u></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>" (<b>1999</b>)<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 28:59 minutes; 17 songs)<br />
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<u>Tracklist:</u><br />
(<b>01.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">POLICE STATE</span></b>"<br />
(<b>02.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">I HAD ENOUGH</span></b>"<br />
(<b>03.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>"<br />
(<b>04.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">SIT AND WATCH</span></b>"<br />
(<b>05.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">BLOOD, DEATH AND TAXES</span></b>"<br />
(<b>06.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">FRUSTRATION</span></b>"<br />
(<b>07.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">SICKNESS</span></b>"<br />
(<b>08.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">SHADOWS</span></b>"<br />
(<b>09.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">NOWHERE TO GO</span></b>"<br />
(<b>10.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">TRUST</span></b>"<br />
(<b>11.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">MY LIFE</span></b>"<br />
(<b>12.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">IT'S TIME</span></b>"<br />
(<b>13.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">ROCK STAR</span></b>"<br />
(<b>14.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">NOTHING'S FREE</span></b>"<br />
(<b>15.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">PRICE YOU PAY</span></b>"<br />
(<b>16.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">JAILBREAK</span></b>"<br />
(<b>17.</b>) "<b><span style="color: red;">BULLET ON MOTT STREET</span></b>"<br />
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Good morning folks… <i>or so</i>... finally again much earlier than the last time you here and now already get the next dose and this here and now means the newest "<b><span style="color: blue;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH</span></b>" article and of course we're here and now talking about the "<b><span style="color: blue;">SEPTEMBER 2018</span></b>" edition of it. <i>Yes</i>, this time I haven't forgot (<i>or nearly forgot</i>) about it, <i>no</i>, <i>no</i>, <i>no</i>, and so here and now you get this very one much earlier than its direct precursor one,<i> hm</i>, and I hope that already one of the next posts up here coming up the next days or so will then already be the succesor one to this very one here. And now, <i>I think so</i>, enough of the smalltaking and introducing rambling(<i>s</i>) and now direct and straight into the action: This time we will take a trip '<i>down</i>' to the <i>Big Apple</i> with visiting the cold, hard concrete of <i>New York City</i> where we will today meet one of the if not maybe even surely the biggest legend(<i>s</i>) ever to arise from the <i>NYC</i> and it's all about no one one else and especially no one less than the absolutely <i><b>almighty</b></i> and <i><b>larger than life</b></i> <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> and today <i>here'n'now</i> we will have a more precise look on their album that definitely <i>sort of</i> always was and I am pretty sure always will be my total favorite album of/by them and their most important one to/for me and this is their in <i>1999</i> released absolute <i><b>masterpiece</b></i> "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>" released back then via "<b>EPITAPH RECORDS</b>" on CD (<i>and please don't ask me if there had also been a LP version of it back then, today there is</i>).</div>
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In <i>1999</i> I knew <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> already for quite a while especially due to their infamous clas<i>sick</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">CAUSE FOR ALARM</span></b>" and their heavy slasher "<b><span style="color: red;">ONE VOICE</span></b>" both from way back in the days, <i>yes</i>, and then they '<i>went away</i>' and my <i>teenager-self</i> only knew them '<i>so far</i>' just as a legendary but '<i>gone</i>' band that I always massively cheered up to. And then <i>1998</i> came across and suddenly <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> were truly and really back and their <i>1998</i> <i>comeback-album</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">S</span><span style="color: red;">OMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE</span></b>" with the <i><b>lifechanging</b></i> "<b><span style="color: red;">GOTTA GO</span></b>" on it erupted like an <i>A-Bomb</i> and... to put it short, <i>yes</i>, I was totally conquered by it and this hasn't changed up to the present day. (<i>So maybe better not be too surprised when you see it someday up here as a part of this series</i>, <i>too</i>.) This strong opening to <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and <b>Streetpunk</b> that had happened and that <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> suddenly showcased was exactly what I was up to and for what I was looking for back then (<i>and</i>,<i> to be honest</i>, <i>this hasn't changed in good parts that much today</i>), it was sort of the '<i>together-melting</i>' of my two most favoured styles which means <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and <b>Hardcore</b> and, <i>like already said</i>, it fired up my heart and soul and it was exactly what I was looking for; <i>and even still today it is in the largest parts exactly this what still fuels my fire the very most</i>. But as damn great, brilliant, fantastic, and massively conquering already "<b><span style="color: red;">SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE</span></b>" from <i>1998</i> was and definitely still is, <i>oh yes</i>, but in <i>1999</i> it even got a good bit better with "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>". My first contact with <i>non-mainstream-musick</i> was very eraly in elementary school with <b>Metal </b>and like anyone who knows me and/or also reads this very blog here (<i>especially those who stick around here now for already quite a while</i>) know I am still in love with <b>Metal</b> in its various forms and even especially sort of from <i>2000</i> to <i>2010</i> or <i>2011</i> I was pretty much '<i>out of it</i>' my personaly clas<i>sick</i>s always fueled my fire massively and today <b>Metal</b> is very prominent in my stereo again. But... <i>hm</i>, <i>I lost myself a bit</i>, <i>sorry</i>... <i>okay</i>, from latest <i>1994</i> on when I was <i>13 years young</i> first <b>Hardcore</b> and <b>Punkrock</b> and then <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> (<i>and</i> <b>Streetpunk</b>, <i>but back then this</i> '<i><b>seperating-terms</b></i>' <i>and how or like we use them that often especially today I simply didn't knew</i>) became more and more important and influential to/for me and especially <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and <b>Hardcore</b> should become more and more '<i>my everlasting most important thing</i>' and when then <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> unleashed their "<b><span style="color: red;">SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE</span></b>" in <i>1998</i> and especially "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>" in <i>1999</i> that was exactly what I wanted, needed back then (<i>and what I still cheer up to massively today</i>). Not that this hadn't been done by others also before <i>1998</i>/<i>1999</i>, <i>hell no</i>, others did it as well and they did it very often also damn fantastic, <i>yes</i>, but <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> simply did it to/for me in a very special and damn unique and characteristic as well as charismatic way and they absoultely conquered me and so especially those albums of their comeback era hold a very special place in my heart and this also counts for their by far too often dramatically underrated "<b><span style="color: red;">DEAD YUPPIES</span></b>" slasher from <i>2001</i>, the third and final one of their comeback era and so also don't be surprised when it one day will also be part of this article series up here, <i>yes</i>, before <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> should turn with their <i>mighty</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">ANOTHER VPOICE</span></b>" from and in <i>2004</i> to the <i>through'n'through</i> '<i><b>pure steel</b></i>' <b>New York Hardcore</b> <i>slashers</i> and <i>giants</i> as we know them today. And so now after all my by/of personal events and situations permeated blathering let us have a closer look on the <b><i>almighty</i></b> "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>", <i>hell yeahr</i>, the absoulte <i><b>groundbreaking masterpiece</b></i> and <i>clas<b>sick</b></i> that <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> released <i>nearly twenty years ago</i> in <i>1999</i> via "<b><span style="color: red;">EPITAPH RECORDS</span></b>", <i>yes</i>, so let's roll.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>" features <i>17 songs</i> in about <i>29 minutes</i> and this was and still is <i>one hell of an</i> intense ride from "<b><span style="color: red;">POLICE STATE</span></b>" to "<b><span style="color: red;">BULLET ON MOTT STREET</span></b>" and it was and is just again and again overwhelming and incredible how much energy and rousing dynamics <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> put into this shortly or roughly half of a hour. Very intense and dense, full throttle and no holds barred and also no prisoners taking songwriting that creates skyscratching high amounts of intensity and highly energetic tension that just wants to erupt massively and '<i>overwhelmingly</i>' and makes you instantly start a <i>mosh pit</i> right in front of your stereo in your living room and, <i>and that's maybe most important and most impressive</i>, its still as fresh and as strong and as conquering and also as relevant as it was now nearly <i>twenty years ago</i> way back in <i>1999</i>, <i>yes</i>, and that's definitely and truly statement of <i>one of a kind</i> and definitely of its very own and should already tell you all what you need or have to know about how damn <i><b>larger than life</b></i> and <i>fantastic</i> <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>" was and still is and definitely forever will be, <b><i>point and fact</i></b>. A raging and sawing guitar work, that delivers stomping rhythms that are varying nicely between fast speed <b>Hardcore</b> facebreakers and more in an elated <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b>/<b>Streetpunk</b> mid pace held or delivered tunes, '<i>shines</i>' in a dirty and nasty '<i>streetraised</i>' heavyness without any <i>metallic</i> flirtings and delivers also great hymnal <b>Oi!</b>/<b>Streetpunk</b> leads and melody lines and with doing so enriches and cultivates the songs heavily and massively. A rampaging and nicely present bass work and bonecracking and '<i>weasel-nimbly</i>' drumming back it all perfectly up. <b><span style="color: red;">Roger Miret</span></b>'s highly charismatic and unique lead vocals then really give the songs their bright shining crown and massive and highly hymnal massive gang back ups enrich it all only even more. The songs display/showcase anyhow from start to finish a <i><b>larger than life</b></i> (<i>still incredible</i>) very fresh hymnal and anthemic character and identity and this all even more due to the fact that the verses are as impressive and overwhelming and hymnal arranged as the majestic refrains. From song one to the final one we get here only <i>purest platinum</i> and this is by all means to/for me nothing else and especially nothing less than a truly and definitely <b><i><u>perfect album</u></i></b> and with that said I think I've said all what there was to say <i>so far</i>, <i>I hope so</i>, and I simply can't pay enough tribute to <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> in general and especially their "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>" groundbreaker in particular and to anyone who maybe really shouldn't know this <i><b>total supreme masterpiece</b></i> I can only highly recommend to desperately finally get their hands on a copy of it. First class, nicely diverse and very outspoken and socially and politically aware lyrics, a truly great <i>old schoolish</i> artwork, and a dirty and rough production sound round(<i>ed</i>) it all perfectly up (<i>also even still today</i>). And I really hope that we will see next year a very nice <i>20th anniversary edition</i> of <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>" is being (<i>re</i>)released. To close this article now let me state that I simply love <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b> and especially <i>first-and-foremost</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">RIOT, RIOT UPSTART</span></b>" and so simply just thanks for all, <b><span style="color: red;">AGNOSTIC FRONT</span></b>. <b>HARDCORE</b>!!! <b>FIST</b>!!! <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b></div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Feuerland-54.211612 -69.323672399999964-58.9709055 -79.650820899999957 -49.452318500000004 -58.996523899999964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-87962801536184614592018-10-05T14:54:00.004+02:002018-10-05T14:54:43.025+02:00BROILERS - "FACKELN IM STURM" (Rerelease, 2011)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 45:36 minutes; 12 songs)<br />
("Skull & Palms Recordings"; 2011; CD):<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, next dose is already incoming and this time here you now get my review on an old record, <i>yes</i>, in its <i>original-version</i> an even already very old record because here we have the full-length-debut of/by no one else than the (<i>al</i>)mighty <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> titled "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>" and originally it was released way back then in <i>1997</i> and so some may/might with all justifications consider it a clas<i>sick</i>. And, <i>yes</i>, with all justification to do so. Back to the topic, the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> were one of the young and strong stomping <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> bands that started to take over back then in the mid to late <i>1990's</i>. Since latest <i>2007</i>, when the "<b><span style="color: red;">VANITAS RECORDINGS</span></b>" was released, the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> really '<i>took off</i>' and today they are a damn '<i>big number</i>' in the german music scenery with save (<i>and high</i>) <i>chart-entries</i> every time a new release hit the stores. And, <i>not that you get the wrong impression</i>, this for all the right and justified reasons and personally for me today it is a big, a huge pleasure to see them standing where they are today and I only wish them all the best on their further way. Even more because they never forgot or denied where they came from and they always stayed true to and never were ashamed of their <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and <b>Skinhead</b> roots and that makes them only more authentic and also and maybe even especially sympathic in my eyes and that's someting <i>sort of </i>very '<i>rare</i>' and '<i>precious</i>' especially in our current time and age. And so <i>seven years</i> ago in <i>2011</i> they were already very strong going and only getting bigger and bigger and then they rereleased their older albums in totally <i>drop-dead-gorgeous</i> rereleases and so also their debut, standing proud and true to and for their roots. Personally back then when I was a teenager or a (<i>very</i>) '<i>young adult</i>' I really discovered the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> properly with their second full-length-album "<b><span style="color: red;">VERLIERER SEHEN ANDERS AUS</span></b>" from and in the year <i>2000</i> and their former works I back then first only knew songwise from compilations and parties and such stuff, <i>yes</i>, and that's also the reason why this very album and review on it isn't part of the ('<i>personal</i>') "<b>CLASSICK</b>(<b>S</b>)<b> OF THE MONTH</b>" series up here because my first real personal clas<i>sick</i> of, with, and by the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> was and is "<b><span style="color: red;">VERLIERER SEHEN ANDERS AUS</span></b>". But back in <i>2011</i> I finally realized that I should definitely get "<b><span style="color: red;">VERLIERER SEHEN ANDERS AUS</span></b>" in a proper version, especially after the tape on which I got it back then started rapidly to '<i>melt</i>' away, <i>so to say</i>, and so I already in <i>2011</i> wanted to call this one finally and properly my very own... but don't ask me why it took me long <i>seven years</i> to finally get it done, <i>damn it</i>... <i>however</i>, because some time ago this year of and in <i>2018</i> I finally managed to get it, <i>yes</i>, done and since some months I call this <i>drop-dead-gorgeous</i> rereleased timeless clas<i>sick</i> of <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> my very own and so I thought why not even still today deliver you my review on it,<i> yes</i>, and so now finally after all this '<i>historical ramblings</i>' let's go, <i>yes</i>, so, <i>truly</i>, here we finally go: Back in <i>1997</i> the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> still were sort of '<i>nearly teenagers</i>', <i>so to say</i>, and they delivered an asskicking harsh sawing and <i>thirsty-for-life</i> forward rumbling <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> that still today suprisingly strong and tall stands its very own ground, <i>yes</i>, and that alone is a statement. I mean, <i>definitely</i>, this is <i>through-and-through</i> pure <i>1990's</i> <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b>, <i>yes</i>, with surely already a strong own identity, <i>also definitely</i>, but still true <i>1990's</i> <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and still it is as strong and releavant as back then and this still today even despite the fact that <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> developed hugely and massively since the <i>1990's</i> and, <i>yes</i>, so that the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>" is still as strong and as relevant as back then in <i>1997</i> is truly a statement of its very own. The songwriting was already back then nicely diverse and multi-facetted and what they served us back then they also knew how to get it all properly done and without '<i>taking themselves over with something</i>' and the impressive development and evolution of the <i>sound'n'style</i> of the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> like we know them today was or better is retrospectively already in its very floorplans or groundplans to be recognized here on and with "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>" that's still even today a very strong and in parts even just '<i>overwhelmingly</i>' conquering album and I really could kick myself in the ass that I haven't cheered up to it properly already back then in the <i>glory days</i> of <i>1997</i>. <i>Anyhow</i>… again: <i>return to the topic</i>; so the foundation of the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>" is by harsh (<b>German</b>) <b>Punk</b>(<b>rock</b>) fueled gruff and rough and '<i>boorish</i>' <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> that's massively driven forward by harsh sawing and powerful stomping bonedry and '<i>road-grimed</i>' guitars that deliver a headsmashing full force <i>riff-and-rhythm-work</i> and also set strong and '<i>formative</i>' melodic and lead accents from start to finish of the whole album, <i>yes</i>, and they also deliver power and force non stopp; then there's the warm and earthy but also or as well as heavy and dirty huming and buzzing bass that's struts around like '(<i>s</i>)<i>he</i>' owns the place and that's also very often nicely marking the songs in its own way and with its own flavour; then the smashing drumming pushes the songs with massive and meaty poundings onwards and lending it all the needed massively beefy and bulky stomp; then there are the gruff and harsh and in a throaty shouted way sung lead vocals with a very nice own vibe to them and, <i>just by the way</i>, no matter how much I also still today love <b><span style="color: red;">Sammy</span></b>'s '<i>old style'n'voice of singing</i>' it is really impressive how much and how far he developed since then to what he does and is able to do today, <i>hell yeahr</i>, nothing but much respect; and finally we have the loud crew backing chants only adding up to the massively hymnal and anthemic character of all the songs. And, <i>yes</i>, already back then in <i>1997</i> on "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>" the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> knew very damn well how to write really massivley hymnal and anthemic songs with really large '<i>hooky</i>' sing-a-long refrains and also damn rousing verses that are mostly in no way inferior arranged than the mighty refrains and that was and still is an ability that the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> (<i>sort of</i>) '<i>learned from the ground up</i>' and haven't unlearned to the present day and I am pretty damn sure they will never unlearn it. And all this is enriched and cultivated by already back then in <i>1997</i> pretty strong and nicely huge <b>SKA</b> and <b>Offbeat</b> influences and elements, licks and rhythm-arrangements as well as also some slightly '<b><i>Coutnryesque</i></b>' guitar tones and some few nicely doses of healthy <b>Rock & Roll</b> like onwards pushing marks. With all that added together even still in <i>2018</i> "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>" is an exciting and grapping, intense ride and truly a timeless clas<i>sick</i> of the <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> of the <i>1990's</i> and in the basic floorplans today in the retrospective a lot of what should become of the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS </span></b>culminating so far in <i>2018</i> is or was also already in slight portions dawning at the horizon of and in <i>1997</i> while they and we, the "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>" still defying the storm still burning brightly, <i>proud and strong</i>. Already back then often pretty outspoken and anyhow thematically nicely diverse and sympathically '<i>ironical winking</i>' and anyhow good lyrics with a strong and clear youthful attitude, a fantastic artwork, and a heavy bombing and still dirty stomping production sound then round it all finally up. Surely, <i>yes</i>, some songs like for example "<b><span style="color: red;">KELLY FAMMELLY</span></b>" or "<b><span style="color: red;">SUFF DICH VOLL</span></b>" are today in one way or another (<i>at least a bit</i>) outdated but, <i>hey</i>, what did you expect. My personal favorites were and (<i>mostly still</i>) are "<b><span style="color: red;">BLAUE AUSTER</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">IN 80 TAGEN UM DIE WELT</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">DU BIST SO BLIND</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: red;">DÜSSELDORF</span></b>", and "<b><span style="color: red;">WENN DU DENKST</span></b>" and the sort of '<i>bonus-medley</i>' "<b><span style="color: red;">DAS GÜLDENE POTPOURRI</span></b>" is just a fantastic '<i>musical bouncer</i>' of the (rerelease-)album. So,<i> yes</i>, also with nowadays being already<i> twenty-one-years-old</i> I can only and nothing but recommend the <b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b>' "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>" to anyone into <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and also to anyone who wants to know how great <b>German <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> was already back in the <i>1990's</i>,<i> oh yeahr</i>, and so you should finally (<i>and desperately</i>, <i>trust me</i>) try to get your hands on a copy of it, <i>yes</i>, and the rerelease-version of it would be a perfcet match for or in the case of this very undertaking, <i>yes</i>, trust me. So, <i>okay</i>, you best promptly just damn fucking finally get it. <b>Cheers</b> & <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b></div>
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(<b><u><span style="color: lime;">8,5 of 10 points</span></u></b>)</div>
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<i><u>http://www.broilers.de/</u></i> (-the link to the homepage of the band)</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">BROILERS</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>" ///<i>live</i>, <i>ca. 2010</i> @ <i>the</i> "<b>WITH FULL FORCE FESTIVAL</b>"\\\ (<b>1997</b>/<b>2011</b>, "<b><span style="color: red;">FACKELN IM STURM</span></b>")</div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Neufundland, Neufundland und Labrador, Kanada48.6064556 -56.33304079999999243.2832576 -66.660189299999985 53.929653599999995 -46.005892299999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-62394821965472385782018-10-03T19:21:00.003+02:002018-10-03T19:21:28.532+02:00OXO 86 - "RIEN NE VA PLUS" (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: lime;">OXO 86</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: lime;">RIEN NE VA PLUS</span></b>"<br />
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Hey guys, <i>yes</i>, trust your eyes - <i>I'm back again, once again</i>. Time to set the new month which is <i>October 2018</i> in motion, <i>oh yeah'</i>, and so now let's roll on again: Here and now I have something really… <i>fuck it</i>... I love <b><span style="color: lime;">OXO 86</span></b> and here's my review on "<b><span style="color: lime;">RIEN NE VA PLUS</span></b>" their (<i>brand</i>)new and still <i>pretty-to-very</i> recently this very year of <i>2018</i> via "<b>SUNNY BASTARDS</b>" released full-length-record, and this is a damn strong one finally one more time again. <b><span style="color: lime;">OXO 86</span></b>, a damn sympathic and authentic, real and honest band, melting <b>SKA</b> and <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and <b>Punkrock</b> in <i>one hell of</i> a rousing way together and their sound simply graps you and then… <i>what can I say</i>... you simply start to <i><b>skank</b> around</i> immediately without a second thought and this from start to finish, <i>yes</i>, and they are one of the very best live bands I've ever seen and thinking about their gig at the this year's "<b>THIS IS SKA 2018</b>" I promptly feel the rush of that gig already again. <i>Damn it, it was so damn great</i>. <i>Okay</i>, and what does this all tell us now 'bout "<b><span style="color: lime;">RIEN NE VA PLUS</span></b>", the latest offering of/by <b><span style="color: lime;">OXO 86</span></b>?!? If this all not already told you so then let me tell you that <b><span style="color: lime;">OXO 86</span></b> serve us here on/with "<b><span style="color: lime;">RIEN NE VA PLUS</span></b>" their newest offering of their highly energetic and nicely uncouth naughty and nasty and always thirtsy and cheerful <b>SKA</b>-<b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b>-<b>Punk</b> and this really damn strong and, <i>truly</i>, incredible massively rousing. A very nicely dirty intoned guitar-work pushs the songs forward with a formidable powerful rhythm work and also spices up the songs with some fine melody lines and highly danceable <b>SKA</b> licks from start to finish on which the pretty to damn fantastic trumpet in collaboration with the smart organ further on put the icing on the cake, <i>so to say</i>, and they also incorporate more or less pretty often some good healthy doses of <b>Reggae</b> into it all as well and all is backed up by the snotty and frivolous <i>play-to-the-dance</i> rhythm section consisting out of the powerful strutting bass and the loud popping drums, while very loud and hymnal <i>background-choirs</i> only add to it all and above all shine the incredible charismatic lead vocals giving it all only even more of an unique and own tone, <i>yes</i>, a pretty damn <i>stand-alone</i> band that's what <b><span style="color: lime;">OXO 86</span></b> definitely are. All is delivered via/by strong songwriting with highest levels and amounts of grapping energy and rousing dyanmics in it, turning "<b><span style="color: lime;">RIEN NE VA PLUS</span></b>" from the first tones to the finishing ones into <i>one hell of</i> an exciting and entertaining and all the time very hymnal and damn anthemic ride that should please all true or real fans of <i>punky</i> <b>SKA</b> and <i>dirty</i> (<b>German</b>) <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> and <i>snotty</i> (<b>German</b>) <b>Punk</b> all at the same time and pretty much to the same amounts, <i>yes</i>, and this all without currying any favor but instead of this rather prefering being <i>thru'n'thru</i> real, authentic, honest, and heartfelt sympathic all the time. My personal favorites are for sure "<b><span style="color: lime;">RIEN NE VA PLUS</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: lime;">FESTIVAL</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: lime;">SPÄTVERKAUF</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: lime;">ZEIT DIE NIE VERGEHT</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: lime;">EIN GUTER TROPFEN</span></b>", "<b><span style="color: lime;">KAISERFAHRT</span></b>", and "<b><span style="color: lime;">WIE VAMPIRE</span></b>", <i>all pure gold</i>, so maybe check this <i>total highlights</i> out first. Nicely diverse lyrics, a fantastic artwork, and a perfect rough production-sound then finally round <b><span style="color: lime;">OXO 86</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: lime;">RIEN NE VA PLUS</span></b>" very strong up and make it all round. Only to "<b><span style="color: lime;">AUF GEHT'S</span></b>" and "<b><span style="color: lime;">SCHADE</span></b>" I somehow don't find a way to, why <i>the bloody hell</i> ever. <i>Anyhow</i>, because to anyone into <b>SKA</b>, <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b>, and <b>Punk</b> I can only and highly recommend <b><span style="color: lime;">OXO 86</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: lime;">RIEN NE VA PLUS</span></b>", <i>yes</i>, so make sure to get your hands on a copy of it finally as soon as anyhow anyway possible. <b>Cheers</b> & <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b></div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Easter Island, Valparaiso Region, Chile-27.112723 -109.34968650000002-27.3388365 -109.67241000000001 -26.8866095 -109.02696300000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-78240101940798909582018-09-30T23:19:00.005+02:002018-09-30T23:24:08.022+02:00CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - AUGUST 2018: LUNGBRUSH - "OLD SCHOOL, NEW SCHOOL"<b><u><span style="color: magenta;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH - AUGUST 2018:</span></u></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: cyan;">LUNGBRUSH</span></b>- "<b><span style="color: cyan;">OLD SCHOOL, NEW SCHOOL</span></b>" (<b>1999</b>)<br />
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(<b>01.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">URBAN TRIBES</span></b>"<br />
(<b>02.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">LOST</span></b>"<br />
(<b>03.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">SOMETIMES</span></b>"<br />
(<b>04.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">EXIT</span></b>"<br />
(<b>05.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">BOUND</span></b>"<br />
(<b>06.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">FOR A MINUTE</span></b>"<br />
(<b>07.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">HEROIN SUICIDE</span></b>"<br />
(<b>08.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">HINDSIGHT</span></b>"<br />
(<b>09.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">CORPORATE BULLSH#T</span></b>"<br />
(<b>10.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">CLOZARIL</span></b>"<br />
(<b>11.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">JANIE</span></b>"<br />
(<b>12.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">SYNTHETIC</span></b>"<br />
(<b>13.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">I QUIT</span></b>"<br />
(<b>14.</b>) "<b><span style="color: cyan;">SOILED</span></b>"<br />
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<i>Oh boy</i>, it seems like freaky fuckin' ages and like I've totally forgot about this very article here which is in fact the next and newest "<b><span style="color: magenta;">CLASSICK OF THE MONTH</span></b>" article in its <b><span style="color: magenta;">AUGUST 2018</span></b> edition, <i>yes</i>, and you know what, <i>it's true</i>, I sort of forgot about it so that it now nearly a full month too late comes up... and so here and now without any further ramblings,<i> yes</i>, let's go… Here we have a for all what I know today very much unknown and truly heavily forgotten album and that's the "<b><span style="color: cyan;">OLD SCHOOL, NEW SCHOOL</span></b>" slasher of/by <b><span style="color: cyan;">LUNGBRUSH</span></b> that used to hail from <i>Chicago</i>, <i>Illinois</i>/<i>U.S.A.</i> and it was released in <i>1999</i> via "<b>PAVEMENT MUSIC INC.</b>" (<i>on CD</i>) and for all what I know it was and still is the only proper release of/by them and it is an album that heavily breathes the spirit of the late <i>1990's</i> but this like fresh air still today. This is <b><i>metallic</i></b> <b>Hardcore</b> or <i>early</i> <b>Metalcore</b> with a huge curious and searchingly mind(<i>set</i>) and a special tone or vibe to it all like you only got it back then in the late <i>1990's</i> on but this all so strong and grapping, exciting and energizing so that it is even also today nothing but incredible fresh, strong, and alive/lively so that it still today stands its ground and this tall, brave, strong, and proud. Unfortunately I haven't found that much more informations on/to <b><span style="color: cyan;">LUNGBRUSH</span></b> beside the fact that they toured together with the likes of <b>FEAR FACTORY</b>, <b>SLAYER</b>, and <b>MACHINE HEAD</b> back in the days, <i>yes</i>, and so now onwards to the next chapter of this article and this is a closer look on <b><span style="color: cyan;">LUNGBRUSH</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: cyan;">OLD SCHOOL, NEW SCHOOL</span></b>".</div>
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Especially <b>FEAR FACTORY</b> and <b>MACHINE HEAD</b> are good cornerstones to describe <b><span style="color: cyan;">LUNGBRUSH</span></b> and what they are doing here on "<b><span style="color: cyan;">OLD SCHOOL, NEW SCHOOL</span></b>". Imagine a devastating and highly dynamic full throttle and full force mixture out of mid to late <i>1990's</i> <b><i>metallic </i>Hardcore</b> like for example <b>STRIFE</b>, <b>TURMOIL</b>, <b>DISRESPECT</b>, and <b>SURFACE</b>, throw some good portioned healthy doses of <b>SICK OF IT ALL</b> for some more raging <b><i>Old School</i></b> <b>Hardcore</b> vibes into the mix, and combine this all with <i>1990's</i> <b>Neo Thrash Metal</b> like especially <b>MACHINE HEAD</b>, <b>SEPULTURA</b>/<b>SOULFLY</b>, <b>KILLINGCULTURE</b>, and also some <b>FEAR FACTORY</b> and then add a damn strong and big own identity to it all and you pretty much have the greatness that <b><span style="color: cyan;">LUNGBRUSH</span></b> had delivered in <i>1999</i> with their "<b><span style="color: cyan;">OLD SCHOOL, NEW SCHOOL</span></b>" <i>masterpiece</i> and I really have no clue why the band didn't become bigger back then. <i>Anyhow</i>, we have this great asskicker here marked by fantastic songwriting with a tricky and imaginative approach to it all, with strong exciting moments and full of grapping and rousing elements and truckloads of energy and dynamics, and with a lot of especially great and nicely diverse and multi-facetted rhythm arrangements. All is delivered by pissed off raging and throaty delivered very hard shouted vo<i>killz</i>, crushing and devastating guitars, and a pure thunder rhythm section. Add it to all <i>1990's</i> <b>MACHINE HEAD</b> like screaming guitars and <i>1990's</i> <b>SEPULTURA</b>/<b>SOULFLY</b> like percussive tribalistic drumming and some <i>sort of</i> "<i>proggy</i>" compositorial '<i>playthings</i>' like especially <b>KILLINGCULTURE</b> also did them back then, <i>yes</i>, and you should know the deal. Strong and outspoken lyrics, a very sinister artwork, and a smashing production-sound round it all finally up. To anyone into <b><i>metallic</i></b> <b>Hardcore</b> and (<i>early</i>) <b>Metalcore</b> I can only and nothing but highly recommend <b><span style="color: cyan;">LUNGBRUSH</span></b>'s "<b><span style="color: cyan;">OLD SCHOOL, NEW SCHOOL</span></b>" so do yourself the damn huge favour and make sure to finally (<i>and desperately</i>) get your hands on a copy of it. <b>HARDCORE</b>!!!<b> FIST</b>!!!<br />
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Check them out on ''<b>Bandmine</b>'': <i><u>http://www.bandmine.com/lungbrush</u></i></div>
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Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Easter Island, Valparaiso Region, Chile-27.112723 -109.34968650000002-27.3388365 -109.67241000000001 -26.8866095 -109.02696300000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753077155198171967.post-21191062203891677192018-09-29T23:23:00.002+02:002018-09-29T23:23:14.477+02:00KOMINTERN SECT - "D'UNE MÊME VOIX" (2016)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: blue;">KOMINTERN SECT</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: blue;">D'UNE MÊME VOIX</span></b>"<br />
(<u>Running time:</u> 17:46 minutes; 6 songs)<br />
("Contra Records"; 2016; CD):<br />
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Hey guys, late evening post today respectively tonight for you and this time on an album that's now already a little bit older and this very one here and now is the "<b><span style="color: blue;">D'UNE MÊME VOIX</span></b>" Mini-CD of/by the legendary <b><span style="color: blue;">KOMINTERN SECT</span></b> that was released two years ago in <i>2016</i> via the fantastic "<b>CONTRA RECORDS</b>" label. Don't ask me why but two years ago this album flew completly under my radar and I just bought it this very year in <i>June 2018</i> at the "<b>THIS IS SKA 2018</b>" festival and that's the reason why you just now read and haven't read earlier about it up here. <b><span style="color: blue;">KOMINTERN SECT</span></b> like also a lot of other <b>French <i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> bands I discovered pretty late, <i>so to say</i>, earliest from the <i>late 1990's</i> or <i>early 2000's</i> on, <i>can't remember it now correctly</i>, but especially <b><span style="color: blue;">KOMINTERN SECT</span></b> I hold very close and dear to my heart and so I really want(<i>ed</i>) to bring this very one still up here for you, <i>yes</i>, and so now let's go: <b><span style="color: blue;">KOMINTERN SECT</span></b> play a very destinctive style of very brickwall styled heavy and hard and yet all the time incredible melodic and catchy/anthemic <b><i><u>Oi!</u></i></b> driven especially forward by a fantastic mixture of stoic and heavy and yet still nicely '<i>fluffy'n'diverse</i>' onwards stomping rhythm work and bright shining and loud singing very melodic leads and above all flying '<i>hooky'n'hymnal</i>' mighty melodic sing-a-longs delivered by a <i>loud'n'proud </i>crew choir. And as well as the songs are all damn powerful and <i>battle-scarred</i> they also carry due to the above described heavy melodic focussed approach also all the time a somewhat somehow slightly melancholic and pensive very intense atmosphere that not only gives you goosepimples en masse but that also gives <b><span style="color: blue;">KOMINTERN SECT</span></b> a damn strong very own unique identity and character. Expect a fresh and rousing songwriting full of power that graps you immediatly and simply won't let loose again, and all is delivered via strong stomping guitars, great nasty delivered lead vocals and damn strong crew chants, a proud strutting bass, and crashing drumming and also their<i> larger than life</i> clas<i>sick</i> "<b><span style="color: blue;">POUR LA GLOIRE</span></b>" you find on this one. <i>Please</i>, just give me finally more new stuff. Good lyrics (<i>as far as I could translate them</i>), a gorgeous artwork, and a stunning production sound then round it all finally up. So, <i>yes</i>, don't make the mistake and think this (<i>very</i>) short review would be because this would be a only anyhow weak album, <i>hell no</i>, it's just simply a Mini-Album and so I think I've said it all what I had to say and if you maybe still don't know or have it then you should finally change this as soon as possible and best get it promptly. <i>Cheers</i> & <b><i><u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u> <u>Oi!</u></i></b></div>
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(<b><u><span style="color: red;">8,5 of 10 points</span></u></b>)</div>
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<i><u>https://www.facebook.com/Kominternsect2014</u></i> (-the link to the facebook site of the band)</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">KOMINTERN SECT</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: blue;">LA BELLE VIE</span></b>" (<b>2016</b>, "<b><span style="color: blue;">D'UNE MÊME VOIX</span></b>")</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">KOMINTERN SECT</span></b> - "<b><span style="color: blue;">D'UNE MÊME VOIX</span></b>" (<b>2016</b>, "<b><span style="color: blue;">D'UNE MÊME VOIX</span></b>")</div>
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<br />Manslaughter-Andy (aka Andy Sinclair @ Facebook)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09324187581586856460noreply@blogger.com0Easter Island, Valparaiso Region, Chile-27.112723 -109.34968650000002-27.3388365 -109.67241000000001 -26.8866095 -109.02696300000002