Showing posts with label Punk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Punk. Show all posts

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Discharge - End Of Days

Six hallowed words come affixed to British hardcore: "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing." Two others would be "Never Again." If you don't know DISCHARGE, shame on you. The very definition of hardcore music ought to come with DISCHARGE stuffed inside the same sentence. As one of the fastest, loudest, most ireful pack of trash radicals that ever dared to throw down against Her Majesty and oligarchic governments at-large, DISCHARGE has always worn their grit and grime (and the shadowing skewered dove from John Heartfield's photograph “The Meaning of Geneva, Where Capital Lives, There Can Be No Peace”) like street badges.
Despite a brief hiatus, DISCHARGE has surreptitiously hung about the scene, dropping a split release with OFF WITH THEIR HEADS in 2012, and the "Propaganda Feeds" EP a year prior. This year, DISCHARGE rears its three-headed hydra consisting of vet players Royston "Rainy" Wainwright on bass, Anthony "Bones" Roberts and Terence "Tezz" Roberts (who returned in 2014 and shifted over to second guitar from drums) for a new full-length, "End Of Days". Jeff "J.J. " Janiak has taken

Kvelertak - Nattesferd

Kvelertak continue with their fiery brand of classic rock infused punk and metal tunes with a black metal flair. It should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever listened to this band that the sonic party is back in full effect! These Norwegians sure know how to riff and roll and their sense of melody always tends to lean towards the happy side of the metal spectrum (read: major keys and scales with an emphasis on blues as opposed to minors) which makes the fun they seem to be having palpable. This batch of tunes is much more classic rock inspired than the past two albums with those gravely, raspy, shouted vocals being the most thoroughly intense part of most of these tracks. The black metal is pretty subdued on this album. But this is drinkin' music if it's anything! Any of these songs could be on any bar jukebox in any country and damned if they wouldn't put grins on faces and set toes a tappin'. The choruses that fans have come to expect make a pretty large appearance and set tracks apart from each other. The only critique is that this is really not a step in any new direction for Kvelertak, just a refinement of tools that were already in their toolbox. However, if a raucous good time is what you crave then grab a few cold ones, bust out your finest studded denim, round up some friends and put this record on! I think Nattesferd is Norwegian for "instant party".

Bizex-B (1981)

This is the first demo by Bisex-B and it was made in 40 copies. Most songs ended up on their first LP. The band was from Gävle in Sweden. They are great!

http://www.swedishpunkfanzines.com/?page_id=4164

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Misfits ‎– Walk Among Us

"Walk Among Us" indeed features the best material to come from the Misfits, but it's also one of the finest American punk rock albums of all time. Glenn Danzig's ungodly howl fuels fan favorite, classic tracks like "20 Eyes", "I Turned Into a Martian", "All Hell Breaks Loose", "Vampira", "Night of the Living Dead", "Skulls", and of course, "Violent World" and "Astro Zombies". This is the best the Danzig-era Misfits have ever sounded, and even the live take of "Mommy Can I Go Out & Kill Tonight" sounds great here. For classic punk enthusiasts, "Walk Among Us" ranks up there with Black Flag's "Damaged", the Dead Kennedys' "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables", and Minor Threat's "Complete Discography"; real punk rock that wasn't fashioned or produced for radio play. If you are looking to get into the Misfits or just classic punk in general, you can't go wrong with "Walk Among Us".