First look at Sick Mark / Always Never Fun split!

ANF/PowerXchuck

At first this split attracts attention with its own design. It was a great idea to use ancient an Australian predator for the cover art. Trash on the bottom looks great too, the surfboard and skateboard with all those band stickers… man thats a really nice view. But let’s end with all these visual things and lets listen the noise
Always Never Fun
The first side of this split is populated by loud crashing tunes from Global ANF. This young band has big ambitions and also these guys have a fire. Their music is mostly extreme hardcore (But it does not cross the line of powerviolence, in my opinion of course). The songs carry a groove that is catchy, which for songs less than a minute long is very commendable. Also these short songs are full of simple (in good meaning) riff structures… i particularly memorized the sound of the bass guitar and crazy screams (this sonorous noise and hysterical yelling is very pleasant).
PowerXchuck
The Australian barbarian punks bring up the rear end of this split with full power fury. I honestly can’t say that this stuff is their best work. It's great, but it is weaker than their debut full ep. Anyway these bastards prove that they cannot be underestimated. They show much more pure aggression (than ANF) and their sound is definitely more juicy. Songs are short too and the tracks have a tendency of staying with the listener in spite of their short life span. The humming guitar noises add a sharp edge to the whole picture. Slow, fast, slow and then fast again these music tempos will drive you crazy!
Rating: ANF: 7.5/10 PowerXchuck: 8/10

Fresh news from ANF camp!

Guys going to release an anthology on LP. More info soon.

Next weekend in Germany!

Always Never Fun ‎– Always Never Fun

Waa, what I’ve got! Fresh Italian band - Always Never Fun with their self-titled album! The wave of powerviolence has blown up from pole to pole with great impetuosity and left post-apocalyptic hell behind! 
What's interesting is that I couldn’t find any demo of this band on internet , so they started with solid piece of work indeed! Actually, it could have turned out to be an undue risk...but, in this case it morphed into a pretty good job. 
I never expected the package from Nuclear Alcoholocaust Rec would be that large-sized… I was very surprised with the ample quantity of releases, placed in such a small box, heheh. Then I inspected them all. Well, “more than ordinary” is written all over ANF vinyl. Album cover is printed on thick paper, and the vinyl is packed in conductive-plastic envelope. In addition, this vinyl is single-sided, and guys didn’t neglect to put their logo on another side. I don’t know whether this print is mill, because it looks as if it was indent by hand (make it d.i.y.! hehe). In fine, the art is flavorful and amusing. 
Now I’m proceeding to ANF music. The material is quite fervent… I would never say, that it’s pure powerviolence, as this album combines a large share of hardcore, pun and a shade of thrashcore. Fast tracks with topnotch bass. Two unlike vocals… just what the nurse ordered! When listening to this album I was minded to dig out my old skateboard and take a spin through my hometown! 

Rating: 7.5/10       ANF        Nuclear Alcoholocaust rec