Showing posts with label fastcore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fastcore. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Marxbros / Travølta

What could hide under artwork like this? Anarchopostpunkreggae? Funny grind? Nope - guys we have here a strong hardcore/violence 12” with two young but not stupid bands. Of course the cover is mostly a joke and it could push you away from this release, but I assure you, this noise is worth of your time. No more words, I'm putting this pitch black vinyl on my turntable and pressing the button! Netherland guys with the strange name Marxbros are on side A; we'll start with them. After a few songs I realized that this noise reminds me of real hardcore, with all simplicity, anger, and fun. There is no hip-hop stuff like in famous hardcore bands and I really appreciate it. It's rare to find bands in this genre which are true to the old school. Punky drums, wild yelling, simple guitar tone, good and catchy riffs are the ingredients of real and honest noise. Dutch language especially good for music like this, it makes everything spicier. Can't say that these guys took my heart, but I honestly enjoyed their material. Last, but not least, is Travølta. I know these cock-sparrows from Heultje city for a long time. Behind the goofy name is a lot of hidden potential. Travølta starts with clanging bass intro that turns into a violence massacre. Each song is full of punk energy and violence. Every component of this recording session has a pretty modern sound (on my taste of course), but together drums, guitar, bass and vocal create a twisting mess that sounds pretty nice. This is not the heaviest music that you could hear, but I`m sure that powerviolence/fastcore fans will be satisfied. Rating: 7.5/10 Travolta bc MarxBros bc

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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Controlled Existence / Headless Death (Dead Heroes rec)


Be careful boys and girls, this split is very spicy. This is the place where Czech fastness meets with Australian primitivism. This release sounds like a weird kind of yin and yang, on one side we have ferocious evil and on the other side we have same evil but more angry and barbaric. As you already understand, this is a very strong release, with which you need to be more careful. So let's taste this piece of noise! 
Czech fellas from Controlled Existence recorded some very “unpleasant” (for someone of course) material. This noise is fast like a rocket and toxic like snake venom. Fast catchy riffs slowly poison your mind; thunderous drumming continuously nails you down. Wild screaming like an abrasive piece of sandpaper, it erases the eardrums and causes terrible pain. The last song on this 7” is a cover of Warsore, and I must say it sounds impressive. It's really a pity that this side is so damn short... 
Headless Death is a horde Proto-Neanderthal guys from Australia. Their noise is so savage and the riffs are so heavy, that it often sounds messy and raw, but that is the point. The drum work crashes with a terrific rage, playing into the song’s overall ferocity in tempo and tone. The same could be said about the vocals: it`s really dreadful and primitive (in a good way). Sometimes drums and vocals are too loud and they get cluttered among everything else, but I believe it is a necessary element of conception. And, for the last song the guys chose to cover Voorhees.


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