SMIERC are back with their second album which is out now on Nikt Nic Nie Wie. I reviewed the first one here and was amazed by the whole concept for the band. If you don’t know what SMIERC are – they are a band from Stockholm, Sweden paying tribute to Polish punk by singing in […]
I’m deeply flattered to have been given this opportunity to share with you all my top ten albums of 2021. The last 12 months have offered up several awesome releases so it was no mean task whittling it down to ten. Still now that that’s done and without further ado here they are: Anthrax – […]
Last recordings of this Baltimore based straight edge hardcore band that features members of WALL BREAKER, THE PIST or TRIAC. 9 tracks on the seven incher means fast hardcore meets power violence. A splash of YOT does the trick for me. Refuse Records
US influenced straight edge hardcore has always been a thing in Sweden and so is for WASTE from Göteborg. Here is their second EP on Refuse Records that brings 5 socially aware tracks full of anger, positivity and mosh. There are fast bits for those who like their hardcore in the moshpit and slow ones […]
More Swedish d-beat from Phobia. Anti-Metafor play raw Swedish style driven my fast d-beat drumming and solos and it’s nice seeing Kenko from DISCHANGE/MEANWHILE having recorded them, whereas SCARED EARTH give your ears some time to rest. Still d-beat but not raw, a bet metal with melodic choruses and short solos. I like them a […]
