Black Mold – The Inheritance Of Evil (Helldprod Records)

Is black punk still a thing?

Although it made a huge impact, mainly through “punk” Darkthrone albums by the end of 2000’s and beginning of 2010’s, blackened punk seems to have lost its verve since then, and since the very DT seems to have abandoned the style a while ago to new ventures.

The thing here is very simple to understand: while DT albums sound, even today, like absolute classics, the imitators that it has generated are not!

Black Mold, from Portugal unfortunately falls into this category and having spinning the album a dozen times, it still sounds hollow and inane.

Songs like Meaningless Glue, Missing Link and Long Night although some may find interesting, go through the motions, like they were made inside the studio, just like the rest of the album which has no force and no wrath, leaving much to be desired even in the faster parts.

For example, General Pattern clocking in at one minute and something, brings a bogus sense of brutality that is not innate on the effort.

All and all The inheritance of Evil by Black Mold is a monotonous (ipsis litteris) effort to sound relevant, but the “evil” in the title doesn’t appear in music.

The Inheritance Of Evil is out now on Helldprod Records.

Rating: 5.5/10

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Roderick Totentanz

Nazi Trumps Fuck Off!

Jello Biafra joins Napalm Death with an enhanced version of the old DK classic.

Before joining forces with Barney, Jello Biafra nukes:

“a fucking racist is a fucking racist…”

of course,

UNLESS YOU THINK!

Watch this super fun video:

 

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Police State – Mind Collapse – Grimoire Records

Punk and Grindcore from PA!

Hailing from US, Police State presents this second release of pure grind punkish attack!

The album has some parts of sludge metal (well, it seems to be the tendency nowadays), but in the bulk it is honest and good ol’ metal punk.

However they are more than a crossover band. By the way I think crossover will never fit their sound: it is a fair mixture of Discharge and Extreme Noise Terror, going to and fro in the punk area to metal area…

Sometimes as in the song Pure Filth they sound like Napalm Death.

But as they accidentally have a British accent, sometimes they just seem like Misery Index of sorts, but, ironically, never going into the “American” way of Brutal Death Metal.

The song Propaganda is like Antigama with the pureness of Agathocles, very fast and extremely unpolished.

This is an honest release, and the noise is pleasant to hear and for those who are never tired of grindcore, this one is for you.

Mind Collapse is out now on Grimoire Records.

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Terveet Kädet – Lapin helvetti – Svart Records

Suomi punk-hardcore legends are still making lotsa noise!

Okay, so you say to everybody that you’re a punk rocker, and you don’t have any idea about Terveet Kädet and its importance to the worldwide hardcore scene. I must say sir, with all due respect to you and your kind that you are an utterly poser, wear out this fucking Mohawk and go back to your stupid job.

This is for the strong ones. It’s been a long way since the old days of Rock Laahausta Vastaan and their sound has changed lots through the years, but hell, this is aggression in form of music: I just can think of Extreme Noise Terror and Napalm Death when I hear this short release.

Yes, it’s short, although they manage to pack 18 tracks at 20 minutes and 55 seconds: an average of 11 seconds and 27 centiseconds per sound, if my mathematics is not truncated.

Anyway this shit is fast as the speed of light with noisy change of phrases every 10 seconds, in a vortex of punk craziness never heard before. ONLY IN FINLAND!

It’s impossible to highlight one or two tracks, and I have heard this CD DOZENS of times to make this review, but I’d say that Kuoletus, Elämälle Vieraita Piirteitä and Aivoleikkuri (this one clocking in at only 36 seconds) are the preferred ones in my book.

Despite of all melodic A.M.E.R.I.C.A.N. hardcore bullshit produced throughout the times (and I’m not talking shit against the “empire” because I’m no fucking commie you know) Terveet Kädet firmly follows in their credo that street punk, hardcore and grindcore are still alive and kicking ass of youngsters who think they make some kind of noise out there. Poor devils. They hadn’t reckoned on Suomi music.

Lapin helvetti is out now on Svart Records

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Nekrofilth – Filling My Blood With Poison… (Lp) – Hells Headbangers

21-minutes of pure filth!

Nekrofilth, for those who still don’t know is a metalpunk band from US formed by Nunslaughter member Zack Rose.

Filling My Blood with Poison… actually is a demo recorded in 2009 and released now, so expect a live-low budged sound (with) intermingled instruments in a mass of punk noise!

The songs are reminiscent of the great and immortal Discharge of course, but with lots of black metal influences like Hellhammer (who themselves were influenced by Discharge).

The tracks are short beginning with Filled With Disease a rapid hardcore with high-pitched guitars recorded in a worst possible way. Rad!

Other great song is Worship Destruction that is punk as fuck remembering some Chaos UK from the first album.

The fifty-second Get Fucked is so brutal and satanic it rips!

There is even a quasi-unrecognizable cover of GBH Necrophilia, played much faster than the original!

Filling My Blood With Poison… is like a live gig captured by lousy mics and without overdubs. I recommend if you want to raise some hell!

Filling My Blood With Poison… (Lp)  is out now on  Hells Headbangers.

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THE LURKING CORPSES – Workin’ For the Devil (CD, LP) – Hells Headbangers

Horror Punk, Horror Metal.

The Lurking Corpses come to their fourth album showcasing almost 60 minutes of what people call “Death Metal with Punk Influences”. I should say that in Workin’ For the Devil they are more like a metal punk band with horror punk (Misfits and Wednesday 13 for instance) ,while exposing a kinda thrash metal influence.

The album has good songs although I don’t dig the “horror” vocals of Lord Vladimir Von Ghoul, they are sort of out of tune but hey, that’s just me, the songs and the compositions are not bad, and they can guarantee the party of the fans out there.

There’s even a fave, called Dead Fuck which is really, really good.

The problem starts in the 11^th track called No One Will and the subsequent one called In Hell (I Wait for You). Okay while the metal and (American) punk are on the loose on the other tracks, in these ones they appeal to some English Gothic, which totally disrupts the logic of the album. If you’d take them separately as singles, well, maybe they could stand for themselves, but to put them in the midst of the aggressive numbers wasn’t the most intelligent choice.

Apart from that, they eventually return to their metal punk, horror punk show, and the final track is a raddest rendering of Slayer’s Tormentor. An excellent surprise! If you are into this field of music, surely you’ll like it. Others can be hindered by the total running time of the album

Workin’ For the Devil (CD, LP) is out now on Hells Headbangers.

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Shaved Women – Just Death – Ektro

Punk noise, noisy punk.

Shaved Women hails from St Louis /MO and they are releasing their first “full length”, after a couple of EP’s released. This full length has 9 songs clocking in at 23 minutes.

Their punk rock is muddy and sludgy, mid-tempo, and the vocals are almost inaudible. The guitars are buzzing like drones and the drumming is 4/4 all the way.

Songs like No One Gets in and Paranoia make the punk rocker party while the best song is Relapse with the shittiest solo ever, but I dug it. Lots.

The tracks are in the face although they are not heavy (they are pretty “alternative” to be honest). By the end of the disc they lost velocity in a Black Flag way.

Shaved Women is a great surprise for those who like direct sound, no frills, no anything. I liked this album, because it’s shameless punk attitude, no stardom, no bullshit. I wish all the American punk rocks were this way.

Just Death is out now on Ektro.

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Mutilated Veterans – Necro Crust Warhead (12″ Mlp) – Hells Headbangers

Metal Punk D-beat to the (hard)Core

Mutilated Veterans is a self-called d-beat band from Spain and this is their first release which is an EP.

Their sound is pure metal punk a là (of course) Discharge and this sole factor makes this band a must-hear and a must-have.

The punkish approach inviting us to the mosh pit is in the very first track March of the Mutilated: Unrelenting drumming, death metal growls, simplest soloing and all the brouhaha.

The second attack called Blood Militia is more thrash than punk, although the d-beat permeates the song in all its glory. Pure military street punk thrash metal marches for the headbanger pleasure.

A Tank Full Of Corpses gives the impression that we are inside the album Why or Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing.

Triumph Of Torture is even shorter, actually it is the shortest track of the mini-album, and it’s fucking ace with the heavy bass and over again nasty solos.

Closer Carnage Warfare brings more reasons to love this EP with more of the same fucking hardcore sound:  what a great sound. The buzzing guitars will rip you apart!!

This is a release that DOES NOT deserve to be relegated to the dust forgetfulness. Necro Crust Warhead is a great release and if you don’t like it you are false!!! Go and get your fucking copy bastard!

Necro Crust Warhead (12″ Mlp) is out now on Hells Headbangers.

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Ransom Call – Creatures On The Loose (Demo) – Self Released

First effort obscured by lackluster production.

Ransom Call is a new band from Slovenia that promises to deliver a sound akin to Murderdolls, Sister, Wednesday 13, Ragdolls… They practice what some people call shock rock, that crossover between punk and hard rock championed by masters like Alice Cooper.

But it’s hard to judge a very first effort of a band – it’s unclear if they had other bands in the past – and the sound although very good, lacks a proper production that nowadays can condemn a group to the eternal limbo of forgetfulness.

First song Freak Show has a very basic guitar work, quasi archaic, however all the instruments are perfectly audible, no flaws in this part. But the lack of a more profound mix work shows that this is indeed a demo effort, and there’s no mastering whatsoever, so it’s like to compare a beautiful house without a roof. The sound has no heaviness and sounds amateurish.

Their punk continues on the second track Vicious Mind which is actually a good song, very upbeat, but the drums fills are vapid and the guitars are very basilar in this one. A punkish solo complete the whole thing, but I must say the vocalist has something good in his voice and his future is certain if he invests in his musical career.

Exorcist has a terrible delay in the drums (sometimes studio tricks are necessary) and they fail to follow the metronome, but the proposition of the song is very good. So again, it’s a rad song almost destructed by second-rate job.

Cemetery Queen is the best of the whole effort and if I only had listened to this song before, I’d believe it’s a greater band. Plagued by their choice to record and release right away, it’s another good theme that could gain more potential by their good ideas.

So the thing here is basically: good ideas, rush and sugarless production. This is the very proof that hast makes waste but I’d bet on their next effort, I’m sure they will evolve.

 Creatures On The Loose (Demo) is out NOW and it’s Self Released on BANDCAMP. Click here and name your price.

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Zoldier Noiz – Regression Process – Unspeakable Axe Records

Pure retro French Thrash Metal

Zoldier Noiz is a band from Montpellier, France which practices the rawest form of old thrash metal. Their sound is much alike a crossover between Discharge, Hellhammer and Loudblast: Thrash metal with a very punk sentiment into it.

The song structures are very simple and unprocessed tailor-made to sound like the noisiest band around. The solos are very bread-and-butter and are there just to complete the gaps like in the track Tomorrow Is Today.

But songs like Grave Crawler and Random Justice and their quasi-punk approach, or metal punk if you will, or Venom-esque if you will are the pure rough thrash European attack.

Regression Process is even rawer with a hardcore drumming and vocals brutally made.

Thirty Nine Forty Five is the punkest of them all clocking in at only one minute and fouty-seven seconds.

On the contrary a track like Dread Relieves is the mix between thrash and death.

Regression Process is a raw and obscure album only for die hards of bands such Cryptic Slaughter and the likes. A great and real work that doesn’t deceive their listeners, Zoldier Noiz delivers the real deal music for real deal guys.

Regression Process is going to be released on May 27^th on Unspeakable Axe Records.

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