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samedi 11 janvier 2014

Barabbas - Libérez Barabbas! (2011)

Libérez Barabbas! by the french doomsters Barabbas is a record which was released in 2011 but it's just available on Bandcamp now, so if you missed it then you have another chance to discover it (you can stream it or download it on Bandcamp as a name your price purchase).
you really should discover or rediscover this album because it's really great! it has cool riffing with a good heavy groove (in a doom way not in a stoner way, it really develops a doomy atmosphere), sublte keyboard parts bringing a melodic touch, going hand in hand with the deep heaviness of the guitars and drumming, a bit like it is in Cathedral. but what's maybe the best are the singing and the lyrics in french (around the story of Barabbas. you can't find doomier than that! and it's treated in a smart way, with a subtle irony. but if think that even if you don't understand french you would appreciate the singing).
try it and then I'm pretty sure you'll be waiting for the release of their new album in june 2014!

Libérez Barabbas! on BC


and for the french readers, enjoy the interview below :

-Est-ce que vous pouvez revenir rapidement sur la naissance de Barabbas ? c'était quoi le projet la base?

La domination mondiale et la conversion de l'humanité toute entière au culte du Saint Riff Rédempteur! En vrai notre seule ambition était de nous réunir entre potes pour jouer une musique inspirée des maîtres du genre : Black Sabbath, Cathedral, Saint-Vitus. Au départ, nous n'envisagions même pas de sortir un CD, nous étions simplement heureux de prendre du plaisir ensemble (musicalement s'entend : ). Je sais, c'est d'une banalité consternante, j'espère ne pas avoir dissuadé les visiteurs de ton site de poursuivre la lecture de l'interview : )

-comment est né votre premier album Libérez Barabbas!? comment vous est venu cette idée faire des chansons autour de l'épisode biblique de la crucifixion et de Barabbas? en partie parce que la religion chrétienne est un thème récurrent dans le doom "traditionnel"?
Tout vient du péplum «Barabbas», avec Anthony Quinn. Ce film raconte le destin de Barabbas après qu'il ait été libéré à la place de Jésus et son difficile chemin vers la rédemption (d'autant plus difficile que Barabbas meurt crucifié à la fin du film, si c'est pas un destin funeste...). Plus que le côté religieux, c'est l'aspect  «existentialiste» du film qui nous a touché : un type bien meurt la place d'un salaud, pourquoi? Qui décide? (Ne me regarde pas, je n'ai pas la réponse : ) Mais je précise que nous ne sommes pas un groupe de white metal / christian métal : nous utilisons l'imagerie religieuse comme Dio utilisait l'imagerie médiévale, pour sa puissance métaphorique. La chanson «Barabbas» parle de l'absurdité apparente du destin, «Horizon Golgotha» traite de l'inéluctable qui arrive dans ta vie, etc. Enfin, il est exact que les références religieuses font partie intégrante des origines du doom (ce n'est pas le Sabbat Noir qui dira le contraire : ) et exploiter la thématique religieuse / spirituelle était aussi pour nous une manière de rendre hommage à nos idoles.

-comment composez-vous?

«Composer», c'est un bien grand mot. Ce que nous faisons s'approche davantage de l'assemblage de pièces et boulons : «Amène ton riff, on va le riveter la section rythmique et après, on recouvrira le tout d'une bonne chape de chant pour pour masquer les soudures.» C'est primitif, mais ça marche.

-votre musique m'évoque quelque chose entre du doom "classique" et un groupe comme Cathedral avec le son bien heavy mais aussi un travail particulier sur la mélodie et l'atmosphère, notamment avec les parties de claviers qui s'insèrent subtilement dans les morceaux. comment vous voyez les choses de votre côté?

Tu as vu juste, nous privilégions les mélodies. Les riffs sont primordiaux, bien sûr, mais ils sont toujours au service de la mélodie. Nous pensons davantage «chansons» que «morceaux». Tous nos morceaux ont d'ailleurs une structure classique «couplet / refrain / pont». De même, les paroles sont quasiment toujours écrites en dernier pour mieux épouser la ligne de chant. À partir de là si nous avons besoin d'un clavier, d'une harpe ou d'une cornemuse pour renforcer l'atmosphère de la chanson, nous ne nous en privons pas même si, en live, nous privilégions une approche plus brute en utilisant exclusivement chant / guitare / basse / batterie. On a eu des débats houleux en interne sur l'utilisation possible de samples sur scène mais pour l'instant, le camp des «brut de fonte» a eu le dernier mot : ) Remarque, ça évoluera peut-être à l'avenir.

-il y a bien sur le chant en français qui fait aussi votre originalité on vous questionne souvent la dessus, c'est quand même pourtant paradoxal que ça puisse paraître surprenant de chanter dans sa langue, et c'est d'autant plus bizarre que justement dans vos chansons cela semble (logiquement!) parfaitement naturel et pertinent. est ce que vous vous êtes posés la question au commencement du groupe?

Non, le français s'est imposé sans que l'on y réfléchisse. Nous ne sommes pas des perdreaux de l'année, nous avons beaucoup écouté de hard / métal français dans notre lointaine jeunesse et la majorité des groupes chantaient dans leur langue: Trust, Sortilège, Satan Jokers... Nous avons forcément été influencé. C'est vrai que nous sommes toujours étonnés quand des compatriotes nous demandent pourquoi on a choisi de chanter dans notre langue. Tu te vois demander à Black Sabbath pourquoi ils chantent en anglais? : ) Ceci dit, nous sommes conscient que ça nous ferme des portes, curieusement plus dans notre pays qu'à l'étranger ou on a toujours de bons retours sur notre parti pris linguistique. Mais nous n'avons rien contre les gens qui choisissent de chanter dans une autre langue (tu parles à un fan de Scorpions : ) et au final, l'important reste l'émotion musicale, pas la langue qui la véhicule. L'un de mes groupes préféré est Magma, ils chantent en Kobaen, je ne comprends pas un traître mot de ce qu'ils disent mais cela ne m’empêche pas de ressentir pleinement leur musique.

-vous préparez un nouvel album pour juin je crois, vous pouvez nous en dire plus ce sujet? quoi faut-il s'attendre?

Il sera en fait un peu différent du premier album, un peu moins frontal, on a essaye de diversifier un peu les couleurs sans renier nos fondamentaux, la lourdeur et la mélodie. Mais en fait, on a rien «essayé» du tout, ce n'était pas un processus conscient, on a simplement été ou la musique nous a conduit. De toute façon, on aurait été incapable de refaire le même album que le premier et puis, quel aurait été l’intérêt?

-et entre l'élaboration de ce futur album et la sortie du premier qu'est ce qu'il s'est passé pour Barabbas?

Plein de bonnes choses, comme quoi ne rien attendre de ce groupe nous a permis d'avoir d'heureuses surprises : d'avoir de bons échos sur l'album, tant en France qu'à l'international, des dates intéressantes avec Wounded Kings, Huata, Bottle Doom Lazy Band, Ataraxie, Marche Funèbre, Winnhand, Pilgrim (pardon ceux que j'oublie) et puis de belles rencontres avec des groupes qui sont devenus des potes.

-Qu'est-ce que vous avez de prévu d'autre pour 2014 ? Tourner pour jouer vos nouveaux morceau et présenter le nouvel album?
Oui, trouver des dates et commencer à mettre le troisième album en chantier. On fera le Mennecy Fest en septembre, on aimerai bien jouer dans d'autres festivals (programmateurs, si vous nous lisez...). Trouver un label fait forcément partie de nos projets mais vu la situation du marché du disque, j'ai l'impression que cela devient difficile.


-C'est qui les groupes qui vous inspirent ou vous ont inspirés? Vous avez l'impression de faire partie d'une scène?
Concernant le doom, nos principales sources d'inspiration sont chercher du côté des Grands Anciens (Sabbat, Vitus, Cathedral, Trouble, Pentagram, même si nous sommes forcément influencé par les groupes plus récents que nous écoutons, français ou étrangers. Mais nous apprécions aussi d'autres musiques, du stoner à la pop en passant par le punk, le prog, le classique. Maintenant, si tu organises une soirée free jazz, je ne sais pas si nous viendrons : ) Pour en revenir ta question, faisons-nous partie de la scène doom ? Ce serait prétentieux de l'affirmer, c'est elle de nous le dire : )

-quels autres groupes français conseilleriez vous?

La scène doom / stoner française est très riche, l'amateur de pesanteur métallique n'a que l'embarras du choix : outre Huata, Ataraxie et Bottle Doom Lazy Band cités plus haut, ne passez pas côté de Northwinds, Funéralium, Sons of Zardoz, Tombstone, Stangala, Stonebirds, Hangman's Chair... La liste est longue! J'en profite d'ailleurs pour saluer nos amis bretons de Voight Kampff qui déchirent tout dans un registre techno trash.

-Quelque chose ajouter pour finir l'interview ?

Merci toi de nous avoir ouvert les colonnes de Blasting Days et au plaisir de se retrouver pour parler plus en détail du nouvel album!


mercredi 12 juin 2013

Famine year - Demo MMXI (2011)

Famine year are a finnish new band playing some really good crust / grind. They released their Demo MMXI two years ago and since they released a split 7' with Hautaus and another 7'.
what I especially like is the rock'nroll vibe that goes through their songs, making it more living, wild and crazy that most crust grind band. this, with the singing in finnish reminds a bit the more rocknroll crust moments of Impaled nazarene. the demo is four cool song plus a cover of Freedumb by NOFX which dosn't sound at all like NOFX, which is ok for me!
I hope they'll soon released a full lenght record as cool as their demo.

check it on their BC page.


mardi 12 mars 2013

Needful things-Tentacles of influence (2011)

If you're looking for some straight to your face grindcore this record will do. Tentacles of influence, released in 2011 is I think the second full lenght album of the Czech grinders Needful things. The riffing with crust punk and trash flavours and the simplicity of the song structure relates Needful things music to the old school of grind whereas the rapidity and density of the drumming relates clearly to modern grind (the especially fast drumming and the trashy riffing reminds me of The kill sometimes). the overall result is a well crafted and very efficient album that most grinders will enjoy. 

The BC page

mardi 12 février 2013

Speedwolf - Ride With Death (2011)



This Speedwolf record is not a new one, but deserves a review anyway. Better late than never...it's been released in Nov 2011 by Hell's headbangers and is a contagious heavy metal rockers. They ride full speed on the NWOBHM highway with a ferocious attitude. Their sound borrows from bands like Motörhead and Saxon, but they add to it a more aggressive attack that reminds of Metallica's Kill'em all. OK nothing really new but it's a really fun and enjoyable record filled with epic and catchy rocking songs.

You can stream/download  it on Bandcamp


lundi 7 janvier 2013


Under Vultures + 466​/​64 split (2011)

I discovered this split and bands thanks to Grind and punishment and once again was not disapointed. two very little known but interesting bands from Spain / Canary islands. the split's been released in october 2011 by Nooirax producciones.
Under vultures plays an interesting and well done mix of death with a bit of slam, more old school death / black, and grind.
466/64 is more grindcore, but not traditionnal grindcore, its frenetic, chaotic and a bit technical guitar works adding a different touch.
both bands have the great merit of doing their own stuff and being good at it.

you can stream / download it for free on BC

samedi 27 octobre 2012

The Coltranes-I've got heaven in my smile (2011)

The Coltranes have nothing to do with John Coltrane but are really good anyway. they play a really good  punk rock that sound influenced by garage rock but above all by the early records of The Misfits. the vocals especially sound influenced by Glenn Danzig. I think it's at the same time a good thing because they are doing it with taste and the result is good and enjoyable, but this is also the band main weakness and maybe they need to escape from the shadow of the Misfits if they want to go further along their own path. anyway it's a cool band if you like proto/early punk rock.

Ive got heaven in my smile isn't their latest record, just their latest LP. you can listen / download to the few records they released on their
Bandcamp page.

dimanche 14 octobre 2012

Sete star sept - Vinyl collection 2010-2012 CD (2012)


Sete star sept is a japanese duo (bass / drums) that displays a great inventivity in merciless audio terrorism. They are masters in playing blasts of noisy grind that melts the deadliest elements of fastcore and harsh noise. Many of their songs ( or miniatures since they rarely last more than 45 seconds!) starts with a larsen and end with a larsen and in the meantime you get blasted with loud noise, blast beats or  nice "violent free jazz" beats, noisegrind bass guitar attack and screams. all that played with a nihilistic careless punk attitude that really fit with the music. and the most incredible is that you'll like it and keep coming for more!
Their vinyl records released for the last two year are now released on a 75 min CD by Fuck yoga records.
It features the songs from :
-split 12" w/ GENERIC DEATH 
-split 10 w/ NOISE 
-split 7" w/ PENIS GEYSER 
-split 7" w/ CSMD 
-split 7" w/ SATAN 
-split 7" w/ ROTGUT 
-4-way split 7"
-"gero me" 10"
-and a live set from KFJC

 this is a really crazy sick record, but also a really funny and cool one!

you can listen to some tracks on the Fuck yoga website

and here's Sete star sept website

Their drummer Kiyasu Ryosuke answered to my questions by mail, read it below :

-can you tell us a few words about the beginning of Sete star sept ? Is the band really different now? do you intended from the start to play as a duo?

SETE STAR SEPT is Vocals/Bass and Drums's 2-picese band from Japan.
Kae is playing on bass and vocals.Kiyasu is playing on drums.
in past, the band started from 2004 as Kiyasu on Vocals for 3-pieces band.
then we've changed the current lineup in 2009
-do you play or have played in other band?

i play drums in Keiji Haino's "Fushitsusha" and free jazz band called "Kiyasu Orchestra".
in 2003-2004, i've played drums in "The Endless Blockade".
-how would you describe your music?

extremely fast and brutal music.
-you play a really extreme kind of hardcore/ grind / noise, Japan is known for being forward thinking for these styles, were you influenced by other Japanese bands or not especially?

i influenced from The Gerogerigegege.
80's and 90's japanese noise/noisecore bands are so cool.
-seems to me that since Revision of noise you evolved toward even more apocalyptic / chaotic songs is it so?

songs in "Revision of Noise" are sound like old scholl grindcore song.
but now,we are getting into how to make fucked up songs.
-what is the writing process of the songs?

i make bass riff as draft then we do jam session for couple of times.
the song will continue to completion.

-a few words bout the release of the 2010-2012 compilation on Fuck yoga record?

this is true grindcore!
-were these two last years an important time for the evolution of Sete star sept?

yes, we were able to return to the origin of SETE STAR SEPT.

-are you preparing a new record (or some new records)?

we are preparing 2nd album. we've done recording all tracks for it.
and we have some upcoming new releases. i will announce it on our facebook page or blog.
check it out!  
-do you plan to tour Europe any soon?

i have plan to European tour 2013 in July.
-how are your live shows?

our live shows are getting better and better.
we need to improve live show for the tour in next year.
-which bands from you area would you recommend?

solo goregrind performer called "Oniku"
-your favourite record released in 2012? (you can name more than one).

this is my favorite record released in 2012 below.

SEPPUKU/NECROCUM : split EP : 7"
GENERIC DEATH : Underground is dead : 7"
CSMD : cosmic noise adventure : 7"
Wake The Machines/Ocksen : split EP : 7"
-how would you describe your drumming?
destroy drum set
-do you have something to add in conclusion?

my music formed by noise.
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samedi 6 octobre 2012

The tunnel-Fathoms deep (2011)

If you like music that brings together post-punk and dark amerciana this record is a good choice. The songs are somewhere betwen Joy division and 16 Horsepower (the Gun club or Birthday party also comes to minds). it's not a copycat of these bands, bu it uses some of the same elements and develops a deep, dark and nervous atmosphere that reminds them. Fathoms deep is The tunnel's second album (released on digital and vinyl format by themselves in 2011), and this is what the band from San Fransisco has to say about it on their bandcamp : " (it) was hammered out in various San Francisco dives and warehouses, but draws its lifeblood from the darkness of the surrounding, still-remote Northern California coast. The sounds are akin to the art-damaged noise coming out of 1970s New York, 1980s London-via-Berlin, or an 1850s West Coast harbor town damp with fog and whiskey. ".

you can listen it or download it for free on their Bandcamp



mardi 2 octobre 2012

M.O.R.A-st (2011)

to cite their Bandcamp : "From Helsinki, Finland, M.O.R.A. has been playing with the existing line-up since 2008. Angry hardcore with two female vocalists, mixture of old and newschool. Members are/have been in bands such as Black Betsy, Spoiled Betty, Confusa and Aurinkokerho." 
Yes, very cool angry hardcore. this is a band that master the key element for good hardcore that is keeping thing simple and effective. the trashy hardcore riffs, the drumming and the double singing (in finnish) attack concurs to make songs that are very dynamic and catchy. 9 songs, 16 minutes. no filler, just refreshing straight to the face hardcore songs.
enjoy it on their bandcamp

dimanche 30 septembre 2012

SSS - Problems to the Answer (2011



SSS from Liverpool (UK) are maybe, with Municipal Waste, the best band of the crossover (tHrash / hardcore) revival of last years. They choose to focus mostly on the speedy side of crossover and are good at delivering the feeling of urgency and the adrenaline that makes the style highly enjoyable. They have good songs, with the speed and aggression but also the good measure of melody that makes the songs memorable. And what also makes the difference from other bands in that style is the vocals that are really good, aggressive but also melodic a bit like it was in Suicidal tendencies. They also have cool instrumentals, a bit like Metallica used to write but more thrashy. They have three LP the last one being Problems o the Answer, released last year by earache. They are writing a new one.

SSS's FB page
SSS's Myspace

lundi 24 septembre 2012

American Heritage - sedentary (vinyl reissue 2012)



Sedentary, the second LP from American Heritage, from Chicago, sounds a bit like a rawer and dirtier version of Mastodon (although it is a bit more polished than their already really good previous LP Millenarian). It has the same ability to write songs that marry brutality and complexity (with some math-rock elements), melodies and an aggressive delivery. It bites hard and grooves through all the record. The vocals are powerful, not clean, and not just screamed either. Sanford Parker recorded it and also appear as a guest musician, as does Bill Kelliher, Leon Del Muerte and others.
Sedentary will be reissued in the end of November in vinyl format by the good French record label Solar Flare Records (among other cool stuff they released the first Pigs, with Dave Curran from Unsane, that I reviewed HERE, with an interview).
you can listen to Sedentary on their Bandcamp and pre-order the vinyl on Solar Flare website.

The two guitarists in American heritage, Scott and Adam (thanks guys!)answered to my questions about the band and Sedentary. You can read it below :




-can you tell us a few words to present the band and its music?

Scott: I think Adamn once summed it up as “Nerd-Meathead Bro-ness”. I think that’s pretty on point.

Adam:  To be specific, we come from a background that embraces both visceral and heady music.  We’ve all grown up on hardcore and other variants of the punk movement, but early on also were interested in the avant-garde.  Our previous bands speak to that pretty well, as does early American Heritage material.  We’ve always just let our songs be what they are, and never have been the sorts to try to fit into any particular subgenre.  I think we play heavy, aggressive music that is put together in an interesting way.

-how was written, recorded and produced Sedentary?

Scott: 

Writing: Well, it was a huge complicated mess to be honest. Mike lives in Georgia and the rest of us live in Chicago. Writing only takes place in short bursts every few months. We are the kind of band that needs to be in the same room together to really flesh out a song. We are a pretty collaborative band in that sense. Sure, either I or Adamn will take the lead on this song or that song but overall I find that we all work as a unit. Mike does most of the arrangement tweaking after we have the skeleton of a song mapped out.

Recording/Producing: We are friends with Sanford Parker and had worked with him before. It was a very natural fit for us. He’s good at pushing or pulling us to perform better or just let shit be when we want to nitpick it too much. 

Adam: The writing process is, and continues to be, quite glacial compared to bands that are fortunate enough to live in the same vicinity.  Every time we end up in a room together again, going over the previous material is always a revelation, but we have little problem getting back on the same page again.  The time and distance allows us to get a bit more out of bounds with the ideas we throw back and forth, which I like a lot.

-a few words about the vinyl release by Solar Flare Records?

Scott: We’re stoked to see the album come out on vinyl. We managed to accidentally fall into an awesome label doing cool shit that was interested. I can’t wait to see the transparent yellow / solid Brown. Piss and Shit. It’s pretty fitting.

-in your opinion what’s the difference between your first album Millenarian and Sedentary?

Scott: Millenarian wasn’t our first album… we’ve been around for 15 years or so and have had a handful of releases prior. That said, I think that Sedentary is a little more direct than Millenarian. Our punk rock roots come out a bit more on it.

Adam:  Sedentary is way more of a vocal record, and the songs are all very well finished compared to Millenarian.  At the time of Millenarian, we were more about being and coming across as experimental.  We’ve never been very self-conscious as a band.  We do not sit around and contemplate our direction.  We just try to get shit done, and make it into shit that we enjoy playing and listening to.  Millenarian was put together much more seat-of-the-pantsily, whereas Sedentary had years to simmer, and most of the (i)s were dotted and the (t)s crossed.  In the end though, we just let it be what it is, and I think it turned out pretty well.

-many musicians appear as guests on the record, what about it? What was the purpose?

Scott: We parted ways with our previous bass player soon after Millenarian came out. We just did without one for a while, but really wanted to fill out the sound on Sedentary. I decided to make my life far more difficult and frustrating by having a different bass player on every song. I bugged a bunch of friends in bands that we’d played / toured with to help out. Everyone did a great job. It pays to have awesomely talented friends.

Adam:  I would add that Sanford did a particularly fantastic job of mixing in light of our method.  Not only were there different bassists on each song, but the bass tracks were recorded all over the place with different rigs producing vastly different sounds.  Not to mention the rhythm tracks were recorded in two different sessions. 

-sarcastic and pessimistic, is it a good way to describe the lyrics of your songs?

Adam:  Well, there’s a degree of sarcasm, but I don’t employ that too often in lyrics because I don’t think it comes across well.  Pessimistic, yes. Most have something to do with living in the rotting hulk of a dying empire, and the inevitability that things will only get worse. I suppose that could be construed as pessimism.

-what do you think about the situation in the US these days?

Scott: I think it’s well shit.

Adam:  Things are funny all over.  Election campaign time here is really disgusting, however.  And campaign time has gotten to the point where it never ends.  So we’ve got people saying things that are fundamentally dishonest in order to gain political power, and then half the country repeats this bullshit because they are attracted to an ideology which explains to them why they aren’t upwardly mobile like they’ve been told they should be. This ideology places the blame on some subset of the population for all one’s woes. And we have to hear about it all the fucking time, in fact, it’s nearly all you hear anymore if you pay attention to media or the news at all. It’s just too much and it makes you want to move to Montana and stockpile weapons.  Meanwhile, the ship is sinking and ideologues are willing to keep pulling out the caulking in order to show that the other side is the problem.  It won’t be fixed.  Time is up for the U.S.

-which bands from your area would you recommend?

Scott: Heaving Mass. Enabler. Sweet Cobra. Coffinworm.

Adam:  Stinking Lizaveta, Lord, Witchden

Scott: Stinking Lizaveta are from Philly…. That isn’t’t from our area dude.

-what is the next step for American heritage? Are you writing new songs?

Scott: We are currently working towards getting an EP done. I sort of took the lead with Sedentary and Adamn is writing almost all of the new EP on his own with Mike. I’m super stoked on the shit he’s bringing in. We’re a band that has slowly evolved over the years and I think that’s not fittin’ to change much.

Adam:  I didn’t realize I was heading up this operation.  I better get to riffin!

-something to add?

Scott: Poop comes from butts.

Adam:  Beers.


mercredi 19 septembre 2012

Human error-10 reasons to kill your boss and destroy the whole world (2011)

Human error from Hungary is expert in delivering the grind / punk agression. they go straight to the point and makes no prisonners. their record released last year is called 10 reasons to kill your boss and destroy the whole world, the singing is in hungarian but its clear that it's not about romance. the production is sharp, the songwriting is good with enough change of rythms (d-beats, blast beats, etc) and dynamics in the songs to keep the listeners under their hold. and they are good at choosing bands to share a split with, recently Black hole of Calcutta and Livstid (with whom they share a similar approach). grind / punk is not only alive in Sweden and Human error make clear that eastern Europe is still strong on the grindpunk map.

Human error on FB

Human error on BC

mercredi 29 août 2012

La Dispute-Wildlife

La Dispute is an american emo/punk band. one of the few emo band that I really like. Wildlife is their second full lenght, released in 2011. the music goes from punk to indie rock with sometimes a post-punk feel. The vocals, which are really great, goes from hardcore/emo to spoken words. the guitars and the drumming stay simple and straight to the point so the singing and the atmosphere (poetic, melancholic, passionate) have more space to express.

well, just listen to it and you'll hear what is it about...


the most recent release, 3 live songs, also on BC

jeudi 23 août 2012

Cherry choke-A night in the arms of Venus

Cherry choke is an english power trio formed in 2007. A night in the arms of Venus is their second record (released in 2011 on Elektrohasch records). What they play is 60' rock with hard blues / garage/ boogie / psychedelic / acid touches and they do it with taste. Nothing new under the sun but it's a reallly cool record, with musicians mastering their playing (cool riffs and drumming and trippy solos) and songwriting and using it to create some good energy, ambiances and vibes. It's a concept album about a prostitute living in the victorian era and suffering from syphilis. a dark subject but the music's really not a bad trip experience.

Cherry choke on Myspace

dimanche 19 août 2012

Scott.H.Biram-Bad ingredients

Holidays soon over and Bad ingredients, latest record by Scott.H.Biram is welcome to prepare for the daily grind...the ingredients may be bad (or maybe because they are!) but the result is really good. I really dig Scott.H.Biram because his one man garage-blues/americana feels so sincere and is such a cool soundtrack and companion for the ups and downs of daily life. Bad ingredients from 2011 is maybe not my favourite SHB records but its still far from a disapointment and I really enjoy it.

check the official http://www.scottbiram.com/


mercredi 1 août 2012

ÖfÖ AM-The beast within 

 ÖfÖ AM comes form Montpellier (south of France). It is an instrumental trio playing their own kind of heavy rock. Each musical pieces (I can't say songs!) is written as a soundtrack for a story or a fictious movie (B movie, western, SF, horror, stuff like that). They know how to bring groove, melodies and dynamics into their music and makes a good use of the cool riffing. Last year they released their first full lenght record (after a demo and a split with Karma to burn) called The beast within. The record has enough diversity to maintain our attention on every tracks, each one developing its own atmosphere (you'll find desert rock grooves, rock'n'roll, a bit of trash, and some psychedelia). It's a really cool record and I recommend it.

you can stream and download it freely on their Bandcamp page

I catched their bassist Chris at the Mojomatic to ask him a few questions about the band. Read it below (it's in french until I translate it...) :

Peux-tu retracer l’histoire du groupe ?

Nico (à la batterie) et moi (Chris à la basse) on est potes depuis 95 et faisons de la musique ensemble depuis 97-98. Plus tard, après mon retour du Turkménistan ou je bossais, on a de nouveau formé un groupe, pop-punk. En 2007 on monte un nouveau groupe qui deviendra Ofoam (Nico joue encore à l’époque dans Superbeatniks), on a fait un set de reprise pour le Samynaire (un fête avec des concerts sur la plage pour l’anniversaire d’un certain Samy). Ça nous a donné envie de continuer et de faire des compos. Antoine rejoint le groupe à la guitare en 2008. Et deux mois après son arrivée on sort le premier EP du groupe.  


Pourquoi le choix de l’instrumental ? Vous avez essayé avec du chant ?

Au départ on ne savait pas vraiment quelle serait l’orientation de notre musique. Sur le premier concert de reprise on avait des chanteurs. Mais par la suite les chanteurs qui devaient répéter avec nous ne venaient pas aux répét’, ni les suivants. Donc on a essayé de continuer sans chanteurs et le résultat nous a convenus. Ça laisse plus de place aux instrus et aux mélodies. Par contre on est ouvert à des collaborations, avec chanteurs, claviers, ou autres.


Est-ce que tu peux revenir sur la sortie de votre dernier disque ?

Pour « The beast within » on a choisi de tout faire nous même (sauf pour la pochette), avec les sous des concerts, le matos qu’on nous a prêté, et on a enregistré dans la maison du guitariste. Au départ c’était une démo mais finalement on a loué le studio du Subsonic pour faire un mixage. Au final on est très satisfait du résultat. On a eu d’ailleurs de nombreuses remarques positives sur la qualité du son du disque.
3 jours après sa sortie une version promo du disque a été mis par quelqu’un en téléchargement sur internet avec une qualité pourrie. Du coup on a choisi de mettre la bonne version en téléchargement libre sur Bandcamp pour que les gens l’écoutent avec la bonne qualité de son.

La pochette a été faite par un allemand du nom de Alexander Von Wieding, qui nous avait contactés pour acheter un de nos disques. Il se trouve qu’il réalise des pochettes de disques. Après le split avec Karma to burn, il nous a proposé de nous faire un logo, celui qu’on utilise. Par la même occasion on a sympathisé par internet.  Et à noël j’ai eu la bonne surprise de trouver dans ma boîte à lettre le dessin qu’on a utilisé pour la pochette de « The beast within » et qu’il m’avait envoyé. Il avait créé pour Karma to burn un sorte de mascotte (un gus à corne) et je lui avais proposé de faire pareil pour Ofoam, un personnage que la musique rends bestial (cf la pochette et le titre de The beast within). Nico avait un ancien groupe du nom de Tarentula megafucker (avec des mecs de Marvin et Superbeatniks) alors on a pensé à la thématique tentaculaire.


Quand vous composez vous abordez un peu les morceaux comme des « bandes son » fictives non ?

Oui tout à fait. Quand on compose le nouveau morceau se développe autour d’un thème qu’un membre du groupe propose et qui sert ensuite de fil rouge. Genre telle scène de Carpenter, une histoire de zombies dans l’espace qui attaquent des cowboys, des trucs western, série B etc,. On a des fois essayé de composer chacun de notre côté mais ça n’a jamais fonctionné, donc on compose toujours à trois, ensemble.
On aimerait bien que notre musique soit utilisée pour des films mais ça ne s’est pas encore fait. Des boîtes comme Trauma par exemple avec qui nous aimerions collaborer ne sont pas faciles à contacter…on avait écrit à toutes les écoles de ciné en France pour proposer que leurs élèves qui seraient intéressés utilisent notre musique mais on a jamais eu d’autres réponses que des formulaires pour s’inscrire dans une des écoles…

Depuis vous avez des nouveaux morceaux ? Ça va dans quel sens ?

Depuis le dernier disque on est dans une période plus calme. Le batteur a eu des jumeaux…on a quand même un peu tourné avec lui et avec un autre batteur. On s ‘est aussi remis à répéter. C’est plus compliqué mais on est super motivé, on a vraiment beaucoup d’envie d’un nouveau disque. On rêve à une sorte d’ « opéra-rock » un disque construit autour d’un fil conducteur, comme une vraie BO de film.

Vous avez fait un split avec Karma To Burn, avec quel autre groupe vous voudriez faire un autre split ou une tournée si vous pouviez choisir n’importe lequel ?

Je dirais Unsane, le groupe le plus cool du monde ! On a d’ailleurs joué avec eux le mois dernier à la Dynomo à Toulouse (ils jouaient avec Cody Willimas de Big business/ Melvins à la batterie). Sinon je pense à Café flesh. Je ne comprends d’ailleurs pas pourquoi ces mecs, qui sont très bons, n’ont pas plus de succès.
Pour l’instant on a prévu un split avec le groupe anglais Theworldonfire avec qui ont a échangé des dates et qui sont des potes. Ils ne jouent pas le même genre de musique que nous, ils sont plus emo HC/pop, mais c’est très bien fait.             L’idée ça serait que chaque groupe joue un morceau à lui et reprenne le morceau de l’autre groupe.


samedi 28 juillet 2012

Sonne Adam-transformation (2011)


With their first album called Transformation and released last year by century media, Sonne Adam ("he who hates man" in Hebrew) from Tel Aviv, Israel, hit a major blow and gain the reputation of a band that matters in the death metal scene. Like many bands they are heavily influenced by the old school US bands and mostly Morbid angel, but they do it better than most. They really master the art of writing slow /mid tempo death metal songs with mysterious and menacing atmosphere, and they do a good job in the weird melodies and the occasional dissonant riffs.
Not original but a very strong record for those who dig that kind of death metal.

Sonne Adam on myspace

mardi 24 juillet 2012

Iron lamb-The original sin

The original sin, by Iron lamb and released last year by Pulverised records is swedish hard rock at its best. Iron lamb features members or ex-members of General surgery, Dismember, Exhumed, Dellamorte, Ghost and others, these guys are not newcomers! Their music sounds like a mix of Turbonegro, Motorhead (they cover "poison") and old school speed metal (remembering at times the first Metallica, Kill'em all, or Mercyul fate maybe).
The result is really cool no bullshit hard rock with a fucking attitude!

you can succumb to it on Pulverised Bandcamp

vendredi 13 juillet 2012

Parasytic - ¨Poison Minds (2011)



Parasytic is the reunion of members of Alabama Thunderpussy / Hail!hornet and Cannabis Corpse. They released a record called Poison Minds last year with Relapse records. Poison minds can be described as a heavy mix of Discharge, old Sepultura and Municipal waste, it's eight crossover songs filled with d-beat, crust and trashy riffing with a crushing sound, punk solos, speed, heaviness and groove. A cool no bullshit old school sounding trashy crust record with a lot of metal heaviness and brutality added.

You can listen to it on Bandcamp

samedi 7 juillet 2012

Livstid

Livstid is a band formed in 2006 in Bergen (Norway). they play of kind of really radical and relentless crust/d-beat often bordering on grindpunk (blastbeats here and there among other things). They released in 2011 a really good self titled record, one of the more merciless and intense record you can have in that style. they also released a good split with Human error (really good powerviolence from Hungary). They play fats and angry, with furious vocals in norwegian, good riffs, cool punk basslines, and above all a fast and pissed off execution that's hard to match (reminds me of Impaled nazarene at times).

but check it by yourself : Livstid bandcamp