A new release by a new 3 piece from Thessaloniki, by the
name of Bat Signal. In this 4-track demo you can find many 70s American punk
rock influences from bands like The Ramones and The Misfits meeting the
subsequent albums of Social distortion mixed with some classic pop and rock
elements ending up to a perfect balance between melody and heavy-ness. This
gives the band’s music a rare quality of variety, that makes it all the more
exciting .Although the band named this release a "demo", the sound is
very well produced and I would more likely call it an EP. The lyrical themes of
the band are mostly personal, with many movie and pop culture references. The
demo includes a cover from The robin hood anime theme which ends the album with
a happy blast from the childhood past. Highlights : Back to my home (with an amazing Western
feeling of Morricone's melodies in the intro)
One of the best underground releases
I have listened in the last years. Kamikazi from Thessaloniki is a speed
rock n roll band simple, dirty and perfect. Punky r n' r, born by Motorhead, sealed
by Zeke, 5 tracks of short (as it should be) songs, fast and loud guitars, imposing
gang vocals, badass lead guitars and vocals. It did not feel strange at all
when I heard that the cassette was sold out in just a FEW days! The cassette is
decorated by cool artwork together with a button and a sticker from the band
(in a low price).Hope to listen and see more releases like this from the band
in the near future.
Highlights : Outcast main riff , Down by the city powerfull chorus (and also the "fan-made" videos for the songs that you can find on youtube with scenes of the 80s greek movie "Η κόντρα" and 70s movie "Le Casse" respectively.)
In the metal underground scene now, with Raw Poison's first
EP named Hellchild. Raw poison is an one man band from Athens formed by
Nikk(previous project Skullface) in 2012.This ΕP that has already gotten the
attention of the underground metal scene consists of 4 tracks in a classic 80s
mixed style of NWOBHM, punk and thrash. The EP comes along with amazing layouts
and designs made by Nikk and a sticker. It has been self released by Nikk in
cassette form and in next month it will be released by Weird Face Productions as
a 7inch vinyl. A MUST-be-checked project for fans of Venom,(old Bathory, Motorhead,
Midnight etc. Stay tuned cause the have some upcoming split releases too!
Highlights :the speed nwobhm intro bassline and solo in "Demon Rock and Roll"
Human Slaughter-Terror State/Injustice Squad-Silence is Crime
(7" Split EP)
Another Weird Face Productions upcoming release, a split
7" this time consists of Thessaloniki's Thrashcore band Human Slaughter
and Athens’ Hardcore band Injustice Squad. Human Slaughter, after some lineup
changes, comes with better sound and ideas than ever and give us 3 tracks of
thrashy hardcore (one of them with greek lyrics) influenced by D-beat punk,
American thrash (of Nuclear Assault) and 80s hardcore. In the Injustice Squad's
side you can find 4 tracks of Old school hardcore of Cro mags, old Suicidal
Tendencies etc influenced by classic punk like Gbh and crossover/thrash. Also
I'd like to mention that the line up consists from members of Mortal Threat,
Antidrasi and Mentally Defiled and they make killer live shows so don't miss
them if they play somewhere near to your place!
Highlights :Human Slaughter-There's no tommorow,Injustice Squad-Fightback (Cro Mag Madness!)
Could Be Worse was a crossover/hardcore band from Serres,Greece during the late 80s and they played several gigs in cities of North Greece.
(More infos about the band and their releases : http://www.anexartisi.gr/couldbw/couldbw.htm )
This material is from a rehearsal tape from the late 80s that felt in my hands.If I separated the tracks correctly,during the ripping, there are 14 tracks.It's possible that the 6 tracks from Uncontrolled Situations demo (1988) are among these 14 tracks, but since it was really difficult
to match the songs with possible names that I found on the internet I
left them untitled
One man,heavy metal side project of ex-Dr.Livingdead's frotman Dr.Ape from Stockholm,Sweden.This is the debut of this project released from HR records which includes 9 songs and a guest "appearance" of Blaze Bayley (ex-Iron Maiden).
Ένα απ'τα πολύ ενημερωμένα και καλοστημένα φάνζιν το οποίο ξεκίνησε από τον Στέφανο στην Αλεξανδρούπολη το 1993 και στην συνέχεια στην Δράμα μέχρι το τέλος ύπαρξης του (2002) .Το συγκεκριμένο zine ασχολούνταν κυρίως με την σκηνή της ελληνικής επαρχίας με συνεντεύξεις,live ανταποκρίσεις,δισκοκριτικές,συλλογές και γενικότερα ενημέρωση αλλά και με ανταποκρίσεις διεθνούς underground punk (και οχι μονο) σκηνής (από Γαλλία μέχρι Φιλλιπίνες!).
Μια συλλογή που κυκλοφόρησε σε μορφή κασσέτας το 1998 από τον Στέφανο(Πλήγμα fanzine-με έδρα την Δράμα), στην οποία εμπεριέχονται ακυκλοφόρητα και μη κομμάτια επαρχιακών underground μπαντών της τότε rock-punk ελληνικής σκηνής.Η συλλογή συνοδευόταν από 16σέλιδο ένθετο με σχετικές πληροφορίες για την κάθε μπάντα (το οποίο αν βρεθεί θα ανέβει) .