Bat Signal -S/T demo 2014
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)
Highlights : Back to my home (with an amazing Western feeling of Morricone's melodies in the intro)
Download Demo from : Here
Stay tuned from Here
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.)
NO ROOM FOR THE WEAK
Raw Poison -Hellchild (7" ep-Cassette)
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)
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!)
Download/Buy : Here
Stay Tuned : Here for Human Slaughter and Here for Injustice Squad
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