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6 NEVBORN Five Horizons
Hummus Records (2015)
In the mid to late nineties, Post-Rock and Post-Metal bands gained a lot of recognition and bands like Isis, Cave In, Cult of Luna and Neurosis enjoyed a lot of success and appreciation from the metal community. Since that time, those genres have withered away or have been so diluted by some bands that you can’t discern the sound anymore. In comes this Swiss band that has all the traits like screaming, almost in agonizing pain vocals, long and multi paced themes and you get a very interesting record. One that will most certainly appeal to the fans of the genre, but will probably put off everyone else. That can be a blessing of a curse depending on how you look at it.
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NUNO BABO
Cave In, The Ocean, Deftones
21.04 OUT NOW
7 MUCK While Your Joyous Future
8 THE MUSCADETTES Side A EP
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PaperCup Musc (2015)
For some reason, some people - myself included - think Iceland is this distant country where great alternative music seems to sprout – Björk, Múm, Ben Frost, Sigur Rós, to name the most obvious acts -, but one always ends up not having the time or forgetting to dig deeper on what’s happening over there. Muck’s blend of (post-)hardcore and punk-rock, along with its noisy rock feel, is refreshing and has something that certainly holds a lot of potential. While Your Joyous Future might not be the most solid record out there, it surely holds interesting ideas that might culminate in an upcoming masterpiece. Fans of Converge’s last record, especially the less cacophonous parts, as well as bands like Ceremony, Comadre and Refused might want to check this out.
The Muscadettes are led by twin sisters Chantal and Kathleen Ambridge, hailing originally from California’s Silicon Valley, but raised in Montreal. With a sneering garage attitude and lurching punk anthems with that classic vintage ‘60s surf music meets ‘90s grunge is what you can expect. Side A is full of that non-stop and energetic rock n’ roll Le Tigre meets The Pipettes Summer dreamy experience that nowadays only a few new acts are able to deliver. Bringing that girls’ schoolyard shouts, with perfect balanced harmony vocals, Side A is an enthralling, twinkling sparking catchy, with those fuzzy harmonies akin to early surf rock Best Coast recordings. Well, Spring just arrived, but we need sunshine, fresh air and some beach time, so we’re already working on our Summer soundtrack with The Muscadettes for sure on it.
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Prosthetic Records (2015)
RICARDO ALMEIDA
Refused, Kvelertak, Nirvana
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FAUSTO CASAIS
Best Coast, Le Tigre, The Pipettes
OCEANS ATE ALASKA Lost Isles
Fearless Records (2015)
Founding inspiration for their name from the world’s largest recorded mega-tsunami - measuring at 1,700 feet high - that demolished Alaska’s coastline in 1958, Oceans Ate Alaska debut album is a crushing experience. Lost Isles is ambitious as fuck, these dudes offer a new take on what modern metalcore stands for nowadays, even when we have the hard task to label them, cos they sound like an explosive blend of deathcore, prog, djent, post-hardcore and even nu-metal. Unpredictable and experimental, Lost Isles pushes the sonic boundaries to the limit, in this groundbreaking and brilliant executed effort, pushing their own battle of creativity against all kinds of post-subgenre they may appeal. Impressive and passionately inspired!
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FAUSTO CASAIS
Bring Me The Horizon, Sikth, Hacktivist