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The Groezrock 2013 Live Report

check my review from Groezrock on legendsarising

Saturday. After having heard the not very inspiring Metalcore/Deathcore from both Buried Verona and Atilla, and the hard-hitting hardcore from Six Ft Ditch, the real fun begins at 13:40 with John Coffey. The good friends from the Netherlands played the MacBeth stage at Groezrock last year and upgraded to the Etnies stage to defend their great debut album Bright Companions. The least we can say is that the show was explosive! By the second song, the audience completely went off and started a wall of death. Very energetic and filled good humour, their set was just remarkable! The musicians themselves were smiling ear-to-ear during the set, even more when a human pyramid was forming in the pit. The 40min performance flew by, and John Coffey was officially the first pleasant surprise of the festival!

On the MacBeth Stage was another Dutch band playing afterwards. All For Nothing is here and the public is present too to catch their female fronted strong Hardcore. Singer Cindy gives everything and invites the public to invade the small stage. After having thanked the audience and their fans to vote for them in the competition, the band delivered songs from their latest album To Live and Die For, without any downtime. Certainly a band to follow.

“Brutal shit”; that’s how the speaker introduced Obey The Brave. And by hearing the striking force of the band, no one can contradict him. The Canadians started with ‘Lifestyle’ and it did not take long for the crowd to unleash their fury. The sound was huge, very clean and the group crushed everything in its path, inviting festivalgoers to come on stage for more and more stage dives. The charisma of Alex Erian (ex-Despised Icon) makes the difference and songs from their album Young Blood are certainly well fitted for live shows. The band thanked the crowd for making their concert “the best show of the tour”. They also played ‘Garde la Tête Froide’, a song in French, before concluding with ‘Live and Learn’. Solid.

Right after, AC4 took over the Etnies Stage. There was a lot of curiosity around this band fronted by the legendary Dennis Lyxzen. AC4, also described by the ex-Refused as “a bunch of old guys playing old school Hardcore” delivered ultra energetic and full speed straight-up songs. Those present we’re not mistaken; the quality was here. And if Lyxzen discussed so much between songs (for instance about how they recently lost their drummer), it was because, he said, “the songs are not long enough for a 45min-set!” The group ended up their pleasant performance 5min earlier after playing 17 tracks!

It’s around 17h when The Story So Far lands on the Etnies stage. It felt like all of Groezrock was talking about the young Californian band on Saturday, and the packed tent confirmed that feeling. When the first note hit, the audience exploded! Stagedives and massive singalongs were the norm for show with songs from their two albums as the soundtrack. ‘Quicksand’ from Under Soil and Dirt will cloture the band’s first performance at Groezrock and their tour in Europe. Success.

Trapped Under “motherfuckin” Ice recently announced their indefinite hiatus and this concert at Groezrock was the only opportunity to see the band in Europe for quite some time. The crowded tent reflected the anticipation behind this concert. Justice Tripp and his fellow musicians took the stage with ‘Pleased To Meet You’. The perfectly executed classics from Big Kiss Goodnight (‘Born To Die’, ‘Outcast’) and the whole ferocity of the sound made the show go wild but at some point, violence took over the excitement and some excesses happened in the pit (a girl was hit in the face). Altogether the performance of the band was really powerful and might be considered as the most savage show of the day.

“Besides seeing tons of friends on Groezrock : TUI was HUGE. Kid Dynamite was AWESOME. Backtrack’s set was a pleasant surprise and seeing (and hearing) Comeback Kid performing just songs from their first two albums was the cherry on the cake.” – Ernst Smits, All For Nothing

Still shocked by TUI’s enormous performance, we went to the Monster Stage where Hatebreed was about to make their entrance. For many years, the band has toured Belgium and this episode at Groezrock was not their first. The band began their set with ‘To The Treshold’ and picked up in almost all their discography to deliver a very solid set list. As Jasta recalled it, the group was also here to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Rise of Brutality. They closed their classic but real professional set with the anthem ‘I Will Be heard’.

Back at the Etnies stage, we’re waiting for the highly anticipated Title Fight show. Like the two previous concerts in the same tent, the audience was very receptive from the very beginning of the concert. No surprises as the quartet started with ‘Numb, but I Still Feel It’ and ‘Secret Society’, which words where shouted by the entire crowd. It was their first time at Groezrock and although they look like quite shy musicians, they sure took the time to warmly and repeatedly thank the audience for their presence. Title Fight concluded with ‘27’ from their debut album Shed, in the same atmosphere as they started. It was brilliant.

Change of style at Impericon Stage: It’s 22h when the newly reformed Texas is the Reason take place on a stage decorated with garlands. The tent is far from full, probably due to the band’s music style, being quite different from the rest of the programming. However, the music delivered by these New Yorkers is very elegant and appreciated by the small audience, which also had the opportunity to hear a new song.

New York’s Backtrack had the honor of playing three songs before Comeback Kid’s set at the Etnies Stage. The guys have been on tour in Europe for the past weeks with Trapped Under Ice and Comeback Kid, but weren’t booked to play Groezrock. It was short, but very sweet; the first song kicked in and all fans that new about their appearance set it off right away. Stagedives, singalongs; it was one of the best shows of today.

Comeback Kid had the mission to end the day on the Etnies Stage. The concert was a bit special because it was part of a tour in honor of the 10th anniversary of their cult album Turn It Around. For the occasion, former lead singer Scott Wade took over the microphone while Andrew Neufeld took care of the guitar and backing vocals. The entire album was played along with songs from Wake The Dead.  The vocal performance of Wade could have been better as well as the sound of his microphone, but the audience was already going wild nevertheless. Comeback Kid can live another ten years, and we will be there to support them.

The second day started very good, mainly because of the performance delivered by Bastions. The band, which replaced Trash Talk, opened their set in front of a discrete but respectful audience with ‘With Love’, from their new EP (reviewed a few weeks ago). The group gave everything they had and the sound was really captivating, although Jamie’s microphone could have been louder. Hospital Corners tracks are executed with passion and the last two songs ‘In The Shadow of a Mountain’ and ‘Augury’ were terrific. Excellent morning show.

Just after them, While She Sleeps took over the Impericon Stage and even though we only heard a few songs from them (Midnight Souls started almost at the same time), it was enough for us to get a huge slap in the face. The guitars were really loud and sounded impressive. As for the songs of their latest album This Is The Six, they blast hard when performed live. The group has definitely gained a lot of experience in recent months and the big audience noticed it.

Only moments later, Midnight Souls played the Etnies stage. Here again, it was one of the last times we had the possibility to attend a live performance of the quintet, as they are soon breaking up. Most of the songs from their first and last album Going Through The Motions were played. Strangely, the room was very scattered and the public remained really shy to the frontman’s calls to come closer and share the stage with them. Sad. However, the set was running well and the quality of these tracks will always be noticed. Thank you and goodbye MS.

We went back on the Impericon again to watch Stick To Your Guns who really stormed the scene. Like their predecessors While She Sleeps, one thing to say: the sound was huge! The assembly shouted all lyrics from Diamond songs and the band constantly jumps from one space to another! STYG didn’t forgot to thank the public but also two groups in particular “without which they would not be the same band”:  Ignite and Terror. Nice tribute.

In the middle of the afternoon, excitement was cleary spreading throughout the festival site as everyone was eagerly waiting for the new project of Frank Carter (ex Gallows) and Jim Carroll (ex Hope Conspiracy). Although the style is quite different from the bands that played on this stage, the audience was here to witness the return of Carter with his Anthems tracks. Once Pure Love entered, the tent transformed into a rock ‘n’ roll show and exceeded all our expectations. Here’s a band that has some amazing audience interaction. Carter and Carroll (while playing his guitar) did a crowd surf race through the tent on air matresses by the crowd when ‘Bury My Bones’ kicked in and there was a huge circle pit that went all the way from the front to behind the front of house, out of the tent and back in. Then, people were doing the rowboat in the middle of the tent with Carroll playing among them and when Carter asked the crowd to take their best friend on their necks they wholeheartedly did. This show was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the weekend. Pure Love was just pure fun!

Narrows was playing next. The crowd was sadly absent at the beginning, even though these were one of the most skilled musicians we saw on stage this weekend, especially the drummer. The sound was remarkable too, altough the band experienced some guitar difficulties during a few songs. And Dave Verellen (ex-Botch) remains a beast on stage. Too bad there was another shy crowd in front of a great band…

On the main stage right after, Strung Out was playing their super-fast Punk in front of a tent that got filled during the set. No downtimes, the band played their songs and thanked the organisation and the Belgian public before announcing going home to record a new album.

Less Than Jake played the main stage right after and delivered their Ska Punk sound to an audience that had put on their dancing shoes. The good mood was set and the classic anthems like ‘The Ghost of You and Me’ are always a pleasure to hear when the sun is shining!

The audience was pumped when Polar Bear Club began their set. Smiling from ear to ear, the four guys were equally motivated throughout the set. The stage diving kids were going off on songs such as ‘Pawner’, first title of their latest album Clash Battle Guilt Pride, and the excellent ‘Most Miserable Life’, played last. Refreshing show.

When the South Carolina hardcore band Hundredth kicked off their set at the MacBeth Stage, they probably attracted the biggest audience at this stage of the weekend. The band played ‘Carry on’ first, and moshing instantly began. Some kids were also screaming back lyrics as Chadwick Johnson shoved his mic into the pit. Then, Hundredth played ‘Weathered Town and two new songs from teir latest EP Revolt: ‘Ruin’ and ‘Free Spirit/Open Mind’. Johnson, front man of the band, admitted himself he hadn’t expected such an audience. This was a band that should have played on a bigger stage.

Written by Alex Tabankia

Review: This Routine Is Hell – How

Go read my review about the fantastic new album by Dutch heroes THIS ROUTINE IS HELL on legendsarising

At one point in their careers, many bands release a record that changes their rankings. Call it maturity or whatever you want, but it’s easy to recognize an album that will last. When This Routine Is Hell announced their trip to the USA last summer to record their new album with the omnipresent Kurt Ballou (Converge), it could only have led to a positive result. Before the official release of the rather diverse new material, the band released ‘Nostalgia’ and ‘Asleep’; two singles in the form of cassette tapes. After a few listenings of both singles, we could only assume that TRIH left us with the promise of a high-level record.

A few months later, the band presents Howl, their second full length album after the two very good releases (The Verve Crusade in 2010, Repent.Repeat EP in 2012). ‘Gather Your Stones’ is the first track: 40 seconds filled with explosive drums and a crushing guitar riff. The track is short, aggressive, and quickly introduces the single Nostalgia. It’s the kind of Hardcore Punk bomb that stays in your head for a while. With a memorable chorus and a furious rhythm, Nostalgia is, without a doubt, one of the finest pieces of the record and probably the best track the band has ever composed.

Howl is almost designed as a single piece. Songs are brief (‘Howl’, ‘Cancer’, ‘Gloom’) and damn effective. It all comes perfectly together and hits like a relentless bulldozer. It feels a bit similar as what Touché Amoré has accomplished with Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me; these tunes have their own identity but are part of a very coherent and enjoyable work. For this reason precisely, the production sounds very American (‘Shiver’, ‘I Wake To See The World Wild’, ‘Do not Let Them’). Think of the best Trash Talk, Ceremony or Blacklisted, and add the Dutch wild touch by TRIH.

At this point, we can only proclaim that Howl is a true success. The guitar arrangements are just perfect (Kurt Ballou, producer of the year?), The bass is fucking groovy and drum parts are very various, thus avoiding conventional constructions on Hardcore albums. The band did not hesitate to  experimentat and delivered harsh and heterogeneous songs (‘Wrongdoer’, ‘Asleep’). From filthy, hard-hitting Punk to 90′s influenced Hardcore, TRIH attempts lots of new sonorities and we can only be pleased with such stunning music. The length of the album appears to me as the only hitch. 12 tracks in 21 minutes is definitely too short when you come to hear so many qualities and potential in the same album. However, TRIH avoids the trap of stuffing their album by providing a short, unique and skilful record.

Howl is an album that features the best of the European hardcore sound with a certain will of going forward. When the band was about to give up, they decided they still had something good to achieve and they we’re right. Howl extends our satisfaction through multiple listenings. It’s one of those records that can catapult TRIH in another dimension. Get interested in their future plans, as they are growing fast and enormous.

Go check their Bandcamp and pre-order their new album on Cobra Records, Shield Recordings or Ruins Records now! It’s gonna be out on the 10th of April and it comes with a special limited screen printed cover. Sweet!

Track list - Howl

1. Gather Your Stones
2. Nostalgia
3. Howl
4. Shiver
5. –
6. Wrongdoer
7. Cancer
8. I Wake To See The World Go Wild
9. Gloom
10. Don’t Let Them
11. Uncommon Ground
12. Asleep

Review: No Omega – Shame

My review for No Omega’s new album called Shame. Check it on legendsarising

Stockholm, Sweden outfit No Omega is back in business. After having signed to the French based Throatruiner Records (Bone Dance, Plebeian Grandstand, Direwolves), No Omega hasn’t lost time and returns with Shame, the follow-up to their impressive 2012 effort Metropolis.

Recorded in January 2013, Shame is a hard-hitting, abrasive and very dark piece of work. Delivering twelve fast, furious, and angry yet beautiful tracks for less than thirty-one minutes, No Omega hasn’t lost their ability to create gloomy atmospheres. We still can hear this desolation and darkness in each track as if No Omega couldn’t get rid of their anger. The band has stated that they planned to take their music a slower and heavier turn than on the previous album, and they did. You can feel with their blistering mix of Crust, chaotic Hardcore, Post-Rock, Sludge, and Post-Metal, that the band has been forged on the roots of modern aggressive music.

If Metropolis was spreading the band’s ideas about veganism, politics and civilization criticism, Shame is focusing on themes like loneliness and anxiety, rejection or society contemplation. Lyrics are shouted with despair and intensity while tracks are filled with chaotic and explosive riffs. No Omega really tries to reach an original and intense sound while remaining in type norms.

While Shame can be considered as the band’s best material to date, it has a lot of similarities with the sound and the production of their previous album and sometimes, the listener might have the feeling that he’s listening to Metropolis B-sides. But it’s obvious that the band has evolved and the tracks on Shame are still very bleak and passionate but clearly more elaborated and skilful. There’s a reason why the band defines their music as “hopeless and heart-breaking doomsday hardcore punk” and after listening an uncompromising record such as Shame, you’ll know why. It’s an experience that can’t let you indifferent.

If you’re a fan of bands such as Dead Swans, Bastions or their hometown fellas in Grieved, you surely should check No Omega, as they now stand strong in the European hardcore scene. This new full-length is due out this spring on 12″ vinyl, just before the band leaves for a European tour with This Gift Is A Curse and Palm Reader. If you go check No Omega’s Bandcamp-page, you’ll be able to stream and download the whole band’s material for free. Trust me, it’s worth the click.

Track list – Shame

1. Earth Stands Still
2. Vacants
3. Sleeping In
4. Below
5. Woodlands Pt.1
6. Utopianist
7. Dirt Hands
8. Enigma
9. V (Control)
10. A Man Reprieved
11. Woodlands Pt.2
12. Shame (bonus track)

Written by Alex Tabankia

Review: Baptists-Bushcraft

Here’s my review for the new amazing Baptists album, Bushcraft. Check it out on Legends Arising

We already knew that most productions affiliated with the name of Kurt Ballou are crafted for excellence. But still, see Converge guitarist retain as much regularity and quality trademark is impressive. Among recent groups who recorded at GodCity Studio, there is Baptists. Straight from Vancouver, the Canadians had already released a 7” self-title demo in 2011, not gone unnoticed in the underground scene. Distributed by the excellent Southern Lord label (Black Breath, Pelican, The Secret,…) the EP immediately sold out and after a year of touring, the band took time to write new material for Bushcraft, their highly anticipated debut release.

Obviously more mature, the group has decided to increase the intensity on this record. When the first notes of the gloomy opening track ‘Betterment’i can be heard, the slap in the face is instantaneous. The experience is going to gain urgency and brutality on the next tracks. ‘Think Thank Breed’ is a 1min23 explosion, which you’d think the riff comes out of a Napalm Death album. Like the man on the front cover, Baptists delivers huge axe shots. ‘Bullets’ follow on the same energy and show the extent of work done on drum parts. You can think Converge, Rise and Fall, or Trap Them but the band emancipates itself from all its predecessors. Songs like ‘Still Melt’ or ‘Mortar Head’ are extremely pissed-off and could make you bang your head anytime.

Do not turn over around the bush because Bushcraft is a hard and brutal mastered record. Not only because each instrument is at a rare level, but also because the group seems to have digested influences ranging from dirty punk hardcore to D-beat crust through sludge passages. Baptists delivers relentless music whose identity is their own. The compliments will also inevitably go to Kurt Ballou’s production, which highlights each part of the album. The drums are uncompromising and insane, riffs are chaotic, vicious and heavy, not to mention Andrew Drury throat-ripping vocals, full of ferocity and varied enough to make the record fully enjoyable.

For a total duration not exceeding the half-hour, the eleven blasts of Bushcraft are a delight for darkened hardcore and metal lovers in general. There is no question anymore about the band’s potential and character. Baptists are the living proof that Southern Lord has the gift to add amazing bands to its roaster and honestly, it had been a long time since we had not heard such a good debut release.

Track list - Bushcraft:

Baptists: Facebook / Order Bushcraft 

Written by Alex Tabankia

Review: New Waters – Lions EP

New Waters is a young Finnish group who recently signed to Blood and Ink Records (Ironwill, Blessed By A Broken Heart). After a self-released demo, the quintet unveiled their first real output, entitled Lions EP.

If you’re wondering what to expect from these hardcore kids from northern cold, the answer is simple. Six songs in sixteen minutes, all executed with the rush, haste and determination that youth gives. The band delivers pissed and dirty hardcore punk in vein of Converge, Cursed and Trap Them. New Waters heads straight from the first title ‘Empty Grave’, without questioning.

Fortunately, the bursts are short and avoid total boredom. Although the sound is interesting, it is recognizable. I have the feeling that this EP is split into two parts. The first three tracks are efficient, ‘Man and The World’, but slightly redundant, ‘Wave’. The last three are relentless and undoubtedly the best ones on this EP.

Only half way through the EP, it is where the generally poor or filling tracks begin to appear. However, this is where New Waters strikes hard. The highlight of this EP is undoubtedly ‘Manifest’, the fourth track whose furious and urgent riff topped by galloping drums has nothing to envy to the best productions of the genre. ‘Old Heart, New Heart’ is like its predecessor: a crusher.

Lions EP was released on February 2013 and can be purchased through Blood and Ink Records’ Bandcamp. In the mean time, the band will be touring Northern Europe soon, and you should definitely keep an eye on them.

Track list – Lions EP

1. Empty Grave
2. Man And The World
3. Wave
4. Manifest
5. Old Heart, New Heart
6. The New Beginning

New Waters: Facebook / Twitter/ Blood and Ink Records Bandcamp

Written by Alex Tabankia

2012’s finest: My top 5 of the year

Here’s my top 5 album of the year. Check the rest of my buddies’s choices at Legends Arising

1. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind

It’s after high expectations and multiple listenings that I can now proclaim Converge‘s All We Love We Leave Behind, my favourite album of 2012. Fast, abrasive, emotional, atmospheric and reckless are some words to describe this record. Converge is a band known for pushing boundaries further on every step of their vastly different discography and AWLWLB succeeds in this goal.

Even if this chapter of Converge’s musical diary might not be perceived as innovative and renewing as the others, it has a fundamental strength: to combine the characteristic furious maelstrom that we have been used to hear on their previous releases and some new highly experimental and striking tunes, which couldn’t fit more with their brand.

It’s also always impressive to see how the band comes up with a whole glowing artistic concept on each album. Jacob Bannon’s typical and magnificent artworks are strongly linked with the band’s identity, and have, in my point of view, a concrete impact on how I perceive each of their album.

Over the past 22 years, Converge spread their sonic explosion all around the world and became a glorious and essential piece in the whole hardcore puzzle. AWLWLB is a mind-blowing record that will cement this reputation and will likely be remembered as one of their greatest achievements.

2. Deftones – Koi No Yokan
3. Midnight Souls – Going Through The Motions
4. Last Witness – Mourning After
5) Amenra – Mass V


Honourable mentions:

The Chariot - One Wing
Birds In Row - You, me and The Violence
Rise And Fall - Faith
Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
The Ghost Inside - Get What You Give
Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
No Omega - Metropolis
The Acacia Strain - Death Is The Only Mortal
Parkway Drive - Atlas

Review: Departures – Teenage Haze

This is the review I wrote for the new Departures album, Teenage Haze

Needless to say, it is hard to break through a crowded scene as the so-called melodic hardcore genre. Since they released their first LP When Losing Everything is Everything You Wanted, Departures got all my attention. This hardcore quintet from Glasgow is set to release their second effort Teenage Haze via In At The Deep End Records, and also recently announced their signing with the American label No Sleep Records. One thing for sure, Departures is ready to take the next step up.

On their new record, the band has obviously developed a more grown-up sound and musical approach. You probably heard this so many times but if you already listened to their previous material, you can feel a natural evolution in their soundscape.

The album takes off with ‘Drained Out’ and ‘Making maps’, two melodic songs whose rhythm section and guitar lines are quite impressive. Great manner to start this 30-min bracing journey. ‘21’ is an explosive tune whose fast beats really suit the passionate potency of the song. Title track ‘Teenage Haze’ is an interesting instrumental interlude with a nice drum pattern, which directly leads into ‘Those miles meant everything’, a song were a light guitar tone is mixed with a repetitive drumbeat. This song was on the track list of Green Turns To Red, Then Turns To Gold, their previous 7”, previously reviewed here.

James McKean’s vocals are desperate and rough but unfortunately don’t always fit with some of the songs configuration. Less monotone singings would probably have made the album much more accessible. Still, no doubt these guys have topped everything they’ve written before with this new effort. Teenage Haze is a strength and emotive record and is definitely worth listening, even if more nuances would have made it an amazing LP.

Departures is a young band and still got time to progress. What we heard on this new album is already fairly remarkable. They’re of course influenced and inspired by bands like Defeater and More Than Life but these guys understood the need to keep their sound fresh by trying new things. They are now slowly building a place in the UK hardcore scene and will soon stop being compared to other bands.

Track list – Teenage Haze:

1. Drained Out
2. Making Maps
3. 21
4. The Home Stretch
5. Teenage Haze
6. Those Miles Meant Everything
7. Where The Time Will Go
8. Planting Weeds
9. Small Steps

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Written by Alex Tabankia

Review: Trash Talk – 119

This is my review for the new Trash Talk album. Check it out on Legends Arising

Last May, Sacramento outfit Trash Talk made a serious move by signing to Odd Future Records, making them the first non hip-hop artists to sign to the label. Does it look curious to you, purist? Sure not, this all makes sense. Everyone who has already witnessed an Odd Future performance, it’s obvious how both crews share this anarchic feel, the angry and chaotic energy on stage, which is kind of rare during a hip hop show. Also connected by the same love for skateboarding, house parties, and good weed, controversial hip hoppers and hardcore punk fellas have been collaborating (Tyler The Creator directed ‘Awake’ and new single ‘F.E.B.N’ video). Naturally, the link created itself. So what does it really change for Trash Talk musical direction? Well, nothing sure yet.

Their furious two records, 2010′s Eyes & Nines and 2011′s Awake EP, showed a certain ability to make Trash Talk’s sound constantly evolve while staying the same straightforward and no-fucks given punk band, as we know them.  119 has many highlights and memorable moments: ‘Exile in Broadway’ is an incendiary track whose drumbeat speed is topped by Garrett Stevenson striking riffs. The new single ‘F.E.B.N’ is also furious and damn efficient. And how not mention ‘Blossom and Burn’, a choking and doomy track where Hodgy Beats and Tyler The Creator teams up with Spielmann to spit their raw flow, making it a suffocating piece on the album. ‘Reasons’and ‘Fuck Nostalgia’surely will make the pit go mad.

Backing vocals are great and the combination of Lee and Spencer’s harsh voices on anti-authoritarian lyrics give the whole thing a cavernous tone. 14 tracks for 22 minutes seem to be a good average for a Trash Talk album, with fast songs running around 1 or 2 minutes. The band has again slowed down the tempo and added sludge parts on a few numbers like the destroying closer ‘Dogman’.

What bothers me about this release is a certain lack of evolution and improvement, considering the fact that Trash Talk have always brought something new in every step of their loud and fast discography. This time, the album is entirely self-produced, and an external view of a producer might have prevented the shortfall on this record. However, 119 won’t disappoint currents fans: the band stays faithful to what they are and what they hate.

119 is a direct and explosive yet confusing album. It’s hard to see where the band is going to be in the (odd) future. In a few years, 119 might look like a transition between two eras, but for now, it’s not everything we were expecting, reflecting their talent. Extensive touring have made them show to the whole scene that shows are where they impose their domination. This now needs to be confirmed with one major and accomplished release. Still, Trash Talk destroys.

Track list - 119

1. Eat The Cycle
2. Exile On Broadway
3. My Rules
4. F.E.B.N.
5. Uncivil Disobedience
6. Blossom & Burn
7. Reasons
8. Fuck Nostalgia
9. Apathy
10. Thanks, But No Thanks
11. Bad Habits
12. Swinging To Pieces
13. For The Lesser God
14. Dogman