Think of Lemmy (Motorhead) meets Kyuss and in very few words this is what Los Disidentes del Sucio Motel music’s about. Dirty Rock’N’Roll and Southern/Stoner Rock mixture, raw, quite unpolished, but pulsing, pretty groovy and good as it is. This is not Quantic Physics, don’t have to be Einstein to figure it out. Just like they said: “the recipe is very simple: rock’n’roll, women, engine, whisky and rock’n’roll.” What kind of guy might need something else? Zappa – playing the role of a bad-ass motorcycle man arguing with the Devil – had sang once: “I have small desires, titties and beer…” 😆
Instead of an official bio, these guys from Strasbourg, France also declare: “after been drunk in every bars of the State of the New Mexico, LOS DISIDENTES DEL SUCIO MOTEL come in France to make undulate your small ass.” So, shut up, stand up and move your money maker! 😆 Read more Los Disidentes del Sucio Motel – Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (2011)
2011
Nox – Freaks (2011)
Don’t misunderstand me: this is a pretty cool material. But why “Nox” – the Latin word for “night” – ? There’s a pretty famous Hungarian Pop band using this name,a Death Metal horde from Netherlands, although they were formerly known as Centurian and it seems they shift back to this moniker in 2010 – use/share the same name. And it’s pretty annoying. On a market over-saturated as the music market are, your name is your brand and musicians – artist – I expect to be more inspired, creative, conscious and careful when they pick up their name. Not to mention the possible legal issues and other inconveniences. Actually, it was pretty hard to dig them out on the internet… Others may not bother that much.
Nox (trio) comes from Brussels, Belgium and it’s the project involving Catherine Graindorge – who also plays violin in Monsoon, Elie Rabinovitch – drums and David Christophe – bass. Read more Nox – Freaks (2011)
City Of Ships – Minor World (2011)
As everybody else, they denying any emo connection, but still, this is a gloomy, quite depressing rock, name it as you wish. And if you never had suicidal thoughts, this music might help. 😀
The first five tracks of their new album are almost identical, noisy, contorted, sometimes even chaotic post-hardcore which in particular moments reminds me of the Sonic Youth in the 80s. Well, my ass is pretty old, but I’m not a nostalgic freak or something, but at least back than most of the bands did their own shit…
Juggling between emocore, post-hardcore and post-rock with a dirty, garage-like sound, City Of Ships delivering intense and dark rock constructions and contortions. Read more City Of Ships – Minor World (2011)
Ana Kefr – The Burial Tree II (2011)
When the mainstream becomes extremely boring – just like eating margarine each and every day -, everybody try too hard to fit into all the generally accepted patterns, boxes, labels and genres and even the so-called “alternative” scene is nothing, but a cliche, still, the underground may bring salvation. Quite sadly, even the avant-garde scene and improvised music sometimes becomes predictable and boring…
I’m not a Black Metal consumer, but from time to time I find myself enjoying some Black Metal products. And well, not exclusively the traditional Scandinavian scene delivering quite exciting surprises.
Kyle Coughran – rhythm guitar/vocals, Shane Dawson – percussion, Alphonso Jimenez: bass guitar, Rhiis D. Lopez – lead vocals/keys and Brendan Moore – lead guitar/vocals/saxophone bring to the surface an extremely colourful, intense and exciting album. Black Metal roots are merged with Folk and Progressive Rock/Metal elements, complex structures, grinding Metal constructions are filled with style and inspiration with condiments from Folk to Jazz, from classy epic construction to spacy cinematic soundscapes. Read more Ana Kefr – The Burial Tree II (2011)
Splinn – Becoming Ourselves (2011)
Indie is a shortform of “independence”. Someway, independence means to be yourself as well.
Music of any genre can be labeled “indie” considering that is independent of major producers and record labels. Indie rock – for instance – is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, grunge, riot grrl, emo,shoegaze, etc, being a sub-genre of alternative rock. Looking back to the bands originally labeled alternative rock we find artist such as R.E.M., The Cure, Jane’s Addiction, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Muse, etc, bands with their own style, sound and character. Even if we’re looking back to the dawn of the grunge era, the first bands of breakthrough – Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden – were totally different. Nowadays, unfortunately, indie became synonym with faceless, tasteless, undefined, radio-friendly music. Music? Well, I don’t think so… On the other hand I strongly believe: everybody singing, nobody listening (care and buy). The major labels try to exploit every cash-in possibilities, and while the market visibly restraining, they still over bidding with dumping politics. A Dead Kennedys lyrics from 1985 still haunting me: “The joy and hope of an alternative / Have become its own cliche / A hairstyle’s not a lifestyle / Imagine Sid Vicious at 35 / Who needs a scene / Scared to love and to feel / Judging everything / By loud fast rules appeal / Who played last night? / “I don’t know, I forgot. / But diving off the stage Was a lot of fun.” – and the conclusion is obvious: :”Harder core than thou for a year or two / Then it’s time to get a real job”… Read more Splinn – Becoming Ourselves (2011)
Clinging To The Trees Of A Forest Fire / Nesseria – Split (2011)
Throatruiner Records maintains their fan-friendly approach, this brand new split is available to physical pre-order 12″+CD, but fans can download for free via Mediafire or directly from the Bandcamp page (“name your price”) the digital version – links on the official page.
The American Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire sounds like the prophets of Apocalypse, delivering a contorted mixture of blackened grindcore and filthy sludge metal, slow, grinder passages are twisted into dark, chaotic metal explosions. Fans of Today Is The Day, Robinson, Admiral Angry, Khanate will enjoy their new four tracks of extreme metal.
The French Nesseria comes along with dirty, complex and extreme metal massacres, four tracks of total brutality and violence, fans of The Secret, Buried Inside, Cursed or Trap Them will get their dose of metal adrenaline from here. Read more Clinging To The Trees Of A Forest Fire / Nesseria – Split (2011)
Tyrant Of Death – Generation Bliss (2011)
Another free release (Megaupload link) from this very productive Canadian Industrial prodigy. Alex – Drums/Guitars/Bass/Programs and Omar – vocals brings to the surface contorted and neurotic tracks filled with crushing noises, complex structures and murderous riffs, juggling between Death Metal roots and psychotic electronic layers.
As the guys warning us: “if a site is selling this music, they’re ripping you off for their own profit. All these albums are for free” – and well, as I said, they are pretty productive, you also can download “Blood Lust (Re Issued)”, “Digital Injection”, “Year One (Compilation Of 7 Albums)”, as well as all their previous album releases: “Dark Space”, “Parasite”, “The Forthcoming”, “BloodLust”, “CONNECT”, and their first two EPs – First EP and Second EP. Read more Tyrant Of Death – Generation Bliss (2011)
The Project Hate MCMXCIX – Bleeding The New Apocalypse (2011)
Classy, quality, stainless, Swedish Metal flavored, textured with Industrial and Progressive elements, balanced between Death Metal and Neo-Progressive/Symphonic Metal. Quite colourful and unique formula, technical and powerful, epic and still cutting, melodious and brutal, absolutely heavy-weight category in the finest league.
Lord K. Philipson – guitars, (de)composer, keyboards, programmings, serpents, backing vocals, bass, lyrics – formerly God Among Insects, Leukemia, House of Usher, Lame and the editor of legendary early 90’s fanzine Hypnosia Magazine, ex-touring bassist/guitarist for bands such as Dark Funeral/Vomitory/Grave and playing also in Torture Division -, Jörgen Sandström – vocals – vocalist on first 3 classic albums by Grave and bass and backing vocal in Entombed, playing also in Vicious Art,Krux and Torture Division, Ruby Roque – vocals – ex-Extreme Attitude, and Tobben Gustafsson – drums, find the perfect balance between heavy and rawness and epic, progressive smoothness. Read more The Project Hate MCMXCIX – Bleeding The New Apocalypse (2011)
Ringworm – Scars (2011)
Formed in Cleveland, Ohio, back in 1991, Ringworm delivering powerful, straight, good-old-fashioned Hardcore with scratching (Thrash) Metal inputs, reminding me the classy sound of Biohazard up-lifted with some tasty Pantera strength, being classy and modern, cutting simultaneously. “Scars” is filled up with powerful riffs, pounding drums, anger and murderous grooves. The current line up consist of Human Furnace – vocals, Matt Sorg and John Comprix – guitars, Danny Zink – drums and Mike Lare – bass/vocals while vocalist Human Furnace also plays in Gluttons, and his solo project Holyghost.
Released on July 19, 2011 “Scars” is their third product for Victory Records and already seems to be a classic, all those straight and strong, groovy and cutting riffs and pumping basses, crushing drums have both in their vein that retro taste, but still sounds fresh, electrifying. Read more Ringworm – Scars (2011)
OneLegMan – The Crack (2011)
OneLegMan works almost surgically clean with pounding drums, pumping basses, cutting edge riffs and powerful vocals delivering straight, striking at first, extremely groovy rock/metal. “The Crack” reminds me of Helmet back in 1992 when they released “Meantime”, while OneLegMan sounds fresh and powerful, precise and catchy. Their nine songs juggling smoothly between approaches and genres, from Southern Rock to Groove Metal and from classy Heavy Metal to Post Hardcore and Grunge, but staying focused always to being hard as rock and groovy. It’s almost like a costume ball, which every song they dressed up differently, but there’s all along something very OneLegMan, they managed to leave their own trademark all over.
The band was formed in 2003 in Reggio, Italy, by four talented musicians using alias: CHUPACABRA – vocals, CHICKEN BREAST – guitars, LOW PRESSURE – bass and DR. MASTERMIND – drums. They released a highly acclaimed self-produced demo album in 2007 and they was the opening act for Deep Purple in Italy. Read more OneLegMan – The Crack (2011)
