(*/10) A few weeks after having released the full-length longplayer 'Feed the Fire', Biohazard's Billy Graziadei reveals with 'Freedom's Never Free' a next disc. This time it's a four songs comprising EP that includes the opener of the first Billy Bio album - 'Freedom's Never Free'. The song comes in a demo version too and... Continue Reading →
CD review BEACH RATS ‘Wasted Time’ – EP
(7/10) Beach Rats is a new band, entering the fields of punk and hardcore. Even though the band is new, band members are veterans when it comes to this style of music. Minor Thread/Bad Religion guitarist Brian Baker is part of this all-star cast as well as Lifetime’s Ari Katz. The band releases with ‘Wasted... Continue Reading →
CD review SPINE ‘Faith’
(7/10) Kansas City-based Spine has a new album in the pipeline, being released mid-June via Birdge 9. ‘Faith’ is the band’s second delivery and features nine new songs. The label info talks about a “full-length album” but I have to say that with 19 minutes running time we can more talk about an EP rather... Continue Reading →
CD review SLAPSHOT ‘Make America Hate Again’
(7/10) Looking up ‘slap shot’ in the dictionary gives you the following definition. “A very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through” (www.dictionary.com/browse/slapshot). Transferring this definition to Boston-based hardcore veterans Slapshot is spot on. Slapshot’s songs are fast and extremely powerful. The... Continue Reading →









