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Spandau Bullet - Bullet II (2009)

2009-11-10T15:28:00.006+01:00

01. Pacificadores de muerte
02. Subyugados a las agujas
03 Lamentable
04. SxE
05. Surcos
06. Inertes espectadores
07. Cuervos
08. Morir a cada paso
09. Piensa un poco mas en ti mismo
10. Nosotros los demócratas
11. Pasos pequeños
12. El miedo
13. Y ahora. que queda?
14. Fukked up system (D.S.-13)
15. Algo vacío
16. Confuso

Country: Spain.
Genre: Hardcore, Crust, Thrash.
Label: La Humanidad es la Plaga, Días de Juventud, In My Heart Empire.

Second recording from this raw fastcore band with 16 songs (including a DS-13 cover song) not far away from Heresy or What Happens Next?.

Por fin el debut a lo grande de estos Bilbotarras, 80's HARDcore con toques crust/thrash por un tuvo!!, en la mejor onda de las bandas Yankees o Escandinavas del estilo (léase DS-13 y similares!).

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LOT - LOT (2009)

2009-11-09T13:21:00.007+01:00

01. Dichotomie
02. Ki Van Itten
03. Wundbett
04. Nocebo
05. Wasserader
06. Wurzel Allen Übels
07. Soll Und Haben

Country: Austria.
Genre: Hardcoredoomgrind.
Label: DIY.

"Fuck me, this is one, mind blowing, awesome psychedelic, death, doom, grind,album. A must for anyone who is into this style of music. Gee so this guys voice, is exceptional, demonic, powerful, strong, devilish, amazing. Let alone this very atmospheric-al, rage, hate, anger ,thrash music. And lyrics heard on this epic album."

-musictomyears @Jamendo-

One of the best sounds I have heard this year!!! This one will set you up and knock you down!! It rips your head off and spits down your neck but in a good way. Take a listen if your tastes lean towards EXTREME metal!!
-Dropdeadfred @Jamendo-

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By Request: Portishead, Reprisal, Boris, Raise The Red Lantern.

2009-11-08T12:14:00.010+01:00

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Inoren Ero Ni - Fosbury (2009)

2009-11-07T10:04:00.007+01:00

01. Ertzak
02. Konbinazioak
03. Alebas utsahan
04. Ihintz eta haitz
05. 2,4 eta 7en bakarrizketa tx

Country: Spain.
Genre: Post Hardcore, Rock.
Label: Bidehuts, Metak.

Inoren Ero Ni son un grupo de rock fundado en Andoain (País Vasco, España). Su estilo musical podría encuadrarse dentro de lo que se ha denominado post-hardcore o emo, donde se recogen bandas como Fugazi, Rites Of Spring, Medications o Enablers, comenzaron haciendo hardcore pero que fueron abriendo la paleta estilística y relajando el tempo de las canciones, introduciendo al oyente en un remolino de melodías inquietantes.[1] De hecho, Eneko, Drake y Mikel ya habían coincidido en el grupo de hardcore BAP!!, en el que ya fueron abriendo miras.
-Wikipedia-

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Inoren Ero Ni - Inoren Ero Ni (2004)

Split - Ebola & Bazooka (2009)

2009-11-05T09:38:00.001+01:00

-Ebola
01. En Busca Del Sol
02. Ahora o Nunca
03. Moctezuma. La Noche Triste

-Bazooka
04. Black Forest
05. Crazy Behaviour
06. Thundercross

Country: Spain.
Genre: Mathcore, Noisecore / Death'n'Roll, Stoner.
Label: DIY.

Ebola, Mathcore and Noisecore like as Converge and Botch. With members of Segunda Apnea.

Bazooka, Death'n'Roll and Stoner like as Entombed and Moksha.

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Seneca - Existe (2004)

2009-11-03T19:05:00.005+01:00

01. Prologue First Splendor Pales
02. Engines Descend
03. The Food
04. ...If Time Could Come At All.
05. A Lament
06. Epilogue The Last Dusk

Country: USA
Genre: Progressive, Rock, Indie.
Label: Radar Recordings.

Wouldn't it be cool if the Mars Volta and Godspeed You! Black Emperor joined force to create a supergroup? Well, in a way, Seneca seemingly makes just that happen. Fusing prog rock with electronica and even a little disco for good measure, Seneca's Existe is a real pleasure for anyone looking for something a bit different than what is currently flooding today's music scene.
- decoymusic.net-

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Fistula - We, The Beast E.P. (2009)

2009-11-03T14:19:00.010+01:00

01. The Pessimist

02. Bi-Polar Bear

03. The Teething

04. Die, You're A Fucking Cop

05. We Don't Need You

06. New Found Hope

07. Get Thru

08. It's Happening Again

09. Depression Session

Country: U$A

Genre: Sludgecore, Sludge Metal

On this recording, Corey Bing played guitar, did the vokills and got Bahb Branca on bass, Nate Linehan on drums and Scott Stearns for additional guitars. Fistula's fans are always surprised when they release something because they can't expect nothing from theses guys except something heavy and dirty but it's always different. For this new release, the old school metal influences like Celtic Frost, Hellhammer and Autopsy are really interesting and new from theses guys. It's Brutal, full of hate and old school for sure! It's a limited edition of 500 on Dvd cases. First 200 come with stickers and pins and first 100 with a poster (12" X 18" + pins/stickers).

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Errör - [Matanza] (2008)

2009-11-02T16:37:00.008+01:00

01. Biocadáveres
02. El fin, cada día
03. Suenan las alarmas
04. Sucios bastardos
05. Canción de cuna nº 5
06. De la memoria y otros recuerdos
07. Trabajar para gastar
08. Bocas llenas de mierda
09. Siente el dolor
10. Somos legión

Country: Spain
Genre: Neocrust, Hardcore.
Label: DIY.

Spanish bands play harcore crust. This id their 2nd CD. Taken influence from Tragedy, Disfear, His Hero Is Gone, Uranus, Ultimo Preso, Bad Taste.

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By Request: Laughing Hyenas, Tornavalache, Sakes Alive!! & Against Tomorrow's Sky

2009-11-01T09:45:00.011+01:00

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Sotatila._.Eepee(2008)

2009-10-31T22:28:00.006+01:00

1. Sotatila tappaa

2. Rajotusvitutus

3. Kontrolli

4. Kuolema 5. Työ

6. Rauha & turva

7. Valta

8. Se on sota (s.o.s.)

Genre: hardcore, punk

Year: 2008

Country: Finland-Austria

Label: Kämäset levyt rec.,Plague bearer

"This is the first non-comp-track release by this band that boasts members from both Austria and Finland. SOTATILA had some of the standouts on the Propaganda Is Hippies compilation LP, and the songs on this EP are every bit as intense. The music has a distinct mid-'80s Finnish hardcore sound that makes its cues from the classics, mostly notably MELLAKKA. Sung in the Finnish tongue, the urgent vocals push this over the top with the right amount of distortion and tactfully placed echo. This one pummels. (SE)"

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Area - Area (2008)

2009-10-31T12:20:00.006+01:00

01. Viento
02. Salta muros
03. Monotone
04. Agua
05. Tod@s contra Tod@s
06. ST
07. Detrás de la verdad
08. Vía augusta
09. Ciclos de paz
10.

Country: Spain
Genre: Posthardcore, Indie-Rock.
Label: Dias de Juventud.

¡Por fin! el debut largo de estos chicos de A Guarda (Pontevedra) arrollando con su intenso y emocionante Indie Rock con raíces del mejor Hardcore de los 90. 10 temazos llenos de melodía, furia y energía.

PostHardcore en la mejor onda de CHRISTIE FRONT DRIVE adulterados con una enérgica dosis de FUGAZI y la arritmia de AINA.

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Painbox - Bleed (1996)

2009-10-30T17:26:00.007+01:00

01. Introspective
02. Suffering
03. Such a luck
04. Next life
05. Autoestima cero
06. What books talk about
07. Bleed

Country: Spain
Genre: Posthardcore, Alternative.
Label: Bcore.

After the split up of legendary hardcore band 24 ideas, Jordi Llansamà (also owner of BCore disc) joined with Xavi Navarro (producer and current member of The Unfinished Sympathy) to create this band, mainly influenced by Ampthetamine Reptile catalog bands such as Guzzard, Today is the day or Chokebore and others like Quicksand or Helmet. -Bcore-

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The Eyes - Insignis (2009)

2009-10-29T10:43:00.005+01:00

1. Crucified Lie
2. Grey Light
3. Try To Resist
4. Soul’s Whisper
5. Above The Real Pain
6. Saint Death
7. Leaded To Trust
8. The Sight Of Weakness
9. The Childs Of Lilith
10. Endless Night

Country: Spain
Genre: Metalcore.
Label: 13 Grabaciones, Kaiowas, La semilla del diablo

In January, 2004 born a dream called THE EYES with a few ideas and a few very clear and marked way. From the beginning, Wero and Edgar (predecessors of the group) prepare to look for people ready to fulfill the above mentioned goals. In view of this step and after several concerts with very good reception with bands like Walls Of Jericho, Suffocation, Gorefest or High On Fire, they arrange in August of the same year to record his first LP (Pursuing The Misfortune), of which they obtain very good critiques after his tour along Europe and you change others for Spain. Immediately after this success, the idea arises, together with "La Semilla Del Diablo", of editing 7 " of versions of METALLICA and BLACK SABBATH. I agree after concert and after suffering some changes of formation, THE EYES stands firm at the end of 2007 to record what will be his second LP. It is at the time when the band suffers a strong blow on having remained without singer and battery, and one sees forced to stop his projection up to finding the persons mas indicated.

Re-arising from his ashes, in August, 2008 it begins the recording of what will be the new disc. Wero and Edgar (guitars), (bass) Christian, Michael (battery) and Jordi (vocals) give form to "INSIGNIS", which sees the light at the end of May, 2009 with KAIOWAS's unconditional support RECORDS (Roadrunner records Spain). There has come the hour of spending hundreds of hours in the van travelling, of giving everything in the concerts, and of presenting to the whole world what is The Eyes: INSIGNIS. Soon The Eyes will act in the Sonisphere of Barcelona together with Metallica, Machine Head, Slipknot, Lamb Of God between others and in other summers fests, DO NOT GET LOST THEM!!!!!

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Human Side - I Hope The Exit Is Joyful (2009)

2009-10-28T18:45:00.003+01:00

01. Own Life
02. My Rifle
03. To Limit Mind
04. A Keep Thinking
05.Symbolic Value

Country: France
Genre: Posthardcore, Screamo, Noise Rock.
Label: KDN

Après neuf ans d'existence et un seul maxi au compteur, voici que les Human Side débarquent tranquillement avec leur premier album sous le bras. Lapse, neuf titres de post-hardcore métallique doublé de quelques plans noise-rock qui font des ravages, le tout soigneusement emballé dans un digipack élégant, une plage CD-Rom (bien sympatique avec clip, images et autres bonus), un artwork qui ne suggère rien de très gai, mais un propos parfaitement maîtrisé, patiemment orchestré. Pour aiguiller l'auditeur, on dira que Human Side se situe à la convergence des influences d'un Botch qui aurait passé une soirée avec Unsane, pendant que Condense attendait dans la voiture.

Gros son métallique à la Breach, le groupe est d'une minutie extrême, affinant son alliage musical en le parsemant de nombreux petits détails qui font toute l'efficacité de l'ensemble. Hardcore chaotique mais parfaitement structuré, metal sulfurique, noise-rock oppressant, samples finement distillés, chant ou spoken word relativement en retrait, quelques interludes post-classiques au piano et violoncelle ("On high in blue tomorrows"), Human Side maîtrise le sujet et plus que ça, à des choses à dire. Un chant délibérement étouffé, à l'image de la pochette de Lapse, une poigne de fer qui cherche à entraver les mouvements d'une victime effrayée, accentuant sa pression physique sur un mental qui ne demande plus qu'à se laisser aller à céder aux faiblesses d'une âme trop longtemps torturée. Une lutte pour la survie, un duel à mort entre l'oppresseur et l'oppressé qui se traduit par un déferlement de violence, de coups portés pour mettre hors d'état de nuire l'adversaire. Chez Human Side, la douleur est insidieuse, la souffrance latente mais ne demande qu'à remonter à la surface pour éclater au grand jour ("I try to follow", "Imposing noise"). On pense variablement à Envy, Draft ou Will Haven mais le groupe parvient à se faire une petite place de choix en distillant une musique toute en rupture, tendue, lourde, écorchée vive mais qui prend le temps de varier ses ambiances. Sauvage et mesuré, mais toujours ouvragé avec un savoir-faire qui ne se dément pas, un disque aux deux visages...

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Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics

2009-10-27T23:21:00.007+01:00

1. Oh, Hello Ghost
2. I Love Turbulance
3. Fofteen
4. Abraxas
5. An Apology to the World
6. Nine
7. Macabre Charade
8. Trojan Measures
9. Everything Went Grey
10. Scabs
11. Fantastia

Year: 2008
Country: UK
Genre: noisecore, mathcore
Label: Hassle Records

Imaginen que son una joven banda inglesa -de Sheffield, para más señas- que gusta de revolver guitarras y sintetizadores definiendo un marco estético propio que tiene tanto que ver con el post-hardcore abrasa-laringes de The Locust o los primeros The Blood Brothers como con el mathcore de Botch o Dillinger Escape Plan, el casiocore de Trencher, o las progresiones ácidas y expansivas de unos The Mars Volta lanzados al desvarío instrumental. A la hora de elegir sujeto para que les produzca su segundo disco, ¿por quién optarían? Si fueran Rolo Tomassi elegirían a... ¿Diplo?

El quinteto de Sheffield han decidido viajar a la ciudad de Los Angeles para grabar la continuación de su celebrado “Hysterics” (Hassle, 08) a las órdenes del capo de Mad Decent, pope de esa otra electrónica de baile que gusta de atusarse los bajos frente al espejo del ritmo altermundista. Redoblando nuestra sorpresa, parece que fue el propio Diplo quien se aproximó a la banda durante una de sus actuaciones en el pasado SXSW de Texas, declarándose fan de su primer disco y expresando su deseo de trabajar con ellos en el futuro. Dicho y hecho. El disco resultante de esta extraña unión de hecho, aún gestándose estos días, verá la luz el próximo mes de marzo a través de Hassle Records.

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Edelweiss Piraten._.blizna(2009)

2009-10-27T09:13:00.007+01:00

01.-kije i butelki 2:31

02.-b0ez komentarza 1:22

03.-inspiracja 1:59

04.-przyjaƒñ 1:44

05.-kobieta 3:01

06.-rêce 1:57

07.-uderz mnie 3:18

08.-nie bój siê 1:55

09.-blizna 2:00

10.-technologie 2:47

11.-manekiny 1:56

12.-szczurze klatki 1:46

Genre: Hardcore, Crust.

Year: 2009

Country: Poland

Label: Trujaca Fala

This band from Olsztyn (with personal connections to UTOPIA) is around since quite many years, even released demo CD-R few years ago, but during all this time they had several personal/style changes. Now the line up is stable and they built their own sound - powerful, heavy and driving hardcorepunk with 2 guitars and mixed vocals leaded by strong and angry female voice. You can compare their sound to Tragedy, Wolfbrigade etc., but check mp3 to see its not just another clone neo-crust band.

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La casa fantom._.Ingen Ny Dag (2006)

2009-10-26T20:56:00.006+01:00

01.- Stillheten skriker

02.- Uprøvd, uvitende

03.- Sover alene

04.- Hodepine

05.- Meninga med livet

06.- Ingen ny dag

07.- Tomme hjerteslag

08.- Dagdrøm

09.- Kaste den første steinen

10.- Rømmer til skogen

Genre: Crust

Year: 2006

Country: Norway

Label: sm-musik

La casa Fantom is a two piece orchestra from the forest outside of Oslo in Norway. The band consist of Lars on drums and Bård on bass, both sing or at least trying to. Our band was formed in 2000 with a cheap crappy drumkit and a bass with selfmade distortion effects. Our name comes from a do it yourself wine kit which gives you 20 liter of redwine in 24 hours. It was just like our music, fast&dirty with a lot of nerves.We have been playing for 8 years now and had our first concert at Blitz in Oslo. We recorded our first demo in the livingroom of our collective in the forest, where we both lived for a time and Lars still lives. The album was made in two days with a kiddy drumkit and a 4-track tapemachine.

Then we upgraded a bit and recorded “Serum” in the same living room.Due to small space and our roommates not so happy about us rehearsing two times a week in the living room, we built our own studio "Iskremboden" in the winter 2002. Since then we have recorded and released three 7” ("Leter I mørket", "Familien" and "Cut") and three 12” ("La casa Fantom", "Ingen ny dag" and "Fredløs"), on our label “Iskrem Plater”. We also make festivals and have bands play concerts in Iskremboden. During these years we have had the luck of touring in 20 countries until now. We feel very lucky to be able to travel around like this and have made many friends that we still come back too see and that also visit us. We feel that this is one of the greatest things about touring in our scene.

There is no border between the bands and the audience and we share a lot of opinions about our lives and the envirement around us.Our music is difficult to describe, it has its roots in punk and hardcore but we have always been fans of taking from all the music we like and mix it in. Borders exists also in music and we always want to breake them. When we play live we like to give everything that the music expresses: the intensity, the aggression and the emotions.

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2009-10-25T09:58:00.003+01:00

The Black Heart Procession - Six

2009-10-25T01:57:00.006+02:00

01 When You Finish Me
02 Wasteland
03 Witching Stone
04 Rats
05 Heaven and Hell
06 Drugs
07 All My Steps
08 Forget My Heart
09 Liar's Ink
10 Suicide
11 Back to the Underground
12 Last Chance
13 Iri Sulu

Year: 2009
Country: USA
Genre: Indie rock
Label: Temporary Residence Ltd.

Esta banda estadounidense nace en San Diego, producto de dos corazones destrozados que continúan sangrando hasta el día de hoy, entregándonos con ello, buena música, buenas letras y sobre todo, generando el ambiente de nostalgia y melancolía, tal como si miráramos a través de una ventana en un día lluvioso.

En 1997, dos de los integrantes de “Three Mile Pilot”, Pall Jenkins (voz y guitarra) y Tobias Nathaniel (normalmente teclados, pianos y órganos), cayeron en una profunda depresión luego que sus dos novias respectivas los dejaran. Ambos (que además compartían casa) decidieron tomar un receso y dejar el grupo para formar un proyecto paralelo donde darían rienda suelta a todo su dolor, heridas y la violencia que este suceso habìa desencadenado en sus vidas. El nombre que eligieron para este proyecto fue “The Black Heart Processión” (uno de los nombres a mi gusto más sugerentes de un grupo musical: La Procesión del Corazón Negro). Luego se unieron al grupo Joe Plummer (batería) y Dimitri Dziensuwski. Más adelante, tocarían en las presentaciones en vivo músicos invitados, escondidos generalmente al igual que el grupo, bajo mascaras o tras una pantalla en blanco y negro.

Cuando en 1998 salió el primer disco titulado simplemente “One” en Cargo/Headhunter, con Jen Wood como artista invitada, ya comenzaba a notarse que el proyecto tenia vida propia. Un sonido nuevo, rock primitivo, casi gótico, tosco, con el dolor, la melancolía y porque no decirlo, el melodramatismo en los 10 tracks que componen el disco.

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Marasme - EP (2008)

2009-10-24T12:56:00.004+02:00

01. Waves (8:05)
02. Firebreather (6:12)
03. Maze (8:58)

Country: Spain
Genre: Sludge, Post Metal.
Label: DIY

1-Extremely slimness or weakening of human body.

2-Moral or phisical hanging, motionless.

Something athmospheric. Something chaotic, obsessive, melancholic. Claustrophobic and free: something dark, complex, painful. Marasme was born in January of 2008 when five twisted minds joined together to make something different: Jeroni (vocals; ex-Strangled), Tomeu (guitar; TeCorrs, ex-Venus Inferna), Manuel (guitar; ex-Stones From The Sky), Jaume (bass; ex-Dogma) and David (drums; ex-Dogma).

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Decurs

2009-10-23T12:40:00.004+02:00

A Barcelona and two charros, one of this and another across the Atlantic in 2006 gave way to this power-trio called Decurseable. They defined as "absurd extreme pop and disorderly" what is really a very peculiar way of understanding the closest to punk hardcore. Frantic pace, crazy lyrics and technical capacity hard to find in many other bands of the genre, often err on the side of attitude and aptitude deficit.

Decurs starts with the idea of not having any idea at all. As time goes by they find themselves playing with the only intention of almost not being capable to play what they're playing. Simple and complicated, that may be the idea. In March 2006 they record themselves a 6 song demo in cassette that they give to anyone that appears to be their friend, many refuse, some still keep it packaged. Determined to ruin their friend's lifes, later that year, they decide to record 4 songs in the Blaxound Studios and release them in vinyl in 2007 with help from themselves and their friends "Ojalä me muera recoords" (I wish I die) under the obvious title of "Sietepulgares" (Seveninches).

Today, major achievements of the band are: getting bad words from major music magazines, losing money and friends, meeting Valina and telling them they copied some part from St Petersburg Me Cannibal, and having many good times. Not bad yet.

Country: Spain
Genre: Pop, Punk.
Label: Trastienda, Ojalä Me Muera
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Iskra - Bureval (2009)

2009-10-21T10:53:00.006+02:00

Second full-lenght for those canadian punx. Ripping, fast and brutal black metal influenced by the Norse school (Immortal above all) mixed with crust hints a-là State of Fear. Lyrics are brutally ultrapolitical but no-cliché.

Country: Canada
Genre: Black Metal, Death Metal, Crust.
Label: Black Raven Records.
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Horda Bastarda - Old Skull (2004)

2009-10-20T11:57:00.004+02:00

Debut de este grupo formados por veteranos miembros de otros destacados grupos de la escena hardcore madrileña como Versvs, Like Peter at Home, Kausa de Alarma o Moho. Desde luego que este Old Skull es una vuelta al hardcore punk de toda la vida, canciones de un minuto o poco más, rápidas, rabiosas, directas, al más puro estilo de lo que era el hardcore en los ochenta, al estilo Black Flag, Minor Trheat, etc.

16 canciones en poco más de 20 minutos dando buena cuenta de un estilo, bastante explotado, pero no por ello menos atractivo para mi, personalmente me encantan las canciones de un minuto, a toda leche, con letras de cierto contenido político y social. Donde los temas siguen un esquema de hardcore clásico algunos con toques más rockeros, otros suenan mucho más punks y con algunas canciones a medio tempo como En el mismo sitio . También destacan temas como La Voz del Odio, Decisión, Nada por Nada, Virus Punk (cuyos coros tienen un cierto aire grind) o Vuelta al 93 que es un homenaje a los primeros grupos de hardcore en Madrid que surgieron en torno a esa fecha.-Faster & Louder-

Country: Spain.
Genre: Hardcore.
Label: Potencial Hardcore.
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The Constellation Branch - The Dream Life, The Real Life, The Empty Glass... (2009)

2009-10-18T10:54:00.007+02:00

The Constellation Branch is a four-piece out of Phoenix, Arizona that has put together a unique 11 track CD that can be compared mewithoutYou, Radiohead andSunny Day Real Estate. I found it hard to compare TCB to another band because they stand-out a lot in this genre and sound different than anything I have listened to. Musically this album is put together well and has a very distinctive sound.

They involve a lot of depth into each song lyrically and musically – they know how to bring each song to an epic climax with an eccentric vibe.While listening to TCB you almost need to listen with a set headphones or with a top quality sound system because there are so many intricate layers. The way they blend all the different parts together – the lone voice of Jordan or the guitars, piano, keys, bass, drums or violin – all make for a unique, indistinguishable sound.The CD is titled The Dream Life, The Real Life, The Empty Glass. The album title is referring to three things – the dream life which is what we are hoping for, the real life which includes corporations, greed, and how the world really is, and the empty glass which is us, and what we choose to fill ourselves with.

This is one of the things I admire most about this band – the deep philosophy behind the lyrics and emotions of their music.In order for me to fully understand the emotions, lyrics and back story behind this album, I had to do quite a bit of research – when I discovered the story behind it all, it was touching. The song titled “The False Awakening PTIII: Poisoned Apple” is a song that features the voice of an older German lady which almost sounds like it is dubbed from an old movie or something. In actuality the voice belongs to one of the band member’s (Bryce) Grandma. He recorded her story two years ago when she was talking about the war. Her family was an anti-Nazi family and she told Bryce some incredible stories about how they always made it through as a family together. In another song “The Real Life (American Earth)” they sing about the possessions and raw human emotions of the world, “We are the sky scrapers! We are the cash makers! We are better than you!” Lyrically this is one of the most moving and profound pieces of work I have come across.If you want to hear a new sound of talented indie/rock band with a deep philosophical message behind the lyrics, I highly recommend The Constellation Branch’s CD titled The Dream Life, The Real Life, The Empty Glass. -IndieVisionMusic-

Country: USA
Genre: Indie, Progressive Rock, Rock.
Label: DIY.
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The Constellation Branch - The Dream Life, The Real Life, The Empty Glass... (2009)

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