MangoWave

Nomen est omen. Buenos Aires-based trio Bonehammer called their debut album "Black Crust Invasion", and that is exactly what you get. For a bit more than half an hour the Argentinian Metal Punks serve their audience with dirty and crusty attacks made from Black Metal , Stenchcore, Crust Punk and rotten Rock'n'Roll. Formed in 2018, Ódnüfak , Onahíram  and Alaph  already present their first longplayer which was released via Awakening Records in November 2019. The album contains a dozen tracks of mid-tempo and some faster crusty and metallic Punk Rock. Omnipresent attribute is the pitch black atmosphere decorated with the sweet taste of beer and raised fists. As the backbone of the "Black Crust Invasion" Alaph s drums hammer straight forward with Thrash, Black and Metal Punk rhythms. Onaharím  fills the gaps between the hits with his massive bass guitar on which Odnüfak  thrones with his crunchy, distorted Metal guitar riffs. Then and when Onaharím  adds...

Holy Satan! What great news, Martyrdöd are back! I have missed the crusty Black Metal Punks for quite some time but now finally I can penetrate my eardrums with their newest twelve-track-disc "Hexhammaren". Martyrdöd have recorded around forty minutes of new pitch black, crusty Punk Rock songs. The lyrics are part Swedish and part English, the tempo is mostly up, and the singer's raucous voice instantly gives me goosebumps. Compared to older LPs by Martyrdöd "Hexhammaren" sounds a bit cleaner. But the dirty Crust Punk attitude is still present on their new disc. It may here and there been substituted by a stronger Heavy oder Thrash Metal impact on their songwriting. Nevertheless Martyrdöd have not unlearned to kick ass at all. The D-Beat galopps over the record like the four horsemen, the bass and the two guitars create a beautiful crusty and metallic soundscape of disharmony, and above all there's that hoarsy voice grinding through the rills of the reco...

Die ersten Töne erklingen und es wird sofort klar: jetzt wird's dreckig! Mayak bringen in ihrer etwas mehr als sechsjährigen Historie ihren zweiten Langspieler an die Hörer, und das Ding hat es in sich. Auf dem großartigen Label Twisted Chords ist die Scheibe "Trenches" der fünf Bielefelder in schwarz oder gold erhältlich, und gleich welche Farbe sich auf dem Plattenteller dreht, wird kein Auge trocken gelassen. Mayak spielen crustigen, dreckigen und schnellen Hardcorepunk, der mit ordentlichen Portionen Sludge und Black Metal serviert wird. Ein Hochgenuss für jeden Gourmet organisierten Lärms. Schnelle Rhythmen, die es unmöglich machen, still sitzen zu bleiben, werden überlagert von eiskalt metallenen Licks, brachialen Soundlandschaften und mal tief röhrendem, mal heiser schreiendem Gesang. Mayak schaffen es, bei jeder Geschwindigkeit zwischen stampfend doomigen Halftime bis hin zu schwarzemetallenen Tempoattacken und allem, was dazwischenliegt, zu packen, mitzunehme...