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Picture Credit: Suggestion   Suggestion - Think about Sects Release Date: September 10, 2021 Label: Begino Records Format: Digital Length: 17:42 Genre: Thrash Metal / Crossover Origin: Tampa , FL , USA In the header you can read that Suggestion are based in Tampa, Florida. Well, that is not entirely true, but the reality is way more complex. Drummer Frank Wolfman  and King Bong  (guitars and vocals) have met in the Floridan city shortly after the Millenium, and some time later they met bass player Malcom Sects  on MySpace. More important is that the three musicians are not even from our planet. Suggestion consists of three beings who came to Earth from another dimension. Realizing that humankind is in desperate need for change in how they live, the trio has collected their thoughts, and created a five-track EP that shall help our species. Here is "Think about Sects". The EP's title is quite self-explanatory. Suggestion want human beings to reflect on the status quo ...

Picture Credit: DCxPCLive   DCxPC Live Volume 2 Presents: TV Generation & The Sinema Uncle Lou’s ‘Loustream’ Benefit Orlando, FL Release Date: May 15, 2021 Label: DCxPC Live Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 10:19 Welcome to the second round of DCxPC Live. We recently took a closer look at the first 7’’ Split featuring Call in Dead and 2AMature . The sophomore DCxPC Live release was recorded at legendary Uncle Lou’s Entertainment in Orlando, Florida. Originally, a three-way split of The Sinema, TV Generation, and Call in Dead as planned to celebrate two recently granted awards: The Sinema won Orlando’s best Metal band, and Call in Dead won Orlando’s best Punk band. As Call in Dead vocalist Jaeh had to call in sick on short notice (no pun intended here), the schedule had to be shortened. Hence, here it is: “DCxPC Live Volume 2 Presents: TV Generation & The Sinema Uncle Lou’s ‘Loustream’ Benefit Orlando, FL”. The sympathetic Skate Punk band TV Generation has contributed three...

Picture Credit: DCxPC Live Artwork: jessica Hadas   DCxPC Live Volume 1 Presents: Call in Dead and 2AMature Live at the Danger Room in Orlando, FL Release Date: April 30, 2021 Label: DCxPC  Live Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 13:03 (07:18 + 05:45) Genre: Hardcore Punk The year 2020 will go down in history for its sheer number of cancelled shows and tours. But on the other hand, the year the pandemic hit the world, is also the year when live streams and online events became popular across a large of spectrum of culture. One of these events took place at Danger Room Recordings Services in Orlando, Florida on May 29, 2020. It was the day when American Hardcore bands Call in Dead and 2AMature played a crushingly awesome gig at this venue. The show got streamed live on Facebook, and it is now available as a 7’’ vinyl record via DCxPC. As the release’s name “DCxPC Live Volume 1 Presents” obviously tells us, this is only the first live recording done at the Danger Room which you can...

Picture Credit: TUFF TURF TUFF TURF - Brand New Ways to Be Cruel Release Date: April 12, 2021 Label: American Scream Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 22:03 Genre: Synthwave / Post Punk Origin: Jacksonville , Florida , USA Are you ready for time travel? The vessel we are riding with is called TUFF TURF, and our destination are the colourful dancefloors of the 1980s. Steered with analogue devices, we are navigating to a place where darkness and desire meet. The gasoline in our tank is called Nihilist New Wave, which is a burning hot mixture of Synthwave and Post Punk that will accelerate us to high velocity. So, fasten your seatbelts, put on your sunglasses, and do not dare to forget to take a drink. The newest album by TUFF TURF is called “Brand New Ways to Be Cruel”. It contains ten tracks of feet-moving New Wave that will easily enchant the minds and bodies of fans of Depeche Mode, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, and Fischer-Z. Even fans of кино will find their joy in “Bran...

Picture Credit: Idiot Robot Idiot Robot - Idiot Robot Release Date: September 04, 2020 Label: Dead Games Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 34:05 Genre: Death Pop Origin: Tampa ( Florida ), USA What exactly is Death Pop, one might ask. Well, American duo Idiot Robot are here to show us. Ryan Michalski  and Clint Listing  present an uncommon mix of styles on their self-titled debut CD. The foundation is built by light-footed Indie and Surf Rock à la Minutemen. Despite the sunny atmosphere of this base, Idiot Robot add the scratchy and harsh 80s East Coast Hardcore. So far you can imagine the Bad Brains getting super high and playing a late night gig at a surfers resort. But there is more. A gorgeous feature of this nihilistic release is the interaction between Ryan 's clean Synth Pop-style vocals and the rustling growls and grunts by Clint . This is pure insanity! Idiot Robot do what they want and that is what makes their music so exciting. Their Death Pop fools our musical ...

Picture Credit: doctrine Photo and Artwork: Harimao Lee doctrine - Step Well Release Date: November 20, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 25:41 Genre: Jazz / Fusion / Surf Rock Origin: Jacksonville ( Florida ), USA I found this album while looking for the hottest Prog releases of November 2020. By the way, the full list of what I discovered can be viewed here . "Step Well" is the debut by Florida's trio doctrine which consists of Chris Burmeister  - bass, rhodes piano, Chris Ratliff  - drums, piano, Jeremy Burmeister  - guitar. Guest appearances on "Step Well " are Lily Carassik  - trumpet on 'I wore a Suit one Time' and 'Finger Trap', Yasmin Ogilvie  - saxophone on 'I wore a Suit one Time' and 'Finger Trap'. doctrine have created meditative and psychedelic soundscapes of Jazz and Surf. The instrumental tracks are defined by atmospheric and light-footed jazzy tunes. Piano, rhodes and drums are resposnible for the ...

  Picture Credit: Cowards and Thievese Cowards and Thieves - Bread and Circuses Release: October 02, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 15:16 Genre: Doom Metal / Sludge / Grunge Origin: South Florida , USA On Bandcamp Day October 02, 2020, Cowards and Thieves are presenting something very special. Their newest release "Bread and Circuses" is much more than just a short album. Let's begin with the sheer madness of different styles the band merges into one sonorous package. The gloomy atmosphere of Doom Metal comes together with the brutal intensity of Kylesa-like Sludge and dissolves itself into the dark motion of Seattle's finest export product. Kind of  feels like Soundgarden and 16 met for a jam eighteen minutes before the planet exploded. Gorgeous! Now, if you have clicked on the video above you might think "Wow, that's a long ass music video". Cowards and Thieves have directed a whole short film to which their album is the film music....

Picure Credit: Journey into Darkness Artwork: Johny Prayogi Journey into Darkness - Multitudes of Emptiness Release: July 28, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 28:00 Genre: Symphonic Black Metal Origin; Florida, USA Back in the early 1990s Brett Clarin  played the guitar with Death Metal band Sorrow . The band split up in 1993 but Clarin  was still hungry for extreme music and thus founded his solo project Journey into Darkness. The first album " Life is a Near Death Experience " released in 1996 and featured gloomy, doom-influenced synth tracks. Since then Journey into Darkness covered themselves in silence until in 2018 Brett Clarin  rediscovered his urge for Metal. Hence, Journey into Darkness got revived, and this time guitars and vocals were added to the project. The new album features doomy Synth Wave interludes and imposant Symphonic Black Metal songs. Together they make the perfect soundtrack for the apocalypse. While the synthie tracksbuild up tensi...