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Picture Credit: Greta Eggimann   Weak Tyrant - Retreat Release Date: September 24, 2021 Length: 04:08 Genre: Post Hardcore / Emocore Origin: Bern , Switzerland Weak Tyrant from Swiss capital Bern are a freshly formed band. The quintet has released their first single ' Slide ' in August 2021, and in September the single on hand - 'Retreat' - followed. Both songs will be featured on the upcoming debut EP "To be pure" which will be out on October 22. So be sure to check out the links below the review if you enjoy the sound by the five musicians from Switzerland. 'Retreat' deals with the need to gain distance from toxic influence on a human's psychological and physical health. The song describes the journey one has to go through for finding shelter, and then regaining strength and confidence. Weak Tyrant wrap this content into a dark but soothing package of Post Hardcore with emotional notes and Alternative Metal. While the verses are driven by chill ...

Picture Credit: LULL   LULL - Refuge Release Date: June 25, 2021 Length: 02:48 Genre: Post Hardcore / Post Grunge Origin: Newcastle upon Tyne , England LULL from Newcastle upon Tyne are apparently working on a new full-length release. Looking at their Bandcamp profile, you can see that both their latest single "Refuge" and the previous single " Violence brings no End " are ornated with the same cover artwork. Maybe, with the upcoming release of "Can't take the Weight", we will receive further knowledge on what to expect from the English band. "Refuge" is a sober aftermath of a toxic relationship. The first-person narration looks back on the time with an ex partner who turned out not to be the "Refuge", the protagonist was looking for. There is no sadness in watching the ex-partner leave. There is only melancholy, and a bit of hope in the narrator's realization that their pursuit for happiness has not ended, yet. The soundscapes...

Picture Credit: Truth & Tragedy   Truth & Tragedy - Innocence Abandoned Release Date: June 01, 2021 Label: Artillery / KingSide Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 32:54 Genre: Post Hardcore / Alternative Metal Origin: Bamberg , Germany In September 2020, German jazz musician Freddy Stauss  and former US soldier Aaron Bazen  had to face the fact that their band Veiled Ocean could barely rehearse due to the restrictions. Thus, the 40% of the Bamberg-based band began to write new songs as a duo. What began as a little side project, quickly developed a powerful momentum and hence, Stauss  and Bazen  released their first three-track EP " Thanks for Nothing " in November 2020. Only one month later, the single " Helmand " followed the debut. In this song, vocalist Aaron Bazen  concerns what he has experienced as a soldier in the Helmand province, Afghanistan. The song is featured on the debut album on hand, and by the way it was also featured in the Di...

Picture Credit: Bullpup Artwork: Julie Howard   Bullpup - Veronica Sawyer's Big Day Out (feat. Glynnis Brennan) Release Date: June 18, 2021 Length: 03:21 Genre: Post Hardcore / Emocore / Alternative Rock Origin: Lowell , Massachusetts , USA Veronica Sawyer  is the protanist of 1989 film " Heathers ", starring Winona Ryder . The film's theme has been taken up for the latest release by Lowell's Bullpup. Together with their guest vocalist, shallow pools' Glynnis Brennan , the quartet presents a forceful sound about a person who finally stands up against all the bullies. With "Veronica Sawyer's Big Day Out", Bullpup and Glynnis Brennan  present a powerful message for everyone suffering from tranpshobia, homophobia, or misogyny. In the song they concern discriminatory behaviour in the general public, and within the music scene especially. Veronica Sawyer's Big Day Out (Ft. Glynnis Brennan) by Bullpup The soundscapes of "Veronica Swayer'...

Picture Credit: Tsien   Tsien - No Two People Are Not On Fire Release Date: May 21, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 50:57 Genre: Math Rock / Post Hardcore / Noise Origin: Birmingham , England More than ten years ago, Birmingham's Tsien recorded their debut album "No Two People Are Not On Fire". Unfortunately, the band split up before they had the chance to ever release this six-piece work. In order to prevent the people inside and outside of England's second-largest city from forgetting about them, the original material has now been re-discovered, re-mixed, and re-mastered. According to the press kit, "No Two People Are Not On Fire" is not current, not particularly wee recorded, but mos certainly a sweet little gem from the past that deserves to receive a bit of attention and love. The best way to describe the band's only album is by calling it eclectic, emotional, and loud. Tsien provide our ears with the rough and edgy sounds of Post ...

Picture Credit: Shevils Artwork: Chris Faccone   Shevils - Miracle of the Sun Release Date: May 07, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 32:24 Genre: (Post-) Hardcore Origin: Oslo , Norway I love Hardcore and many related genres. Although, from to time, the structures, themes, and motifs tend to bore me. That is when I wish there was more innovative acts. And fortunately, those artists exist. Let me hence introduce you to Norwegian quartet Shevils who released their third full-length album "Miracle of the Sun" on May 07. Shevils are Anders , Anders Emil , Andreas Andre , and Johan . Further diversity in the band memebers' names is given by Marcus  who played the additional guitar on the track 'Monsters on TV' (video below). The musical influences on "Miracle of the Sun" reach from the sheer force of Hardcore and Hardcore Punk over to intelligent and atmospheric Post Hardcore. The songs are furthermore presented with a moshpit-ready fuck-off-a...

Picture Credit: Atlas of Elysian Atlas of Elysian - Through the Threads of Reality Release Date: April 21, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 21:19 Genre: Nu Core Origin: Cardiff , Wales “Through the Threads of Reality” is the sophomore release by Welsh quartet Atlas of Elysian. The seven-track EP is a powerful demonstration of brachial, modern, and yet emotional music. The style the band calls Nu Core can be described as a mix of Metalcore, Post Hardcore, Rapcore, and Industrial. Pitch-black post-industrial soundscapes create an atmosphere of dystopian darkness on which harsh and brachial breaks go down like hammers to an anvil. The songs are defined by exciting and energetic structures which increase tension over time. This energy sometimes discharges in a brutal thunderstorm of Metalcore, but other times it stays – like the forceful track ‘Fire’ which leads into the spoken word section of the title song. Here, it becomes obvious that Atlas of Elysian have not just put s...

Picture Credit: 反覆墜落 Repeatedive 反覆墜落 Repeatedive - A Beautiful Place to Get Lost Release Date: October 20, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 17:51 Genre: Post Hardcore / Indie Rock Origin: Taipeh , Taiwan With “A Beautiful Place to Get Lost”, Taipeh’s 反覆墜落 Repeatedive have released their third EP in autumn 2020. The four-track extended player follows their 2017 debut “ 7 th Floor ” and the sophomore “ I wish I understood ” which was out in December 2018. The Taiwanese Hokkien band name 反覆墜落 is pronounced “Fǎnfù zhuìluò” and can be translated to “Fall repeatedly”. Nevertheless, the trio from Taiwan’s capital chose to call themselves 反覆墜落 Repeatedive. On “A Beautiful Place to Get Lost” we hear the sonic works of drummer Baron Jan , bass player Brian Chen , and Alan Yang who is playing the guitars and singing the vocals. A Beautiful Place To Get Lost by 反覆墜落 Repeatedive Three of the four tracks are sung in English. Only the third title ‘ 城市憂曲 ’ has Taiwanese lyri...

Picture Credit: Breaths Artwork: Michelle Roberts Breaths - Lined in Silver Release Date: March 26, 2021 Label: Trepanation Recordings Format: CD / MC / Digital Length: 60:18 Genre: Post Rock / Post Metal Origin: Richmond (Virginia) , USA The album on hand is the debut by Virginia's Doomgazer Jason Roberts , also known as Breaths - not to be confused with Oregon's Stoner Doom band Breath ! Breaths provide us with almost exactly one hour of atmospheric and intense music that can be located somewhere between Post Rock, Post Hardcore, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, and even some Black Metal. Quite an interesting mix and definitely a great recipe for music that is brachial, soulful, and atmospherically cold at the same time. Like fog on a cold winter morning, the atmospheric soundscapes shimmer through the air, as they are joined by heavy Doom Metal riffs. The brutal intensity of the motifs makes a spring on this foundation like waves of a storm surge and hence creates this in...

Karina Kvist - Nur was, ist die Frage Release Date: March 22, 2021 Length: 03:35 Gerne: Screamo Origin: Bamberg , Germany Karina Kvist have release a music video for the title track of their recent release "Nur was, ist die Frage" (October 2020,  Zilpzalp Records  /  Tanz auf Ruinen  / Lynx Records / Non Si Tegua Records). The melancholic, thoughtful and yet powerful song is a strong selfreflection of life and getting older. The central question asked is "Am I growing up or am I just getting older?". Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist for 14 days. Karina Kvist Online: Facebook Bandcamp YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Sumo Cyco - No Surrender Release Date: March 11, 2021 Length: 04:27 Genre: Crossover / Alternative Origin: Toronto , Canada Toronto's Sumo Cyco love to break the rules of genre boundaries or concepts of style and belonging. Their colourful mix of (Post-) Hardcore (Punk), Alternative Rock, Pop, Synthwave, Nu Metal and much more is a flagship for the Crossover genre. With their newest "No Surrender", Sumo Cyco have created an ideal sound for a huge moshpit. The song will also be featured on their upcoming album "Initiation" (May 07, 2021, Napalm Records ). Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist for 14 days. Sumo Cyco Online: Homepage Facebook Twitter Instagram Bandcamp TikTok YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Picture Credit: Valse Noot Artwork: Bignoise Graphisme Valse Noot - Utter Contempt Release Date: January 22, 2021 (digital), February 19, 2021 (physical) Label: Atypeek Music / Ideal Crash / Vollmer Industries / French Wine Records / Offoron Records Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 30:56 Genre: Noise / Post Hardcore Origin: Brest , France Fancy some ecletic noise? You came to the right spot because we are about ton encounter the second full-length release by Brest's Valse Noot. The quartet from France came back more than six years after " So straight Architecture " with a disturbingly dystopian sonic journey to the darkest remote corners of post-modern society. The track 'Angst' (video above) is a perfect example of the atmosphere on "Utter Contempt". When something is as dark, calustrophobic and nightmarish, you cannot use English terms like 'fear' or 'anxiety'. Even French words like 'peur' or 'angoisse' do not ...

mypetme · RTFM(Read The Fucking Manual) How about a little journey back in time? Our destination is the English capital London in the year 2004. It is the year in which Barclay James Harvest drummer Mel Pritchard died, as well as legendary radio disc jockey John Peel . But also, new hope for the British music underground was on the rise as London’s mypetme released their demo “RTFM”. Picture Credit: Reuben Bakker-Dyos “RTFM” stands for “Read the Fucking Manual” and featured two tracks. Besides the title track, mypetme recorded the song ‘Ghost Notes’ for their release. Together, the demo had a run time of almost ten minutes that presented a very progressive approach towards Post Hardcore and Alternative Metal. Dark riffs feeling like a chilly silk cover envelop brachial Post Hardcore breaks. The atmosphere went from soulful to revolting, and was fitting for either a deliberating mosh pit, raising your fists to the anthemic choruses, or hugging your neighbour and celebrating the pow...

Picture Credit: Another Five Minutes Artwork: Isogram Another Five Minutes - Fil Rouge Release Date: February 05, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Cassette / Digital Length: 40:14 Genre: Post Hardcore / Screamo Origin: Strasbourg , France "Fil Rouge" (French for "Red String") is the first full-length release by Strasbourg's Another Five Minutes. But that does not mean that the Alsatian trio has been idle before. Their self-titled EP (2013) and the sophomore EP " Half Empty " (2015) were released on vinyl. Now, for the first proper album "Fil Rouge", Sébastian , Kevin  and Florian  have a cassette tape ready for their listeners. Different to the album title, the lyrics on "Fil Rouge" are sung and screamed in English. The vocals come from three members of the band. Thus, there is a great variety from hoarse shouts, melodic chants and some half-spoken word sections. These vocals are accompanied by a rough and cold soundscape. Another ...