Many years went by since those two NYHC milestones were released. The band year 2012 still manages to sound 100% Biohazard (this thanks also to the solos from Hambel and some hip-hop gang vocals) but their sound has clearly made its own some more modern influences bastard-sons of 2000's and this with some good results and some others which are in my view really crappy (say the melodic catchy nu-metal Linkin Park-esque “Killing Me”).
I still go apes when the four-some deliver their Black-Sabbath influenced heavy riffs like in the track “Decay” and walls of wha-wha like “Countdown Doom” -the aforementioned would not cut a poor figure among tracks like “Punishment” and “Shades Of Grey”.
They've also included a mellow moment at the end of the record titled “Season The Sky” that has got some proggy influences in it -Italian progsters PFM come to mind.
To the hardcorers please do not care about the comment on closing track, to those into early Biohazard please go and dust off those seminal records, to those who understood Biohazard for all they are go and grab your copy of this “BORN IN DEFIANCE” and blast it out loud. You won't be disappointed.
We'll have only to see what the future is gonna bring us after Evan quit his brothers.
IT'S NOW Resistir Y Existir (7" vinyl)
In some periods it's really a tough task to keep up with the tons of cds, 7"s and digital stuff that regularly come in for review. And this review of Monterey, Mexico's straight edge IT'S NOW international debut 7" "RESISTIR Y EXISTER" is not exception.
The white 7" wax, out through Commitment records, packs seven tracks, sung in Spanish, of old school hardcore in the vein of some of the best of West Coast stuff so remaining the language their very own brand mark -though let me say I don't feel this thing as much as when I hear Italians or German bands singing in their mother tongue language. But that's not definitely bad.
The tracks are fast and very aggressive and lyrically the bands speaks out their views about environment/veganism ("La Solución"), politics and fithing the system ("Resistir", "Infierno Y Prisión") with much energy and focus.
My favourites are "La Solución" and "Mundo En Caos".
The first Latin American true product I got to hear and I'd definitely suggest you is much than worth checking them out, also with hope to see them here in Europe in the near future. Really a solid debut.
STRANGE FEAR A Permanent Cold (CD)
STRANGE FEAR hails from Italy (Modena) and they're not a new name to me. I reviewed their “Another Bullet Of Hate” cd when our zine Truesidemusic changed the name to GOT A NERVE! but since then I almost lost traces of what they have been up to.
The previous record, dated 2008, was out through New Direction records (r.i.p. - it was label first release) while now the full-length entitled “A PERMANENT COLD” is out on Indelirium records.
The quintet, who started out in 2002, is still pissed off and straight forward against any institutions in the continuous fight to break this permanent cold that wraps this 21 century world.
So here they deliver 12 tracks of old schoolish American hardcore. The sound is powerful, the vitriolic paint-pealing voice and the full-on assault doesn't take prisoners. In some tracks a distinct punk back-bone marks the overall feel showing some 80's Italian hardcore punk roots or even few references to the stuff from Roma's Strength Approach.
12 tracks that clock-out in less than 16 minutes.
That's also Italian hardcore.
In some periods it's really a tough task to keep up with the tons of cds, 7"s and digital stuff that regularly come in for review. And this review of Monterey, Mexico's straight edge IT'S NOW international debut 7" "RESISTIR Y EXISTER" is not exception.
The white 7" wax, out through Commitment records, packs seven tracks, sung in Spanish, of old school hardcore in the vein of some of the best of West Coast stuff so remaining the language their very own brand mark -though let me say I don't feel this thing as much as when I hear Italians or German bands singing in their mother tongue language. But that's not definitely bad.
The tracks are fast and very aggressive and lyrically the bands speaks out their views about environment/veganism ("La Solución"), politics and fithing the system ("Resistir", "Infierno Y Prisión") with much energy and focus.
My favourites are "La Solución" and "Mundo En Caos".
The first Latin American true product I got to hear and I'd definitely suggest you is much than worth checking them out, also with hope to see them here in Europe in the near future. Really a solid debut.
STRANGE FEAR A Permanent Cold (CD) STRANGE FEAR hails from Italy (Modena) and they're not a new name to me. I reviewed their “Another Bullet Of Hate” cd when our zine Truesidemusic changed the name to GOT A NERVE! but since then I almost lost traces of what they have been up to.
The previous record, dated 2008, was out through New Direction records (r.i.p. - it was label first release) while now the full-length entitled “A PERMANENT COLD” is out on Indelirium records.
The quintet, who started out in 2002, is still pissed off and straight forward against any institutions in the continuous fight to break this permanent cold that wraps this 21 century world.
So here they deliver 12 tracks of old schoolish American hardcore. The sound is powerful, the vitriolic paint-pealing voice and the full-on assault doesn't take prisoners. In some tracks a distinct punk back-bone marks the overall feel showing some 80's Italian hardcore punk roots or even few references to the stuff from Roma's Strength Approach.
12 tracks that clock-out in less than 16 minutes.
That's also Italian hardcore.
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