This time i hooked up one of my favorite Hardcore bands, since i visited the "Ultimate Summerblast Festival" in Trier/Germany. This was the first time i heard of them, sadly. But i totally fall in love with these guys.
How came the idea to start a hardcore band?
Mid puberty when everything sucked, school was a drag, girls unreachable and disco for assholes. We had a lot of questions just like everybody growing up and playing music/ hardcore provided us with a healthy outlet for frustration, anger etc. Cindy joined us in 2005, before that Ernst did the vocals and played guitar. We’ve been in this line up since late 2007.
You guys actually play a mixture of hardcore, flavored by metal and punk, does it has any reason for it?
Our band consists our of five people. Who have five different views en preferences for music. We all love hardcore in the first place, but we also bring in some other music styles.
We don’t want to commit to just one style.
Are there any bands that influenced your sound?
The are so many bands that inspired us in general. Even non-hardcore bands. When it comes to hardcore bands, we love the Bad Brains, Black Flag, Cro-mags, Warzone, Madball, Sick of it All and many many more.
What does the name "All For Nothing" stand for?
The name came up when we were brainstorming on a name to pick. It’s also a song by the bands Run Devil Run and DRI. It has no special meaning.
Which message do you guys spread with your music?
We write songs about thing we experience in our lives. No matter how deep you can fall, we always believe in the positive side of life and the strenght that lies within. We want people to think about certain subjects but we don’t want to force our opinions. We believe in an world for everyone without fascism, ssexism and discrimination.
Do you guys listen to your own music?
Not that much, only when we write new songs.
Tell us what Hardcore exactly means to you.
In the first place it’s about the music and the message. Hardcore to us is friendship, a way to meet different people around the globe, hear different stories and see many great places.
Which bands are your personal favorites?
In the van we have an Cassette tape that goes into stereo, it has a Ipod Connector at the end. Our Ipods make turns. What you can expect ( Next to the “usual” hardcore): Pantera, Mastodon, Social Distortion, Johnny Cash, Distillers, Rancid, Foo Fighters, Wu-tang-Clan, Janis Joplin, Henry Rollins spokenword session and some chill out tunes. The Odd thing may be Julee Cruise and Frank Zappa.
Where do you get your inspirations and ideas for your lyrics?
I write lyrics based on things I experience in my life, or see around me happen.
What are your interests beside the band?Do you guys just do the band or do you work/go to school/study?
We all work next to this band. Bas owns a driving school, Cindy works as a social worker, Ernst-Jan is a Graphic Designer, Ab is an Optometrist and Richard works as an IT specialist.
Do you guys have played in other bands before?
Yes, we all played in other bands.
What do you guys think about stereotype thinking / scenes?
It’s sad to see how some people claim to be really intelligent and have opinions about thing they know nothing about. Stop bitching and moaning, start being open minded and you will be surprised.
What do you think about underground bands?
Great, we love checking out new bands and get blown away.
What do you guys think about fans, that cover your songs on guitar, drums, vocals, etc?
It’s the biggest compliment we could get!
Are there any things coming up? News about new releases, new merch or planned tours?
We are currently looking for a new drummer. Richard decided to leave AFN in good terms. After we find a new drummer, we are going to record a new album and hopefully hit South East Asia.
Have you guys ever thought of going into hiatus?
No, we are young and we want to do this now.
What was your sickest show?
Any show at the Sucks ‘n Summer fest.
Which bands would you like to tour with and how would your favorite tour look like?
We don’t really care, big or small bands as long as we have fun it’s cool.
Any messages left to fans, friends or family?
Please check us out when we come near your area! Thanks!
Regards,
Cindy
A big thanks to Cindy, for taking the time for it and also for signing my merch!
You guys are awesome and you should never stop making music!
Tomorrow We Hunt are a small band, yet soo much underrated, hailing from Croatias capital Zagreb.
These guys, play Melodic Hardcore, or Progressive Hardcore with metal influence,... however you want to call it.
And they do it fucking perfect. Vocals, Breakdowns and Tempo in the vein of the old For The Fallen Dreams stuff. Pretty good lows and so awesome melodic parts. This is what i love!
Listen to their whole EP here:
So again a big fucking THANK YOU! to the guys of Tomorrow We Hunt, who actually make so great tunes and give it away for free. This means so much to me and all others. My deepest respect to you guys! I'm looking forward to your new stuff!
My friends Sea Smile, from Brazil finally announced to enter the studios, to record their first CD.
On their Facebook, they posted this:
"Sea Smile for us in the beginning, was just a simple project, without any hope. Today it has become great in our eyes and began to be a very important priority in our lives, bringing us the fun and joy of doing what we love is obviously music. Of course, with our effort and desire to be better each day, this "joke" became serious, with responsibilities and proportions'd find that they could never be achieved. Well, as everyone knows, our first EP, "Nossos Planos", was released on February 18, 2011, and with only seven months of EP, we are ready to enter the second time in the studio to record our first CD. Yeeeesss; a CD. What led us to this decision was a good public acceptance of our EP, which earned good reviews and a large mass of fans that follow the band. Regardless of friendship, people who care about our sound and come with the band, helping here and there, and listening every day, and with all the affection, the least we can do is thank you and do something much better. The other reason is: We love our music, it was a great job producing these six songs, but are not yet on a level of professional quality. Of course, no excuse, but this was the first time four of us went into a studio recording of this size (only Eric had already participated in other bands), then thought it was already full. Now connoisseurs, studies, research and a lot of training, we know what we really want this for our next work, focusing on quality and professionalism. We are not trying to be more than anyone but we want to overcome our increasing expectations, and that for now only depends on us, but we need everyone's help who really enjoy the band, helping in the dissemination and display of the band for the impact is greater. Day 24 September 2011 will begin recording our CD (yet unnamed) that will feature nine songs + 1 bonus track and with this CD, will lead automatically complete our material: Merch, photos promos, new layouts, wallpaper and if everything goes well, physical CDs. We do not have a date for the launch, because only when we feel it provides: "This is our evolution that everyone needs to see." On launch day we will announce another new development, which for us will be another step of this journey and we are sure of who you really expect all this, you will enjoy the novelty. Let all know by means of updates on youtube, so they can monitor this process. We apologize for at this moment no more than words, but soon it becomes something concrete, for those who believe without seeing, both because a tree does not spring from nothing, without first being a small seed. Sorry if qlqr error Portuguese or typing. Believe it, because you do not lose by waiting! "WE ARE THE SEA SMILE"
Ages are a much promising band from Wichita/Kanses and they play Deathcore
with smooth and groovy and also low and smashing breakdowns. Very high screams, for fans of the old Suicide Silence stuff, which i liked more. Pretty surprising to hear bands in the vein of Mitch Luckers old stuff.
So Deathcore fans. Be fucking open minded and check these guys out.
Also download their song "Deflesher" on their bandpage!
Fall City Fall from Calgary, Canada are a band that quietly played themselves a quite big fan base over the 4 years of their being. Coming up with a solid sound, which i've never heard before, is this CD a masterpiece and a must have album for every Hardcore fan!
Fall City Fall, created a sound of melodic and aggressive Hardcore, layered with massive breakdowns and great melodic and fast riffing.
Their vocals are kind of special in their own way. Using low metal growls and well sounding Hardcore shouting and also a special way of clean vocals during the verses, that comes near to Jordan Dreyer's voice, from La Dispute.
This band shortly combines the dimensions of Hardcore, Metalcore and a unique and very well fitting Clean voice.
"1629" offers 8 Tracks of Fall City Fall's ability. It offers great composed heaviness in all the songs, that force to listen to the end!
1. Intro
2. Scattered Memories and Frozen Bones
3. Take Them Down
4. Atmospheres
5. Cleansing of What's Lost
6. The Great Divide
7. Still Awake
8. The Lighthouse
9. Guardian
Seriously this is one of my favorite band from Austria. Way more attractive then The Sorrow, who are claimed to be the kings of metal from this country.
For those who don't understand the German language and yet like, Callejon or We Butter The Bread With Butter... Fucking check out these Dudes!
Welcome Karen are a german singing Metalcore band but they are coming up with a complete different and fresher sound than, many Metalcore bands have. These guys try to keep the good old Sound of the genre without coming from their path and vary it in their own way with their melodic and heavy touch!
Seriously worth a listen.
This is what I personally call Germany's Finest Metal, or better Germany's Next Top Metalcore!
Over the years, listening to them, these guys randomly found my page on Facebook and hit me up!
So check out my favorite songs by them, and like them on Facebook!
Welcome Karen - Suizid, taken from their Self Titled EP (2009)
Welcome Karen - Kurtisane, taken from their new EP "Existenz" (2011)
Welcome Karen - Dryade, taken from their first EP "Was es heißt unterzugehen" (2008)
Yes, you might think "Oh no! Again a Deathcore band, that sounds like every one else, we only listen to Suicide Gaylence, don't stalk with this... blaah"
Buuut!
Awakening The Revenant are equipped with a solid sound, that's not just Deathcore, yet it can be categorized for sure as it. For me they have kinda Black Metalish groove in their riffs, what gives them a tight ass sound.
Also they combine the typical Deathcore sound with clean vocals! Pretty fast and fat sound imo!
Be sure to check out their Song "Conqueror" on their Facebook page.
These guys are currently working on their EP, titled "The Procreated" and it will be out very soon!
Tyler Bunting, the Drummer of Isla Sorna, which a pretty good friends of mine, has recently joined this band and is fulltime busy now haha.
Dude, show us what you can, we know you can do it and you'll make it! Looking forward to your up coming stuff of both bands!
Australia, is praised with a lot of great Artists around the Metalcore and Hardcore scene, but Glorified! are definitely a few steps further then all of them, what is affected to the genre and the style of the band.
Most of the bands are Newcomers and this band sounds in their "early years" like a professional metal outfit.
Started playing shows in 2010 and released a debut album already on year later, lets us know, this band knows what they want and they do it fucking great!
Glorified!'s debut release is titled "Realisations" and offers the listener 8 pretty sweet composed tracks, that are completely unexpected.
Using elements from Metalcore and Hardcore and taking a lot of progressions to it, refined with a lot of keys, that could just be a short introduction to the sound of this freshly recognized band.
Modern and classy chug riffs as know from too many bands, that try to sound like Messhuggah just to be "Djent" can be found on this release in a complete different dimension.
Smooth breakdowns followed by keyboard melodies or an progressive guitar lick - this is what you'll find very often, but they all sound different. Pretty rare stuff. The yelling screams and short growls of their signer fit very well, also to not forget the clean parts, that are pretty impressing and give the album kind of a mystic touch.
The CD can be put into the midtempo section, yet there are many riffs that gain a pretty impressing fast speed.
This release should really be checked out be fans of progressive and many guitar solos, those who like it a bit more melodic, and also by all those fans of aussie metal(core)
Glorified are just at the beginning of their career and their future will be pretty huge!
Realisations is in my opinion a bringer of hope to the metal scene, because there are many ways to not just copy sounds. This band shows that creativity, the will to be different are the key to create an own and unique sound. And this one's solid also. These guys love music and exactly know what they want to do!
Playing For Keeps, are a newcomer band from the United States, who should get more Attention in future!
Though these guys aren't my kind of music i listen to, but i can definitely say and spread word for such a talented band within their genre!
There's never enough good newcomer bands, who actually play their music for the fans, and keep the band alive for the fans, so show these guys a bit of love and like them on facebook!
Here a little preview song by them.
Playing For Keeps - Enlighten Me
Credit to this post goes out to my dude "Heide" for showing me this band!
Constellations, haling from Berlin, Germany's capital, are a massive addon into the big game called heavy music!
Their 5 track debut EP contains almost everything for a fan of modern progressive Metalcore!
Beginning at the various kind of guitar techniques that are used, such as a lot of fast and clever set sweep licks, between a big load of heavy breakdowns and also used within some catchy guitar solos that are played behind a a structure of heavy riffs and also used the typical riffing for Metalcore is everything included. They built their songs in a great and catchy structure, what gives a fresh touch into their music!
The drums are hold fast and contain a lot of double bass lines and short double bass parts to speed up the songs.
A well done opening with the intro song called "Failure" which is a 33 second acoustic riff leading into the opener "Consequences" which starts with a very fast sweep lick. This probably is one of the top notch moments on this sadly too short CD. But for a first release of the band this is an impressing start. Also who knows whats coming up from them, in my opinion these guys have what it takes to be an international act!
All hail brutality! This is the perfect soundtrack to your nightmares!
Teratological Nightmare are kind of a band that is not for the weak.
The band name's origin is from the Teratology, a word that seems to be an enigma for those who hear it first.
"Teratology - is the study of abnormalities of physiological development.
In other words, it is the study of birth defects".
But the music of them is anything but an enigma, these guys know what they want to do and they fulfill it to their name - a brew of hellish Brutal Technical Death Metal!
Killing low Death Metal growls accompanied with fast guitar riffs, that have a touch of good old Thrash Metal, this bands slays down their enemies with one sick song after another.
Almost every song is filled with blasting drums and the riffing is kinda rad thrashy, but well fitting to the vocals.
A great point is the low bass, that is pretty good to hear within the songs. This gives an rare sound to all of it!
An really surprising song is the fifth, entitled "Malanxia". The song is an calm interlude and a perfect opener for the hammering following song "Phantasmagoria", which is leaning back to the calm and slowness of the previous, yet keeping it fast. The song is pretty old school!
This band is a real earcandy for Death Metal fans (and also for those, who have listened a lot to it during the past, such as me)
Check out this extreme composition of bone breaking Death Metal.
As it's written down on their Facebook, these guys are pretty much setting a kind of an attitude to new and upcoming bands. Though they all don't know about it yet.
This verse is the meaning of creating an own sound as musician or band, what A Cripple Stole My Leg definitely have reached! Instead of copying styles and sounds, because of favoring bands, these guys have accomplished all their creativity to come up with some really fresh and technical and pretty heavy music, leaning onto the actual metal genres, though the members also have their favorite bands and heroes.
Endorsed with an funny sounding name, ACSML have composed a heavy EP of modern metal, which can be rated as general Metalcore, but there is much more behind it, than just Metalcore.
The CD entitled "Ribbons" is a broad spectrum of technical and melodic guitar work, which sound pretty well to the Vocalists singing.
As usual for Metalcore, the voice is mainly shouted and screamed. The screams aren't too high and shouldn't be any higher and the shouts end in deeper growls at many parts of the eight songs.
Variations on the riffs keep the dullness away. The riffs aren't played too long at any part.
You'll find breakdowns in slow and fast ways and a lot of great technical and fast hooks. Great speed changes and surprising melody kick ins. Definitely a great release for every Metalcore fan.
ACSML have a name, that forces to take a listen, and the crap in the first thought will immediately change to be a fan of this great band!
A lot of fresh ideas, that are new to Metalcore and catchy songs make this a solid release!
With His Blood, from Nashville, Tennessee are going to hammer you into the ground.
Deathcore filled with Elements of Hardcore, in the manner of The Acacia Strain, but a little more filthier in the terms of the Deathcore part.
The songs are generally composed of a lot of breakdowns, and modern hardcore riffing.
Here and there some technical elements to round up the things.
With His Blood set their sound in downtempo breakdowns, that can be used for instant moshing.
The double bass keeps the speed within the breakdowns. Fast and slow to super slow, yet without big breaks as used from Chelsea Grin.
The vocals of Josh are just deep and low growls and shouts, what actually keeps the sound of their songs very brutal.
This band is definitely worth being checked out, if you are into heavy Deathcore music. Like moshing at home or on concerts and definitely for lovers of breakdown structured songs.
Additionally i am personally not the biggest fan of deathcore, but the Hardcore styled guitar works on this EP are pretty interesting. Also i'm not a fan of scene Deathcore bands, only rarely listening to them, but this band has something unique or a rarely used type of tone, which i really like and recommend to check out!
Give these guys a try and spread the fucking word for them!
Letting out all the feelings, after releasing the prisoner out of the cage...
This Demo is full of emotions and surely comes from the heart.
Up River, an upcoming act in the Melodic Hardcore scene, unleashes so much energy and potential, unbelievable for a Demotape!
Four songs, running about 12 minutes, that are able to carry away and lead into thinking.
Very clear voice, while screaming out everything from the heart, this is how Alex' vocals are sounding like.
Calm passages and fast build ups are keeping the interest in listening through all the songs.
Hardcore and punk in a very melodic way, for fans of bands, such as Defeater, More Than Life or Modern Life Is War, just to name some more known bands.
In my opinion, these songs are addictive and while having the 4 songs on repeat, they are not getting boring after listening a fourth or fifth time to them. Pretty impressing
Another great point to add is, that these guys are lyrically bringing some dramatic, yet up pushing songs!
