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AJEEB – Refractions
Album | 29/03/2023 | Spinda Records / Violence in the Veins / Noizeland Records / Quebranta Records / Naife / Hombre Montaña / Bandera Records / Hey Boy Hey Girl / Clever Eagle Records / The Ghost is Clear Records
Post Grunge / Noise Rock
Lanzarote, Spain
AJEEB provide their audience with an album as versatile as the landscape of the island the trio is based on. Alternative and Grunge Rock refreshing as sea breezes meets Desert Rock as dusty as sand and Noise Rock heavy as gigantic boulders. Seattle meets Eternal Spring.
7/10 Mangoes
Abysmal Grief – Despise the Living, Desecrate the Dead
Compilation | 31/03/2023 | Avantgarde Music
Dark Metal / Doom Metal
Genoa, Italy
On this compilation, Genoesian occultists Abysmal Grief present nine oddities and unreleased tracks from the time between 2016 and 2021. It is a sonic walk through the catacombs of a band known for their dark and obscure sound. The compilation is thus a great addition to every Abysmal Grief collection but also serves as a way to get to know the trio’s later works.
6/10 Mangoes
Kilmore – From the Inside
EP | 31/03/2023 | Independent
Stoner Metal / Alternative Metal
Halifax, NS, Canada
Nova Scotia’s award-winning Stoner and Alternative Metal quartet Kilmore are back with six new tracks that present the band’s recent progress. Escaping from toxic influences and exploring new shores simultaneously, Kilmore sound more earthed and confident than ever before. From the Inside is solid, melancholic and full of motivational sounds.
8/10 Mangoes
The Offenders – Orthodoxy of New Radicalism
Album | 31/03/2023 | Long Beach Records Europe / Broken Silence / Code 7 / Believe Digital
Punk Rock / Combat Rock
Berlin, Germany
One might argue that The Offenders‚ roots were in Italian city Cosenza or in Two-Tone Ska, but the new album shows that their roots are in working class. And thus, the quartet presents a dozen new songs for raising your glasses, for enjoying life, and for class war. Somewhere between Folk, Mod, Punk and Ska there are few surprises but plenty of joyful sounds.
6/10 Mangoes
SCHALKO – Bitte 3x Pommes
Album | 31/03/2023 | Flight 13 Records
Post Punk / Punk Rock
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
South West German band SCHALKO is ordering fries (or chips) for three on their second longplayer. Although the title might raise the assumption that you will find feel-good Indie Punk or shoegazy Post Punk here, the trio provides their audience with a completely different sound. Bitte 3x Pommes is dark, melancholic, razor-sharp and as merciless as life itself.
8/10 Mangoes
Tristis – Das Schweigen Vieler
EP | 31/03/2023 | Independent
Blackened Hardcore / Post Black Metal
Ratingen / Essen, Germany
North West Germany’s Tristis present a massive display of combined post genres and eschatologic sounds. The weight of these five tracks is immense and each of them create their own little black hole which successfully devours every spark of light. Embrace the vortex!
7/10 Mangoes
