This week’s podcast follows in the wake of the news that Manchester Police will be recording (although not prosecuting) attacks on goths, punks and “emos” (whoever they are) as hate-crimes. We break down the real legal nitty gritty and discuss what this really means, whether it’s a good thing or not, and whether we even want it if it is.
(Source: thrashhits.com)
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Much like their more metallic brethren in Hatebreed, if you’ve heard one Terror album you’ve pretty much heard them all and the difference between them mainly comes down to your personal preferences re: production, and which variation on the HC themes of self-empowerment and unity you fancy having yelled at you today. Live By The Code has a bit of a heavier touch to the production than Keepers Of The Faith‘s more ‘live’ feel, and there’s a bit less melody than that record contained, but otherwise you’re getting pretty much exactly what you expect.
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To say Light Bearer have lofty ambitions fortheir second full-length, Silver Tongue, would be an understatement of the most grievous proportions. Imagine a bookshelf; the bookends are resplendent; 24-carat gold, glittering diamonds, ornate curlicues, all that jazz. However sparkling these bookends are though, the only things between them are Frankie Boyle’s autobiography, a copy of Catcher In The Rye, and A Guide to Repairing Your 1984 Ford Escort.
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Most of our readers might not be familiar with the name Will Beardmore, but he’s the guy working feverishly behind the scenes on the long-awaited, much-trumped, and forever-delayed Thrash Hits redesign (and boy, is it looking good). He’s on holiday right now, mucking about over in Japan, so when he said he’d been to Punkspring festival out there….well, what sort of a music website would we be if we turned down a review?
6 Things We Learnt When We Saw Weezer Headline Punkspring Festival in Osaka, Japan…
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If we had to describe Tom Doyle, we probably would come up with a better description of him than “the fastest phone user in the world”. But he was quick enough to snag a ticket for Paramore’s super-exclusive sold-out-in-seconds micro-show at the Highbury Garage, where the band (who let’s be honest, normally play to thousands) showcased their 2013 material – and some old classics – to a crowd of less than 600 people.
Six Things we learned when we saw Paramore play the Highbury Garage…
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The problem is that the songs mostly just blend into one another. The opening three minutes see three songs that really just don’t sound different enough to warrant having separate song titles. ‘God’s Cold Hands’ is the first track that does, but it still begins in the same way as opening track, ‘In Exodus’. The two longer songs, ‘Wide Open Wound’ (3m37s) and ‘Suum Cique’ (5m22s) enjoy having a little bit of extra time to breathe, slowing down and allowing the chugging riffs to really resonate rather than explode at breakneck speed. Here, the music seems to be a vehicle for the song rather than a getaway car to the end of the album.
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This album leaked a long time ago. It was the middle of February – almost three months before it was meant to be released to the public. The clamour to hear Sempiternal was so tangible because this is one of the most anticipated releases in heavy metal this year. Why? Oli Sykes is a bona fide star and Bring Me The Horizon have signed to a major label for this, their fourth album. The Sheffield oiks appear to have come good.
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From: London via all over the place, UK
Lazy equation: (Invasion – the brevity) x (Turbowolf – the conspiracy theories)
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Thrash Hits verdict: A few years ago we covered a band called Invasion , right here in our Future Hits column. We said a lot of positive things about them and their album, but they went and split up. Ho hum. No biggie. Life goes on. Then we got word that two of the former members of Invasion had reunited to form Vodun, mixing that otherworldly-mystic vibe that Invasion had with a thicker, crunchier line in riffs. Yes, that does sound rather great, doesn’t it? Seeing as from today the band are giving away their superb Eat Up The Sun EP as a free download from their official Bandcamp page, we figured now was the perfect time to level our Future Hits interrogation
The band’s third album sounds exactly like every Deez Nuts release to date. For the (fortunately) uninitiated, this amounts to bog-standard generic hardcore - punk beat, breakdown, gang vocals yadda yadda, you get the drill. This is combined with front man JJ Peter’s dire MC style vocals, conveying a plastic gangster full of macho bullshit (and not to forget a big old dollop of sexism and homophobia. The bland and unimaginative musicality on offer could almost be forgiven however what gets tiresome awfully fast is the constant talk of “bitches”, “not giving a fuck” and “getting fucked up”.
So there’s a new Deez Nuts album. Oh. Hmm. Okay. Take it away, Gavin Lloyd.
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Did you know that Thy Art Is Murder are Michel Roux Jr and Gregg Wallace’s favourite deathcore band? In fact the New South Wales natives have made several appearances on Australian Masterchef and apparently make a smashing Eggs Benedict. With that in mind, lets get down to talking about the culinary mosh-melange that is their new record Hate (which is also the name of a kind of traditional Aussie consommé, I think).
We’re at the mercy of modern technology for this episode of the Thrash Hits Podcast - Raz has decamped to the USA for a few weeks for SXSW and some California sunshine, leaving the rest of us here in miserable old England. With possibly the dodgiest Skype connection imaginable, Hugh and Raz discuss how SXSW has changed over the years, as well as speculating on how two very different kinds of hype affect bands - that currently being felt by Ghost (or Ghost BC, if you’re an American) and the kind that surrounds Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats.
