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Y NOT-More Beer...More Noise!!! Album review by Mark J. FFO: Raw, Old School Punk Glory with some cool sludge metal elements. Finally, we have a new old-school style punk band, which is a relief to all the social media arse-kissing and brand-sponsored and overhyped hardcore filth we currently have polluting our ears and venues. This is a glorious raw punk metal beast of an album that not only has quality folk in the band but also has two certified punk legends; namely Bucky of Warp Spasm/ BeanFlipper fame and Sir Camel of Wot Rot and they both have had endless other wicked bands previously. Prepare for eight banging punk anthems with some old hardcore vibes, a touch of UK82 punk, tons of sprinkles of abrasive metal, and crunchy sludge.  Neck a beer or twelve and strap yourself into this superb punk classic release.  Track one is Myki , the dumbarse public transport payment system we detest and even more so with the authoritarian fake cops that police it. That aside, what an op...

  Orlando Furioso-Voices EP review. FFO: Blazing, thrashy hardcore. 1054 Records have done it again, this time with an excellent new EP from the crew from Washington DC. Founded by Nick Sawaya in early 2020 as a solo studio project, Orlando Furioso self-released four singles and a four-song EP heavily influenced by classic punk and hardcore before quickly solidifying a full lineup and taking it to the stage. Joined by bassist Mike Pruitt, drummer Holden Lee Duke, and guitarists Jay Frost and Fred Delacruz of Silence Equals Death, Orlando Furioso’s high-energy performances throughout the mid-Atlantic quickly established them as one of the must-see acts coming out of DC, playing with bands like Madball, Sick Of It All, Life of Agony, and Rob Lind of Blood for Blood and Ramallah. This vivid release has mad tempo riffs, scathing vocals and excellent drums/bass warfare. Voices beckon your speakers to be blown. O.F. is a dynamic and super energetic band that has translated their passion...

  Arsenico-Reign of Fear EP review by Mark J. FFO: Classic Hardcore/Crust/D-Beat. A reasonably new (well 2022) D-beat/Hardcore Megaforce from Sydney. This debut EP or 7" is as solid as you would expect from the impressive experience contained in this band. And just because it has Dennis the Menace on Vox from Darkhorse, don't expect it to sound the same. I mean it's not a country and western band, but it explores different formats of searing aggression. This is like a perfect mix of blazing Sydney no bullshit hardcore like Toe to Toe/AVO etc meets the modern worship of Tragedy/From Ashes Rise/Aus Rotten/Disfear. And it works so well, all six tracks are wild and dominating. This is a truly killer release. The opening track Forced Motherhood is raging like the topics it covers(lyrics as expected are awesomely aggressive and sociopolitically scathing as all should be), and the interplay between the Toe to Toe style harmonies mixed with a more crust metal style guitar is sens...

  Enzyme-Golden Dystopian Age album review by Mark J. FFO: Stunningly brutal and clever D-beat perfection. Album number two has arrived from these raw punk/D-beat legends and it's a ripper. Louder, more tangential and utter classic. This album will be guaranteed to be a frequent player for even the fussiest punk/hardcore fan. Get ready for face-melting D-beat glory with lovely head nods to so many great bands, but sounding damn original at the same time. Enzyme has really arrived with this incredible release. Album number Two commences in a forceful and confident manner with the muscular Intro/State of Fear. You immediately hear riffs that are reminiscent of Black Sabbath, but sneakily it gets fuzzy, and weirdly electro with noisy sounds/beats(care of NERVE-local fantastic hard techno-wizard who adds his skills to three tracks on this album) and drifts into fantastic spoken words integrating with the punk electroclash (also featuring Bernie from Hardcore Victim records), and this ...

  Pizza Death-Reign of the Anticrust album review. FFO: Funny as Pizza Crossover and utterly brilliant songs. You have all heard the first album, a headbanging and moshing classic, and we all understand the brief; fast, thrashy crossover with all the lyrics laser-focused on Pizza or death related to it. Pizza Death also runs this solid and consistent theme thru cool advertisements/promos and epic merch. Now you could think that this is simply a lightweight, humourous band having fun with no skill. Not remotely, this band is a tight and killer live force and the second album is sensational. Ten fucking pizzas out of ten, now let's cut to the slice. Album number two is as spicy and cheesy as the debut that dropped two years ago, but the songs seem even more energetic and more deranged. Indeed the humour works a treat, any of the titles are sidesplitting and the samples are spot on. Shit is funny from start to end, but simple Beavis and Butthead-level humour would not last 20 songs de...

  Distruster-new single/video: Naked Violence // Aerobicide. FFO: Perverted Industrial Dark Electro. It's definitely my month with the Schkeuditzer Kreuz album review and also the Distruster artist profile. Now these bangers just dropped. Explosive joy is in my fucking ears!. Naked Violence is one of two sick tracks with brilliant videos for each. Naked Violence is hard, occult-like and groovy electro-violence at its finest, with insane samples, gothy Marilyn Manson-style vocals and the phattest, depraved beats we come to expect from the glorious Distruster. I adore how this is super dancey, heavy as hell and also has that underground sex club vibe. Or at least as portrayed in the cheap slasher movies. But nothing is cheap about the production and sound, huge and sonically crushing. Aerobicide is seemingly much more evil and foreboding. Just how dirty are the opening synths eating away your soul, utterly compelling stuff. Nasty, but intelligent. Often a slower and grinding tempo ...

Schkeuditzer Kreuz-No Life Left album review. FFO: Dystopian D-Beat Industrial Masterpiece. Second album problems, no chance with this wise punk wizard steering the mayhemic Schkeuditzer Kreuz . Crushing, engaging and overall a better album than the debut. Strap your brain in for some distorted electro-brilliance. SK is the awesome hard as hell, doomy/depressive gloom fest of Kieren from Darkhorse and numerous other noteworthy punk bands. No Life Left again dips into that nostalgic region of classic industrial aka Skinny Puppy ,  Einstürzende Neubauten, Front 242 etc mixed with a loud version of dark electroclash underground techno. No Life Left works extremely well, it's as psycho as much as disrupting thee psyche. The new release is eight tracks of banging SK classics that are all cross-genred as fuck, just as I love. It's nasty, raw and immense underground industrial techno that sounds punk as hell. Opener No Redemption gets the bleak shit happening with a ghastly sample a...

  Ze Wisenheimer-The Observer single review by Mark J. FFO: Loud post-punk. Not sure why I didn't know about this band, or frankly why they aren't getting the hype they should. This is gritty, chunky and clunky (as in off-beat in a wicked way) punk rock very much in the ballpark of Cosmic Psychos, Venom P. Stinger etc.  This four-track single or EP is solid as hell. It definitely centres around the focus track, The Observer . This is a jarring, and raucous gem, the guitarwork is very much ye olde 70's pub rock mixed with timeless 80's post-punk confidence. Like the aforementioned Psychos, it doesn't need all the fancy bells and whistles, because it's got the works. Rollicking drumbeats, punchy basslines and shouty/semi-spoken old-man punk vocals just work so sublimely. And this non-flashy technique works so well, add to the EP a killer live rendition of the single plus two other live bangers that put you right there in a grotty pub clutching your beer as if it...

Artist Profile:  DISTRUSTER-Depraved Works and Interview by Mark Jenkins. FFO: Ministry, Skinny Puppy, NIN, Marilyn Manson, sacrifices and everything else we need.  Ok the internet is a pretty average place to find artists of depth and for quality collabs, but my own band came across this depraved genius known as Distruster from San Francisco and so many facets of this act appeal to me; the grim, macabre entertainment, the film like approach to atmospheric story and mood and the sheer damn catchiness of the tunes. The core of it(which is certainly flushed out in this stunning interview below)is crushing hard industrial electro/techno  that has an outstanding punk edge, endless brilliant samples and it floors you. Do you need to pay attention to this artist, YOU ABSOLUTELY FUCKING DO. Selected Works: World War Zero (2022) is the staggering deviant debut album that is covered in grime, and blood but definitely drips in outstanding quality. This is a modern take on classic I...