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With a grit of the teeth and a
piercing thrust of aggression from
the heart of New York comes a
power that muscles a strong energy
Growling thunderbolts smash hard
as the Cro-Mags deliver their
knuckling punches, stimulating the
senses with a tight well-drawn
musical composition Sheer bom-
bardment of abrasive guitar work.
scraping the strings for a fluent dove
toward mayhem Heavy bass jolts
thrown alongside to keep a forceful
power in the vigorous sound, as a
smashing drum beat sets the tur-
bulent pace. Fifteen tracks launch
this debut album entitled The Age Of
Quarrel into the realm of non-hesitant
hardcore with mean, gritty metallic
licks that make a confident platter of
excitement Excruciating action eve
dent in melodias like "Sign of the
Times, Hard Times." "World
Peace and Don't Tread on Me"
show the dominate potency in the
Cro-Mags report, as lead vocalist
John Joseph snarls the furious barks
that gives this band that all-important
charisma Distinctive and excep-
tional in bulldozing quality, the Cro-
Mags create more than just a flailing
ruckus on Rock Hotel Records.
Cliff Hanger has still got the group
going, vibrant and exciting as it was
in the past, with this now Lp Rabid
Reaction, the Freeze work for an
adventurous brilliance, Not losing
their roots, still containing the
maniac power strokes, and pursuing
the effects of high-velocity intensity.
PUSEVING
the Freeze walk away with a well-
placed pizza of steamy delight. Their
long overdue second album startles
the senses with its solid crunch and
tight cargo perhaps the Freeze's
best effort since the "Boston Not
L.A. compilation album. There is a
wild aura evident here that brings the
harmonies right into your head and
keeps you bouncing singing along
with Cliff's vocal prowess, itchin' a bit
for more. Rigorous guitar jaunts with
a crazed distorted touch, adds the
topping to this powerful Freeze
assault One of the last of the
Massachusetts bands to still hit with
the same stamina. On Modern
Method Records.
Nitro-charged and frantically
steadfast comes a hot new Japanese
band called Rose Rose. Zippy bursts
of high-speed mayhem wisely travels
with a unique power, layering in a
few whiney metallic bits to spew out
a radical dose of that dispatching
chaos. Rose Rose consist of three
members who surge forth with an
uproarious sound that escalates the
Farenheit to bubbling degrees, buck-
ing the action in the 'no holds barred"
fashion. Seven storming tracks strike
the lightning down on this quickly-
paced, vibrant blitz of thrash flavor
and that true Japanese technique.
Enjoyable with savage appeal, this
band wails. Dogma Records, No. 303
Acta Bld., 3-1-9. Koenji-kita.
Suginamiku, Tokyo 166 Japan.
Sound the alert. The raw, uncom-
promising deliverance of a band so
Frantic scratchings and
crazed scribbles from the
mysterious U.K. medman-SQUEAL
potent in anger. yet so hungry in
noise, comes to you with a lyrical
content so sincere to their nature.
that the entire combination makes
for a charging speedcore spasm of
furious havoc with just the right
rhythms. From Nottingham
England, the Concrete Sox mix a
blend of harmonious hardcore with
the riffy delights of metal and zoom
at the chance to take their stance.
and pull it off wonderfully. Here you
have an album. You Turn Next, with
a fox's head staring at a hunter, the
hatred in its eyes, a snarl on its jaws.
looking for its revenge, and the
Concrete Sox, speaking the words
of the fox and animals in general who
have been dealt unfair death at the
price of senselessness. Musically
this scorches the walls up and down
with a graunched-out, totally extorted
volley of direct speed and force,
rushing with disorderly, energetic
snaps, throwing the flailing seizures
into mass appeal. Every bit as good
as a band should be, Concrete Sox
hit hard with an original sound and
menacing approach that floods the
senses from two stances and still
churns out more excitement. Killer!
On C.OR. Records. Box 333. 37
Stokes Croft, Bristol B52 3P4
England.
Also on the Children Of The
Revolution label is the new split
release called Unlimited Genocide,
featuring two rapid bulletins of a
band, namely A.O.A. and Oi Polloi
Both of these bands pack it in tight
with a quick raw energy, sheering
quitar madness and vocals that
shred the throat Brisk melodies
keep the pace alive. hurriedly raging
with a compelling, maximum velocity
to direct the sound-fast, intense,
with an exhilirated result. Both
A.O.A. and Oi Polloi are fine ex-
amples of the new blood arising from:
the United Kingdom these days and
also represents the new sound.
becoming popular there also. A great
slab with two exceptional bands
CORUK
Here's a nifty compilation out of
South Carolina that features U.S.
and Canadian bands called There's
a Method to Our Madiness Nineteen.
bands with single songs by each
make up this barrage of thrash and
speedcore arrangements, all with
an exceptional side to each.
Ludichrist Sacrilege.
Sentence, Damage, Direct Action.
Legion Of Doom and Ultral
Violence are just some of the bands
gracing this vinyl outting Sound
quality varies a bit, but the energy is
all tough and go, each outfit giving
a very good performance. A good
way to hear some new bands that do
not have vinyl out yet On Phantom
Records, PO Box 39275, North
Cont. Sta. Chas, S.C. 29407 USA
Speed merchants from Germany.
Inferno, have just self-released their
second Lp Hibakusha, a firehouse of
bolting energy and rapid. cannon-
booming charges. Quick persistant
guitar work bashed in with a manic
drum beat gets the petro flowing to
ignite a thrillfest of split-second rifts
and lightning-paced excitement. Still
with the same form of the debut Lp.
Inferno strike with zooming
torpedoes of chaos, vigor and a style
of thrash that picks up the flailing ac-
tion. German lyrics sound the attack
as the vocalist spits and shouts in a
tongue-lashing fashion over the four-
teen gut-crunching tracks. A record
that keeps the hardcore faith and
scorches down fast. Rise And Fall
Ludwig-Ottier Str. 13C 8900
Augsburg 23. West Germany
Attitude Adjustment American
Paranoia Lp
Civilized Society Demol
Crumbsuckers - Demo
Ceresit 3 Gallows Lp
LSD Jast Last 7"
Fledgling Punx - Ep
The Cro-Mags up front umpth. Harley Flannigan and John Joseph. Photo: Pushead
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