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Newsflash: Fifteen Minutes of Pain with Nightmen!

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Ha! Somebody just stepped out of their garage and started rocking away! In a ’70s to ’80s style of Punk Rock, Pop Rock, and plain rock ‘n’ roll that will just take you on a ride. And no, they don’t even reach us out of the US of A. 

We talk about the Swedish band Nightmen and their second blurb Fifteen Minutes of Pain, released in April 2016. 

And true to one of their stated main influences, the Ramones are very (and I mean very) discernible in those 28 minutes of pain. A very few minutes that cover a whopping … [...] Click to raid more!

Slap Betty – Nothing out of Nothing (2016) – Review

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Fancy some real crunchy rock to go with your burger and beer? Well, try some Slap Betty from the Baltic Sea city Kemi in Finland and their newest item Nothing out of Nothing. Complete with hot, runny-nose sauce and sticky fingers. 

Their smoky, raspy brand of punkish Hard Rock with a metallic hue will certainly wake you up alright. And help with digestion too, ’cause you are gonna do a little dancing and headbanging once you start listening.

Looks like, at least for the time to record the disk, Slap Betty were able to keep track of their guitarist, and did not lose him somewhere in … [...] Click to raid more!

Newsflash: Hard Reset rock about Machinery & Humanity!

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Hard Reset‘s 2015 and first full-length album Machinery & Humanity released on CD in Europe in February of 2015.

The band hits you with some sort of a subdued, but very refined style of their own brand of rock. Often in the vein of their punk brethren with a distinct grungy flavor at times. Like some seriously toned-down mix of Nightmen and Nirvana combined.

The inclusion of some prog elements is sometimes surprising, but at a much less flashy level than their partners in crime of this very particular universe. 

Their music has got soul, however. Well thought through and refined, whereas the lyrics for sure would need … [...] Click to raid more!