Amplify – Asturias, Spain. If your taste in music has simply existed on the periphery of European Skate Punk until now, then the words, Amplify – Deadlines are beckoning you to fully indulge. To indulge into a scene that has seen an exponential rise in both skill and blistering pace in these recent fast times.
Manchester Punk Festival. “Why Manchester Punk Festival 2020?” – Is the title of this written piece and the poster created by the festival that you can gaze and probably quite reasonably salivate over placed above is your answer! There’s no need for me to bore you away from your busy lives anymore, hooray! We can
Fake News – Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. I’ve been waiting for the following words, Fake News – Break The Silence for some time now. The former part of said written characters has featured on Ear Nutrition before, on one of the site’s earlier and now most-read reviews. Find it – Here. However, the 26th December
Freedumb – Østfold, Norway. ’90s melodic Punk-Rock and Skate Punk are the itch that simply won’t go away. Freedumb – Post-Modern Dark Age are a part of that itch. It’s an itch that despite repeated scratching only seems to bolden in its determination to always be there and let’s be honest now, the Punk scene of the
Fabled Mind – Copenhagen, Denmark. Fabled Mind and The Forthcoming Debut – ‘Passenger’ (22/11/19) – heed those words! The album will soon be released via UK/EU Punk-label stalwart Lockjaw Records in their quest to collate and expand the contemporary melodic Punk and Hardcore scenes. We all wish Lockjaw the best in their endeavours and thank
Bogans – Wrexham/Chester, United Kingdom. Cover photo: photoanhi – Here. The words ‘Single Premiere: Bogans – ‘Carnival Of Souls’ garner excitement. Limited excitement. So, to describe and understand Bogans accurately, you’ll need more than a simple purposeful statement. Split between Wrexham and Chester, the band are a five-piece that play fast and play angry. Bogans
Exploding Head Syndrome – Oslo, Norway. You see or hear the words – “Exploding Head Syndrome” – “Aristocratical Tendencies” and “EP” and you know via the name alone that at least one part of your brain is screaming down the rest via over-clocked intrigue. Native to Oslo, Norway, Exploding Head Syndrome very much “come at
Makeshift Promise – Zirc / Veszprém, Hungary. “Makeshift Promise” – “Humble Rage” are four words many didn’t expect to see returning to the European Punk circuit, but here we are. Five years is a considerable amount of time to elapse with no sonic activity but with the revitalisation of the Punk scene in recent years,
Time and Pressure – St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Cover photo: Christian Sellards. In 2018 a band by the name of Time and Pressure released a Demo EP that got through five songs in a mere seven minutes and twenty-eight seconds of visceral, classic yet more than relevant Hardcore Punk-Rock. The St. Louis ‘core-piece made a
Drunktank – The Hague, The Netherlands. ‘From five to six to four again, we’ve changed along the way’ Drunktank are a band fond of three things, 90’s Skate Punk, 80’s Metal and beer. Their latest album boasts two of those and can be suggested to imply the consumption of the third if you are so
