CHAMPION - ''Time slips away'' CD
Genre: old school hardcore
Score:
6/10
Label: Join the Team Player Records
Year: 2004
Length: 14 tracks - 30:49 min
Link: Champion Mp3: ''The decline''
Favourite Track: ''Monument''

Amerišli hardcore 'šampioni' s svojim zadnjim izdelkom, ki ubistvu druži komade dveh E.P.-jev ''Come Out Swinging'' in ''Count Our Numbers''. Skupno 13 komadov hitrega in jeznega old school hardcora, ki bo marsikomu prebudil spomine na Chain of Strenght, Trial in podobne nekoč popularne bende. Fantje gradijo svojo glasbo na drvečem tempu, kitarskih melodijah in več-vokalnih izpadih, vse skupaj pa začinijo s pozitivnimi teksti, ki so sicer dobro napisani, a že stokrat prej slišani. ''...we stood side by side and nothing else mattered/ We were straightedge and at least I still am/ Did you forget about what we said?/ Or did it just not mean as much?...''. Dokaj neoriginalno in nikoli moj tip hardcora, ampak še vedno poslušljivo, zlasti za posi-hardcore navdušence. Skozi zgoščenko naletiš še na odličen ''Is anybody there'' od Alone in a Crawd in pa ''One to two'' od Dag Nasty, omeniti pa moram tudi ovitek, ki je naravnost čudovit. Metalno-modra na beli in črni barvi, žive fotografije, vse lepo postavljeno in urejeno...tip ovitka, ki bi ga hotel imeti vsak hardcore bend. Toliko o tem. Kot sem že prej omenil, nič novega, ampak še vedno na nivoju. (24/04/2004)

English Version:
American hardcore 'champions' with their new output which's not really that new since it only contains songs from two E.P.s ''Come Out Swinging'' and ''Count Our Numbers''. All in all 13 tracks of fast and raging old school hardcore similar to Chain of Strength, Trial and alike once popular bands. Music is bulit on driving tempos, guitar melodies and strong back-ups while they cling to positive lyrics. Those are good written but don't really bring anything new... ''...we stood side by side and nothing else mattered/ We were straightedge and at least I still am/ Did you forget about what we said?/ Or did it just not mean as much?...''. Quite unoriginal actually and never my type of hardcore, but still decent, especially for the lovers of classic hardcore. I like Alone in a Crawd cover song ''Is anybody there'' way more than their second cover ''One to two'' by Dag Nasty but I like even more record's lay-out. Metallic-blue, white and black colours, vivid band photos, everything perfectly arranged and all...something every hardcore band dream about. Thta's about it. Like I said before, nothing new here but stil decent. (24/04/2004)