CATHARSIS/ NEWBORN - split MCD

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Here are two hardcore bands I highly respect. I will star with Catharsis. They contributed for this split just one but amazing, almost ten minutes long song titled ''Arson's Prayer''. It starts with a piano and sounds similar to the intro on their firs album titled ''Samsara''. After the intro breaks out fast driving drumming twisting with harsh screaming vocal, and melancholic guitar rhythms in the background. That leads to a long even more melancholic bass leading part loaded with spoken words and some powerful beats from time to time. This is definitely my favourite Catharsis song they ever did and it has amazing dense lyric, which is a call to revolt. Newborn are devoted to more melodic and modern hardcore sound. Fast, beautiful and catchy… you have to love what they're doing. Lyrics are not as complicated as Catharsis one but still very thoughtful written. The main message is escaping from the daily life formed by conformity. The only bad thing about this split is its length, which last barely 20 minutes. CRIMETHINC.

NEWBORN - ''In these desperate days…we still strive for freedom'' 7''

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You can't even imagine how good this is…it's a nice example of what I called perfect release, and I'm not talking just about music here! These Hungarian guys musically and lyrically hit into the middle of my heart. It's some kind of fast music mixture of new school, old school and emocore with non-stop brilliant melodies and screaming vocal, which from time to time become melodic sung. The music is mainly melodic and it has very completion technical riffs. Everything is on the right place! I could place this somewhere between Shai Hulud and Stretch Arm Strong, but I believe this is much better and of course faster! The lyrics part is great too and even it's not hard to understand them they added also explanations. The first song titled ''Difficulties of crossing a border'' dealing with alienation caused by borders and I can imagine why they are so pissed on their national customs because I experienced that when I was returning from Hungary. The rest of the songs talk about the stupid separation of the hardcore scene, creating your own life and the last song ''all roads lead to Rome'' should be the hardcore hymn. Four beautiful songs we became addicted with. I want more! TURNSTILE RECORDS, SZALAI MIKLOS, H-1535 BUDAPEST, PO BOX 790, HUNGARY

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Izjemen Madžarski hardcore bend, ki je v hipu postal priljubljen v hardcore krogih...Fantje igrajo moderen hardcore, uporabljajo socialno politične tekste in v živo blestijo! Ajdovščina 06/12/99, Italy-Aviano 12/08/01, Belgija 19/08/01



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