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   Hot this Month ! (updated: May 2012)

A REBEL SALUTE TO THE OLD SCHOOL OF HATE CD This album is a joint project of Kuba (The Invasion), Jesse (Deaths Head, Kilgore, Spatter Pattern) and Shannon (Ravenous). This is a rocking CD with a sound similar to Kilgore, but more upbeat and more varied. Solid skinhead rock with a southern rock influence. A much better CD than expected. Pro-CDR.       BAD ASSETS 'The spirit of Detroit' CD Detroit Oi! with a black singer who is also the frontman in old school hardcore band Death In Custody. Bad Assets is very solid Oi! with a splash of hardcore, the way most American Oi! used to be in the 80's or early 90's, and then also a couple of straight up Oi! songs. As for lyrics, they sing mainly sing about working, drinking, working more, drinking and being working class. Actually, they do mix it up and get more specific lyrically with 'Bailout' and 'Too far' and 'What's due'. Detroit is a tough city and it shines through in their lyrics with doing the typical tough guy lyrics..       BRETONISCHE WAFFENVERBAND / BORDELBOYS 'Split' MCD Split CD of the 2 French bands, with both presenting 3 songs each and then one with both bands together. Der Bretonische Waffenverband deliver the same kind of sound as on their full-length: 80's sounding French RAC. The Bordelboys also play along the same style as on their demo CD (which is still available too); a very untypical sound for a French band, much faster and thrashier sounding and all songs sung in English. Der Bretonische Waffenverband is definitely the better of the 2 bands, but their full-length is a notch better. The packaging, cover and booklet are nice though.        BRUTAL SKINS 'Demo' MCD This is a factory-pressed 4-song demo-CD of a new band from Chile, the Brutal Skins. Honest, old-style Oi! with a definite Spanish touch, not only because of the language they sing in, but one can hear that they have been influenced by the old Spanish bands of the 80's and 90's. Not a hint of metal in their sound. Shows it's a promising band, but the recording quality could have been better. Decent for a demo though and for the price. Released on Germany's Skinhead Beat Records who seem to have found their niche releasing cheaply priced recordings of mostly up'n'coming acts, giving these otherwise unknown acts to get their music properly released and distributed. Limited edition of 500 handnumbered copies.       BULLDOG BREED. Unleashed again T-shirt       BURST OUT 'West Japanese skinheads' Compilation CD Repress of the classic Japanese skinhead compilation, originally released in 1995 on Ebusi Records. Features a lot of the big names on the Japanese scene: Roughtrade, Blade, L.R.F., For Men, Crikey Crew and Side Burns. A must have for all fans of Nippon Oi, not the more metallic SSS sound.       CAUSE OF HONOUR 'Action times' MCD Cause Of Honour was one of the very first Greek skinhead bands from back in the 80's, who never officially released anything except for a couple of songs on a cassette. Therefore, the idea of the band reforming and doing an official release was very promising. Sadly enough, the result doesn't live up to the expectations. It's badly executed, simple Oi!-based RAC backed by a drum machine. Even the vocals aren't particularly good, and the 3 English songs are written in pretty bad and basic English. The only charm are the photos on the inside of the cover.       DEATHS HEAD 'The reapers kiss' CD 6th album already of the Australian Hammerskin band. 9 new tracks and over 45 minutes of music in that typical Deaths Head metal style, combined with personal, historical and political lyrics. The band aren't redefining themselves with this album, but rather stay loyal to their tried concept of metal-RAC.       ENGLISH ROSE. Crucified T-shirt       KLASSENKAMPF 'Musik für die Arbeiterklasse' CD 8-track factory-pressed demo-CD of the German band. Simple old-school German Oi!, sounds like it could have been a cassette demo from back in the 80's, totally in that style and extremely low-fi recordings. With all the bands around in Germany, you'd expect better if a band wants to get its name out. That said, it's a demo and at that price you can't really go wrong either. Released on Germany's Skinhead Beat Records who seem to have found their niche releasing cheaply priced recordings of mostly up'n'coming acts, giving these otherwise unknown acts to get their music properly released and distributed. Limited edition of 500 handnumbered copies.       O.W.K. 'Chujover' CD Third release already by O.W.K., the identity rock project of Olaf, formerly of the Polish band Honor. This one has more of a metal influence again in half of the songs: more guitars, faster and more aggressive. The other songs are more in the style of the 'Antysocial' album, being catchy rock with a melodic edge.       OPERACE ARTABAN 'Prozreni' CD New - 2012 - full-length album of the long-going Czech band, their 4th (and 2 split albums). Their sound hasn't changed a bit; still solid straightforward skinhead rock'n'roll. What has changed though is that for the first time in the band's history apart from covering the usual subjects, they also speak out against the politically correct infiltrators undermining freedom of speech in the scene. Comes with a 20-page booklet with all lyrics, both in Czech and English.       SPY KIDS 'The end of the first decade' MCD My first introduction to this German Oi! band, even though they already have some (vinyl) releases under their belts. This release celebrates the band's first 10 years in which they released a 'whopping' 14 songs, this album included! Not the most prolific band as far as releases goes, but they have played numerous gigs and the experience really shines through in their music: powerful, uptempo Oi! with catchy singalong melodies. A pleasant surprise. Limited edition of 500 copies, 400 regular CD's and a digipack version limited to a 100 copies. This is the digipack version.       VÖLUND SMED 'Ur askan' CD This is more like it, without a doubt the album of the month! Sweden's Völund Smed finally make a comeback with a proper new album, after a very limited release last year which was only available at the Kuggnäs Festival. The band's trademark sound is still here for all to enjoy: very catchy, upbeat and melodic rock / viking rock with some folk influences, accompanied by some of the scene's most distinctive vocals courtesy of Micke. There's not a single bad song on the whole album. The band members who after Völund Smed's break-up went on to play in Hel are back on board and Jocke Karlsson has joined as a second guitarist. Check this one out!       ZURZIR / TRISKEL 'The same blood the same race' Split CD Split CD between Zurzir from Brazil and Triskel from Chile. Zurzir is an old RAC who have been going since the 90's already. There sound has however changed quite a bit. Instead of their old RAC sound, they have now embraced a much heavier metal-RAC style, but it works well for them. The recording quality has much improved. Triskel play a very similar style of metal-RAC. Pretty decent album if you love your music heavier and with lots of guitar. The booklet features all lyrics and a photo of each band. All available through… www.pure-impact.com/store    Hot on Pure Impact !       BLOOD RED EAGLE. Australiana CD The newest Pure Impact release, a very varied album by the Australians, from hard RAC to rock to more Oi-sounding tracks to ballads and some tracks with a slight viking-rock touch. shows the bands evolution throughout the years. truly a very strong album and not just a shameless plug for our own release. comes with a really nice booklet with lyrics and explanations to all songs, band photos etc… Titles: Into memory – Jormungand - Nations of the forgotten - As the winds change direction - The age of discontent - Traitor - Eureka song - Tying the noose - To update the bible with the times - Songs of wolves - As the hammer falls - Boots and braces - The viking drinking song - Eye of the storm. MP3 sample       ULTIMA THULE. DVD Official Ultima Thule DVD featuring their 2 old live videos "Vi syns i Valhall" and "Live 93/94", a documentary on the band and one on the arson of their studio Valhall, both with subtitles in English, and extensive photo galleries and a complete discography with cover photos and pressing information. all professionally produced, and nearly 3 hours worth of material.       FIST OF STEEL. "Reds hunter" CD brand new album of the very popular Brazilian masters of RAC-rock, very melodic, singalong and catchy, well-played and topped off with synthesizer. all songs in English. MP3 sample