New sub-genre!
Sep. 28th, 2004 03:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexander_ukA friend of mine WINOLJ pointed me in the direction of an All-Dayer next month.
Fair enough... "so what are the bands like?" I asked. "A good mix of UK bands (punk/metal/emo/zombiecore/hardcore)" he replied. Zombiecore? What the hell is that?
Well, apparently:
Metal Hammer Jan 2004 - 8/10
A slab of zombiecore anyone?
The fact that Send More Paramedics smear themselves in makeup was a worrying possibility that they would be churning out dreary goth nonsense but - no! They sound like Minor Threat mixed with Prong mixed with Ministry (with the drum machine switched off) and every song they record is about the threat of having your brain eaten by zombies. Which obviously in Leeds is something that's going to be at the back of your mind most of the time. There is an unashamedly 80's thrash metal vibe to this record and the over-driven Big Black bass line of 'Driven To Destruction' gives way to woolly mammoth sized Slayer riffage. So throw your pseudo goth shit in the bin and get into zombiecore as quickly as (un)humanly possibile! (John Duran)
and
Kerrang KKKK 31/01/04
They may appear to be the drooling deformed offspring of Slayer and The Misfits, with their arsenal of psychotic thrash riffs expertly welded to short sharp, shocking hardcore song structure, but Send More Paramedics are their own, entirely novel creation; something warped and wonderful, born of wide-eyed inspiration, not fame-hungry desperation. And when you realise that virtually all of the Leeds-based quartet's songs are about zombies, the bloodstained penny drops and Send More Paramedics, like any band worth half a decaying skull, are the best idea you've heard this week. When a disturbing number of our homegrown bands remain tethered to their influences, regurgitating the looks and the sound of their heroes, we need maverick mentalists like Send More Paramedics more than ever. What sounds like more fun? Another dose of dull-but-worthy Toni & Guycore, or a band that sound like a knife fight in an asylum and have song titles like 'I Can Feel Myself Rotting'. 'The Hallowed And The Heathen' is every bit as fun as rising from the grave and terrorizing your buck toothed banjo-totin' neighbours. The undead are on the march and, this time, nothing can stop them. (Dom Lawson)
and
Die Shellsuit Die - 5/5
The second album from Leeds zombie core metallers SMP is quite simply fantastic. For those of you who aren’t familiar with these guys SMP blast along a hook in 80’s thrash metal not dissimilar to Slayer. These guys are heavily influenced lyrically by zombie movies (the band name is a line from Return Of The Living Dead) and for those of you raising a questioning eyebrow. Put it back down!! It just doesn’t matter. As an accompaniment to the amazing musicianship the lyrics don’t descend into mere joke parody. You take them seriously when they tell you they’re ‘gonna eat your fucking brains’. There are beat downs, guitar virtuosity that would make Steve Vai blush and chorus’ that beg to be yelled at the top of your lungs. I picked this album up after catching them live in Middlesborough and their show itself has to be seen to be believed. I implore you to get this album by any means necessary. It’s a refreshing change to a lot of the safe nu-metal dirge that the youth listen to these days. The fact that these guys are home-grown talent makes me feel warm inside. Arguably, the best band in the UK at the moment? On this evidence it’s hard to find anything to convince me otherwise.- (by Lee)
So it's kinda like Deathmetal I guess, as opposed to Deathrock. Ummm... ok, "Death Metal", that's taken, which is probably why they had to come up with a new name. Certainly sounds interesting anyway. Anyone fancy a bit of Zombiecore next month?
Fair enough... "so what are the bands like?" I asked. "A good mix of UK bands (punk/metal/emo/zombiecore/hardcore)" he replied. Zombiecore? What the hell is that?
Well, apparently:
Metal Hammer Jan 2004 - 8/10
A slab of zombiecore anyone?
The fact that Send More Paramedics smear themselves in makeup was a worrying possibility that they would be churning out dreary goth nonsense but - no! They sound like Minor Threat mixed with Prong mixed with Ministry (with the drum machine switched off) and every song they record is about the threat of having your brain eaten by zombies. Which obviously in Leeds is something that's going to be at the back of your mind most of the time. There is an unashamedly 80's thrash metal vibe to this record and the over-driven Big Black bass line of 'Driven To Destruction' gives way to woolly mammoth sized Slayer riffage. So throw your pseudo goth shit in the bin and get into zombiecore as quickly as (un)humanly possibile! (John Duran)
and
Kerrang KKKK 31/01/04
They may appear to be the drooling deformed offspring of Slayer and The Misfits, with their arsenal of psychotic thrash riffs expertly welded to short sharp, shocking hardcore song structure, but Send More Paramedics are their own, entirely novel creation; something warped and wonderful, born of wide-eyed inspiration, not fame-hungry desperation. And when you realise that virtually all of the Leeds-based quartet's songs are about zombies, the bloodstained penny drops and Send More Paramedics, like any band worth half a decaying skull, are the best idea you've heard this week. When a disturbing number of our homegrown bands remain tethered to their influences, regurgitating the looks and the sound of their heroes, we need maverick mentalists like Send More Paramedics more than ever. What sounds like more fun? Another dose of dull-but-worthy Toni & Guycore, or a band that sound like a knife fight in an asylum and have song titles like 'I Can Feel Myself Rotting'. 'The Hallowed And The Heathen' is every bit as fun as rising from the grave and terrorizing your buck toothed banjo-totin' neighbours. The undead are on the march and, this time, nothing can stop them. (Dom Lawson)
and
Die Shellsuit Die - 5/5
The second album from Leeds zombie core metallers SMP is quite simply fantastic. For those of you who aren’t familiar with these guys SMP blast along a hook in 80’s thrash metal not dissimilar to Slayer. These guys are heavily influenced lyrically by zombie movies (the band name is a line from Return Of The Living Dead) and for those of you raising a questioning eyebrow. Put it back down!! It just doesn’t matter. As an accompaniment to the amazing musicianship the lyrics don’t descend into mere joke parody. You take them seriously when they tell you they’re ‘gonna eat your fucking brains’. There are beat downs, guitar virtuosity that would make Steve Vai blush and chorus’ that beg to be yelled at the top of your lungs. I picked this album up after catching them live in Middlesborough and their show itself has to be seen to be believed. I implore you to get this album by any means necessary. It’s a refreshing change to a lot of the safe nu-metal dirge that the youth listen to these days. The fact that these guys are home-grown talent makes me feel warm inside. Arguably, the best band in the UK at the moment? On this evidence it’s hard to find anything to convince me otherwise.- (by Lee)
So it's kinda like Deathmetal I guess, as opposed to Deathrock. Ummm... ok, "Death Metal", that's taken, which is probably why they had to come up with a new name. Certainly sounds interesting anyway. Anyone fancy a bit of Zombiecore next month?