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MOONSPELL
Night Eternal
(SPV)

WETNURSE
Invisible City
(Seventh Rule)

PANZER
Masse Kind
(Chaotic Underworld)

THE CARBONAS
S/T
(Goner)

GRAVE MAKER
Bury Me at Sea
(Think Fast!)

OMEGA MASSIF
Geisterstadt
(Radar Swarm)

ICOS
Fragments of Sirens
(Alerta Antifascista)
 
DISTURBING 
FORESIGHTS
De-Grunged 
(Deity Down)
 
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THE CARBONAS

S/T
(Goner)


 

For no frills rock and roll look here. For blunt in your face punk rock without intention of fame and glamour look here. For garage rock at its most minimal expression, no gimmicks on the side, look here. And that’s garage rock I am talking about for fuck’s sake. The day that subgenre gets fancy and technical shall be the day heaven gets scorching hot.

 

Anyway, Atlanta’s The Carbonas perfectly embody all that which is good about early punk rock. It’s minimal; a couple of chords repeated about a hundred times in the span of two minutes. A nice sticky melody hovering all over the music and your room the same way 50’s rock and roll used to embellish the lives of all thinking suburbanites at the time. And that’s kind of the hook here, you see. Much like the Ramones and minimalist bands The Carbonas obviously worships, like Eater, it’s pretty obvious that punk rock like this has much of its roots based in early rock and roll. Whether the five guys from The Carbonas look that back in the past for inspiration is anyone’s guess.

 

Something that stuck to me about this record; I checked it out in my car a few times. I had it playing non stop for about three days. I knew it was good from the getgo especially because of all the energy that it spewed out, but it just didn’t stick. The riffs sounded small. I do not mean that in a negative way. The production is flawless by the way. Very raw but with punch. What I mean by small is their construction. They are short and played at such speed they sound even shorter.  Listening to them carefully on headphones, the guitars just grab you by the balls, but back in my car on my way to and from work…this wasn’t passing the test.

 

Maybe I should have just blasted this fucker up to feel The Carbonas raw energy.  Everything else makes sense. I like the overall vibe of the band, because it seems so sincere. From the b/w photo of the band for cover - whether it’s a nod to The Ramones or not is irrelevant-, to the production, to their delivery, this just is what it is. This is pure rock and roll. No gimmicks, no poses, just five dudes playing sincere music with their balls in their hands.

 

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