Deathwish Records is putting out some live records (Converge, Blacklisted, Pulling Teeth) and the last one was the Bitter End show at Sound & Fury 2007, you can download it here and it's legal.BITTER END - Live S&F'07
Bitter End also released a new 7" last month, through Deathwish and it's worth to give it a listen. They're still playing this kind of powerfull NYHC ala Agnostic Front, Leeway and the Mags of course mixed with some metallic influences. 2 songs on this new record if you except the intro, both last more than 4 minutes and are kind of epic.
"Running a race against time / Living life not my only crime / Sins of the past coming to bite me back / A circle of pain / An endless track.
Face to face with consequences / Gotta fix the wrong / Seeing the error in my ways / Placed here for a reason / I need to make due and not waste away / Find a path in the darkness out of this purgatory."
Finally. I made it, i went to Ieper for the first time of my life to attend one of the biggest hardcore punk (metal???) independent (???) events of the summer. I missed Rhythm To The Madness (feat ex or current members of Justice, Rise and Fall, Think It Through) and some crappy metal shit (Cephalic Carnage, Folsom, Despised Icon). Endzweck were not that good, shitty sound... Shipwreck (AD) played and that was really better than the first time i saw them , in December. They ended their set with Footsteps, massive. I can't remember which band came after but Verse played a really tight show mixing new songs and some old ones (not that much from the first album and that was pretty disappointing). The crowd was singing under the rain. They improved a lot since the first time I saw them in 2005 (they had the original drummer on this tour) and i really appreciate Sean's way of sing on stage. This guy seems to fly over the stage. Have Heat came next, and i was really disappointed. The singer, which is pretty good on records,sucks live. I alsp expected some old songs from both demo and 'What Counts' 7" like 'Lionheart'.
HAVE HEART - What Counts
Rise and Fall were huge as usual mixing some Entombed death'n roll style with Cleveland influences. I can't wait for their next record which The Locust were boring. I just can't understand that kind of music... I don't think i'll come back to this fest, the disrespectful attitude of some people was discouraging: amounts of garbage , drunk people everywhere .... That's not what I expect from that kind of festival. But i've to admit that the vegan burgers and cookies were great ahah.
YES, i'm the crapiest blogger ever. I'm the laziest guy ever too. (and it's the third post that says " i suck"). Things went fast: new job, new opportunities, new friends so i didn't get enough time to set this blog up and post new shit.
But things are going to change. Expect some new reviews and reports soon (Ieper Fest, Free Edge fest and summer shows in Paris). Interviews are the way too. (Dirty Money/Grand Master Beatdown for exemple).
As I said in the first post, i'm the laziest dude ever and making a zine is only a dream that I won't realize cause I just can't join ink and paper. So here i come with a blog about hardcore punk, straight edge, friends, vegan sandwiches, street knowledge (ahah) and some stupid stuff ....
