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Okay, what kind of reckless style amalgam ist he opening title track? The mercilessly slaying 'Schnaiserkitt'? How epic in scope is the wave breaking 'Valhalla'? Fjort actually need no more than these three songs to leave the listener speechless, but they do it another seven times. Close to nine months after the release of 'D’accord' we still marvel at This Charming Man for their 6th signing sense; at the enormous explosion in performance, that wasn’t to be expected in this magnitude after the very promising introductory-round of 'Demontage', or that this record has indeed been mangled out of their instruments by a three-piece wrecking ball.
First you may think: writing about Black Map of course means to write about Dredg, Far and The Trophy Fire, if only because „…And We Explode“ bears trademarks of the three other bands Mark Engles, Chris Robyn und Ben Flanagan are involved with. But it comes as a bit of a surprise, how effortless the three-headed powerhouse succeeds in combining the straight walk in direction of atmospheric alternative rock, the constant flirt with grounded stadium-sound and the steadfast traction of meaty hits. And yeah, in the end actually it works perfectly without even mentioning their other prominent playgrounds.
First and foremost, The Tidal Sleep made their homework in contemporary US-hardcore; though 'Vorstellungskraft' foreshadowed some of the things 'Keep You' succeeded in months later, but without the same radical break with their own past. On their second album, the Mannheim/Karlsruhe/Leipzig/
Their dynamic style of pop punk combined with fun, oldschool skate punk vibes make Gnarwolves one of the most interesting new bands the UK currently has to offer. On their first headline tour through Europe Thom (Guitar, Vocals) and Charlie (Bass, Vocals) met Heavy Pop at dasBach to talk about their debut album, skateboarding, and why their song 'Smoking Kills' isn’t really about smoking.
After the two consecutive successes '‘Im Schwindel‘‘ and 'Die Unsichtbaren‘, 2014 had to be endured without a new album by Messer, but fortunately not without other releases: while Record Store Day ’14 showed the groups changeableness with 'TCM Tones‘, last months 'Ein Film ist zuende, nur ein Film‘ succeeded with its balancing act between art piece and driving rock improvisation. Either way: no Heavy Pop Advent calender without being kicked off by Messer!
Auch vor der (je nach Zählweise) dritten Veröffentlichung seit dem Abmarsch der Big Business-Jungs hat das Besetzungskarusell rotiert und präsentiert die Melvins abermals in neuer Konstellation. Geändert hat sich an der Grundausrichtung dabei wenig: King Buzzo und Dale Crover genießen ihre Narrenfreiheit auf vitale Art und Weise und erweitern dazu ihr Repertoire.
"After a nine year lag, it’s time to get back on the wagon!" The California punk veterans Lagwagon are back with their new, long-awaited record 'Hang', which will be released on October 28. Heavy Pop talked to lead singer Joey Cape about the powerful sound of the album, his tribute song to Tony Sly and why the punkrock multi-talent doesn't like to appear in music videos.
![Swans, Pharmakon [17.10.2014: Arena, Wien]](https://i0.wp.com/www.heavypop.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Swans-Live-2-e1413643291977.jpg?resize=205%2C205&ssl=1 "Swans, Pharmakon [17.10.2014: Arena, Wien]")
Laut, lauter, Swans: mit welch erschütternden Intensität Michael Gira und seine Band die Arena zum Beben bringen, ist außerkörperlicher Trip und physische Grenzerfahrung gleichermaßen. Dass Pharmakon davor bereits ein spezielles Irrsinnsspektakel der Extraklasse abzieht, gerät da beinahe in den Hintergrund.
![The Menzingers, The Smith Street Band, The Holy Mess [15.10.2014,: Explosiv Graz]](https://i0.wp.com/www.heavypop.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/The-Menzingers-Live-e1413459797762.jpg?resize=205%2C205&ssl=1 "The Menzingers, The Smith Street Band, The Holy Mess [15.10.2014,: Explosiv Graz]")
Großes Punkrockkino, an einem nahezu perfekten Abend kompakt aufgezogen, das wegen der (angenehm) pünktlichen Beginnzeit zwar den Auftritt von The Holy Mess verpassen lässt, darüber hinaus aber die Erkenntnis unterstreicht, dass The Menzingers auch auf der Bühne schlichtweg eine Macht sind.
