Isolated Zine: issue 4 is now printed.
interviews with Coke Bust, Power Trip, Mixtapes, Maranatha, and my buddy Dave Shonk about being an artist and building a haunted house. Horror movie crossword puzzle, album reviews, zine reviews, my top 2012 albums, etc.
Some reviews of bands such as Twitching Tongues, Trash Talk, Harness, and more
5.5”x8.5” - 28 pages
so far only 30 printed. 15 with blue cover. 15 with white cover.
will be printing more once these are out.
$2 or issues 1-4 for $6
http://isolatedyouth.storenvy.com/
ALBUM REVIEW
Retribution - ‘Consumed’
by: S. Fetters
I’ve seen Retribution a few times and I’ve found them to be kind of forgettable, but last week I saw them open the Expire/ Bent Life tour stop in Dearborn, Michigan and I was blown away. I had to go back and listen to this band again.
Retribution’s new EP, Consumed (Lost Time Records) came out on November 3rd, when the band opened up Trial’s Detroit show. Consumed is a straightforward and fairly simple effort—the riffs aren’t super original, but the songs are catchy and fun. The band is thrashy and slips into these mid-tempo grooves which I like a lot.
There’s something inexplicably raw about this record, though the production quality is excellent.
The bass playing on this record is super tight while the drumming is kind of loose and swingy (in a good way). The instruments aren’t clashing and the guys in the band sound like they’re really comfortable playing off of each other. The guitar solo at the end of “No More” is a cool little thing thrown in.
Lyrically the record doesn’t break into new territory, but also doesn’t fall back on clichés. It’s weird to say, but I like the singer’s voice a lot. I wish the vocals weren’t as low in the mix as they are.
The cover art rules, Lost Time Records rules, Detroit Hardcore rules, Retribution rules. Go hear this record.
working on issue #4. any ideas or thoughts on who to interview, etc.?
you should be able to write comments on the tumblr page!
Reviewed By Zane Grime
Wolf X Down Hail From Ruhrpott (Germany)
They are a female fronted 4-Piece Vegan Straight-Edge Band which are made up of the following members
Larissa - Vocals
Tommy - Guitar
Sven - Drums
Merlin - Bass
This band are currently signed to the following labels:-
Catalyst Records(US)
Life.Lair.Regret.Records(AUS)
Start A Fire Records(EUR)
The release which I have chosen to review is the “Renegades” “7”
This Release contains 4 Tracks Of Raw Material
The music style throughout the release ranges from Fast Paced Riffage to Piledriving Breakdowns then to top it all off there is mid tempo Hate whilst incorporating extra intensity because of the melodic aspects into the structure of the music.
This Release is definately worth a listen so Check it out and if you would like to support the band Pick Up Some Merch or a copy of the “7”
This release is available for free Via Mediafire
http://www.mediafire.com/?shw950fnh5o1anq
Although hard copies are available from the bands big cartel page alternatively you can click the picture and it will take you to the same link
http://wolfxdown.bigcartel.com/product/mmxi-7
You can also download the MMXI 4Track here which features tracks such as:-
1.Hide & Seek
2.ROT
3.Faithless
4.Rat Race
http://www.mediafire.com/?jl0b71v0cb76re1
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ZINE REVIEW: by Brian Barr
ISOLATION ZINE issue #1 (Corona, CA)
interviews: Ceremony, Sam of Triple B Records, Boston Strangler, Zero Progress, Our Side, End To End
You may be thinking, Isolation Zine? Isolated Zine? I’m confused. So was I when somebody told me about Isolation Zine. Turns out Matt Torres didn’t know about my zine and named his a similar name. Well I guess great minds think alike because this is a cool zine. The layout was all done cut & paste. The interviews aren’t super in depth but still good, short reads. The End To End interview was a good one and talked about skateboarding for a bit so you know I’d dig that. Other highlights besides the interviews were the ‘4 Tips For Your Band’ and of course that Charlie Brown comic pasted in. Good one. Can we add Matt is only 16!
Acquire: isolationzine.bigcartel.com
ALBUM REVIEW
Test Of Time - ‘Inclusion’
by: S. Fetters
Test of Time is an old dude straight edge band. Todd Pollock, the guy behind the photographs on your favorite records, sings and ships the merch.
The packaging for Inclusion, Test of Time’s debut demo/ full length, is simple and neat. It’s just a CD wrapped in a lyric sheet and put in a plastic sleeve. Apparently one of the CDs has a secret track entitling the purchaser to a free test pressing of the 7inch version.
On Inclusion, Test of Time play straight-up, super simple melodic hardcore. Inclusion is heavy and fast, but not so fast that the music or lyrics get garbled. The Internet says Test of Time are “classic” and “youth crew influenced”. I say Test of Time play hardcore the way hardcore is played when it is written by dudes who have outlasted a million trends and have the luxury of seeing through the bullshit.
My favorite song is the first full track, “Test of Time”. Mostly because I love when bands have songs named after the band and partly because I’m a sucker for hardcore songs about hardcore.
Lyrically, Test of Time aren’t just stoked on straight edge, they’re passionate about the edge. These dudes are in love with the edge. But they aren’t on the closed minds/ faux militancy trip and are able to write songs like “Open Doors”.
“Open Doors” isn’t a song most younger straight edge bands would have the guts the write— it’s about embracing the “straight edge round two” with “no questions asked”. “Open Doors” might be silly, but it’s sincere and says something nobody else is really saying.
As serious and heavy as Inclusion seems at first listen, it’s also super catchy and kind of silly and fun. I don’t know if this record is going to stand the test of time (shit, I’m clever), but right now, in this moment, I dig it.
