I've already said a lot of good things about Ex-Dom from Bremen, Germany in my September 2021 review of their demo, with the raging hardcore punk of the Germans and Colombians even making my Top of 2021 list... so yes, you could say I was especially happy to hear that a new tape was on its way!
Available for streaming only for now (except if you're ready to pay
666$!), you should be available to purchase these six new tracks really
soon thanks to
Abfall Records
which is kindly going to put them on tape. Named
Zwangsvollstreckung (Foreclosure), this records picks up right
exactly where the demo left off, if you liked their raging hardcore punk
à-la
Jarada
inspired by furious Colombian bands and modern D-beat hardcore groups
you're going to absolutely love this new release. It's raw, it's fast, and
it sounds big, powerful and angry as fuck!
The dual (raw) vocals German/Spanish keep working perfectly, with
both singers individually asserting themselves perhaps a bit more in their
parts than in the demo as they continue to explore a raucous tone that
smoothly takes us to the dark side of raw punk or even crust. My German is
very rusty and I don't speak Spanish at all but it's easy to notice that
with titles like Krieg (War), Kalt (Cold) or
Devastación the topics of these
songs are not the lightest or the happiest (and I like it better this
way).
I have to point out Massengrab Mittelmeer (Mass grave
Mediterranean Sea) which seems to address the tragedy of migrants dying
while trying to cross the sea (mostly) from Libya to Europe (it is estimated that
more than 20,000 people have drowned since 2015) and I always salute punk
bands that deal with today's topics instead of always rehashing the same
worn out clichés about Hiroshima... On top of that, this track got a heavy
and sad mid-tempo vibe which suits the topic perfectly
and stands out from the rest of Ex-Dom's fast-paced tunes.
In a few words it's another great release by Ex-Dom, I
unfortunately still haven't been able to see them live but I hope this
will change in the coming months.
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