vendredi 10 juin 2022

Ex-Dom: New EP!

 

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.
 
 
 
 

You can listen to Ex-Dom on Rien à Faire #35.
 
  

 
 




 
 
 
 
 

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