TriFace - "3 Saucisses Dans Une Bulle"

A little better than the first album (6/10) Formé en décembre 2003, composé de musiciens ayant fait leurs "preuves" dans diverses formations, TriFace, "trio hardcore" plus bruyant qu’un quintet, propose une musique radicale, souvent très rapide, parfois lourde et puissante mais malgré tout mélodique. TriFace s’articule autour de la réelle complicité entre ses trois membres : Cédric Tam (guitare/chant), Thomas Boncour (basse/chant) et David "TMX" Grousset (batterie/chant). Les textes sont simples, drôles si l’on s’arrête à leur premier degré, mais à reconsidérer pour certains si l’on prend le temps de s’y intéresser. Loin des stéréotypes inhérents à ce genre de musique, TriFace dégage une énergie positive et sincère sur scène, amenant un public toujours plus nombreux et plus diversifié à les soutenir. TriFace se revendique "hardcore" mais ne réserve pas sa musique à des initiés. This album is a little better than the first one, but most of the tracks still lack any features that could make them truly memorable. They are nothing more than regular fast and loud rock songs, like so many others being recorded each day. The only tune that stands out of the crowd is "02 - New Bitch".

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TriFace - "Premiers Jets"

A solid piece of hardcore (6/10) Formé en décembre 2003, composé de musiciens ayant fait leurs "preuves" dans diverses formations, TriFace, "trio hardcore" plus bruyant qu’un quintet, propose une musique radicale, souvent très rapide, parfois lourde et puissante mais malgré tout mélodique. TriFace s’articule autour de la réelle complicité entre ses trois membres : Cédric Tam (guitare/chant), Thomas Boncour (basse/chant) et David "TMX" Grousset (batterie/chant). Les textes sont simples, drôles si l’on s’arrête à leur premier degré, mais à reconsidérer pour certains si l’on prend le temps de s’y intéresser. Loin des stéréotypes inhérents à ce genre de musique, TriFace dégage une énergie positive et sincère sur scène, amenant un public toujours plus nombreux et plus diversifié à les soutenir. TriFace se revendique "hardcore" mais ne réserve pas sa musique à des initiés. A solid piece of hardcore. But nothing more. It lacks any distinctive features that could distinguish this effort from so many similar works. It will probably appeal to dedicated fans of hardcore, but for me it was a little boring, despite being very good from the technical point of view. The best track is no. 4 - Apologies. If only the rest was as energetic as this one...

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Skneepa - "Racecourse Demo"

A significant progress, but I still hope for more (7/10) We are an unsigned thrash/groove/hardcore metal band from a small town called Hexham, twenty miles West of Newcastle, England. We take our name from the ancient Greek adjective meaning "As drunk as a Lord", pronounced with a silent 'k' (we reckon). (F.Y.I - Spelled differently, and pronounced 'pur', it also means "clit" in Icelandic (Cheers, Eli Roth)). We grew up together listening to Pantera, Metallica, Maiden ... and so many others, and found Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage and Slipknot (again, to mention but a few) along the way. Now we're all grown up, and we've got something we'd like you to hear. If you like it, let it show. Thanks to all for listening. P.S. SIGN US!! We're young, fit and keen, and the music is mean. .... You can download all our tunes for free from ..Skneepa Bandcamp.. or from our ..last.fm page. Strange. It seems that this band has two accounts on Jamendo, each with one (different) demo: Skneepa Skneepa_(2) If the time between publishing of both demos (only 4 months) relates to the distance between their recording, it would mean that the vocalist worked really hard. As you can see in my review of the other demo, I consider him to be the weakest link in the otherwise solid metal chain. This time he managed to restrain his desperate croaks to the point where they are almost bearable. The rest of the band is quite good, production is acceptable for a demo, so I'm going to give this recording 7/10. It is still rating on credit, considering the not-completely-eradicated croaking of the singer. But both tracks are entertaining and deserve recognition. If the vocalist completely abandons this laughable "scary" manner of singing, the future should be bright. So this is definitely the act worth putting on a watchlist. By the way, I just love the cover. It is gloomy and disturbing, but without using all the worn-out metal motifs. Well done!

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