Wasones – Rabia (2018)

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• Hardcore punk 
• Punk rock

Comment: this batch of five tracks is a galvanized attack in the key of aggressiveness of hardcore punk. Any track represented over there does not extend more than a 2-minute span. Undoubtedly it is the best approach to channelize effectively one's rage and contempt. Fortunately we are living in a time being surrounded by greed, stupidity, moral decay, hypocrisy, hate speech, cruelty, artificial tendencies and intimidating based on political correctness, accusative labelling and a general lack of sense of humour and all of that is a good reference point for rebels to state himself/herself against the aforementioned threads. The point of mine is that in this way the rulers could get have a better platform to implement the divide and rule principle within a society. The more I follow recent intentions and tendencies going on in Western societies the more I can see very similar tendencies going on in the Soviet Union. And it is not elegantly natural at all. By listening to this Mexican quartet with the lead by their amazing frontwoman Julieta Ronquillo is a refreshing restart in the middle of the frowsty pound. Anarchism as a tool for punks is usually related to the left wing though the rejection of a deep state by them is clearly opposite to the leftists. In that case they may even be more related to the so-called economic right theorists whose purpose is to minimize the role of the government and the state as much as possible. Additionally, I did not forget that approximately a century ago in the Soviet Russia bolsheviks/communists killed anarchists. It was not a taboo for them altogether. Of course not because thereafter at a time they started to annihilate each other. Rabid, blind ones whose purpose was not to get a divine rather a rat-alike one. The courageous issue is a part of the discography of a Mexican imprint, Naciòn Libre.

Furiosa – Furiosa (2017)

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• Stoner rock 
• Trash metal 
• Doom rock

Comment: Aracely Sánchez (voice), Alan Vargas (guitar), and Arturo Villalobos (the drums) from Mexico do synthesise something truly reverent through a powerful attitude toward the metal and power rock tradition. Of course, the best elements from the genres are picked up to be added to the 10-track mix. Tortured ghost loaded smouldering thick energy used to keep going on fast pace around the voice of Aracely, and the instruments of Alan, and Arturo. Indeed, it is possible to put together lurking elements and fast tempo on this album throughout the course. The listener can perceive the burning circle around the chords as if an example of the representation of flaming rings in the middle of purgatory. A strength feature of this issue? In fact, it features no weak and self-indulgent moments in production and general appearance. The outing is a part of the discography of Naciòn Libre. An outstanding trash/stoner/doom melted album. By listening to it one will create his/her own mosh pit in front of his/her computer or sofa or somewhere else.   

Alan Rèvolte! – Libre y Salvaje (2016)

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• Singer-songwriter 
• Folk punk 
• Punk folk 
• Alt-folk 
• Mexicana

Comment: Alan Vargas aka Alan Rèvolte is a musician from Mexico whose 10-track issue is an attention-getting blend of Spanish-sung lyrics, intense acoustic guitar strums all of that predominantly being managed in a straightforward approach. The straightforward approach over there does mean it is played with great fervour and infectious Latin temperament though wherein one can discern many changes in chords and timbres and rhythms. Sometimes his guitar play involves more spacey patches with the slowed-down rhythm (at Réquiem para un Poeta). Here and there he used to employ female voices to add extra tones and moods to the mix. The final track La Marcha de los Árboles makes also difference because of exploiting immersive, and minor tones to accentuate his ability to embrace a more wide spectre (thereby reminding of such experimental folk acts as Ben Chasny`s Six Organs Of Admittance, Espers, and Akron/Family, and through aesthetic predecessor lineage the artists of the so-called American Primitivism, for instance). The cover print is cute and nice because of resonating with the substance of the music. There is no need to added the animal-based drawings in minimal mode used to make sense at any time. These solid 24 minutes are a part of the discography of Naciòn Libre, the Mexican imprint of which stylistic range is quite broad (from hardcore/punk to stoner and doom to cyberpunk and crust).

Mona Lisa Acelerada – Neuro-Revoluciòn (2016)

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• Cyberpunk 
• Electro-rock 
• Digital hardcore 
• Alternative dance 
• Electro-punk 
• Electroclash 
• Rhythmic noise

Comment: this handful of short compositions would have been very relevant approximately 15 years ago when a new wave of post punk artists made revival and a stripe within it was oriented by punk attitude and electronic arrangements. The stripe was tagged electroclash. The recent artist comes out from Chihuahua, Mexico and in truth it is very relevant nowadays either. In comparison to the aforementioned styles it could be admitted this involves more shrill digitized noises and more heavy vibes and stomping rhythms providing it certainly another twist. The issue is a bit of the discography of Naciòn Libre, the Mexican imprint. Stunning attack on one`s weary brains.

Furiosa – ¿Quién Mató al Mundo? (2016)

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• Stoner rock
• Hard rock 
• Crossover
• Speed metal 
• Hardcore 
• Doom rock

Comment: Furiosa is the duo of Aracely Sánchez (voice), and Alan Vargas (he plays guitars, and he obviously exploits a drum machine) from Chihuahua, México whose debut album ¿Quién Mató al Mundo? is as abrasive as the sand-paper. Indeed, it is a full-on experience where galvanized yet deliberately dejected stoner and doom riffs are intermeshed with Aracely`s herculean voice delivery (at times she is accompanied by Alan Vargas` own voice). Indeed, it is quite surprising of how a couple of people have made up a proper moshpit party based on stoner, doom, speed metal and hardcore punk mixed guitars, which used to wind and meander across one’s cerebral terrains and spinal cord. It could be said it is a quite simple, straightforward issue with powerful twists and the rock and roll attitude in some forms of metal music. However, at the second glance it is not simplistic at all. The issue is a part of the roster of Chihuahua-based imprint Nación Libre Records. The records is certainly worth to be focused upon it in the future because it embraces a very interesting scene.