Aussitôt Mort - 6 Songs Cd

hello, again. i decided to make things easier. i will continue to post you cool punk bands for download from around the world but only with album reviews for now.

breaking the ice with a Caen, french screamo\post-hardcore band Aussitôt Mort. active since 2005 with several releases behind them. they tried to make some sort of emo doom music, but failed at the process. anyway this is not bad music, if you like slow melodic instrumental riffs with screaming vocals like on a medievil torture machine. for fans of Daitro, Amanda Woodward and other french "screams".
PS: the band put on their website discography materials available for download. that's punk. enjoy.

http://aussitotmort.free.fr/#

01 - Memoria Grigia
02 - Aussitôt Dort, Aussitôt Mort
03 - Une Once De Courage
04 - Le Desespoir Des Singes
05 - Dur Comme La Banalité
06 - Percuté

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6 songs cd [2006]

Jeune Seigneur

One more french Oi! band from Brest region, Jeune Seigneur. The band was formed in 2005 from the ashes of a couple of bands. Made their only demo "Tonnerre de Brest" in 2008, playing shows in the Brest region, until they moved to Paris and continued their work there. Active members on the french oi! scene, supporting the antifascist struggle and anarchist politics. Fortunately i had a chance and saw the band live. Enjoy.

http://jeune.seigneur.free.fr/JEUNE-SEIGNEUR-BAND.htm

Video:
Jeune Seigneur - Tonnerre de brest

Discography:
Tonnerre de Brest [2008]

Los Foiros

Los Foiros is an Oi! band from Aquitaine, France. They are and RASH band that started in the mid 00's. They have released only one LP "ST" in 2007, and they made an appearence on a french Class Pride compilation "Appel Aux Luttes" with  other french antifacist bands like Redweiler, Tulamort,  Jeune Seigneur and others. Don't know if the band is still active, haven't heard anything new from them in a while.

 http://www.myspace.com/losfoiros

Video:
Los Foiros - Ballade des redbones

Discography:
ST [2007]

Viande Rouge

Viande Rouge or "Red Meat" is a RASH Oi! band from France. Don't know much about the band, beacuse there is very little on the internet or on their website (which hasn't been updated for a while). The band was formed in the late 00's. They released one 5 track demo, and a few days ago I found their studio rehearsal sample with 10 songs, so maybe the band is coming with new stuff in the close future. They have some image like a terrorist group (don't ask me why, maybe extreme antifascism?), but hey, they at least play good oi music, ofcourse they're French. One more interesting thing to say is that they have a saxophone and 2 vocals. Enjoy.

http://viande-rouge.cyberspider.info/#

Video:
Viande Rouge - Sous contrôle des travailleurs

Discography:
Demo
Viande Rouge (rehearsal)

SurVet Skins

SurVet Skins is a side project (if we can call it that way) of the Paris traditional ska band 8°6 Crew. Don't know exactly when they were formed or began playing, only that they made a ST in the year 2010, so we can consider this band a new one on the french oi! scene. This was a natural thing to split the bands ambitions as 8°6 Crew had tendencies to play oi! music in their older songs like Emeute, Working class hero and their new songs were more focused on the skinhead reggae style, so this got them a chance to express and specialise their music in 2 directions through 2 bands. They are playing oi! - skinhead rock 'n' roll, strictly antiracist and proud with 2 vocals (Charly from 8°6 Crew and Beck roadie and a good friend of the band). Still under the inflence of the roots, so they made a cover of the rocksteady\reggea group The Tennors, "Ride the donkey" in an oi! version of the song. Sorry i'm still under the impression of the bands show, fuckin' great band and greater people.

http://www.myspace.com/svskins

Video:
Survet Skins - 80's Story

Discography:
ST [2010]

Young Soul Rebel

Young Soul Rebel is a french Hardcore band. They are a new band, with only one release in 2010 "Black clouds and no tears". Their first sound was more oi influenced and as the years past the members got a hardcore sound for the band. They are not a sxe band because of the drummer, and one more interesting thing is that they have an antifascist stance (not that common for Hardcore bands). They did a pretty good cover od Warzone's In the Mirror. Definitely check this band out.

http://www.myspace.com/youngsoulrebelhc

Video:
Young Soul Rebel - Make the Difference

Discography:
Black clouds and no tears [2010]

HardxTimes

HardxTimes is also a tricky band to put somewhere. The band is from Paris, France, and they are playing oi! mixed with a heavy hardcore sound. To make a long story short here's what they say: "Created with the love of Oi! in the early days of 2003 due to the lack of true streetpunk band in Paris, a few friends dedicated to the Skinhead scene with multiple but converging love in Oi! & Hardcore, decided to create a non compromising band which will regroup respect of the traditional Skinhead spirit of 69' cult and hard tough contemporary rough sounds close to bands like Warzone and Hardcore in general.". The band relesead a few albums and EP's. The first LP was "We Take Shit From No One" in 2007, then an EP "Demain nous appartient" in 2008, and finally a LP in 2010 "Life is a Battlefield", with some singles, and split releases (Mouthguard from Australia), but these albums cover pretty much all their songs. They also did some good cover songs of Warzone's Skinhead Youth and the Oppressed's Ultra Violence. The band did gigs with Oi and Hardcore bands like the Templars, Last resort, The First Step, Champion, Comeback Kid etc. The members of the band are in the SHARP Paris crew, they have strong antiracist views, and the lyrics are dealing with streetlife problems. Although the new album is more soft (less hardcore) than the first LP, still i think you will enjoy this unique combination.

http://www.myspace.com/hardtimesxparis 

Video:
HardxTimes - Temps De Sang

Discography:
We Take Shit From No One [2007] 
Demain nous appartient [EP 2008] 
Life is Battlefield [2010] 

Maraboots

Maraboots is a young Sharp Oi! band from Paris, France. They have 2 releases "PPD Halles" in 2010 and a ST EP in 2011. Despite them being a young band, they went through some changes in their line-up, i'm saying that because they had a female player on the saxophone. Their demo was available free on their myspace, but was lost, so i will put it. That pretty much covers everything there is to say about them, enjoy the music.

http://www.myspace.com/maraboots

Video:
Maraboots - Neuski

Discography:
PPD Halles [2010]
ST [2011]

8°6 Crew

8°6 Crew is a ska and skinhead reggae revival band coming from Paris, France. They were formed in 1995 and the name of the band is taken from a special kind of beer (8°6 Bavaria). First they were streetpunk, but later as they progressed the band wanted to turn more to ska and reggae sound. In the year 1998 the band relesead their first album "Bad Bad Reggae" under the german Mad Butcher Records. In 2001 they relesead an EP "Menil' Express" which is a more dub, reggae sound than BBR which is ska(punk), reggae and even oi combined. After doing some tours, the band took a long holiday in 2002. They reformed in 2008, but have had a lot of difficulties, as 2 members of the band died. Still they got on their feet finally in 2010, releasing a new album "Old Reggae Friends" dedicated to their past away members (the album came out a month ago, on the internet a day ago) and are ready for a new tour. This is definitely one of my favourite ska (skinhead reggae) bands and the album BBR is just a pure classic. The band will be coming to Croatia also, for the Skaville Winter Edition (the organisators outdone themselves this time). They will come to Zagreb and Split in frebruary 2011. See you there.

http://le86crew.free.fr/accueil.htm#

Video:
8°6 crew - Prohibition

Discography:
Bad Bad Reggae [1998]
Menil' Express [2001]
Old reggae friends [2010]
Live In Schopfein

Paranoi 13

Paranoi 13 is an Oi! band from Marseille, France. I really don't know much about the band because they ain't that famous\well known, all i know is that i like them. They are also antifa\(RASH), and the sound is typical for the new "antifa" oi! scene in France (playing faster and more aggressive oi! sound). Also that they released only one album by a very strange name "Ctrl C - Ctrl V" in 2008. Lyrics are working class\proletare oi!.

http://www.myspace.com/paranoi13

Video:
Paranoi 13 - Proletaire

Discography:
Ctrl C - Ctrl V [2008]

Ya basta!

Ya basta! is a french anarcho-syndicalist ska band. The name of the band is taken from a Zapatist slogan that means "Enough is enough". The roots of the band date to the year 1993, and were doing concerts from 1995, but not until the year 1999 when they recorded a Split with Action Directe. First album was released in 2002 "Lucha y fiesta", and two more "Toujours Debout" in 2004, and "Sans Retour" in the year 2006. They were also on various compilations like Class Pride World Wide. Their music should be characterized like Rock'n'Ska Activist as they say. 

http://yabasta.ska.free.fr/

Video:
Ya Basta! - Lucha y fiesta

Discography: 
Ya Basta! - Action Directe - [1999]   
Lucha y fiesta [2002]  
Toujours Debout [2004]   
Sans Retour [2006] 

Bobby Sixkiller

Bobby Sixkiller is a French Skinhead reggae band. I don't know much about the band, only that they are a relatively new band on the French scene, their music stlye is tradiotional early skinhead reggae playing with keyboards ofcourse, and that they have one release in 2010, a six track demo available to download on their site by the name "In Town".

http://www.myspace.com/bobbysixkillers

Video:
Bobby Sixkiller - The Fuse is Blazing

Discography:
In Town [2010]

Bolchoï

Bolchoï is a RASH oi band coming from Toulouse, France. They began forming the band in 1999, but first demo came out in 2000, and in the year 2002 they relesaed their first EP "Gueules Cassées" (Broken Faces) with Julien from BFM who was temporarily on drums. In the year 2004 they finally made their ST,we can say also that year was the end for Bolchoï. They appeard on the compilation Class Pride World Wide vol. 2, and also did cover song for Chaos (the 4 Skins), and Guns of Brixton from The Clash. After 2004 the band went their separate ways, still playing in other bands. The lyrics of the band were about the social point od individuals who were left behind connected with skinheads group identity. Their lyrics are also connected with anti-racism, anti-fascism, socialism and anarchism and were an active band at the French RASH scene\community helping with the Barricata fest and fanzines. One special thing about Bolchoï  is that they had a female vocalist. I will post only the ST, because almost all songs produced by them can be find on the album. Enjoy.

http://www.myspace.com/bolchoi

Video:
Bolchoi - Gueules Cassées

Discography:
Bolchoï [2004]

Redweiler

I don't know why is this band underrated that much, but anyway Redweiler are a redskin oi! streepunk band from Bordeaux, France. As i love the french oi! scene, escpecially the RASH one, their music and of BFM, would be the best way to describe the scene. Fast music with socialist lyrics, and one special thing about them is that they have two vocals. They made only one album in 2008,  "Bordeaux Saigne" (bleeding), and where on some compilations like United Skins (/// edition) and the french one Appel Aux Luttes. The band isn't active any more, i haven't heard them doing concerts in a while, and the last time i checked them, they were searching for a new guitar player, good luck with that, beacuse it would be a shame that a good band like this one stops playing.

http://www.myspace.com/redweilermusic

Video:
Redweiler - Sans Position

Discography:
Bordeaux Saigne [2008]