Hammers - 2012 - Vardogr

So, let's say what shit bothers us... Desolation, isolation, misery, stagnation, every-day life and mediocre living. So, guys chill-on : here we have the new Hammers album and this is the ALBUM of the year. I've tried to bring these dudes for some gigs in greece but we never did it and I have to claim responsibility for that. I'll try to convince them (with call-girls and hard drinks) to reconsider it. The new album kicks in with a truly majestic track. Here is the ultimate mixing of passion and delicant d-beat. Where the latest Tragedy lp failed here is where Hammers take advantage of. Short tracks, with viking riffs and titanic vocals. I loved the first 7'' and I pre-ordered the Orogeny lp to help the band, and fuck this album continues where the previous album stopped. Fast parts turns out to great mid-tempo parts that builds a catastrophic atmosphere and then back to raging d-beat with ugly leads and yells. It's good to know that a band you love came back from hiatus like a biting mummy to reincarnate and eat you alive. "A coffin in the shape of a chapel” seems to be the hit but I’ll think you push the play button four more times to understand what the hell hit you. Brad (from ashes rise) did the mix and Jack (World burns to death) did the mastering. Ian Kilmister : “And I'm here to stay, it's gonna be that way, / Don't try to run, don't try to scream, / Believe me, The Hammer's gonna smash your dream “. Yep, the HAMMERS gonna smash your dream. Album of the year. Crust.

i'm drunk. you should pay attention

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Hammers - Orogeny

Fuck, yeah!
This album fucking rocks really hard.
It's blazing, raging, ripping and fucking sickening...

Yeah, this is the ultimate Hammers from the city of manchester. They used to be a 4-piece outfit but andy left the band, instead of breaking-up they continued as a trio that seems to works really fine and in this one-sided lp they deliver 6 tracks of manic dbeat crust alongside (much more ) sludge parts (from their previous releases) that definetely make you fall on your knees and shout your lungs out at the moon pretending you hold a mic on your right hand and your chest on the left one.. This is Hammers. Call them thrash, power-violence or hardcore punk. these lunatics plays fast-forward hardcore punk with some blast-beats, holy-terrorising-monsterous riffs with dual, great vocals...
This masterpiece comes as a one side picture disc also.. First press of 100 copies and i already have one : number 5!!!
I really love this band and you have to love them too, one of the best bands that i totally enjoy to listen at my "free-time" a long time now... A good fucking company... Members can be found also in war coma.
Check out hammers self titled 7'' here.
words are in no need to be told (at all). You know what you'll get...
"There is nothing ahead. There is no regret."

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- o dbill, κραδαινοντας την βαριοπουλα :
This LP is a perfect exception to the rule ''you shouldn't judge a book by its cover''. Just by looking at this piece of wax you know there is a lot of effort, energy and love put into this release. Excellent killer silkscreen printed cover with white, gold and black inks on a good quality raw paper...i know i sound like a fetish guy, but i really appreciate a well-done work when i see it. The vinyl is one-sided, while the other side is also gold screen printed...

Onto the music, Hammers are humongous. Heavy sludgy epic riffs, giving place to raw d-beat and blasting work. A dark haunting feeling covers the songs, like the chilling mountain mist, leaving just slight melodic undertones to escape the thick layer of fog coming down from the hills, heavy and mystical. The lyrics are deeply personal, but with a serious political hint underneath them (explanations and thoughts included by the members), and its good to see nice thoughtfull stuff from bands, rather than a dogmatic style manifesto of stuff that has been said before, and are being written just to get the credit of a ''political'' band.

Really good stuff here, if you come by this LP be sure to pick it up in a wink...i feel i have to thank Mike for giving me one as a present. Hope to see these englishmen live also.

dbill, in mountain mood

Hammers - Self titled 7''

As i promised yesterday here's the post about hammers...
Hammers hails outta manchester, uk and it's a part of a not so long-time, but large enough hardcore scene that exists in manchester (and it's growing bigger and bigger)...
Here you get their self titled 7'' that was released a year or so ago by the band (if you see it buy it at first sight 'cos the packaging fucking rules...)...
Hammers recorded 12 tracks for their demo "first year" and this 7'' has the six of them...
Speaking about music, hammers haunt me a long time now with their mid and at the same time angry vocals, their fast melodic crust (or dark hardcore to be more specific) with catchy-stacked-in-the-head riffs and fast drumming alongside solid bass lines...
Don't even think about it...

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P.S. this post goes to sacha (hammers)... i'm still waiting my lp's dude....