Loud Night / Taifun split EP
Transatlantic head-splitting metal punk mania. LOUD NIGHT (Virginia) is full-throttle, bombastic, fist-banging metallic D-beat. Think INEPSY tinged with demonic ’80s metal, dueling guitar leads, and pure power from start to finish. TAIFUN (Germany) presents as a slightly more stripped-down and “punk” animal on this release, but their modern Euro interpretation of Burning Spirits-style Japanese hardcore is still untouchable. The mid-tempo stomp “Destroyah” might be my summer anthem, even though I’m going to be banging all four of these tracks on repeat. Both bands execute flawlessly and they compliment each other perfectly.