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Trainwreck – Old Departures, New Beginnings

Review

Trainwreck

Old Departures, New Beginnings

Genre
LP
Label
Rockstar Records/ This Charming Man Records
Datum
19.06.2014
Autor
King Kraut
8 /10
Holy steam kettle, I call that brutal. Hardcore fans from Aachen and the surrounding area can't overlook Trainwreck, who have been pounding out everything the genre has to offer for over a decade in previous bands. Since I only know a few pillars of the newer and latest hardcore scene, I want to describe how the band sounds instead of using jargon: namely brutal. And total. It sounds as if the singer is constantly on the verge of snapping, his world hanging in the balance, nothing is as it should be, and I would probably react the same way. One shouldn't expect any quiet interludes, although that can easily go wrong with such music if the hoped-for drama turns into something ridiculous. This rocks quite well, so keep it going. Besides the English lyrics, the inlay also contains notes from the author about the context, which I find quite useful, as it helps me better empathize with these extreme emotions. Otherwise, you sometimes just get a chunk of anger thrown at you and don't know what to do with it.

What the band produces is intricate hardcore at different speeds, which almost always either crushes or shakes the listener, then almost derails them in a sharp curve and unexpectedly incorporates a nearly punk rock melody. One shouldn't hope to enjoy these for more than a few seconds, but it makes the songs significantly more listenable when the instrumentals express not only despair and anger but also a touch of melancholy. For the inner emo, so to speak.

The whole 11 songs go by relatively quickly, and I never felt that any riff was dragged out longer than necessary to hit hard. Even the two pieces over 4 minutes long don't feel stretched. There's a lot happening throughout the album. When it's over, you can immediately let the train race into the abyss again after a short breather. A hard piece of music for the private crash on the turntable, without frills and expertly executed.

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