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Black Ships (Updated * new)
Low
By Sam Sutherland

After a well-received CD-R release on Mon Oeil Records, Montreal’s Black Ships have unleashed a beast of an EP on the world with Low. With all the power of Tragedy’s first record or Coliseum’s Goddamage, these four songs meld brutally heavy d-beat with epically apocalyptic guitars, forging some powerfully melodic instrumental passages for vocalist Jamie Thomas to tear to shreds with his appropriately brutal screams. Finding some range in what can be a somewhat limited sonic scope, Black Ships move seamlessly from lightning-fast punk rock to sludgy metal in songs like “Lowest of the Low,” likely the strongest track here. Fans of Cursed or the aforementioned bands should flip for this. (New Romance For Kids)



Black Ships
LOW
MIRROR

by JOHNSON CUMMINS

The last release from Montreal’s brutal blasters the Black Ships, in 2006, had me running around waking the neighbours and kissing babies, but with only six songs on the EP, I was hardly satiated. If you weren’t nimble enough to pick up this slab of heaviness at the time, don’t bother trying to find it now, it’s long out of print. This week, these crusty hardcore hellions release the follow-up Low in less limited quantities, but further the frustration with only four songs this time around. In this case, though, size doesn’t matter. They destroy on all glorious 16 minutes here. Lovingly put out by local label New Romance for Kids, the Black Ships’ Refused/Entombed onslaught is out for blood. If you dig brutal hardcore or metal that isn’t afraid to fire from the gut, this is essential listening. If you weren’t hip enough to catch their record release a couple of weeks back, keep your peepers here for their upcoming show at new hotspot Black Dot.


Bang Bang
11 avril 2008
Black Ships : Low
Alexis Charlebois-Laurin

New Romance For Kids

Ayant déjà la réputation d’être un des groupes les plus loud en show de toute la scène punk/hardcore de Montréal, le groupe nous envoie son premier EP «officiel» après un CD-R sur le label Mon Œil. Un EP qui va certainement entretenir la rumeur. Se situant dans la lignée de Tragedy, From Ashes Rise, Cobra Noir, The Black Hand, la formation nous sert un bon d-beat rock et bien sale avec une touche de mélodie bien placée. En seulement quatre chansons, le groupe réussit vraiment à nous prouver de quoi il est capable et on a hâte d’entendre la suite. J’espère qu’elle ne se fera pas trop attendre et qu’il va battre le fer pendant qu’il est chaud. Je suis pas trop certain mais j’ai comme une grosse impression que ce groupe est composé d’ex-plein d’affaires parce que dans le style, c’est vraiment très bon et bien exécuté. La voie caverneuse fitte à merveille, les guitares mélodiques, tout en étant sales et pesantes, ne pourrait mieux sonner et chaque coup de drum s’abat comme un coup de hache. «The lowest of the low, the cursed of the cursed, the darkest of the darkest night.» C’est-tu pas assez d-beat à votre goût comme paroles ça, mes amis? Moi j’ai adoré. (ACL)
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HiFi Handgrenades Exclaim tv. pt.22

4/9/2008 While simultaneously trying to finish a new setlist for the night's show (opening for Foo Fighters and Against Me!, which probably isn't the easiest gig in the world), Detroit's HiFi Handgrenades talk about playing two shows a night and starting PA fires at at least one of them.

HiFiHandgrenades: A Real Interview
http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=120&csid2=988&fid1=30757

HiFi Handgrenades vs. Do Dump Date
http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=120&csid2=988&fid1=30720