xgrantx Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 http://newnoisemagazine.com/manalive-releases-ep-no-profit-suicide/ "I never intended this blog to do reviews, just interviews, but a week or so ago my friend Melanie from Melotov Records shouted out the blog (Thanks Mel!) and said it was an interview/review blog. This prompted Amit Sharma, vocalist of New Jersey hardcore band Manalive to hit me up about reviewing their newest release "No Profit in Suicide".Needless to say, I am beyond stoked about this turn of events because it's been quite a while since I remember being this pleasantly surprised by a band. In short, this e.p. completely slays. Manalive is a band that fully understands and utilizes the importance of what I'm gonna call a good "chug to harmonic ratio". You know what I mean, classic 90's style ala 108, One King Down, or "Steps"-era Snapcase. Throw in a bunch of weird little squeaks and squeals from the guitars, some fast, almost thrashy riffs (see the opener "Decade"), a vocalist that sounds like a more pissed off version of Mr. Issa (trust me, this is a very good thing) and you've got one hell of a combo. There's even a short instrumental that features a riff that's been stuck in my head for days.Lyrically, Amit tackles a host of topics that range from personal introspection ("Decade" & "Aesop Gymnastics") to contempt for the medical industry "Carpetbagger MD" and really, contempt for others, haha ("Boyd Crowder"). Anyway, they're to the point and well written. " Scobonixxx blog review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Bump. These should be available from Revelation soon as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 UP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 I added a handful of the GOLD (goodwill records exclusive) 7"s of this to the store. I only have a few though, and the rest are in Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 A couple GOLD Euro color copies left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Up. I added a couple more GOLD copies too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgrantx Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 For those of you ordering from Revelation soon, you can pick up this and other Bitter Melody releases there too. http://revhq.com/store.revhq?Page=search&LabelId=1979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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