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PAZAHORA / KAH-ROE-SHI SPLIT 7" |
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Started in 2004, Pazahora hails from the police state that is Singapore. A hardcore melodic crust band with male/female vocals and melody saturated guitar work. Kah-Roe-Shi firstly took formation sometime in 2006 with the name Union Of Slaves. Kah = excess, Roe = labor, Shi = death, translated literally from the Japanese as “death from overwork” or occupational sudden death. Musically characterized by unrelenting heavy crust hardcore and human-system-hating lyrics. ......................specs......................
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Maximum Rock n Roll
issue #301
| I had never heard of these bands before and this was an interesting introduction. Very cool layout, awesome artwork that’s hard not to notice. PAZAHORA, from Singapore, plays fairly straight up crustcore with some old grind influences and has pretty ripping male/female vocals. At times they remind me of DISRUPT and DESTROY. KAH-ROE-SHI is much heavier and denser, and has melodic elements but falls in the dark crust category to my ears, which is awesome because I love it! KAH-ROE-SHI is from Malaysia. Awesome split release on Singapore and American labels! Only 100 copies in the US, so act fast! (NM) |
Exclaim.ca
june 2008
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| Both bands on this split seven-inch hail from Singapore, and both play more on the crusty side of punk. Pazahora start it off and are definitely the stronger, and more melodic, of the two bands. Their sound is epic and punishing, with melodies that build and intensify before setting off into chugging, rhythmic-fuelled bursts of back-and-forth male/female vocals. Kah-Roe-Shi’s name means “excess-labour-death” (or translated literally from the Japanese, “death from overwork”), so you have some idea of what you’re getting into before you drop the needle. Where Pazahora are melodic, Kah-Roe-Shi are just straight punishment and musicianship. Blast beats abound, interspersed with tough-guy breakdowns that are sure to get any kid punching the floor. The piano on “Race Don’t Exist” adds a nice dark melodic element before heading into a thundering breakdown and taking off at a piss-your-pants-pace, with the vocals grunted and growled to the point that, without the lyric sheet, it’s nearly impossible to understand what’s being said. This is a solid release and it comes on pretty pink vinyl to boot! [Ty Trumbull] |
Attackfanzine.net
july 31st 2008
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| Pazahora from Singapore have gotten my blood pumping before, and does so this time as well. Dark, hard, and melodic crustcore with some obvious references to Tragedy, but also stuff that reminds me more of Swedish bands like Personkrets 3:1 for instance. In other words, pretty much the same stuff as found on their CD from 2007 and that's just what I wanted. They have the heaviness, they have the catchiness, they have the well thought out riffs, and they have me digging like a madman. Excellent stuff and far better than many of their European and American counterparts. If I were to complain about anything it would be that the sound is a bit muddy, but as it's not crap I can live with it and the music is good enough to help me overcome this anyway. On the flip we have Kah-Roe-Shi from Malaysia which is a slightly more unpredictable bunch, showing their skills in everything from spastic powerviolence to sludge - all rolled into one. It's loud, violent, and twitchy… and I'm torn. I can't argue with the fact that this heavy as hell and really powerful and even remind me of His Hero Is Gone every now and then, but there's just something about it that I'm not in love with. I guess there are a few too many tempo changes in a too short period of time and it can seem a bit too schizophrenic. But still, Kah-Roe-Shi are good and Pazahora are great so this is a definite buy. [Krogh - July 31, 2008] |