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V/A THIS IS OUR TIME compilation CD

This compilation CD features 18 songs from 6 international oldschool bands. This record features six "oldschool" bands from Portugal, Spain, Argentina, USA & Brasil. Each band has 3 new songs.
The bands that appear on the compilation are: CINDER (spain), DAY OF TEH DEAD (portugal), ON x ALERT (usa), RECONCILE (argentina), POINTING FINGER (portugal) & ODYSSEY (brazil).
MP3s: Pointing Finger take my chances - Cinder beat on you - Reconcile new regrets - Day Of The Dead down the sewer - On x Alert the product - Odyssey the beauty is on fire



reviews
Disc
of the week! It's not often that you'll find a compilation exciting enough to have it qualify as "Disc of the Week" here at Flex Your Head Online. Sure, there are some great comps out there, but more often than not, they're filled entirely with previously released material or recording session throwaways. Sadly, that doesn't rate at all on the exciting scale. The other end of the spectrum generally sees a compilation full of bands that really aren't ready to record, with the quality being highly reflective of that. Luckily, neither is the case with This Is Our Time.
Perhaps one of the most exciting things about This Is Our Time is the international-ness of the whole damn effort — two bands from Portugal (Pointing Finger, Day of the Dead), one from Spain (Cinder), one from Argentina (Reconcile), one from Brazil (Odyssey), and the sole American contributor, On x Alert. Six bands, contributing three songs each, with a few of the highlights being Pointing Fingers' better than Better Than A Thousand's melodic straightedge hardcore blast, Reconcile's almost eerie musical similarities to Vancouver's Reserve 34, and On x Alert's raging fast Infest-inspired thrash.
International hardcore is alive and well — and that's a damn good thing - [Flex Your Head webzine]

Hey, I am not complaining, but isn't this the second compilation in the last few months that kicks off with POINTING FINGER? Three more awesome songs that aren't done the justice they deserve due to sub-par production. Hey, once you go to Menno Bakker you should never come back. If you guys ever do an LP, make sure you record it at Bunt Studios. NExt up you have CINDER, whobring you three songs of politically charged LIFES HALT-influenced hardcore. For some reason I like this better than the songs on their split 10". After that we have RECONCILE from Argentina, who I thought were OK until I went back and re-listened to their song "The Drive", wich sounds like a long-lost SWIZ song off their first 7". That moved them from "OK" status to "fucking bad ass" status real quick. Take a little early IGNITION and add some MISSING 23rd, and you end up with my new favorite Argentinean band. Next up, we have three tracks brought to us by DAY OF THE DEAD. The vocalist has the whole hoarse, barking AMERICAN NIGHTMARE shouting thing going on, wich tires quick for me. Still, this band does a really good coverof BLACK FLAG's "Revenge", and musically they are spot on-but I just can't get into the vocals. After DAY OF THE DEAD we have ONxALERT from New York-blazing fast hardcore with a strong youth crew influence-it reminds me of the singer for CHAIN OF STRENGHT singing for STRAIGHT AHEAD. Surprisingly, their lyrics are politically relevant and intelligent. How come I haven't heard more about this band until now? ONXALERT are definitelyunderrated. Finally we have ODYSSEY from Brazil, which is my least favorite band on here. They have a very crunchy, modern produced sound to them that is very popular right now. Still, the songs are suberbly written and very fast, so I could imagine other people picking this band as their favorite. All of these bands are way above average.
Definitely recommended - [Maximum Rock'N Roll - January 2004 issue]

Que dire? Ce CD est un bijoux old school.une pochette superbe réalisée par mon petit vinny aka mon webmaster sur Heart On Fire website!! 34 min de oldschool alternant entre le youth crew pure souche et la vague moderne plus thrash ou alors plus émotionnelle. POINTING FINGER ouvre le CD par 3 morceaux toujours dans la même veine que précédement, proche des IN MY EYES et autres groupes youth crew revival. De très bon morceaux, mais néanmoins moins bien enregistrés que ceux du ep sur Commitment Rec. CINDER nous donne une bonne claque d'énergie musclée et surtout rapide. Comme quoi y'a de bons groupes old school aussi en Espagne. Un des meilleur groupe de ce CD à mon avis. Bon mélange entre youth crew et thrashcore (une petite cuillère alors !!). RECONCILE viennent d'Argentine. Et oui les gars on fait de la très bonne musique dans ces pays là aussi !! Mélangeant un old school HC à touche plutot moderne avec du vieux old school.cela donne qqch qui pourrait être vaguement comparé à BANE mélangé avec du IN MY EYES par exemple ??  Mais bon, à vous de voir.Ici on sort des structure typée, tout en restant générique. DAY OF THE DEAD.hehehe "Portugal HC is back again".et oui les heavy old school rockeur de DOTD nous offer encore de très bons morceaux ici dont une reprise de BLACK FLAG. Mais leur musique peut être comparée à AMERICAN NIGHTMARE en générale. Youth crew moderne donc avec les mosh bien lourds et les phases émotionnelles donc. Terrible, une perle !!ON ALERT contient le célèbre Nick de Third Party rec aux USA.à peu de chose près le seul label américain ouvert aux groupes old school étrangers à sont pays. Mais bon retour à ON ALERT, ici on nage dans la vague thrashcore. C'est rapide, c'est destructif et mosh à souhait aussi ! Bien foutu.Et pour terminer les terribles ODYSSEY. On  surf sur les vagues brésilienne ici les amis. Une musique puissante, aux mosh lourds et puissant ponctuée d'une voix lourde et expressive teintée de paroles perso. Une fois de plus on est dans la mouvance AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, mais putain c'est du bon ! Un vrais plaisir donc.Qu'ajouter de plus ? Et bien supporté les labels belges du terroir wallons.c'est à dire Still Holding On Rec. Achetez le vous ou bien offrez le ? Vous ne serez pas déçu par ces 6 groupes jouant 3 hit single chacun !!! [Heart On Fire webzine]

Xavier SxHxO nous a concocté un sacré split pour le plus grand plaisir de nos oreilles : 6 groupes de oldschool hardcore , 3 chansons pour chaque, et tous des styles différents. Cela va du youth crew énergique et mélodique des Argentins de Reconcile (sans doute le meilleur groupe du split) au hardcore à grosses influences de l’école de Boston début des 80s (SSD et DYS) de Cinder (Espagne, SKATE OR DIE !) en passant par le youth crew énervé de Pointing Finger (Portugal) et le hardcore moderne de Day of the Dead (Portugal), quelque part entre American Nightmare et Bane, ou celui de Odyssey (Brésil) plus lourd et oppressant avec une influence métal qui se fait sentir. Finalement OnxAlert (USA) fait un peu office de parent pauvre devant les autres groupes bien que sont oldschool rapide soit bien en place, il fait assez générique en cette compagnie. Alors, jettez vous sur ce disque les yeux fermés, vous ne le regretterez pas, et vous verrez bien que la scène mondiale du oldschool est en très bonne santé ! [ThanxForNothing zine]

Still Holding On, a rather small Belgian old school label sent me this compilation a week or 2 ago. Normally I'm more a metalkid so punk and old school hardcore are not really my favorites. But I have to admit this compilation is good, very good. It includes 6 international old school bands who play 3 songs each. By the way: The 16 pages booklet with lyrics, pictures and contact addresses of each band is very cool. The bands are: Pointing Finger, Cinder, Reconcile, Day Of The Dead, On X Alert, Oddysey. A must have for old school fans all over the world! Also check our contest section for a free copy of this compilation.

RELEASES

THE YOUTHS "generationless" 7"

AxNxS / MY REVENGE! split 7"


SUNPOWER "say something" lp

BONES BRIGADE "endless bummer" 10"

I OBJECT! "america today... and tomorrow" 7"


HIT ME BACK / CINDER split 7"

FORWARD TO DEATH "look what we've done..." 7"

BONES BRIGADE / DFA split 7"

POINTING FINGER "best bruises collection" CD

SUNPOWER "total control" 7"

V/A THIS IS OUR TIME CD

POINTING FINGER "reasons, not rules!" 7"

ACTIONS FALL SHORT "the nightmare goes on..." CD-r

TIME X / BLOODPACT split 7"

NEW WINDS "refusing to live by your lies..." CD-r