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Review: Zombie Killers Drop The Bomb With New ‘Nuked’ EP!

The Folkestone 4-piece mix things up with a new DIY release

This six-track EP release from Zombie Killers is a refreshing listen, I must say. Hailing from Folkestone, UK, this female fronted band have been working hard on the gigging circuit since their two year inception. As a result, their kitty money has gone into releasing this colourful platter in true DIY fashion (who needs record labels when you can do it all yourself?). The ‘Nuked‘ EP exploded onto the Punk scene on October 17th of this year, and can be purchased HERE on coloured vinyl, CD and cassette (for all you retro-heads out there).

Zombie Killers are :

Oceanne – Vocals
Tom – Guitar
Charlie – Bass
James – Drums

Nuked‘ kicks off with a hard-hitting punk number called ‘Neverending NGHTMR‘, which features a blood-curdling sceam from the band’s singer (Oceanne), that could surely raise the dead from its slumber. This was a good start to the EP, and it was soon apparent that this band is a tight unit, with a powerful sound production at hand. The second tune is the EP’s title song ‘Nuked‘, which shows off the band’s melodic metal influences, where male vocals creep in towards the end:

Necro Disco‘ is also metal-edged in style, with some interesting time signatures on display. The drumming is mighty impressive on this song, and this song also showcases the Zombie Killers at their most experimental. It’s also my favourite song on this record, probably for that very same reason.

Four Chord Punk!‘ does pretty much what it says on the tin, but going by the lyrics, I’m assuming they are criticising the pop-punk genre? I can certainly see their point with a lot of those meaningless songs out there, but I do personally enjoy a tune with minimal chords. Otherwise, we could be verging on prog rock territory, and no punk rocker wants that!

Zombie Killers - Oceanne - photo by Dan (Diggy_hole on Insta)
Lord Of The Lies‘ sounds poppy in a metal/punk kind of way, but then we get righteously sucker punched with some biting lyrics. Words about people being brainwashed by right-wing propaganda and venting their anger by looting Greggs bakeries for sausage rolls and a steak bake. Good on the band for calling these people out. We are warned in the press release that this song may contain traces of flute solo – they’re not wrong! Strangely, it seems to  work.

The final song on this release is called ‘Eat, Shit, Die‘, which I suppose pretty much sums up our existence. It starts off with a metallic chugging guitar riff and tribal drums, before ripping us a new one with a speedy dual-vocal, hardcore attack. We are treated to some slow paced doom metal  in the mid-section, which lulls us into a false sense of security, before ripping our heads off once more, and serving up some more ferocious hardcore mayhem.

Zombie Killers - Tom - photo by Vincent Todd
Zombie Killers - Charlie - photo by xxVeronicaxx
Zombie Killers - James - photo by xxVeronicaxx
Nuked‘ is a top EP that feels like a breath of fresh air. Zombie Killers are a relatively new band who are not scared to mix up the musical styles in their noisy bowl of punk rock soup. It also all comes housed in a eye-poppingly colourful record cover, so why not treat yourself to a copy, in this post-Halloween comedown of a month?
 

Zombie Killers are also currently writing new material, and have plenty of gigs on the cards too, so check them out at the venues below:

Sat 29th November – The Ship, Gillingham (Alldayer….Headlining)
Sat 20th December  – Speedway, Folkestone
Sat 27th December  – Poco Loco, Chatham (‘Merry Riffmas’)
Sat 10th January  – The Ship, Gillingham (‘Socket Fest’)
Sat 14th March – B2, Norwich (TBC).

Main Photo Credit: VINCENT TODD

  1. Neverending NGHTMR
  2. Nuked
  3. Necro Disco
  4. Four Chord Punk!
  5. Lord Of The Lies
  6. Eat, Shit, Die
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