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REVIEWS OF 'THIS IS GUN CITY' Terrorizer 8/10 The ability to harness the power of righteous aggression is an invaluable tool, and it's one that Sanzen wield with unnerving, swireleyed intensity. These Midlands based flame throwers come across as a gritty, small town Every time I Die, filtered through the flailing-fist grit of Gallows and The Bronx. Songs like 'Escaping The South' and 'I'll Be Leaving' are punk-metal rabble-rousers mutated beyond all sanity-angular, chaotic and delivered with muscles at full flex. A truly blistering debut.
Metal Hammer 8/10 Big things are going on in the UK hardcore scene in 2007. First came Hertfordshire herberts Gallows with their raw punk fury, closely followed by the more measured angst of Brighton's Ghost Of A Thousand. Now bare-knuckle, fighting for position somewhere between the two, comes Nottingham's Sanzen. And with memebers having previously featured in the ranks of underground hardcore heroes My War, their pedigree is one not to be taken lightly. Take all the subtlety of The Bronx, add the unrefined aggression of the aforementioned Watford punks, mix in the accessibility of Every Time I Die, inject with a lethal dose of metallic riffing and serve with a side of hardcore punch. This is Sanzen. and this is what makes'...Gun City' one of the most promising homegrown releases this year (Caren Gibson)
Rocksound 8/10 There is a revolution coming, and best of all, it's us Brits who are leading the charge. Barging in close behind cage rattling debuts from Gallows and The Ghost Of A Thousand, 'This Is Gun City' marks the arrival of Nottingham scallies Sanzen in superb style. At the root it's a punk record, you can feel the frantic heat of it coming off the raw screams of the title track and the concussive pace of 'Modus Operandi', but there's Southern-fried rock, twist metallic riffing, a wild-eyed delirium, and a real party vibe present too. Okay, so there's a touch of Every Time I Die to, but there isn't an ounce of fat. The revolution might not be televised but it is on its way to your stereo.
Kerrang KKKK It's clear from one listen to 'This Is Gun City' that Sanzen are veterans of countless gigs in the country's dingiest venues. From the moment the opening title track howls into life, introducing their uncompromising mix of raw hardcore and face-meltingly speedy metal, your mind's eye will be blind to anything other than a blur of flailing flesh, bloodied noses and sweat dripping from the ceiling of blackened basements. It's rare, but they've managed to distil the chaos of a live rock show on record. A new British band worth collecting briuses for.
Total Guitar 8/10 The Midland's Sanzen take all the rawest elements of hardcore punk, rock and metal, and fuse them to create this pug-ugly beast of unstoppable speed and crushing heaviness with a depraved rock'n'roll groove Lemmy would be proud of. Punk oiks Gallows opened the gates for bands hellbent on injecting danger and violence into modern music, and Sanzen have obviously taken note.
Sanzen members Ben Kumar and Scott Briggs, guitar and drums respectively, are by no means rookies, that’s for sure. Having previously played in My War, and as a result shared stages with the likes of Sepultura, Entombed and Eyehategod, they’re deserving of at least 16 minutes of your time. The past, as great as it is, is the past, it’s all about Sanzen now. Playing “guitar swinging, rock ‘n’ roll good time music”, as they put it, it’s hardly surprising they’ve managed to land support slots alongside luminaries such as Funeral For A Friend, Bullet For My Valentine, Life Of Agony, Skindred, Downset, Waterdown and more recently Pitchshifter.
Their blend of metallic hardcore, coupled with their rock ‘n’ roll attitude is starting to make serious waves on the UK underground, and it’s surely only a matter of time before those waves flood out and really set tongues waggling. Time will tell if messieurs Eley, Kumar, Briggs, Hamson achieve that feat, but our money is on them to break right out of Gun City and take on the UK, maybe even the world.
'This Is Gun City' was Produced by Moot Group (Send More Paramedics, The Plight, Bring Me The Horizon)
Artwork by Dan Mumford (Gallows, Suicide Silence, Black Dahlia Murder)
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