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Samurai Overdrive - Av allt inuti CD-R
Genre: Crustcore/hardcore
Origin: Sweden
Released: 2006
Website: Samurai Overdrive
Label: Halvkass Produktion
Uploaded: 19.03.07

Well this was a nice surprise. I know Samurai Overdrive has some members in common with Anatomi-71, and I was under the assumption that this would be a quite soft punkish hardcore demo. And as I said before; this was a nice surprise. It’s much rawer than I thought it would be, and it actually gets me thinking of my younger punk days. It feels a bit like taking Snifter and Kontrovers and mixing it a bit with some rockier stuff as well as some semi-metal á la Neurosis and moody hardcore á la Tragedy. And the end result really reminds me of Apologia. I know that was a lot of name dropping, but if you find that annoying then tough luck! Strangely enough there’s also a couple of parts that gets me thinking of Coca Carola, but that might just be delirious imagination. Anyway, Av allt inuti has a lot of diverse influences, but it’s still concentrated on crust/hardcore and it shows a lot of potential.
Correction, March 28th - Ok, so I've gotten a couple of complaints since apparently Samurai Overdrive and Anatomi-71 have no members in common after all. So I stand correctly and will hopefully get people off my back.

Tracklist:
01. Ned på knä, blicken mot marken
02. Rätten att välja
03. Rikeman
04. Vardagsanpassad
05. Hegira
06. Inte fan är du mänsklig
07. Rasar