Description
With Soulcrushers, the second album from Sidewalk Mafia, the band has fully found their own style, as they were still drifting a bit on their debut. The album differs from the previous works in the way that it is not as thematic as the first one. There are some fictional stories in their lyrics for the first time! However, as usual the music is heavy, oppressive with surprising twists and turns – not forgetting the big melodies either!
You can also find a wider musical expression on the record, sound-wise and genre-wise. All the pieces have found their place, with a number of shows played around Europe supporting the debut album and while they were making Soulcrushers.
Sidewalk Mafia is a blackened gothic/doom metal trio from Helsinki, Finland. The band’s sound is oppressive with low tuned guitars, but also melodic and at the same time atmospheric with a wall of sound type production. The group was founded in 2021 and released their debut full-length album 72 Hours in May 2022 via Sliptrick Records.
Tracklist:
01. 6` Under | 02. Soulcrushers | 03. Black Baptism | 04. Without Hell | 05. Hummingbird | 06. Cursed Lunar Eclipse | 07. Bad Karma Zombies | 08. Swords And Knives | 09. When We Dance
Soulcrushers | Released September 3rd, 2024 via Sliptrick Records
Sidewalk Mafia are:
Tommy Paroles – Vocals/Guitars | Johannes Wolfpathon – Drums/Vocals
Band links: Facebook | Youtube | Instagram | On Sliptrick
The Viking in the Wilderness –
An album to seek out if straight forward heavy metal with hard rock propensities and a little bit of an occasional extreme metal edge that alternate between a dramatic delivery and melodic sensibilities strikes you as an interesting proposition …read more
bringerofdeathzine –
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Sidewalk Mafia and if you are a fan of black, doom and gothic metal, you should check out this band …read more
powermetal.de –
Neun Kompositionen hat die Truppe auf “Soulcrushers” verewigt, und jede einzelne ist auf ihre unorthodoxe Art und Weise speziell und packend. Experimentierfreude ist manchmal auch im beschränkten Rahmen sehr, sehr aufregend – so wie auf diesem wirklich tollen Album …read more