I always find it rather sad when you get to hear a new band punching you with some great tunes, you get all excited about what the future brings for them and then after some time you hear that they pretty much broke up a while ago. Which is very much the case here. If you browse the blog a bit, you will find the Gonzo and Laatste Halte split posted somewhere in August. I was extremely excited about that split, since I didn't know the bands on it and both sounded excellent. Laatste Halte is pretty much still alive and kicking, but sadly fate was not so pleasant toward Gonzo.
If you didn't read the split writeup, then let's talk about details here. Gonzo was a four piece from Hoogeveen, Netherlands, playing some pretty rad hardcore during a three year period between 2007 and 2010. It has been a very blooming lifespan for the band, which you will witness once you download this discography. A total of fifteen songs with nearly thirty minutes of tunes are present here, divided into three "albums". I say "albums" since these songs are clearly not meant to be put together like this, rather they just made a chronological order with a I, II, III folder names (I presume so, at least).
As far as the very sound of Gonzo goes, check out the split writeup here for a detailed description. A rough comparison toward some other projects, one could say that Gonzo plays something between Zann and Shikari with a lot of June Paik influence on III. There is a lot of chaos going on in their songs and quite a bit of genre mixing, so it is best for you to just take a listen, rather then just read my words here first.
As I said at the beginning, I was very bummed up to hear that Gonzo broke up. It was a very unique and powerful project, I thought that they will definitely keep going and have a bright future ahead of them. It's a big loss, but luckily we are left with some amazing material behind them, so let's do it some good and enjoy it. I'd like to thank Kurtrip (or 412Wolfpack on cmhwak forums) for the download link, thanks a lot man!
reupload, please
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