Bomberos is a relatively new and I'm now guessing main band for Sven-Erik Kristianson (AKA Maniac of Mayhem fame) that was formed in 2003. Thus far the band has released a 7" record and this debut EP suitably titled 'Hate.' The band also features Bjørn on guitar, Joacim on Bass, and Einar (of Beyond Dawn, Virus, and Lamented Souls fame) on drums. Although recently Pete has replaced Joacim on bass and former Emperor member and convicted homo stabber Bård Faust Eithun has joined up as the new drummer.

Anywho Bomberos claims to play old school punk music in the Misfits, Dead Kennedy's, and Nine Pound Hammer vein, yet there is obviously a metal influence on most of these songs. Now personally I haven't listened to any punk music in years. When I was about 13 I bought a Bad Religion CD and thought it was pretty neato, and I own the Sex Pistols one and only album, which is great even though it is terrible (if that makes any sense, haha). So my exposure to punk music has definitely been limited, but I can
certainly hear that old punk vibe in this bands music. Hate delivers seven short songs of passionate, fast paced, catchy punk music done the way punk should be done. The riffs are good, the drums are fast and furious, and Maniac screams out the vocals in a clear yet destructive punk voice. Not much else can be said other than if you like old school punk then be sure to check out this up and coming band.
7/10 - Blackwinged, Lunar Eclipse

This rather new Norwegian band took me by surprise, with their debut 7" release "Bringing Down The Neighbourhood Average". Noisy and raw punk/rock with lots of "fuck you" attitude and balls.

The time has now come to their second release, the mini album "Hate", released on CD, and there should be a vinyl version in the works. Once again it took me by surprise, though this time because I didn't knew it was going to be released.

Bomberos continues where they left with their first release. Catchy, raw and noisy punk rock. Very simple, but yet very effective and neckcrushing guitar riffs. Uptempo beats, but still simple drumming, though Beinhard tries to go out of the ordinary, and well he does when considering the style. The composition of the tracks is very good, it is hard to keep the feet still, when listening to this new batch of old school punk rock. The band does also hit the right atmosphere, both composition wise, but also with the sound of the instruments and the raw and dirty production.

The only thing which can be said, is that many may have a hard time to get into the vocals from Kølla Kristiansen. Though after some listens it gets in there, and then it won't go away. He delivers a really distinctive and rather non-fitting vocal, though in time, it gets to fit right in there, with the rest of the madness.

I think the material on this release is a tad better than the material on the debut 7". It sounds more worked through and catchy, even though it still is harsh and raw as hell. My personal favourite tracks are 'Barbed Wire Lobotomy' and 'Honeymoon In Hell", though the rest of the tracks kicks effective ass too. And I think it is both good and bad that the release isn't longer than 9 minutes. It would be killer to hear more from the band, though I reckon it works best in small doses, and this dose works as it should, so fuck you!

8/10 - Skintrade / www.scandinavianmetal

Punk Oslo style. And by "Oslo style" I mean this is old school Dead Kennedys and Sex Pistols worship. There is none of that pretty boy pop-punk (a la Blink-182) crap to be found here. This music is filthy and
grimy and sweaty. Maniac of Mayhem is the vocalist for this band but gone are the black metal posturings. Instead he opts for his best Jello Biafra impression. This disk is short both in the amount of songs (7) and the amount of minutes of its length (9). This disk packs a punch with its delivery but I feel somehow let down because it can't sustain its imprint on my brain due to its limited length. And since this is so short, so will my review be short. Sweet but short.
Bradley Smith - www.nocturnalcult.com

It takes Bomberos nine minutes and fourteen seconds to show the entire world their accumulated hate and disgust. The Norwegian quartet largely pays a tribute to the American branch of the late 70s punk, and although my interest is primarily dis'orientated towards the English counterpar and rarely the American inclination for hardcore, Bomberos have fully seized my attention.

There's hardly any reason in hiding that my motifs for accepting much of the dissonance is initially due to the involved members, Maniac (ex Mayhem) and Einar Sjursø [Beyond Dawn, Lamented Souls, Virus], and it doesn't make it less charming that former Emperor and Dissection stickman Faust [Scum, Aborym] has joined Bomberos following the release of the MCD.

As much as it makes any plausible sense speaking of old-school death and black metal, I reckon that there's a rational thought in referring to a describing a direction within the punk scene as old-school punk, and when this awkward stigma is onset, it's just as easy to categorize Bomberos as an old-school punk band.

Punk is subject to a revival in Norway, and Scum is currently one of the major topics with its involvement of famous musicians from the black metal scene, and Bomberos is likewise somewhat of a super group. Whether Scum's music is the worth the effort, only time will tell, but I consider Bomberos the real deal, despite my lack of insight in the broad array of entertainers of punk, which makes me less critical of the music. Bomberos' music curiously stir the same moves in me as Venom's and Mayhem's early material, and this is presumably my personal link.

My need for punk is minimal compared to other musical expressions, and Bomberos will easily satisfy my hunger for punk for quite a while. Or perhaps I should browse my old vinyl for some English punk?
5/6 - Lolk, Antenna

Bomberos leverer smadrende punk med masser af energi og passion. Det handler om en ting og det er at rykke derudaf. Der 5 skæringer her på 7"eren, som er trykt på ekstra tungt vinyl, sådan.Min favorit skæring på skiven er den direkte og lige på åbner ’Lick The Cum Of My Boot’, der kører lige på og hårdt. Godt guitararbejde og habile trommer af Beinhard, som nok bedre er kendt som Einar Sjursø, som udover at stå for Duplicate Records også huserer i diverse bands som Lamented Souls, Beyond Dawn og Infernö. Vokalen er lidt særpræget og man skal sgu lige vænne sig til den. Den er leveret af Kølla Kristiansen, som nok bedre er kendt som Maniac, når han skråler i et andet band.
Det er ikke fordi at Bomberos genopfinder punk genren, de leverer bare 5 habile skæringer, der trasker derudaf. Lyden på skiven er en kanon garagelyd, der passer perfekt til musikken og genren. Lidt tynd guitarlyd, en overraskende fed bas, når den skinner ordentligt igennem. Tæskende trommer, der også lyder godt og så vokalen. Materialet er mixet godt og det er sgu et plus. Det er bare med at få fat i Duplicate Records og få fat i denne 7", den er sgu meget forfriskende. Gode musikere med gode ideer vil resultere i noget godt og det er sket her.
7/10 – nocturnalhorde.com

Oslobaserte Bomberos er det minst velproduserte og minst pinglete old school-punkbandet du kan tenke deg. Minialbumet Hate er verdens beste eksempel på at punken lever i beste velgående.
Tja, vi kan like godt kalle Bomberos for hardcore også, all den grad knallhard old school-punk á la The Exploited glir like mye over i hardcoreland som noe annet. Men drit i det! Sjangerpreik blir pisspreik i denne sammenheng.

Med medlemmer fra blant annet Mayhem og Beyond Dawn blir vi på Hate overlevert sju låter fordelt på ni minutter. Ikke noe snikksnakk her med andre ord. Og det er helt greit, for Bomberos later ikke som de er noe annet et heidundrende hardcore punkband med en passe dose humor på lur.

Med korte og presise låter som Barbed Wire Lobotomy, Hellhound, Lewd & Lascivious og Give You Hell viser de at de kan faget med å levere ren musikalsk energi på plate.

Problemet, og kanskje også fordelen, til Bomberos på Hate er lengden på materialet. Samtidig som det er greit å holde en slik aggressivitet som det bandet oppviser i strenge tøyler ved å holde låtene korte, blir snaue ni minutter i korteste laget. Man tar seg selv i å tenke, "er det slutt alt?". Og nettopp dét er litt skuffende med denne utgivelsen. Men spørsmålet er kanskje om vi hadde taklet noe utover tjue minutter uansett. For dette river opp øregangene så det holder.

Hate er en monoton, grisesint, skitten og ulekker greie - men vi liker det for det! Hadde faktisk vært artig å se kvartetten ta et steg videre opp fra den undergrunnen de uten tvil trives best i. Bare for å se om noen i den mer tabloide presse gadd å skitne til sine tastaturfingre og nevne Bomberos innimellom Britneys siste stunts. Men Bomberos gir nok en blank f... i akkurat det. Og det er kanskje like greit.
Frode Jørum - Panorama Media

With a total of seven tracks clocking in at just over nine minutes, “Hate” is just a blip on the radar and chances are, not your radar. In fact, the only metal thing about this disc is the fact that MAYHEM’s Manic is BOMBEROS’ vocalist. Not exactly the flimsiest connection to Metal, but not the strongest one either. If you know anything about Punk, then you know exactly what to expect for the time that the disc is playing for and if you hate Punk already, then BOMBEROS, MAYHEM connection or not, won’t change your mind. However, if you do enjoy some Punk, then perhaps “Hate” would be a sound investment, as each track on here really embodies the punk spirit and there are some really great Punk riffs all over this thing, especially the opening riff to “Hellhound”. The only disappointment is that Manic’s vocals aren’t more venomous than they are, like they were on the “Bringing Down The Neighborhood Average” 7”. While this may not be the best Punk ever, it’s still a fun, fist pumping EP. (Online September 8, 2004)
Mark – aversionline.com

Bomberos plays quite different music in comparison to other bands I review here at Vampire. What you can expect from Bomberos you might ask now? Well, they play punk the way it should be played. It has been quite some years ago that I listened to punk alot, maybe already some 15 or so years ago, and especially The Exploited made an impression on me back then. And when listening to Bomberos that same feeling which I had when listening to The Exploited now comes over me again. All rage and hate inside of me wants to get out at once. This is punk to the core.
Bomberos is an Oslo based band with Kristiansen as vocalist, which most of you know as Maniac from Mayhem. So far they've released a 7"EP on Duplicate Records last year, which is called "Bringing down the neighbourhood average". Unfortunately I haven't heard it yet so I'm not able to tell if there are many differences between both these releases. But what I do can tell is that "Hate" is a very enjoyable mini-cd, filled with 7 tracks of furious and fast, intensive and catchy punk. The sound is very good I must say. It is recorded at the Fias Co. Studios and this studio has proven its quality in the past already (Mysticum, Audiopain, Aura Noir and Infernö to mention a few).
Bomberos is hate from the gutters of Oslo....and it is really worth checking out!!!
Marcel – vampire-magazine.com

Her kommer Bomberos. Ikke er jeg punkfan, det skal jeg jammen innrømme, så da første låten trua meg på livet, var det bare å bite tenna sammen og prøve seg på en liten anmeldelse. Punk er like divers som all annen musikk, men har litt færre rammer å operer innenfor. Her minner Bomberos mer om Motorhead enn Sex Pistols, selv om kanskje Pistols er det som ligger i bånngrapset av kvartettens inspirasjon, ikke lett å si uansett... Motorhead, som jeg er stor fan av, driver gatelangs med mange punka elementer, så litt glede hadde jeg av Bomberos. Men ikke mer enn at jeg gikk lei etter skivas femte gang i spilleren. Sorry. Blir veldig monotont og forutsigbart, men jeg er kapabel til å dele ut ei stjerne for øs og rivende engasjement. Høres veldig "live" ut, det er bra. Glatt punk og polert råttenskap skal avlives, her overlever bandet den prossesen...:) At Maniac er vocalis vulgæris hjelper ikke meg, er ikke Mayhem fan...men trolig er vel dette en liten kuriøs greie for nettopp Mayhemfansen. Stemmen er en rå utgave av et eller annet mellom Dum DumBoys og Sam Kinison...men her tar man yjmetal med ei klype salt...er som sagt ikke bevandret i pønken i disse dager... 7 låter i samme gate, samme takt og samme tone serveres med glød og overbevisningen. Er du pønker eller har sansen for det, tror jeg nok gjengen kan glede deg.
Yjmetal – heavymetal.no

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