(Review from Zero Tolerance July/Aug ’09)
I’d heard the advance tracks, but nothing prepared me for this: nine hymns of misanthropic nihilism, unmatched in the presentlandscape of underground music. I would have no qualms in saying thatthis in the best European crust record of the decade. It’s got thebrutal-as-fuck atmosphere of the early Death Metal ala Autopsy, Entombed or Death, crossed with the aggressive fuck-off riffing of DeviatedInstinct, Sepultura or Hellbastard and the miserable, chained tooblivion sound aesthetics of Amebix and Axegrinder.
With riffs that nearly fucking snap your neck and aguitar sound both blunt and bludgeoning, simultaneously raw and cutting, the axe is at the forefront of these songs. The vocals are snarls ofloathsome desperation, the production simply immaculate. The drumming is martial and pounding, adding depth and contour to what are essentialsimple Thrash riffs, yet the key to this is simplicity in execution andcomplexity in structure and composition.
The self titled track is unlike anything I’ve heard incrust for years, whilst the venomous barbarity and razor-sharp guitarsof ‘Human?’ and ‘Suffocation’ are simply incredible.
Fucking monolithic: get this now!
5/5 Cormac O’Siochain
Officially released in Ireland and the UK through Code7/PHD on the 3rd of August
