KONTRASEKT – s/t EP

This crust monster hails from Minneapolis and rural Minnesota, and boasts ex-members of DRESDEN, DESPITE, STILLBORN, and TWO MINUTE TANTRUM, just to name a few. They play heavy pummeling crust that reminds me of older DOOM filtered through a Japanese crust band. The sound is raw, but not so much that you canﾒt distinguish the various parts; you can clearly hear the driving bass riffs through the wall of heavily distorted guitar. The vocals are guttural and haunting, with so much reverb that they appear to be screamed at you from the bottom of a deep, dark pit. The lyrics are short and to the point, not needing a ton of words to get the message across. This is a killer debut that has me head banging along every time. Crust-As-Fuck. (righteous)