Dark dark hardcore from Ireland. And
eventually one of the most interesting album I've heard last year
(Yeah, I know, I'm late).
Of course, the hardcore galaxy is already full
of dark constellations. Lots of covers with skulls, zombies, and
bloody creatures hiding psychos and paranoias screamed against
powerful walls of guitars and hellish chaotic drum beats. Lots of
pseudo-scary frills and flounces, on the package, on the production.
Stylized violence. Or intellectualized. Too much to be sincere, or to
give the right thrill, sometimes.
Severance is NOT this kind of music.
Quite the contrary. Just pure hate, dirty violent self-loathing
exercise made of short bursts (between 00.23 and 02.16).
Recorded in the same basement they used to skin innocent victims (and
even fluffy rabbits, I've heard...). Heavy riffs, simple and nasty as
a crushed spine, drums running in a sonic swamp made of greasy bass
(motor oil) and larsens. And the voice is real scream, not the
well-trained throat ruining growl. Sounds like pain, a kind of unsane
madness answering to the sick samples cutting the album in three with
no anesthesia.
The lyrics, as expected, taste
like a pond of spit. Special mention to Pangea. Two sentences, one
metaphor (and an original one), enough to draw a nice and straight
nihilistic conclusion about the indeniable void of life.
Discovered, like Comply or Die, on the
Savour You Scene compilation (check here). A creepy jewel among the
rest, caught the attention immediatly (« Empty rooms. Empty
heads », and the unbeatable « Activism turned apathy,
optimism turned hate » line).
The band manages to create a coherent
and unique atmosphere for the all demo, a kind of very bastard son
between some old gothic ghoul and the snotty anger of the grindcore.
Don't listen to the songs like individual pieces, but rather the
entire demo as one big song made of several parts.
Much more complex and subtle than you
would first think. If it would be a movie, it would certainly not be
one of those shitty gory-sawy-tortury bolckbustards. Ever seen the
satanic rape scene in « Rosemary's Baby » ? Or
« Trouble every day » ? Something like this.
The bandcamp >> download the demo
for free.
The Facebook
Buy the tape from Sourmil or from Savour Your Scene >> classy cover, nice object, even for the non-fetishists.
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