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BOAK/ DEADBEAT
Split
7"
Thoughts ram into your eardrums like crazed splinters. Dismay at a society filled with hatred and malaise follows, and hot on its heels, the need to find an escape, some way to survive. This is what it feels like to listen to the masterful Deadbeat / Boak split. It is truly a match made in powerviolence. The two bands, with different approaches, from two different countries, have nonetheless solemnized one of the most successful marriages in the underground scene in recent years. The album is seven tracks of pure powerviolence. Deadbeat takes the first dance on side A. The Los Angeles band represents the absolute cutting edge in West Coast powerviolence. The genre itself originated in California, also home to such bands as Infest, Despise You and Capitalist Casualties. Deadbeat’s fast-tempo, hard-hitting sound renders homage to these groups, while adding a strong hardcore element. The power of their lyrics, combined with the originality of their short songs, dizzying with their constant changes in tempo, make this band the worthy heirs of their genre, which many think has lost its way in recent years. Their first song, Enemy, hits like a fist to the face: twenty-four seconds of sheer violence with the lyric “I will not be silenced, I will turn to violence. You bring out the worst in me, you are my enemy”. Hellfire, Vile Human and Violent Mind complete the A side, confirming Deadbeat‘s current status as a band of reference in the California powerviolence scene. The excellent work of sound engineers Jon Nunez (Shitstorm / Torche) and Nick Townsend(Deadbeat drummer) brings the record together seamlessly.
Split
7"
5,00 Euro
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Thoughts ram into your eardrums like crazed splinters. Dismay at a society filled with hatred and malaise follows, and hot on its heels, the need to find an escape, some way to survive. This is what it feels like to listen to the masterful Deadbeat / Boak split. It is truly a match made in powerviolence. The two bands, with different approaches, from two different countries, have nonetheless solemnized one of the most successful marriages in the underground scene in recent years. The album is seven tracks of pure powerviolence. Deadbeat takes the first dance on side A. The Los Angeles band represents the absolute cutting edge in West Coast powerviolence. The genre itself originated in California, also home to such bands as Infest, Despise You and Capitalist Casualties. Deadbeat’s fast-tempo, hard-hitting sound renders homage to these groups, while adding a strong hardcore element. The power of their lyrics, combined with the originality of their short songs, dizzying with their constant changes in tempo, make this band the worthy heirs of their genre, which many think has lost its way in recent years. Their first song, Enemy, hits like a fist to the face: twenty-four seconds of sheer violence with the lyric “I will not be silenced, I will turn to violence. You bring out the worst in me, you are my enemy”. Hellfire, Vile Human and Violent Mind complete the A side, confirming Deadbeat‘s current status as a band of reference in the California powerviolence scene. The excellent work of sound engineers Jon Nunez (Shitstorm / Torche) and Nick Townsend(Deadbeat drummer) brings the record together seamlessly.
