Predictably great teaming-up of two of the heaviest hitters the latest wave of powerviolence has produced, both of whom show all the weakling pretenders precisely how this lark should be done. Alex Hughes’ Hatred Surge kick off with their straight-up n’ savage assault, crashing and bashing with thick, meaty riffs and belligerent roars, all peppered with hectoring female vocals (a la their earlier split with Insect Warfare) to make sure those Despise You comparisons keep on rolling in. Things slowly grind to a halt with the slothful “Casket’, a pained crawl punctured by grating squalls of feedback that perfectly sets the stage for the Endless Blockade, whose side gradually unfolds with a slow-motion bass riff before the flat-out brutality ensues, an eleven-track skullfuck of inventive, metal-flecked powerviolence that positively drips with venom, bile and vein-popping hate whether it’s charging along at full-tilt or wallowing in its own sludged-out filth.