Ordinarily I’m a bit suspicious of bands who skip between styles and change significantly from release to release. This, however, is Hatred Surge, and much like unpredictable grinders Agoraphobic Nosebleed you kinda know what you’re going to get regardless of stylistic experiments: baseline hostility and punishing heaviness that’s like a wolf-headed battering ram smashing through the portcullis of your MIND CASTLE. This time around things are relatively mid-paced, employing a deliciously noxious guitar sound and coming across like the genetically-engineered spawn of Dismember, Integrity and that brilliant second album from Iron Age. It’s heavy, it’s horrible and, of course, once again it’s crushingly-spot on, but you knew this already and if you didn’t then what the hell is wrong with you?