Labels: Beach Impediment
Review by: Alex Deller
Uh, so this is pretty awesome. Thought the last Obliteration 7″ was solid, but this one pulls out all the stops with a beefier sound, a greater grasp on all the elements they’re juggling and a newfound knack for songsmithery that leaves the songs caught mid-way between being catchy as hell and absolute disaster zones. To me it sounds like some sort of collision between 80s Boston and something explosively Swedish: a tough brand of hardcore that’s loaded with dour resolve, bleeds at the edges and would doubtless look pretty sharp in a spiked leather jacket. Atop this you have incessant soloing, echo-soaked vocals, spanking great choruses and a mangled nod to Saint Vitus that sounds perfectly natural rather than shamefully cribbed. It’s ruddy blinding, basically.