Loud bass and a sludgy haze of fuzzed out guitar... uptempo pogo tracks, slower, brooding, pacing-in circles tracks; and songs that shift between the two zones. The way the record opens called FRENZY to mind but overall it's a bit of a different take on I guess what one might call raw or noise punk, there's no tape hiss or winding distortion; the guitar isn't doing much abrasive noodling. It just steadily adds a layer of borderline psychedelic texture to the bass and singing, both of which are situated higher in the mix. The vocals in particular sound set aside from everything else, almost as if they were recorded differently. The singer (guy from NOSFERATU) has a pained, almost exasperated tone.
There's a GAI feel to this record but not noisy in the same way, not as kooky, steadier and more contained. It also kind of reminds me of some early Finnish hardcore like VARAUS with how the riffs don't jump up and down the fretboard but they bounce and stick in your head. It's in a middle zone between styles where it's not super wild, super in-your-face or harsh like your latter-day noise punk acts, but it also doesn't quite have the driving anthemic quality of that style's more straightforward UK82 progenitors, in part due to the vocals not having that kind of thrust. But it still pulls off a weird sound that doesn't have a clear 1:1 point of comparison while having its share of catchy moments. I also like the artwork.
Fav tracks: Nacidos de la Violencia, Reborujado, Desde el Cielo
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