What do you get when you blend sensuously dark, Alice in Chains-esque vocals with heavy groove bass, trippy/funky guitars, and a funky-ass drummer? A buzz.
It’s “Old Fashioned Hardcore,” as they describe it, like Dischord, circa 1981 (like Void) or the Gang Green and FUs (I’m talkin’ the reeeaaally short songs).
Similar to Delta 9 in the hardcore techno sounds, D.O.A. has one very specific element that distinguishes them: They’re from New York and fuckin’ proud of it.