Lock Up
Hate Breeds Suffering (Nuclear Blast)
by Tim Den
In Lock Up‘s case, lightning unfortunately doesn’t strike twice. What started out as a refreshing throw-back to the good ol’ glory days of grindcore has grown into a half-assed sophomore album. With far weaker production values and performances, Hate Breeds Suffering (lame title) is brainlessly faster, more interchangeable, and more hastily put together (from the sounds of it) than the head-crushing debut, Pleasures Pave Sewers. New vocalist Tomas Lindberg sounds as convincing as a kitten (no doubt because of his “I’m trying to save my throat for the other five bands I growl for” work schedule), and the bottom-of-the-barrel riffs behind him ain’t helpin’.
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