Trippy logos and funky/fast bass lines make this really fun. The guitarist does that flutter-handed funk strumming and flavors the sound with crisp soloing.
Songs like “Hometown” and “Roslindale” describe the hopelessness and inner strength that comes with growing up in the broken down expectations of the suburbs.
Somewhere between growling powermetal and hideously deformed Sabbath-starring-Baphomet-on-vocals, Birmingham’s Benediction churn out 11 monstrous songs.
I thought Bender was just going to be another Doc Hopper ripoff band. I was wrong. Catchy, addictive and displaying Bender’s unique style of punk greatness.