Miles from NY hardcore; think of Refused with the Energizer bunny up their rectums and you’d have a clearer idea of what Sweden’s The Smackdown sounds like.
Garage rock to compare to the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs herk’n’jerk, or The Epoxies zany new wave via weirdo punk. Fuzzed-out keyboard smog populates mid-tempo grooves.
Includes the debut three-song EP, the split with Indecision (their best songs ever), the split with Another Victim, and more. They were ahead of their time.
This not only introduced a multi-faceted, technically melodic metalcore band to the world, it predates The Dillinger Escape Plan and countless rip-offs.
Deicide’s best album since Serpents of the Light. Hell, maybe it’s even better. An absolutely essential album after so many years of plopping out mediocrity.
Complicated rhythms, machine gun guitars, double-bass drums, and the operatic vocals of also guitarist Oddleif Stenslaf who aspires to Nevermore’s Warrel Dane.