Punk rock’n’power boogie-rooted rock and fucking roll, keeping the tempos in the mid-quick range, the guitars set on “stun,” and the drums set on “stomp.”
Politically-charged melodic hardcore/noisecore act Boy Sets Fire have found a new home at Wind-Up, home of Creed, and to celebrate, the band has issued an EP.
This latest release from A Global Threat is comprised of 15 tracks taken from split EPs released in the late ’90s when Mark Unseen was the lead vocalist.
For the first time since the NY band’s inception, the ominous, wretched cries of the guitar bends have been traded in for traditional grinds and chugs.
This is Vader members Mauser and Doc’s side band. Ironic, then, that this sophomore release is actually better than the last Vader full-length, Revelations.
Full-on Mod-rockin’ good times – garagey guitars jerking about, organ wailing, vocals howling – The Agenda! work up a sweat and miss some notes along the way.
The band’s second masterstroke, 13 possesses of many of the qualities which made Further a success, yet it is an altogether angrier and more aggressive animal.
The new vessel of ex-KMFDM members En Esch and Guenter Schulz. Dick Nity displays the nearly-perfect mixing and mastering production we’ve come to expect.