75% of the ’80s poli-punks have gotten together (drum duties by Dave Ghrol, who must be psyched!), and retained the power and edge they had all those years ago.
Breaking off a chunk of melodious/atmospheric nü rock to blow open the emotional palette and drawing textural tools from old and new psychedelic bands.
This Detroit act add fresh twists by moving faster than most, and by utilizing a traditional death vocal next to a thrashy scream that is nearly black metal.
Like the 800 bands that sound like them, Haste mixes hardcore Rage with syrupy boy-band regressions. Their strength is inventing golden titles for shitty songs.
I hear a lot of Unsane in Breather Resist, but I also hear a lot of other cool things being hurled in the 22 minute barrage of noise and mayhem on their debut.
Miles above their debut offering, Blood Has Been Shed turn it up to “11” with Spirals, a dynamically heavy album that rocks with a deafening blow to the head.
Throwdown are a bludgeoning, powerhouse machine of aggression that rolls with such speed and momentum that in the right environment, they’d be unstoppable.