Boy Sets Fire can’t even cover material correctly. Sounding weak and devoid of the essence that the originals held, their two Coalesce covers are laughable.
Noisecore doesn’t get any better than this. Not even Deadguy/Kiss It Goodbye stuff. Botch makes spazzing-out on record feel like a live show in your stereo.
Learning brutality and catchiness from Entombed, Blindside and Selfmindead have given the American crazy-core that Coalesce helped invent a much-needed focus.
XIII PFP is weird hardcore with a ton of horns (huh?) that doesn’t sound like anything you’ve ever heard. They mix heavy parts and clean parts with ease.
1993’s Heart Of The Killer finds Ripper in full Halford mode, soaring over compositions that are riff-crazy, like heavy Savatage with an exploration metal vibe.