Do you believe in love at first noise? Nope? But, Italian monstrous label Grindpromotion Records does! And that is freaking good, because last year this label fell in love with the new work of Boak. So obviously (after jumping from their pants) guys have signed all papers and all materials were sent to the press plant. This record is short (yes that is only one minus) but on the other hand it is full of ferocity… All songs fit on one green side (that's why this format called s-sided ep). By the way did you know that powerviolence bands have a good sense of humor? Look at this silly and funny cover. Guys just use photo of Alien Ant Farm members and put them in this “art”. Looks very stupid but cool, I'm sure the guys from AAF wouldn't understand that joke. But we are here now for jokes so…
“Movies” is a quick adventure in the world of violent noise and crazy speed. There is no intro, the band immediately starts their brutal eardrum massage with relentless riffs and blasting energy. Needless to say the violent guitar tone and nice brutal speed are overflowing all six songs. Somehow this madness sounds more like Grindcore, I guess it's because of the tempos and mad blast beats. Under the nails of this EP you may find punk mud with ugly smell of hardcore. These different genre pieces make this record more diverse and memorable (and that is fantastic). When I meet Boak, I'll immediately shake hands with these guys. Because these freaks managed to shove a huge amount of energy, anger, riffs, groove and screams into this 4 minute release (and that is impressive)!
Rating: 8.0/10 Boak bc Boak fb
You can buy this EP at www.grindpromotionrecords.com
So we're back to powerviolence, finally haha. This is not a super new split but, believe me this one definitely deserves any PV freaks attention. Two different bands and two different lands. Fresh violent juice from Scottish Boak and the second release ever from Californian bandits Deadbeat...
At first glance this cover looks pretty boring but, it`s only our first look. Lets pay attention to the details... First what we can see here is some kind of medal with a dying man inside. I'm sure that this is the main topic and it shows that for every stupid medal stands the human life (many lives). Also, the designer used some photos of prisoners of concentration camps, boots without owners (I think you can guess about what happened to them). Also there is a theme with "big bro is watching you" and of course mind manipulations (x-ray of the skull). And lets stop on this and talk about the noise.
Deadbeat are inhabitants of L.A., like I said before they are a young band and it's their second release. Their music is some kind of very extreme hardcore (hardcore on the end of extreme limits) with some powerviolence elements. Almost all songs are shorter then a minute (only "Vile Human" is a little bit longer than 1 min) so everything sounds even faster. I really like these loud yelling vocals. Guitars are pretty heavy and blast beats are intensive. So despite the fact that this record is short these 4 songs are a good example of a violence cocktail.
This is an absolute good and painful mess in the very best way. 2 new songs (plus a cover of Eradicate) from the ever interesting Boak. This band is not too active, but every one of their releases receives good reviews. The noise can sew the seeds of sickness inside your head. Okay maybe these guys sounds pretty modern but, they bring absolutely destructive power. All their songs are pretty long (each more than a minute, haha) and full of violent energy. Slow and fast rhythms switch with each other and create real chaos. What else to say?
Rating: 8/10 Boak fb Deadbeat fb
You can order this split HERE!
