Agents Of Abhorrence - Relief (RAPS rec)

And again hello Australia! I will never get tired repeating that this land has unique features that promote the growth of many mad and cool grind bands. I did not hear anything from Agents Of Abhorrence for long time, it was very likely that the band just split up. But they left a few good records which will be always reminding us of them. "Relief" was released on CD and vinyl by some big labels and, just recently, this album got a new life in cassette format. By the way this is the last work of Agents Of Abhorrence and it is slightly different from their previous stuff. If you listen to all discography then you will notice that the scale of madness and chaos in their songs is getting lower with time. Not that Relief is something like pop-grind or something, not at all! But in their earlier works guys were really crazy!)) I honestly don't remember how many times I listened to this album, and I am really glad to get this stuff for review. Fast and aggressive grindcore/hardcore by AOA catches you from the first notes. Decent intro followed by a hellish pressure and crazy guitar riffs... this is just awesome! Guitar sounds like a grenade explosion - with sharp pieces it bites right into your head. As for blast beats which drummer performs... they sounds like a Gatling gun shooting! In general for me Relief album goes to the top 10 of coolest albums of australian underground scene.
Rating: 8.5/10 Agents of Abhorrence fb RAPS rec