HUMAN CULL - Revenant
WOOAAARGH
Who's up for some good old fashioned grindcore? What, too generic for ya? Well you can go take a flying fucking leap then. To me, in my not some humble opinion, there's good and bad grindcore. Good grindcore is like catching up with an old friend. Sure there's some reminiscing but the bottom line is that you feel comfortable being around em. Which is why you became friends in the first place.
Now bad grindcore is when you're old friend introduces you to their new spouse. Sure the new spouse likes some things about your old friend. But it's evident that the new spouse has reshaped your friend a bit to be more appealing and impressive to their new friends. And you wonder if you'll ever know your old friend again.
That's why I have no problem with England's HUMAN CULL. This three piece act has been around since 2011. Since then they've honed their sound throughout the years producing a bevy of short form releases as well as full length, Stillborn Nation, back in 2014. I missed out on that one but on this their second album the band unleashes a relentless assault of old school grind that's uncompromising as hell.
Revenant is eighteen songs in just over eighteen minutes. It has a continuous flow as if it's one long piece of music. Sound-wise it's a full on attack to your senses. Their instruments are weapons that rip you apart and HUMAN CULL give no quarter. The only times this band lets down their guard is to allow a slow death metal groove to slip in. The vocals are deep throat-ed angst and a few guttural rips. All in all one of my favorite grind releases of the year.
http://www.wooaaargh.com/
https://humancull.bandcamp.com/album/revenant
https://www.facebook.com/humancull/
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