TREASONIST - Self Titled
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
Alright this one here got my interest simply because of the participation of vocalist Pete Ponitkoff. My thing with that is I've been a fan of his previous bands for a while. I've got a few BENUMB releases as well as AGENDA OF SWINE's only release Waves of Human Suffering. But for those of you out of the loop, here's some info.
BENUMB was a grindcore band from California in the 1990s. They grew out of the old hardcore scene and got respect from the metal community. Mainly because they got signed to Relapse. But by the 2000s the band had played out so Ponitkoff and drummer John Gotelli started AGENDA OF SWINE with some former members of TORTURED CONSCIENCE. Now like I mentioned earlier that band only put out one full length.
Which brings us to this one here. First off I gotta say Ponitkoff still has decent vocal chops for being fifty. I've seen a recent photo of em so it ain't from clean healthy living. Musically it's not AGENDA OF SWINE part two. This reminds me a lot of BENUMB's final stuff. Kinda like after they did the split with their Relapse label friends PIG DESTROYER but better.
On this release, which is at a less than fourteen minute running time (can you say EP?) TREASONIST hand in a type of death grind brawl. There's plenty of cool chugging riffs as well as a barrage of blast beating madness. They also allow for the death metal influences to flow in with some groove. But you know the bulk of this is head crushing grind worthy of loosing some blood to in the pit. I wonder if the new PIG DESTROYER release is this good?
http://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/
https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/treasonist
https://www.facebook.com/treasonistgrind/
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