Tuesday, November 26, 2024

DISTRUSTER - Obscurum Per Obscurius EP review


 

DISTRUSTER - Obscurum Per Obscurius EP

Ossuary Records


So let's add speed metal / hardcore to the list of great extreme music from Poland. Just for the record I'm not Polish but damm when it comes to extreme music their nation really does rule. I've been praising extreme bands from Poland for four decades now. So here we have something new and it's DISTRUSTER who musically are a mix of speed metal, hardcore (or what some people call Crust) and I'd say they're touching on Death Thrash a bit. 


The band is a three piece consisting of Kosa on harsh / gruff vocals. Then there's Uappa Terror who aside from doing all of the guitar and bass work also sings. Finally there's veteran drummer James Stewart whose been in a host of extreme bands including VADER and DECAPITATED. Just for the record this band started out in 2021 and has a previously released full length from 2022 titled Sic Semper Tyrannis. 


As far as this release goes you can split it in two. The first four cuts are the meat of this release. Every musical extreme I mentioned above is in these four cuts. Now what comes next are three cuts which are remixed to various degrees. You've got the song "Bullshit" which was on their full length. Next is a remixed version of "God Reject" which is a song from this EP. But this version sounds like something played at a Warsaw underground club rave scene. 


The final cut is "To Live Beautifully" which is another cut from their debut full length but remixed into another Warsaw underground club rave scene style song. So as far as dancing goes the first part makes for some slam pit action while the latter half is disco / rave music. You make the call.


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