HORRIBLE EARTH - Weakened by Civilization review

 

HORRIBLE EARTH - Weakened by Civilization

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions

Since this is the MARCH ov GRIND I was just listening to HORRIBLE EARTH's 2016 full length Typical Human Behavior. A damm good album under fourteen minutes in length. A perfect release when you've gotta get ready for work and you wanna blast it out. Kinda like a grudge fuck but it's grind. But ya know the grudge fuck would be better.

So now we have the newest full length by these grindcore Massholes. Yes they hail from Boston, Massachusetts aka: Massholes. Be that as it may HORRIBLE EARTH are a great modern day grindcore act. I mean their song structures are interesting whether their ripping your head apart or dragging you into a pit. This latest one has seventeen of em.

The riffs are mostly psychotic, the drum work is phenomenal, the vocals are full on aggro and the bass sound actually punches through. Ya know I first learned about this band via a compilation that Horror Pain Gore Death Productions put out a few years ago aka: Discography 2013 - 2019. I liked their mix of grind and power-violence. Like an east coast version of NAILS.

https://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/

LISTEN HERE:

https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/weakened-by-civilization

HORRIBLE EARTH - Weakened By Civilization review

 

HORRIBLE EARTH - Weakened By Civilization

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions

A few years ago I was checking out a HORRIBLE EARTH compilation which also came out on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. At that time I said that HORRIBLE EARTH sounds like a band who just walked out of the time tunnel from the late 80's. And I was very interested in what they're gonna do next. To explain it all, this band sounded like some act who came out of the late 80's grindcore scene which evolved out of the hardcore era. 

Now like I said I was very interested in what they were gonna do next and here it is. Weakened By Civilization is the second full length by this Boston, Massachusetts four piece act. Sound-wise they've definitly taken that next step beyond retro and delivered a damm good grind album. Musically you've got seventeen quick cuts which still hold true to the hardcore/grindcore aesthetic.

Sound-wise there is a complexity to the songs. Major props to the drum work as well as the guitar riffage. The vocals are full on savage. Yeah this is early grindcore intensity minus many death metal grooves. If anything is added it's a slow sludge part or two. So in the end this is a grindcore release which grabs hold of ya demands repeated listening. 

https://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/

LISTEN HERE:

bandcamp.com/album/weakened-by-civilization

https://hpgd.