I guess you'd call this metallic hardcore? It's a little bit different than what usually comes to mind when that term is used, but for the most part that's what this band out of S?o Paulo, Brazil is laying down. Burly vocal yells, a mix of faster chord progressions with heavier rhythms and a little bit of chunky groove, etc. "Violence" is probably the heaviest of the tracks, sticking with midpaced tempos and lots of gang backup vocals, but they never really get that fast, so... I don't know. I think what's throwing me off is the recording, which needs work. The drums are way too rigid, I'm having a hard time making out the bass, the guitar tone has an unusual texture, and the vocals are way out front (to a distracting degree). They need to drop the vocals deep into the mix, thicken the guitars and bass, and use more natural drum tones if possible. Their playing is pretty tight, but the sound is holding their songs back. The cassette comes in a professionally printed sleeve with artwork on one side and lyrics on the other. As for the art, the illustration is a bit childish and at first rubbed me the wrong way, but the content isn't your typical nonsense, it's actually got a ton of little socio-political attacks in there: Racism, drug abuse, corporate greed, America's pig-like behavior, police brutality, domestic violence, depression, etc. As with most Brazilian bands that are even remotely associated with hardcore, the lyrics are far more political than any American band of this style, here dealing largely with third world issues of violence, racism, and warfare. "You don't care about the third world at war and its mass starvation and pain, In the third world about racist religious ethics and all misfortune that someone might have, You don't care about the massacres, epidemics, genocides, About civil war, about war for dignity? Does god care about the under developing nations? Death in the third world, but you don't care." This is okay, but it definitely sounds like a demo. It's a band in progress. They could be good, but this effort is a little bit premature and doesn't excite me very much.
[self-released]
Running time - 8:00 (approximately), Tracks: 5
[Notable tracks: You Don't Care, Violence]
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