Here's the new one by Sweden's burly hardcore champs. It charges at you with all the punk n rocking fury you might expect from this band who infuses Entomb's dense guitar tone with Motorhead's reckless energy. The raw-throated vocals are more Lemmy-influenced than metal. There is a scant trace of the stomping sections you might expect from hardcore, though this is way heavier than punk, thus making it hardcore. 11 albums in they know what they are doing. The attitude empowering the chug to the title track does have a dose of Discharge-inspired aggression to it, so it will win over fans of traditional hardcore. I appreciate those riffs as they give you something to hook you in. The vocals stick to a bark that sits back in the guitars so you are not looking for them to draw you into the songs.
"A Day in the Life of an Arse" charges straight ahead at a brisk pace to run you over. They are plenty angry enough, but in terms of songwriting, the previous song is more compelling. This song is just dynamically monochrome. There is more of a deliberate setup for the intro to "Unruled and Unamed",. but once the song kicks in, the drumming is full speed ahead, and it feels rushed. There feels like there is more of a rock n roll purpose to "Skinchanger". The riffs are more memorable, and the vocals might feel like more of an afterthought, but it works.
"Your God is a Corpse' might hammer the point home with overbearing speed, but "Nail Bomb" has a little more hook to it, despite being pretty straightforward. It might come across at times like I can be harsh with bands in terms of the standards I have, but I do not need everyone to be at the Pink Floyd level of songwriting, just the effort they put into that one works for me. It works better than when they stomp the gas and rush through "Cyanide Messiah" or "Sea of Rust". I will give this album a 7.5, it works well enough for what it is, if you own their other 10 albums, this one is what you expect.
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