Phobia - Generation Coward
The American grindcore legends Phobia are back only two years after their latest full length, hitting us hard with this new EP of them, baring the title "Generation Coward". 13 new tracks full on hateful chords, relentless beating of the kit and a paranoid growler spittin rhymes on all directions.
'Cynic Bastard' is the opening track and it is really the best way to set foot. Quick intro that kind of warms up the engines until the: "It's time to grind" shriek is heard and all hell breaks loose. Epileptic blastbeating combined with crazed 4/4 thrash beats over razor sharp riffs and Mr Mclachlan growling with the outmost rage every line. Growls and shrieks share the same part in this grindcore debauchery.
Tracks proceed in a tremendous pace. Their small length gives the album a great flow but also makes it hard to stay tuned for the changes. Second track is only 26 seconds before moving to the third. 26 seconds of dementia I'd say, split between the shrieks and the growls. 13 seconds for each and the drums behind go nuts.
'Imbecile' that follows, has this nice up-tempo beat, which we so love in grindcore, before ending in a crazed blastbeat once again. The next tracks follow as such. You get a lunatic behind the kit storming his way through with blastbeats, based on great riffs and a fat base line. Or it could easily be the other way around. Doesn't matter though cos the chaos they all create is sooo appealing. The perfect chaos for Shane Mclachlan to spew his rhymes and create his own socio-political manifest.
Production is loud and fat. Everything can be heard and they all work together. I am so glad this one has the proper amount of itchiness though. It is not nerdy clear but it is as clear needed for someone to listen to what's going on there but on the same time break his ear drums with its heaviness. Music created for breaking stuff. And when I say BREAK: I mean it. Live material I'm tellin ya.
What's amazing is that you get such music from a band active since 1990 that never stopped. The level of freshness this new EP has is out of this world. It is like you took 4-5 19 year old kids addicted to grind, stuffed them with coke and let them alone in a studio. After 16 minutes, the silence that succeeds the last song is sooo freakin annoying.
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'Cynic Bastard' is the opening track and it is really the best way to set foot. Quick intro that kind of warms up the engines until the: "It's time to grind" shriek is heard and all hell breaks loose. Epileptic blastbeating combined with crazed 4/4 thrash beats over razor sharp riffs and Mr Mclachlan growling with the outmost rage every line. Growls and shrieks share the same part in this grindcore debauchery.
Tracks proceed in a tremendous pace. Their small length gives the album a great flow but also makes it hard to stay tuned for the changes. Second track is only 26 seconds before moving to the third. 26 seconds of dementia I'd say, split between the shrieks and the growls. 13 seconds for each and the drums behind go nuts.
'Imbecile' that follows, has this nice up-tempo beat, which we so love in grindcore, before ending in a crazed blastbeat once again. The next tracks follow as such. You get a lunatic behind the kit storming his way through with blastbeats, based on great riffs and a fat base line. Or it could easily be the other way around. Doesn't matter though cos the chaos they all create is sooo appealing. The perfect chaos for Shane Mclachlan to spew his rhymes and create his own socio-political manifest.
Production is loud and fat. Everything can be heard and they all work together. I am so glad this one has the proper amount of itchiness though. It is not nerdy clear but it is as clear needed for someone to listen to what's going on there but on the same time break his ear drums with its heaviness. Music created for breaking stuff. And when I say BREAK: I mean it. Live material I'm tellin ya.
What's amazing is that you get such music from a band active since 1990 that never stopped. The level of freshness this new EP has is out of this world. It is like you took 4-5 19 year old kids addicted to grind, stuffed them with coke and let them alone in a studio. After 16 minutes, the silence that succeeds the last song is sooo freakin annoying.
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1. Cynic Bastard
2. Haters Be Hating When Ya Living Good
3. Imbecile
4. Bonzo Of Grind
5. Internet Tough Guy
6. Excretion
7. Cut Throat
8. PC Fascist Fuck Off
9. Aspiration Lost
10. Falsification
11. Miserable Awakening
12. To Be Convinced
13. Condemned To Hell
2. Haters Be Hating When Ya Living Good
3. Imbecile
4. Bonzo Of Grind
5. Internet Tough Guy
6. Excretion
7. Cut Throat
8. PC Fascist Fuck Off
9. Aspiration Lost
10. Falsification
11. Miserable Awakening
12. To Be Convinced
13. Condemned To Hell
Reviewer: andychristos
Aug 16, 2019
Aug 16, 2019
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