Well ive decided that this blog is now goin to be mainly album reviews as other ideas aren't really working.
Extreme Noise Terror A Holocaust in Your Head.
1989
The first Extreme Noise Terror record is easily the best thing they have ever done. That probably has something to with the fact the songs ae actually original here and not re-recordings like much of their later output was.
As the name of the band and album would imply this is not pleasant sounding music. It is pure undiluted hardcore crust punk. The production is raw. This is very much an album long before the days of pro tools. The drums at absoulutely punishing and relentless. Then there's the bass that sounds muddy and heavy.
The noteable thing about ENT was that they had two vocalists. One with a low death grunt and the other with high pitched screams. You definitely need a lyric to know what they are saying. This is th case with most crust punk. The lyrics cover anarchist and anti capitalist themes with the most famous song being the vegetarian athem "Murder."
An essential for anyone who likes their music extremely noisy and terrifying.
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