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Ultrabrutal D-Beat Raw Punk Distrotion Noize straight outta Berlin and Skopje/Liege. Smog is a jointventure over all borders with members of Disease hailing from Skopje (Macedonia) and Liege (Belgium). 5 brutal straight in your face raw punk tracks. Their second release after the split 10inch with Ergophobia.
Berlin’s infamous Electric Masochist with their debut release on vinyl after two stupid good demo tapes. Distorted Raw Punk Noize, total D-Beat Madness.
RRRAW TO THE BONES!
Our take: Burning Anger Records brings together Macedonia’s Smog and Berlin’s Electric Masochist for this international hardcore split 12". Both bands sound inspired by Disclose, but put their own spin on things. Smog has the relentless d-beating drums and fried guitars, but their vocals are unique for the style, a higher-pitched howl that sounds more like primitive early black metal than Kawakami. The production is drenched in noise and reminds me of Paranoid’s harshest material, but the vocals give this one a fiendish atmosphere all its own. As for Electric Masochist, I saw them play in Berlin a few years ago and I remember thinking, “wow, they sound EXACTLY like Disclose.” On these four tracks they still sound quite a lot like Disclose, but their voice comes through a little more. This is true of the first two tracks, which have more complex, swingier riffs that aren’t as straight Discharge-inspired. I also really like the lyrical approach on the track “Out of My Way!,” which takes the impressionistic Discharge lyrical style and turns its focus on a treacherous night out in Berlin. Both bands give fans of the genre everything they’d want plus a little extra, and I just love the textured fold-over sleeve. Any d-beat maniac will be mighty pleased with this one.