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Recently released, ROT offers another noisy 5 track demo, continuing the Doom/ENT influenced onslaught with more stenchcore elements this time around. Limited to 100 copies.
Our take: Loss of Hope is the latest cassette from this Michigan band that channels the greyed out anxiety of the crossover hardcore / metal scene that flourished in late 80s Britain. Extreme Noise Terror is the obvious reference point, which I reach for because the vocals do that alternating low / high thing I associate with E.N.T. Before the E.N.T. thing dawned on me, though, I thought to myself that Realm of Terror sounds like Disclose with death metal parts. Their sound is tinny and blown out, essentially crasher crust, but when they drop into a mid-paced part, the riffs are more complex and heavier. Perhaps this is what the band means when they say there are more stenchcore elements on Loss of Hope than on their previous release, Accelerated Extinction (which we also have in stock), but I’m hearing raw death metal more than stenchcore… I’m no expert, though, so maybe I’m wrong. You’ll also hear Realm of Terror flirt with grind, which is keeping with the aesthetic. It seems like many people have been discovering this universe of 80s UK punk/metal crossover lately, and I love how Realm of Terror fuses those influences with crasher crust and d-beat to arrive at something that feels fresh and exciting.
Our take: Loss of Hope is the latest cassette from this Michigan band that channels the greyed out anxiety of the crossover hardcore / metal scene that flourished in late 80s Britain. Extreme Noise Terror is the obvious reference point, which I reach for because the vocals do that alternating low / high thing I associate with E.N.T. Before the E.N.T. thing dawned on me, though, I thought to myself that Realm of Terror sounds like Disclose with death metal parts. Their sound is tinny and blown out, essentially crasher crust, but when they drop into a mid-paced part, the riffs are more complex and heavier. Perhaps this is what the band means when they say there are more stenchcore elements on Loss of Hope than on their previous release, Accelerated Extinction (which we also have in stock), but I’m hearing raw death metal more than stenchcore… I’m no expert, though, so maybe I’m wrong. You’ll also hear Realm of Terror flirt with grind, which is keeping with the aesthetic. It seems like many people have been discovering this universe of 80s UK punk/metal crossover lately, and I love how Realm of Terror fuses those influences with crasher crust and d-beat to arrive at something that feels fresh and exciting.