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Hawling from Roma Est, ROGO is the brand new project of former SECT MARK/EDUCATION members, which tries to build up on the band's previous extra distorted punk HC legacy (Crucifix, Mecht Mensch, United Mutation) with a set of metallic influences. The lyrics are based on the singer’s experience about being an immigrant in an European country, with a strong anticapitalistic perspective.
Our take: ROGO is from Rome, Italy, features former members of Iron Lung Records band Sect Mark, and plays a dark and nightmare-ish style of hardcore punk. The songs are built around propulsive pogo beats and catchy, off-kilter riffing that reminds me of Hoax, but with a kind of overloaded mainframe / Bladerunner-type production full of digital distortion that reminds me of A.I.D.S. and L.O.T.I.O.N. (both of whom, like ROGO, spell their names in all capitals). The label’s blurb mentions Mecht Mensch and United Mutation as points of reference, and while I don’t think ROGO sounds particularly like either of them, they share a similar quality of ominous darkness that can turn twisted and psychedelic. The production on In Un Mundo Senza Violenza is both in the red and in your face, and it really doesn’t let up in intensity for the entire record, with both slower, stomper tempo tracks like “Salvador Blanco” and Give Notice of Nightmare-style blazers like “La Tua Condanna” operating at full intensity. If you’re looking to get pummeled, this will definitely do the trick.