Deathraid-
All Life Ends LP review
The good old apocalyptic sound… we
meet again. Still slightly cacophonous
and forever hopeless (here, hopeless speaks to the lyrics theme, not my opinion
of the quality of music), this band may
have arrived 20 years too late, being in the vein of the classic Profane
Existence/ Havoc mid-90s crust/ D-beat/ anarcho movement. However, do not count them out yet- these
guys have not lost a bit of steam in their older age (members used to be in
Disrupt and were active in the original west coast anarcho punk scene). The drums hit like a pack of exploding land
mines, the guitars like an air raid, incoming without warning and the vocals
bark out like a Browning machine gun blasting away. War may be an ugly thing, but it sure makes
for some awesome allegories, imagery, and vivid descriptions of cacophonous
sounds. If you enjoy any kind of
anarcho/ crust/ D-beat, this is your jam.
Other punks will enjoy it as well, but there is a slight disconnect
between the message and the receiver in this case. Not new, not unenjoyable, but very good. All life does end, and sadly, so does this
record. Good thing there are two sides,
no?
-Aunty Social
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