Published: 4 Sep 2024
Drop Dead
- Release date: 1994 (Recorded 1984!)
- Genres: Thrashcore, Powerviolence, Grindcore
- Rating: 4/5
- Originally written: ~4th March 2023
Sort of unbelievable that such an aggressive and influential punk band (paving the way for grindcore e.g. Napalm Death) was just a bunch of kids from the east coast of the USA, in a musical package totalling all of 17 minutes. 10 of this are unparalleled (for the time) bursts of high energy noise and aggression, with a grand, scuzzy and sludgy closer in the form of Grim Reaper, which is secretly the best song on the album point blank. A notable historical artefact in hardcore punk’s history that’s still a complete romp all these years later.
Best tracks: Drop Dead, Conform, Starvation, Grim Reaper
