Like its predecessor, ‘Bloodmines’ is a fast, exhilarating album of rage, oozing with genuine raw emotion and punk rock fury. Shards of feedback make way for fast powerful riffs and savage vocals, whilst explosive drumming pumps blood around the band’s beating heart. What else would you expect from a band whose album was produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge and whose drummer,Nick Yacyshyn, has been named by none other than Dave Grohl as his ‘favourite new drummer by far’. Say what you like about Grohl, but he’s guy who knows a few things about bashing the skins.
Squalling squeals of feedback break from the grating guitars and spiral around the barked vocals which are the sonic embodiment of fury. The bulk of the tracks clock in under the two-minute mark. By ‘Dissmebler’, Andrew Drury has barked himself hoarse but the drums continue to pound at infinite BPM, a flurry of sticks against skin with thunderous force.
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The title track is slower and the most overtly structured track on the album and yields a heightened sense of impact, both on its own and in context of the subsequent deluge of thrashing punk noise that is ‘Calling’ as Drury howls ‘let go’ with vocal chords bleeding with anguish.
The density of the sound and the solidity of the rhythm section is remarkable and mark Baptists’ clear strengths, and the brutal frenzy of ‘For Profit’ that drags the set, kicking, screaming and flailing blindly to its hellish conclusion is nothing short of punishing.
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