Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Assuck - Misery Index


This was Assuck's 1996 LP released after their first relenting one, "Anti Capital" in 1991. Contains 15 tracks which all are full filled with blast beats. Released under Sound Pollution, this short album starts with the blasting fury of the short opener “QED”. The blast beats are perfectly played and the up tempo parts are so impulsive and angry! The production isn't great, which just adds to the overall effect. However, there is some pretty decent drumming and guitar work - providing a surprising amount of variety. Many of the songs use natural harmonics effectively to make riffs that are much more distinguishable amiss the chaos, and in some cases uses them in very innovative ways. Most of the songs also have some sort of tension and release, even if for practically every song it's a five second intro followed by the explosive follow up also consist of jagged dissonant chord voicings and harsh. To put things into perspective, Assuck have compile more progressions in 36 seconds than most brutal bands have managed to compile in 15 years. Undoubtable!

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