Burning the Prospect
No Great Design ()
Wydane przez Feto Records/Plastic Head DistributionRok wydania Kraj UKNapisał Wouter8
Since their inception in 2004 UK's Burning the Prospect play a furious blend of old school punk, crust and Swedish d-beat and hardcore. Debuting on the label headed up by Napalm Death's Shane Embury and Anaal Nathrakh's Mick Kenney, Burning the Prospect take no prisoners with their debut "No Great Design". Unlike the happy-go-lucky lyrics of many of its contemporaries Burning the Prospect focus mainly on socio-political issues and left wing politics. Heavily influenced by the likes of Disrupt and especially Disfear "No Great Design" is delivered fast and loose with a three-way vocal interaction between Dan Sansam and guitarist duo Jimmy Hawkes and Luke Sims the album is an intense affair that never lets up. Drummer Matthew Gibbard provides Burning the Prospect with its instantly recognizable d-beat and while he isn't the most versatile player he compensates it in sheer intensity. Most of the material here short, compact and to-the-point while being played at breakneck speed with shouted, screamed and barked vocals. A lot of the material on this record reminds of Napalm Death's earlier hardcore punk oriented offerings, in particular "Scum" and "From Enslavement to Obliteration". "No Great Design" was mixed and mastered by Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakth, Mistress) and as a result the record retains enough of its raw hardcore punk edge while sounding modern in its texture, depth and definition. It's good to see hardcore punk and crust making a revival after its watered down, commercialized counterpart dominated the airwaves in the last decade.
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