DEADBOLT - Disillusion
First, this is the best sounding DEADBOLT recording so far. I've seen DEADBOLT a lot but it's rare that their live sound lives up to how hard this recording sounds. Maybe we need to get Seb a second guitar cab?
I feel safe in saying that DEADBOLT has finally slotted into the power vacuum left by GAZM and formerly occupied by OMEGAS. Few bands can straddle Montreal's punk and capital-H-hardcore scene without being trapped by whatever current trends are stagnating each one at any given time. Sonically, they are not afraid to mix influences from both scenes citing TOWER 7, WARTHOG, alongside JUDGE and CHAIN OF STRENGTH as influences in a recent interview that appears in our local punk newsletter of record La Chaine. There is also a WARZONE cover and every song has at least one obligatory but brief guitar solo (they also shout out SANTANA in that interview). Only the unhindered creativity of youth can blend influences like this without pretension and produce a coherent output. Much like GAZM did before them. It's a breath of fresh air when the rest of Montreal's Hardcore scene seems intent on starting the same mediocre beatdown-type band over and over again and won't even listen to a d-beat, let alone check out what is going on in other corners of the scene here.
DEADBOLT is really paving the way on all fronts. They also have a DIY website, which is impressive, since most hardcore bands here have an Instagram before they have a demo tape. Also, it's fantastic: https://deadbolt.neocities.org.
The tape is available for download on said website, or on Bandcamp: https://deadbolt514.bandcamp.com/album/disillusion
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