MACED / FISCAL HOLE - Split 7"
MACED continue the modern Wellington tradition of savage grindcore with just a hint of hc (think the feral end of 80s Swedish stuff), real misery-guts shit with more than enough energy to keep this fucker raging the whole way through. I had a total blast, if these freaks manage to kick out another one before the years out I can rest easy knowing my quota for equal parts blastbeats and despair has been filled.
The flip-side of this record is the second offering from Auckland 's FISCAL HOLE, a thrashcore endeavour that would feel absolutely at home among some of the earlier if not more off-kilter, 625 releases. Short songs, raging blastbeats and what I'd call a tinge of early crust/anarcho in there, especially considering the misery of local + international politics and suffering that dominate the lyrics across this record. Absolute ripper.
Razored Raw and Insides Outside Records. Listen here: https://razoredraw.bandcamp.com/album/fiscal-hole-maced-split
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