Friendship - Undercurrent
Founded in 2014 in Japan (the Chiba prefecture to be precise), these four anonymous gentlemen have released their second full-length album Undercurrent on Daymare Recordings. Their 2017 debut Hatred was mainly hard, fast, groovy and riff-oriented. Undercurrent has more variety and even better production. The vocals are more in the foreground and more importantly, the drums. And those get more room on this second grindcore/power-violence gem. Tracklist 1. Demise 2.Vertigo 3. Punishment 4. Lack 5. Abandon 6. Fiend 7. Plague 8. Garbage 9. Wrecker 10. Hatred But this is not your average super fast grindcore/power-violence record. Luckily Friendship take their foot off the gas sometimes. Not everything has to be played fast and low, that makes an album monotonous and that is definitely not the case on Undercurrent. A song like Vertigo shows so many different styles (hardcore, grindcore, sludge metal) as well as Punishment and Lack. The band has listened ...