Complete Failure is a destructive and
inherently primal hardcore band. Their new record The Art Gospel
of Aggravated Assault is a
brutal testament to how great the genre can be. Filled with an almost
grindcore energy, the devastating power of Complete Failure will rip
ears open and expose them to the word of a most unholy god. This is a
gospel of hate and violence and it will tear the listener apart.
Capable of exploding skulls with its uncouth evil The Art
Gospel of Aggravated Assault
does exactly what it says on the tin. It is truly the word of Satan
on violence.
The
raw attack on this album is great. Most of the songs are just around
the two minute mark so they can maintain a grindcore like energy
while simultaneously showing off some nice hardcore ideas. Yet the
more laid back passages in songs like Drag Migrator still seem to fit
into the records manic energy. It possesses the same inherent evil
that the faster paced tracks do, it's simply implemented in a
different way. Yet, it is songs like Disinvictus, which is crazed and
meant to explode ear drums, that give life to this record. In short,
the manic brutality of The Art Gospel of Aggravated Assault
is beautiful and shows the true
power and magic of hardcore.
In
sum, this is quite probably going to be this reviewers favorite
hardcore record of 2013. There is so much raw hatred and might here
that the record obtains majestic proportions. Driven ahead by a
ridiculously fast rhythm section and kept together by some fabulous
songwriting The Art Gospel of Aggravated Assault is
everything hardcore should be. Intelligent, fast and brutal to the
extreme. For those who thought punk was dead, Complete Failure would
like to have a word. Their new record reveals a band who seem ready
to take over and destroy the world.
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