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Also new from Crimes Against Humanity Records is the debut full-length from Sweden's Mässmörd, titled "Inget Liv/Ingen Död". As one might expect this is a fairly straight shot of contemporary Swedish crust with a good balance of fierce hardcore and a subtly metallic sense of melody and heaviness, though the band does help to differentiate themselves from the pack with dual male/female vocals and an extremely well-handled onslaught of raging speeds. So, in other words, this is an incredibly pissed yet energetic burst of hardcore/punk and it basically kicks ass. Every time I find myself starting to think I might be growing tired of the same old same old in this particular niche of the genre a band like Mässmörd seems to come along and remind me of what these acts are truly capable of when they go for the throat. I don't know what else to say, they tear through 11 tracks in just under a half-hour and I'm loving every minute of it. It's nothing particularly new or inventive, but all it really takes to nail it with this stuff is a balanced recording, a good amount of anger, and succinct, powerful songwriting—all of which seem to come easy for Mässmörd.
Mässmörd "Wasted Lives"
Mässmörd "Same Old Story, Same Old Shit"
As always, I encourage you to buy the album for yourself if it's the kind of thing you appreciate:
