Worth the Pain “Sacrifices” CD

It's only been a couple of weeks since the last dose, but what can I say, I've been hit with another shot of raging Finnish hardcore in the form of Worth the Pain's debut CD EP (after a demo and a split 7" with Rejected), "Sacrifices", from On My Own Records . Now, I know that when a lot of people think "Finnish hardcore" they think typical black and white artwork, raw recordings, and crusty D-beat madness. Not me. I think pounding mosh breaks, super pissed vocals, and damn solid songwriting... and that's what we're here to discuss today.

Apparently not the most prolific band out there since they've been around for four or five years now, "Sacrifices" sees Worth the Pain kicking out seven tracks in a little over 18 minutes, consisting solely of straight up metallic hardcore with moderately fast, chunky, old school styled power chords and a little added metallic groove to the drum work (I really dig the drumming on this thing) and the crushing breakdowns. The strained vocal shouts have that awesome blown out sort of sound that tends to be characteristic of a lot of European bands, though this material sounds somewhat different from their earlier work since they used to have two vocalists. I actually prefer this more consistent and focused approach, though. It's a pretty straightforward attack with this one: Two- to three-minute songs, no bullshit. The recording is fairly strong, the packaging looks slick, and I'm into it. Finland rules.

Worth the Pain "Down the Drain"
Worth the Pain "The Game"

I'm pleased to report that to my surprise this one's actually already available in the US, and damn cheap, too. I mean, less than $6!? Who would've thought? So if you're down with this shit there's no excuse not to jump at that price:

@ Interpunk