SUBVERSIVE RITE - SONGS FOR THE END TIMES

new york punk heavily soaked in the early 80s uk scene - sacrilege demos, varukers, potential threat. you know the drill, or actually maybe you don’t, because this hits you harder.

they had two tapes before this, compiled on a limited 12” on bloody master, and those were good. but this first proper made-for-vinyl lp is a different level. same style, but the production hits harder and the songwriting is more focused and locked in. recorded by scott tamucci at danbro studios, mastered at noise room tokyo - and you can hear the care in every second of it.

if sacrilege’s behind the realms of madness is that perfect 50/50 split of discharge/ripcord hardcore and thrash metal, subversive rite tilts harder toward the hardcore side - less metallic riffing, more straightforward pounding drumming in the poison idea tradition.

when they lean into those big dramatic punches it hits like a battering ram. it’s rare to hear a band this fast and metallic still generate this kind of pure brute force. i love it!

fav track: already dead