While it's not as balls-out weird as the album that was released by Life Is Abuse last year, this eight-song 7" from the Seattle thrashcore band Lords Of Light (who have connections with eco-black metallers Wolves In The Throne Room) is still one of the quirkier EP's to have been issued on 625 Thrash. Presented in a goofy, brightly colored record sleeve that is illustrated with crudely drawn cartoons of cosmic superheros doing battle with assorted evil robots, this EP rips from start to finish with a hyperfast hardcore style that falls somewhere in between a cracked-out Infest and a kind of SST Records vibe that's hard for me to put my finger on. Lords Of Light can attribute some of the gnarliness of their sound to their pared-back instrumentation, made up of only drums, baritone guitar, and vocals. But it also sounds like these guys have been listening to a lot of art damaged hardcore and noisy post punk, an ineffable element that doesn't make them sound like any other band. You could probably draW some comparisons between LOL and Iron Lung due to the bass-heavy brutalness of their Infest worship, but these guys are infinitely more freaked out, setting up songs with jangly rock riffs and weird jaunty melodies, total vocal freakouts and some other sounds that you don't normally hear on a record this freaking fast.
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hey man u gotta re-rip this album, this time without touching the record while its spinning, or fucking with the speeds
was this both records or just one. i upped this so long ago i can't remember. If its both records I only own a hard copy of one so i may not be able to re-rip or it may not have been my rip.
was this both records or just one. i upped this so long ago i can't remember. If its both records I only own a hard copy of one so i may not be able to re-rip or it may not have been my rip.
crap, sorry, I clearly meant "Energy" there
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