I so welcome Pain Tank to
the world. They're kind of picking up the pieces from the magnificent
Palkoski/The Seventh Gate, who sadly are no more. Extending the heritage of
these two juggernauts and creating a natural continuation of what they did.
Therefore Pain Tank’s compositions lets the music move along a new path, a new
avenue, for this crazy amalgamation of grindcore, death metal and metal.
What spews out on this
album is disharmonic yet harmonious mayhem; pounding, brutal and in-yer-face.
Dealing with pain, suffering, depravity, killing and murder, there is no other
way to portray the atrocities Pain Tank sings about. It has to be short, sharp
and full of shock. And these degenerates have all this in abundance. While
claustrophobia runs ragged, everything is intense and skull crushing aided by
fantastic buzzsaw riffing. Kerchner’s furious fucked up singing add layer upon
layer of the insanity already on display and propels the listener into the
vortex of mania 97,901,726 unleashes.
During the 13 songs,
which clocks in at just over 21 minutes, the themes mentioned earlier comes out
in stories about war, street fighting, police brutality, a police state and
man’s incurable desire for destruction…all in the name of corporate greed. Worldwide
corporate business is funded/fueled by evil and war, so naturally global
warfare is always going to be here. At the cost of the little man, of you and
me and of Mother Earth. Total destruction!
Pain Tank are on point
with their debut. Brutalities of war is not new but it is getting more
elaborate and sinister. And it has moved away from country conquering country
to corporation raping anyone they can in the name of a nickel. Business profit
supersedes individuality meaning everyone, but a very few, are expendable. And
Pain Tank brings this out with such ease. A fantastic debut by a force to be
reckoned with, so take heed dear waveriders, and listen to what they say.
-Swedebeast
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