I don't think this Portland, OR band shares members with Lebenden Toten, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did. They definitely play a similar fuzzed-out style of punk. Or should I say: noise. Fans of bands like Atrocious Madness, Besthöven, Confuse and Kriegshog can eat their hearts out. This is completely over the top punk with an extremely distorted and screaky guitar-sound that definitely verges on totally going over into the 'noise not music'-realm. Had it not been for the driving bass, the band would probably be spinning out of control. Also, the vocal delivery is not as distorted or over the top as one might expect, which is nice.I'm definitely no expert of the genre, but I've been enjoying this record a lot. Only drawback is that two songs on a 7" is fucking short for this kind of music. They definitely left me wanting more. Of the two tunes, the B-side is my favourite. Especialy the drums in the intro to 'Forced to Live' are powerfull as hell. No lyrics are in included in the very sparse packaging that we've come to expect from Iron Lung releases (in this case just a brown paper sleeve with the band's name stamped on it) so I can't comment on what the songs are about.
This record is released in a one-time pressing of 800 on Iron Lung records. It's the second vinyl release for Nerveskade after their excellent debut 7" on Whisper in Darkness records that is already sold out. A new Lp is scheduled to be released in a couple of months. Keep your eyes open for that one and track this 7" down in the meantime.
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