Another banger from Mendeku Diskak, who seem to be batting a thousand these days. PRESSURE PACT from the Netherlands plows through five tracks of tough-as-nails hardcore. Inspired by the likes of NEGATIVE APPROACH and SSD (rest in peace, Al Barile), Visions of Terror sees PRESSURE PACT employ dizzying guitars (“Big City Stinks”), whiplash tempo changes (“Visions of Terror”), and very gnarly drumming (the whole damn EP). Killer stuff.
Lads, I dunno about you lot, but I’m absolutely sick to bastard death of having to think. Leave that to the boffins in the white coats, send your brain on a holiday, and stick this tape on. Compiling the recorded output of this Dutch Oi!/hardcore mob to date, it’s a frantic mess of ferociously barked vocals, creepy-crawl riffs, and a rhythm section as taut as you like. It’ll bore straight through your skull and give you chimp brain a tickle; you’ll be unlocking your inner Neanderthal and sticking your head through a brick wall by track three. An abso-bloody-lute belter.
PRESSURE PACT’s latest is a unrefined slab of Neanderthal primitive hardcore, taking in BOSTON STRANGLER and NEGATIVE FX-style hardcore and a hint of NABAT-style European Oi!, which grabs you by yer throat and refuses to let go. Unrefined, atavistic troglodyte hop for the close-cropped creepy-crawlers of the world. It’s claustrophobic and violent, with drums being beaten as if they owe someone money. If you want complexity, read a book. If you want your head smashed in by some absolutely belting hardcore then give this a go.
