Suffocating Madness

Reviews

Suffocating Madness Unrelenting Forced Psychosis LP

Thrash-laden, D-beat-inspired noisy raw fucking hardcore punk: that’s Unrelenting Forced Psychosis by SUFFOCATING MADNESS. From the very start, I’m reminded of Swedish hardcore band VICTIMS or maybe even WOLFBRIGADE. But then there’s this fuzzy punk energy that reminds me of the SWANKYS, or maybe it’s DEATH DUST EXTRACTOR. Either way, it’s supercharged with enough thrash punk à la CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER to launch the whole recording into warp speed. I think I just found my new favorite album.

Suffocating Madness Destroy Me EP

Roachleg out of Brooklyn is a crucial living archive of the current wave of gutter scum world-ending hardcore coming out of New York, and this release is a perfect example of why. Clocking in at four tracks in just over five minutes, SUFFOCATING MADNESS is relentless metallic D-beat from hell that satisfies as it crushes your lungs. The short runtime is good, too, because the production here is hot, like ear fatigue hot from the wild cymbal work alone. Throw in the furious blown-out riffing and cavernous vocals and it’s a lot to take in. In a good way. Brain-erasing hardcore punk just the way it should be played.