Yellowcake

Reviews

Yellowcake Apparitions of War cassette

This tape is an unrelenting scorcher. Production value? Vertibly none to speak of. Distilled to the rawest form, YELLOWCAKE follows up their monster 2024 EP with another batch of devastating blasts. Nothing here not to like, just utter intensity via psychotic dual guitar leads and anguished shouting into the void of despair. You can draw a line directly back to 1980-era DISCHARGE, particularly in the double-tracked vocal delivery and primitive bass lines. It’s compelling to hear songs that are influenced by DISCHARGE in a way not solely relegated to the drum beat.

Yellowcake A Fragmented Truth EP

Easily one of the most intense blasts of hardcore that I’ve heard put on record this year. The vocals are just as intense as the music and sound like they’re filled with passion, as does the music. It’s quite difficult for me to compare this band to anyone. Maybe they sound like a cross between DROPDEAD and ANTISCHISM, that’s intense! This record is making me seriously consider changing my already-written top ten list for the year. A fantastic record.

Yellowcake Can You See the Future? EP

Seven tracks of combusting, raging crust war mayhem from YELLOWCAKE from Phoenix. Raging mangel thrash-style beats mangling with an Osaka-style wall of noise-not-music, yet still sounding original. This is not another bullshit recording that sounds like it’s recorded in a tin can—the sound quality is crisp without losing the intensity of spending loud night. Top-notch sun-fried, cactus thorn raw punk noise devastation from the desert. Recommended.