Personal Hell Window Painted Shut LP
Lumbering and nasty hardcore from West Yorkshire’s PERSONAL HELL, who occasionally wade into neo-crust territory on their new LP Window Painted Shut. It sounds like the band spared no expense on the production of this album: the guitars are thick and crunchy, the rhythm section is low and burly, and the vocals are desperate and right at the front of the mix. There isn’t a bad song in the bunch, but I prefer the quicker cuts, like the excellent “The Brine.”