Svaveldioxid / War//Plague Absurd Depravity split EP
It’s time for armaments and anguish again, as the spike-laden energy of this ripping split sits heavy on the turntable. On Side A, Minneapolis’s WAR//PLAGUE executes a burly stenchcore assault via two charging battle anthems. Are they musicians or barbarians? These crusty war marches blur that distinction. And then on Side B, SVAVELDIOXID demonstrates their absolute käng mastery across a pair of punishing D-beaters. “Sarajevo ‘94” is a speedy evocation of a devastating historical tragedy, and “Masspsykos” zooms out to ponder just how entire populaces come to casually accept such atrocities. Just 100 of these rugged slabs of orange wax were made, so only the fastest leather-and-patch-clad arms will get to grab one.