Instinct?: Pray To Death 7″

Description

“Philly punks INSTINCT? drop a massive crust punk bomb with Pray to Death. This is true crust punk with a barrage of sound coming through with every song and a sense of impending doom.” – MRR

“Instinct?replicates a style of hardcore that is rarely executed as well as they pull it off, and even more uncommon for bands based out of USA. An obvious reference point would be Doom, but the Crust-inflected sound Instinct? deliver more closely resembles Japanese bands like Abraham Cross. Instinct? differentiate themselves from the metallic side of crust with their clear Discharge and kng influences. Played urgent and raging fast with intense guttural vocals, this tape is 5 tracks of all-out brutal punishment.” – Bunker Punks

Our take: This one gets the enthusiastic Sorry State stamp of approval.Usman gave the lowdown on this one in his staff pick a few weeks agoandthe labels descriptionis way more on the money than I would ever be, but in case you dont click through to those documents, this tape is exactly the ripping d-beat hardcore you thought it was when you saw the cover. From one angle it sounds like what Id call metallic crust, but those parts share space with more brutal, Disclose-influenced bashing. Not a skipper.